beernesday

my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast with stephen quinn summer beers: The weather may not bear witness to the fact, but it is summer. That means a whole new season of beers is upon us.    In general terms, summer is the season of the lager. There are many fabulous summer ales available, but summer is the season in which lagers shine. Much maligned in recent history as flavour-less yellow fizzy beer, there are some wonderful craft brewed lagers available to quench your summer thirst. Cold is not a flavour so I would suggest avoiding a beer that advertises that it is. Instead I'd head for a beer that says it is crisp and refreshing and full of flavour. Also synonymous with summer are wheat ales and fruit beers. Lower alcohol percentages are also often found in a summer beer. When its hot out it is less enjoyable to quaff a 9% ale. A nice light low-alcohol lager just hits the spot so much more. A reminder about the differe...

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my softball schedule is wreaking havoc on making it to my usual cask nights but i'm still getting out there when i can! last night's cask at the yaletown brewpub was an unadulterated brick and beam ipa after a hectic day at work lemme tell ya, that stuff went down very easily! beernesday (a special off-season edition) this week offered me these delicious brews: pint of klickitat pale ale pint of el torero organic ipa pint of brooklyn sorachi ace sampler of vancouver island brewing beachcomber summer ale sampler of whistler brewing paradise valley grapefruit ale sampler of paddock wood 606 india pale ale sampler of elysian brewing the wise esb