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the beerthirst rogue tour de richmond was a whole lotta fun! the concept alone guaranteed a good time:  rogue beers paired with a sandwich at every stop with a school bus to get you from pub a to pub b (c, d and e) first stop:  hogshack beer:  st. rogue red ale sandwich:  sliders with kimchi and spicy carrots (my veggie option was a beet and quinoa patty) pairing:  it worked, the spicy toppings with the rich red ale worked like a charm - the judges chose this as the best pairing  the meat slider (and beer) the awesome veggie slider  second stop:  buck and ear beer:  cpt. sig's northwest pale ale food:  halibut, prawn and shrimp tacos with mango salsa, fried potatoes pairing:  to be honest, i was so much all about the amazing flavours bursting in my mouth while eating the taco that i forgot to drink my beer with it, but this pairing won the people's choice, so it musta pleased people!  damned delicious fis...

the derby girl ipa launched on friday at the pumphouse in richmond today, it launches in vancouver at st. augustine's this is what beerthirst has to say about the vanbrewers / elysian collaboration ipa i wish i could be there to try it tonight... hopefully there will still be some left for me a little later in the week also from elysian, its almost time for the 9th beer of the apocalypse, the blight pumpkin ale

last night i needed nachos it was imperative that i have some and who does better nachos on the drive than st. augustine's? no one! and what goes down better with nachos than ipa? nothing! so i had a tin whistle scorpion double ipa for double the fun 8% - "loaded with citra hops and a huge malt backbone. brewed in small batches" they weren't kidding about that huge malt backbone it was teetering awfully close to the 'too much' precipice i could have used a little less but then i do like my ipas bitter(er) darker in colour, dense head, clear as the day is long its a fine beer for sure its not going to crack my top ten list though and... i'll be making a brief appearance at st. augustine's again this evening its the beerthirst half pints re-launch in bc i hear there will be swag as well as good beer!

from the beer thirst newsletter: So believe it or not, summer is almost over. Luckily, the Great Canadian Beer Festival is this weekend, which will be plenty of craft beer fun under the sun. But before you head out to Victoria for 2 days of craft beer madness, you're gonna need a little "warm up." So instead of scaring the s@%t out of your liver on Friday, ease your way into GCBF. Join us the night before at St. Augustine's for the Half Pints relaunch party on Thursday September 6th ! The party starts at 6pm, and St. Augustine's will be serving the Humulus Ludicrous, Little Scraper IPA, and Noche De Los Alebrijes. Half Pints co-owner, Nicole Barry, will be in attendance, and we'll be giving away plenty of Half Pints swag! The first 7 people to order a Half Pints beer and tell the server "Together We Can Fight The Evil Spread Of Lite Beer" will win a Half Pints shirt or a $50 Gift Certificate to St. Augustine's! For those of you who don'...

we should start seeing more rogue beers around vancouver beer thirst just signed on to represent them in british columbia   We are very pleased to announce that Beerthirst has been appointed British Columbia Agents of ROGUE beers with immediate effect. Based in Newport, ROGUE produces a wide range of critically acclaimed craft beers and spirits, packaged in some of the best branded bottles on the market. Beerthirst will be re-launching the brand in BC with a very strategic marketing and promotions plan. Expect to receive an immense amount of support from us in the form of staff training, in-store tastings, signage, social media, events, and promotional campaigns as we work with you to maximize our collective success with ROGUE products. In addition, we have submitted price reductions on the products (packaged and kegs) in order to position it appropriately amongst your other quality brands. We expect to receive our first shipment late in July, and we will communicate p...

stone's ruination ipa 10th anniversary parallel 49 - vancouver's newest brewery and this interesting news from beerthirst: For years we've been saying that it's an acquired taste. That the floral, piney, bitter, fruity goodness of an IPA is an acquired taste, and that most people probably won't enjoy it. Well, perhaps we were wrong all along. People everywhere are falling in love with this exotic style of beer, and more and more establishments are beginning to serve IPAs. And as of May 27th, so did the Cactus Club Cafe . Yes! The Immortal IPA by Elysian Brewing is now available at 6 different locations! Cactus Club on English Bay, Burrard, Yaletown, Broadway and Ash, Granville and Broadway, and South Point in White Rock, all serve the Immortal IPA on draft. We are very thrilled for obvious reasons, but we're also excited because an establishment like Cactus Club to be on board to serve a Pacific Northwest-style IPA shows how far the craft beer indust...

more vcbw news articles (vancouver craft beer week launches tomorrow!!!) vancouver sun article metro article which events still have tickets available??  check here where will beerthirst be this week?   schedule here

On April 10th, Beerthirst is teaming up with our friends at Russell Brewing for a night of craft beer and BBQ at Memphis Blues BBQ! It's a 5 course dinner with 6 beers, and we will be pouring the Bear Republic Racer 5, North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner, and Green Flash Double Stout. 7 - 10pm, $50 per person. 1342 Commercial Drive.

