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happy civil holiday monday! add tasmania to your beercation list a-b is trying to buy all the craft breweries good thing most of our favourites are saying no american 2014 craft beer stats send the liberals your commitment to craft beer and ask them to take back their price increase!

here are my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio's on the coast where i chatted with gloria macarenko about crowlers and the joys of infusing beer Beer is a growing industry.   And that means that beer gear is taking off too.   Have you heard of the "crowler"? No one in the Lower Mainland is equipped to do them yet, but it may just be a matter of time!   A crowler is basically a canned growler.   You go to a brewery that is equipped to fill a 32oz can with fresh beer and then seal it.   You carry it home, and pop it when you’re ready for some delicious fresh beer.   Oskar Blues Brewery in Colorado invented the crowler and has been filling them since December.   Designed to keep beer fresh for longer than a growler,   Beerandbrewing.com did a taste test on a crowler five months after fill and reported that it was as fresh as the day it was poured.   Now, 32 oz cans have been around for a while in America , but freshly po...

more on the unhappy hour in british columbia from paddy treavor commercial real estate's beer factor dogfish head makes it even more worth the drive to the brewery by building an inn not that i am suggesting you try any of these recipes... but... just in case you have some cheap booze you need to disguise as a real drink, i'm here for you camra bc press release: New Happy Hour Laws Not So Pleasant, Local Advocacy Group Finds CAMRA BC Sends Letter to Policy Makers Following Happy Hour Announcement (Vancouver—July 2) In the wake of a policy directive released by the provincial government on June 20 th that revealed happy hour would finally be coming to restaurants and bars across British Columbia, beer lovers are now finding themselves a little more than shortchanged. Despite the growing popularity of craft beer in British Columbia, many consumers were shocked to discover that a pint of beer will now be availa...

drink! you'll live longer! another best beers list this one is the best 365 in the world but don't be dismayed when you click the link and the list isn't there you actually have to pay for the privilege of reading the list the link is to a blog post by the guy who wrote the list about why he thinks there does so need to be another best of list if i didn't have a pesky day job i'd be going to kwantlen college if you are a camra vancouver member please go vote for the 2014 best ofs! arguably the best craft beer joints in vancouver (i don't like craft at all, so it doesn't make anywhere near my top 10) victoria beer week events are up! march 1 - 8, 2014 a spa where you can bathe in beer ? yup, and it's not just any beer, it's dogfish head great beer ads for tourism portland like this guy who really likes beer nordic beer history ancient grog reborn by dogfish head parody of hipsters ordering craft beer you're not th...

oh phew!  beer is still the #1 beverage in america! camra vancouver checks out brewery touring with vancouver brewery tours the sensory side of craft beer and food pairing a visual guide by craftbeer.com's julia herz dogfish head shines a spotlight on its female brewers how well do you know your malts? the brewdog blog checks in with all of its brewers about their favourite malts also from craftbeer.com, an answer to the question on everyone's mind why are ipas so popular? brewers not following the bjcp style guidelines pissing you off? it sure pisses lynn off she's written a letter to the brewers association

link love time again it must be monday! paste magazine's march madness of ipas help brewdog decide what to brew - #mashtag beer randy shore's vancouver taproom revolution from camra bc: It's not every day that something like this comes up so listen up folks! Nigel from Alibi Room has this to share: 5pm, downstairs MONDAY. We'll be tapping the Sierra Nevada x Celebrator Beer News 25th Anniversary Ale. (It's a 9.5% Hopped up Double) We'll be putting it on for $5.00/Sleeve as a little treat for CAMRA members. John Rowling will be hanging out downstairs if anybody wants to chat. (He's a great supporter of the local craft beer scene, has been through many years of the craft beer evolution & he had a hand in making the beer! He's also just a straight up excellent man!!) See you there! http://celebrator.com/ beercamp/sierranevada/2013/ this collaboration beer sounds amazing: Logan of Beavertown Brewery (London) and JF of Dieu Du Ciel (Montr...

dogfish head helpfully makes beer pairing list for american girl guide cookies those guys, they give until it hurts! the vancouver sun helpfully lists all the new breweries opening in the vancouver area in 2013 its shaping up to be one hell of a year for beer in bc!

tasting beer - decoded by craftbeer.com's julia hertz the new go-to glass for hop-forward beers ? dogfish head and sierra nevada think their collaboration glass is it and they think you should try their collaboration beer in the new glassware (called rhizing bines - so witty!) building with beer bottles is nothing new but this glass building looks like its made of concrete (i think beer bottle stained glass windows would make a great addition to the architecture) and another green story, from the huffington post alaskan brewing uses their spent grain to power their brewing budweiser - corona merger nixed because of craft beer? huffington post reports evidence that the big boys are scared of the crafty boys

i love pairing art with craft in whatever way you want to take that statement so my heart started to swell when i saw that victory and dogfish head are having a night of art (paintings, sculpture etc.) and craft (beer) here's the beer wench with the details

livescience offers 10 interesting facts about beer beer and hallowe'en candy pairing in defence of pumpkin beer east coast breweries talk about sandy non-perishable food and beer pairings

dying to know which beers mens journal thinks are the top 25 ? can't say that i consider them to be experts... but you know what?  they seem to have done alright as far as i'm concerned: russian river, dogfish head, sierra nevada, 21st amendment, dieu du ciel, hopworks, ninkasi, hitachino, mikkeller, nogne (my list would have a couple more canadian brews on there though...)

want to be r&b's new office manager? check the craigslist ad and apply! joe wiebe on central city's imperial ipa abbey beer makes a comeback in england grilled beer corn recipe beer that has gone to the dogs five things dogfish head wants you to know about aging beer just another beer blog says shut up about craft beer being expensive and lastly, ewwww, rogue to brew beer from beard yeast

beer infused pickles? with hops? i'm in!!! dogfish head collaborates with pickle company

its almost march and that means that st. patrick's day (aka an excuse to drink a lot of beer) is just around the corner

chili lime beer corn recipe news from alaskan brewing hopworks cans are coming top 10 american breweries you need to visit

oh oh! controversy in the craft beer world! a beer advocate thread on over-rated breweries gets some knickers in a twist "hawksbeerfan" out of new york started it all with this post: What brewery out there gets too much hype for what they bring to the table? My money goes to Dogfish Head. Their IPAs are solid but most of their "big" beers really aren't anything special and some are downright bad. sam calagione responds: It's pretty depressing to frequently visit this site and see the most negative threads among the most popular. This didn't happen much ten years ago when craft beer had something like a 3 percent market share. Flash forward to today, and true indie craft beer now has a still-tiny but growing marketshare of just over 5 percent. Yet so many folks that post here still spend their time knocking down breweries that dare to grow. It's like that old joke: "Nobody eats at that restaurant anymore, it's too crowded.” Except t...

oooh, me likey! i want this dogfishhead water bottle !! the gift-giving holidays approacheth... anyone?

apparently today is international denim day? is there a day for everything? do we need a day for everything?  doesn't that kinda take away from the "specialness"? anyway... way to make denim day all about beer dogfish head!

lots of beer articles in the huffington post of late: organic hops revolution four hops you should get to know dogfish head and google collaboration beer and another take on the collaboration beer  from laughing squid

and more beery goodness from the huffington post tgi fridays wantonly beerifies their menu ressurecting ancient brews , like midas touch the world's sourest beers