beernesday

b.c. brews spring sampler packs released food republic's list of power craft breweries brewer's association beer can awards elysian men's room red now in six packs green flash goes retro: Fall 2012 marks our 10 year anniversary and Extra Pale Ale was the first-ever Green Flash success. A celebratory reminder of the beginning for us - and also about how much our style and craft beer culture has evolved over the past decade. While this early Millennium American-Style Pale is from a time less hoppy, we think our 2012 redux is the perfect summer vintage: crisp, refreshing and bubbling with nostalgia. Debuting on May 16th in the Green Flash Tasting Room and draught for national distribution! 

phew!  all caught up now! november 2, 2011 big al harvest ale - 5.4% four pounds per barrel of fresh yakima sorachi ace hops offer big citrus and fresh lemon flavors and aromas which we paired with deeply refined malt flavors mark this rich and warming medium-bodied amber ale lovely!  love the sorachi ace!  very rich and full-bodied elysian bifrost winter ale - 7.5% taste is bold and balanced with a good amount of citrus and earthy hop bitters to offset the malt character yes, yes, yes! crannog insurrection ipa - 5.4% a pale amber malt body emphasizes munich and caramel malts, with enough sweetness to hold up the rather large volumes of fresh cascade and golding hops light malt with perfect hoppiness, not my favourite ipa but such a joy to drink! big al brougham bitter - 5.5% english-style pale and crystal malts combined with aromatic, floral english hops create a smooth, balanced medium-bodied beer very english, but nicely hopped big al ipa - 7.1% chinook, cas...

three cask nights for me this week! hit st. augustine's on monday for the granville island ginger according to my server the cask blew up real good there was ginger coating the ceiling definitely there was a whole lot of ginger pulp in my pint cloudy with a huge ginger nose much thinner ginger on the palate, but very definitely a ginger beer not bad... and then because it was actually sunny out we stayed for more see - it was sunny! amanda and i both ordered samplers bridget went straight for the backhand of god (followed by inversion ipa and fat tug ipa) we both went for the deschutes twilight summer ale, the john john juniper and red racer raspberry wheat ale i rounded mine out with elysian's perseus porter deschutes twilight summer ale, 5%:  a lighter, et full flavored, aromatic ale for the long days of summer so much body, yet so crisp and light oh deschutes how i love thee and they divine brews! rogue john john juniper, 5.2%:  a hint of ...

march 23, 2011 beernesday st. augustine's bit of a short beer menu this week... but short at st. a's is insanely long for most other places! began my evening with a sampler northcoast brewing scrimshaw pilsner st a's says: 4.4%  has a subtle hop character, a crisp, clean palate, and a dry finish i say:  pretty good.  not going to be a favourite, or even something i have a full pint of... elysian brewing co. men's room red st a's says:  5.6%  amber in color with a light hop aroma and toasty malt finish i say:  i like it.  red and hoppy!  its not an amber, its not an ipa, but it sure it their love child! taylor's crossing mad scow stout st a's says: 4.2% a dark irish ale having a rich, roasted coffee bitterness and a smooth creamy finish i say:  yes there's coffee bitterness, yes, its smooth and creamy but it feels kinda thin to me (gwen agrees) vista d'oro homestead estate cider st a's says: 7% an exceptionally dry and t...