two upcoming long table dinners hosted by beer thirst: Friday Feb 24th: Anderson Valley Long Table Dinner and Tap Takeover $40 This dinner will have 5 courses with 5 beers paired from the brewery. Also, Trey White, owner of Anderson Valley, will be joining us at the Pumphouse Pub for this event, and he will be hosting and pouring beers for the Anderson Valley Tap Takeover! The Tap Takeover will have some special beers that we will never get to see back in BC including the Grand Cru, Horse Tongue Wheat, and the Sour Stout. So you don't want to miss out on this event. Please call Pumphouse Pub to reserve a table. Pumphouse Pub: 6031 Blundell Road, Richmond, BC (604) 274-7424 Friday Feb 24th: Anderson Valley Long Table Dinner $40 5 course dinner paired with 5 beers from the brewery. Please be advised that there will be no Tap Takeover at this event and Trey White will not be in attendance. Please call Hop and Vine to reserve a table. Hop and Vine: 1601 Burnwood Dr, ...

from the camra vancouver newsletter: Hello everyone, 2011 is coming to a close in a few days, but what a great year it's been for craft beer and real ale in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland! More and more liquor stores, pubs, and restaurants are beginning to carry a wide selection of craft beer, and it's even creating quite the buzz in the mainstream. It's not just beer bloggers typing away about the great beers in BC because we saw business magazines, to major newspapers, etc publish plenty of articles about the local craft beer scene. Vancouver Craft Beer Week was jam packed with events this year, and we even had BC Craft Beer Month! Last but not least there's been some great collaborations between brewers and breweries as well. As far as real ale goes, this year we saw more establishments on board with the weekly/monthly cask program. But what's really exciting is that we now have 6 different restaurants that serve real ale on a daily basis! This year The Wh...

i survived the beerthirst tour de richmond on saturday it was epic! i promised that i would have my photos and review out yesterday guess what! what? i lied... it was such a nice day out yesterday and weather in vancouver is so fickle... i spent the time i had put aside for blogging sitting outside in sun instead in my short sleeves! dude, i practically got a tan! sometimes i love winter in vancouver and that is how the dog came to eat my homework no word of a lie! maybe tomorrow?!?

Beerthirst & CAMRA Vancouver are pleased to present: Tour de Richmond! Date: Saturday, Dec 3rd, 2011 Time: Pick up at 11:45am at Brighouse Skytrain Station in Richmond (just look for the yellow school bus!) Details: Come experience how Richmond is fast becoming one of the ultimate destinations for craft beer in BC! Our classic school bus will pick us up at Brighouse Skytrain Station in Richmond at 11:45 sharp and whisk us off on a journey filled with fun, friends, prizes, craft beers and appetizers at each stop. Tickets include a pint and appies at each location $40 for CAMRA Members (valid card required) $50 for non-members Not yet a CAMRA member? Be sure to sign up here http://bit.ly/amKEO5 Tickets will be available for purchase at 11am on Friday, Nov 11th http://www.tourderichmond.eventbrite.com/ Participating locations include: Fogg N Suds Kingswood Pub Hog Shack Cook House Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant O’Hares Gastropub Pumphouse Pub Need to stoc...

last week i had the distinct good fortune to eat at rogue kitchen for their beer pairing dinner with greenflash brewery four courses of fabulous food paired with four different greenflash brews in a private room delightful! the beerthirst guys brought the beers and talked about them cory the chef made courses that made me want to make happy noises all the way through! first course: goat cheese flan with roasted beets, granny smith apple, hazelnuts, microgreens, nut brown vinagrette and puff pastry paired with green flash nut brown ale (english-style ale with rich caramel malt flavours and drying nutty characteristics in the finish.  british and belgian specialty malts with mild hops - 5.5%) the goat was mild and fluffy, the hazelnuts magic, puff pastry, beets, reduction - all divine!  the nutty beer was a perfect pairing and cleansed the goat right outta my mouth.  i could eat this every day and not get bored! second course: pan roasted halibut with ch...

new belgium ales are now available on tap at st. augustine's the fat tire amber and the ranger ipa (that's actually the ranger ipa in the fat tire glass) as i'd had the fat tire on several previous visits to the u.s., i went for the ranger ipa okay, and also because i love me an ipa! delicious! i hope it becomes a regular feature of the st. augustine's beer rotation "They protect. They pour. They partake. They are the many and the only New Belgium Beer Rangers. We salute their efforts in the field with the extra-hopinary Ranger IPA. Three pounds per barrel of Simcoe, Chinook and Cascade hops make this 70 IBU brew a thing of beauty. Seek out the Beer Ranger in your territory at newbelgium.com." i want to be a ranger! the beerthirst guys were on hand to launch this first for vancouver and brought with them glasses, coasters and the ranger himself! beerthirst also brought in a few bottles of some other new belgium flavours for people to try las...

next week appears to be the week of the beer and food pairing dinners in vancouver! me, i am breaking cleanse to attend the dinner at rogue on tuesday and get me some red racer! (gee, i hope they bring toques for all of us...) from the camra vancouver newsletter: Central Bistro will host one of the three beer pairing dinners happening around town this week. Central Bistro 's five course Howe Sound Brewmaster's Dinner takes place Tuesday, January 18th at 7:00pm. Also on January 18th is Rogue Kitchen & Wetbar 's four course Central City Beer Dinner . Maenam and BeerThirst have also teamed up to host a five course beer dinner highlighting BeerThirst's craft beer portfolio on Monday, January 17th (two seatings).