beernesday

Pink Boots Beer launch is this coming Sunday- April 30th from 1-4 at Red Truck Brewing!  Be the first to try it!  $1 from every pint will go back to the Pink Boots Society. Spread the word! What will you be tasting?  NAME OF BEER:    Pink Boots Unite Golden Honey Ale Sessionable springtime ale dry-hopped with Cashmere, Triple Pearl & Challenger providing floral & earthy notes which play well with the subtle honey & light biscuit backbone. Hops are donated from Topp’s Hops in Abbotsford & Organic Honey is from GoldStrike in Lillooet, BC. International Women’s Day collaboration brew between: Big Ridge Brewing, KPU Brewing Program, Red Truck, Bomber Brewing, R&B, Dogwood Brewing, Foamer’s Folly, Callister & Steamworks. STYLE OF BEER : Golden Honey Ale ABV:  5.4% IBU:  30 INGREDIENTS USED:  Mostly BC malt, local hops (Challenger, Triple Pearl & Cashmere), 40 kg Organic Honey, ale yeast from Fo...

the cask last night at the yaletown brewpub was saison word on the street is that it was amazing me, i filled my boot with ipa no really, i bought the gumboot salute boot and filled it twice with ipa even though it was cask night even though it was stout day that's just how i roll okay? (then i went out for fancy dinner and drank prosecco cuz i'm fancy like that!) tomorrow, i will be pouring at the yaletown for their mini caskival 11 casks its gonna be fun! come on down, starting at 11:00 try all 11 casks for $20 or just a few for $2 each if you already have a boot, bring it and get your first fill free if you don't already have a boot, get one for $10 filled and $4.50 re-fills yup, its a great deal so, i'll see you there, right!?! here's what their facebook page says: As part of our now famous "Gumboot Salute" long weekend, here at the Yaletown Brewing Company, we are throwing a little cask event this Saturday! Doors are opening ...

oh the beers i did drink! camra vancouver's spring sessional featured a schwack load of casks all intended to be below 3.5% abv most made the 3.5% cut, but a few did not all however, were big on flavour! and this cask event saw the birth of the "wall of casks" the wall was a thing of beauty and a joy to behold but boy, did it ever make for crazy cramped quarters when you're back there pouring! still, having the central place to procure beer left the rest of london pub for mingling which i found to be an improvement over the winter fest at st. augustine's that featured casks all around the outside of the establishment leaving only the crowded centre for mingling and, patting myself and all the other amazing pourers on the back here, the line up at the central location did not ever get unbearably long so, thumbs up to camra executive (and president martin who built it) for the novel wall of casks! i managed to try most of the casks, skipping only ...