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finally, a political hopeful who recognizes that craft beer is a capital-t-thing and looks to sway the vote! one city candidate for city council rj aquino wants to enforce serving sizes and that's alright by me! story in the metro camra vancouver president's statement and mr. aquino's site p.s.  if you haven't already voted in the advance polls, get yer ass out tomorrow and exercise your democratic right and civil duty to vote.  voting is sexy!

if you missed me on cbc radio's on the coast last week never fear!  you can still catch my talk with matthew lazin-ryder about camra's fuss campaign and how much i love radlers follow the link to on the coast past episodes click on july 22 and fast-forward to about 10 minutes before the end and hopefully you'll be able to tune in next tuesday (august 5) at 5:50 p.m. for my next beer column

here are my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast wherein i explained to matthew lazin-ryder what all the fuss is about: You may have heard about the tempest in a pint glass that has hit Vancouver . Wondering what all the FUSS is about??? Who cares about accurate measuring of beer? Frankly, YOU should.  And here's why: CAMRA Vancouver's President and Treasurer recently (July 5, 2014) went to some licensed establishments in town and measured how much beer was being poured, and found out that very few places were actually serving as much beer as their menus stated. And they reported their findings via social media.  Why did CAMRA do this? CAMRA is a beer advocacy group - the Campaign for Real Ale - part of whose mandate it is to "encourage the responsible enjoyment of beer and actively support laws and regulations that contribute to that objective".     To that end, CAMRA's Vancouver Chapter...

i will be on cbc radio one's on the coast with matthew lazin-ryder at 5:50 this afternoon talking about camra's fuss campaign and why it should matter to all beer consuming folks in british columbia and extolling the virtues of radlers 690 am 88.1 fm in vancouver

petition to get craft beer into local stadiums totally a topic i have been looking into myself double trouble and the royal york fairmont partner on an 85th anniversary brew 1929 cream ale i'm not a big fan of cream ales, but i suppose i'll try this when i'm in toronto at the end of june people seem to think this is a good idea me, i don't wanna see most of you naked, so i'll skip this beer fest thanks! an update to jan zeschky's new bc microbreweries list for 2014 an older article by joe wiebe in bc living mapping vancouver's hoppiest neighbourhoods beer lollipops vancouver's craft beer scene explodes a loveletter from a washington state writer don't want the tv on while you drink beer?  these vancouver craft beer spots have no tv i have also mentioned several non-tv bars in my column in the bc craft beer news ooooh, pretty!  a ceramic beer sleeve that is every bit as slick and stylin' as my new stainless steel innate sa...

vancity buzz offers this list of cheap craft beer in vancouver it is a pretty good list, but it does not correctly identify that a pint is 20oz and doesn't list serving sizes of a lot of the sleeves however, i figure if you're looking for a beer bargain, its a great list of places to try and you can figure out for yourself where the best deal is (and when you do, tell me please!) on a related note i handed out my first camra fuss card last night what's a fuss card you ask? well, its a card that camra vancouver members can use to inform beer sellers that they are not living up to their provincially mandated duty to properly list serving sizes for their beers last night's card giving was at windjammer on commercial drive who advertise on their sandwich board and their menu that they serve 20 oz pints when the beer arrived, it was in a branded sleeve, not a pint glass this is not the first time i have been served less than 20oz there the beer is cheap at...