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i'm off to san francisco this weekend for weekend #1 in a row of 3 that i will be out of town for in search of beer (there are many heavily armed people and dogs at my house while i'm gone, btw) i'm playing in a soccer tournament - with beer in hand - most of the time i'm there but i still have grandiose plans to hit some of the following: mikkeller city beer 21st amendment cellarmaker brewing toronado pi bar magnolia brewpub monk's kettle i haven't been back to sf in a long time like years... maybe five of them i used to go there alllll the time but then i got busy doing other things and going other places and now most of my friends have left the city just in time for it to go totally beer crazy so many beers so little time always the same old story

how west coast ipas took over the world and america still obsessed with ipas warpigs brewpub in copenhagen 170 year old beer and three from the georgia straight: david eby vs. suzanne anton golden plates winners new breweries just keep popping up bill tieleman on the impending liquor price changes bc mag's ultimate vancouver craft beer guide bc place now serves more beer: Vancouver , BC- BC Place and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are excited to announce significant enhancements to the food and beverage menus at BC Place for the upcoming Major League Soccer season and all upcoming events in 2015. Featuring a new menu designed by Centerplate’s award-winning local Chef, Will Tse, an enhanced partnership with Vancouver’s own Vij’s Restaurant and an all-new specialty beer concession with more than 20 different brews from Vancouver and around the world, Whitecaps FC fans and all guests at BC Place are sure to have an experience like no other when they visit Vancouver’...

this is what i brought back from portland with me this is what i brought back from portland and have already drunk:

from legacy liquor store in vancouver: The season of the tallboy is in full swing with radlers, lagers, pale ales and more, all available to help you keep cool when you’re out enjoying the warm rays of the sun. To top it off, we’ve been seeing a lot more seasonal options roll through the doors, everything from rosés to hefeweizens and beyond. We’ll also be running tastings all weekend, so swing by the store and check out the Legacy Counter. You can see the full line-up down below. Born in 1975, and brother to Mikkel Borg Bjergsø of Mikkeller, another great gypsy brewery, Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø kicked off his career not as a brewer, but as a physics and English teacher. It wasn’t until 2010 that Evil Twin Brewing was founded by Jeppe, but it didn’t take long before it took off in a big way, launching more than forty different brews in 2012 alone and brewing out of ten different breweries in six different countries around the world. It was also in 2012 that Jeppe relocated to Brooklyn w...

freshly arrived at legacy liquor store in vancouver: Mikkeller Citra Single Hop IPA - $5.65 Often pushing the boundaries of beer with unique brews, Mikkeller has decided to show off the characteristics of a single hop. Beautiful amber orange in colour with a pithy and fruity aroma, on the palate grapefruit, citrus and malt all play their role and showcase what Citra is all about. An excellent choice for any hop enthusiast. Joel Wilson | Beer Team | Legacy Liquor Store Dead Frog Brewery The Obsidian Dagger - $6.95 Reinvention isn’t easy, but Dead Frog Brewery makes it look like it is with another addition to their stellar line-up of 650ml bottles. Dark roasted malts and tropical hops work in harmony in this black IPA—with hops like centennial and galaxy, and malts including biscuit and chocolate, this is a true powerhouse. Enjoy before this limited batch beer is all gone. Chris Bonnallie | Beer Supervisor | Legacy Liquor Store Straffe Hendrik Brugs Quadrupel Bier - $10.95...

leah poulton's east van pub crawl oysters and beer!   the competition lynn's story on adam henderson , beer importer extraordinaire a month of beer goes to 33 acres mikkeller vs. evil twin how to stop checking your phone when you're out for a drink

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...)

its all about the alice porter and the i hardcore you over at the brewdog blog i wish their t-shirts were available here shipping is just tooooo much to make them fit my budget if i were to shop at the brewdog online store

i attended the "evolution of the ipa" tasting at firefly last week i was so excited that they were having a whole night of ipas! and i wasn't disappointed there were only two ipas on the list that i hadn't yet tried (one because its limited release and the other because it was only just released) but that meant that i could focus more easily on comparing and contrasting the hops varieties, strengths and malt balances between the beers we got lots of great hand-outs a hops profile chart, a beer evaluation sheet, the history of ipas and a beer aroma wheel not to mention all the great information our fearless leaders had to impart i feel like i got a lot more than just a tasting we began the night with samuel smith's india ale (5%) from england this is one that i had tried just the night before and not liked i found it had a biscuity nose and felt kind of belgian but the further i got down my taster glass of this semi-traditional british ipa, the more ...

i stole this from craft beer locator who stole it from npr 'Gypsy Brewer' Spreads Craft Beer Gospel by Claire O'Neill "At 7 on a recent summer morning, I pulled into a gravel parking lot in Westminster, Md. Despite the godforsaken hour, I was late. Brian Strumke of Stillwater Artisanal Ales had been awake for hours, his daylong brewing process well under way. The self-proclaimed "gypsy brewer" is always on the go, and this morning was no exception. As soon as I arrived at DOG Brewing Co., we hopped in his car and headed to Baltimore. He had left his secret weapon at home: white sage. On the road we discussed how new things are afoot, literally, in beer land. "Gypsy brewing," although by no means a trend, has been added to the lexicon. In oversimplified terms, it's brewing on the go, a supersubculture of the craft beer industry. Strumke is one of about three people in the world who do it, Denmark's Mikkeller brewers being another exa...

in my glass today is mikkelle r's stateside ipa pours with an insanely abundant head (on a vigourous pour), which remains all lacey and creamy on the sides of my glass as i prepare for the first sip i dig the green striped label and the hoppy aromas wafting toward me first sip is bitter like a little too bitter second sip is better, i'm adjusting to the bitter 7%, water, malt (pilsner, munich and caramunich), flaked oats, hops (chinook, cascade and centennial) and ale yeast bet its the flaked oats that provided the creamy head! the bottle says:  "Our love of American microbrews inspired us to make this IPA.  It's brewed with generous amounts of aromatic American hops to provide significant freshness and bitterness with lot of citrus notes, which are nicely balanced by the sweetness of caramel malt." still tasting more bitter than i am sweetness of caramel malt but finding it more drinkable the further down the glass i get! the website is in danish...