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if you missed my ode to autumnal beers last week on cbc radio's on the coast with stephen quinn you can go back and listen now ! it's the october 15th episode, at about the 2:20 mark for the beer column

my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio's on the coast: It's officially Fall. That means its time to talk about autumnal beers.     Once the hot weather and long patio evenings of Summer fade into Fall people tend to put down the wheat beers and lagers and instead pick up a spiced ale, or a stout. Often lighter beers, in both presentation and alcohol content, make way for heartier and higher alcohol beers. We're not yet at the winter ales point, or very high alcohol percentages of barleywines; we're still adjusting to the colder temperatures and enjoying the leaves falling off the trees. This is an in-between season and that is reflected in the beers that are associated with Fall. We just had thanksgiving, a time which heralds the return of pumpkin beers to the shelves of liquor stores and the taps of bar-rooms. Pumpkin beers tend to hover around the 5% alcohol mark, but feature heartier malts and spices that evoke the harvest season and c...

i will be on cbc radio one at 5:50 today talking fall beers!

on remembrance day i give you a post about fat tug vs sartori oh sartori, i remember it fondly and will miss it profoundly until next fall oh fat tug, i love that you're always around reminding me how much i love an ipa "One thing is for sure, they’re both incredible."

because it is apparently now autumn:  beer and bratwurst stew