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another example in the "it's good to be me" showcase: while i was at eat! vancouver a couple of weeks ago (a show that i love to attend every year, because who doesn't want to spend a whole day eating and drinking fabulous things?) i got to talking with the lovely people over at habibi's mediterranean did i blog about anything other than beer, they asked well, i said, you know what goes really well with beer?  food! so they handed me a whole bag full of their yummy hummus and chips and sent me off to find beers to pair with them okay, i don't know about you but i do not spend allll my time drinking beer so, this is going to be an ongoing project i mean, i guess i could just have a hummus and beer party and go through it all at once but i fear that no one will pay attention to the pairings after the first beer or two - even if we're just drinking taster sized servings of beer so i am taking this one for the team yup, all by myself i am eating...

no gmos at ninkasi new beers from bomber brewing: MÄRZEN ATTACKS! NICE BEER, WE'LL TAKE IT! BOMBER MÄRZEN, Amber Lager : Märzen means "March" beer but you may prefer to enjoy this august, medium-bodied German lager all year round. A smooth maltiness and clean, dry finish make this the perfect bier for all occasions - any time of year!   About Bomber Märzen Amber Lager: Aroma: A slight toasted malt aroma, underpinned by the very German presence of Munich malt. Appearance: Orange-red in colour. Clear and bright. Flavour: An early sweet maltiness precedes a soft, dry finish. 'Dark Munich' provides a slight toasted character. Moderate noble hop bitterness. Mouthfeel: Smooth and creamy with a light to medium body. ABV = 5.5% Original Gravity = 1.055 Bitterness = 20 IBU Colour = 9 SRM Bomber Märzen Amber Lager is available now in kegs, 650ml bottles, & on tap in the Bomber Brewing tasting room. About ...

further to my radio column about gmos in beer here is a list of 8 beers that contain them govern yourself accordingly update:  and here is a rebuttal to that article not really touching on the gmo aspect, but totally slamming the rest of the scary beer ingredients aspect (and fabulous use of my new favourite word: dumbassery - mostly due to it that great silent b in the middle)

here are my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast talking about gmos in beer with mathew lazin-ryder: Let's begin this post-St. Patrick’s Day column with a mention of green beer.   I am a fan of beer; good beer, quality beer.   If you could make your beer green in colour without taking away from the quality of the beer, then I would be all for it.   To the best of my knowledge though, the green beer on offer around Vancouver is courtesy of green food colouring.   As a card carrying beer geek I'm not down with that! Which leads me to what else shouldn’t be in beer - such as genetically modified organisms. Beer has four ingredients, water, yeast, hops and barley.   Of those four, water is not a substance that can be genetically altered, so it’s fine.   Hops and barley are currently not on a risk list, so they are not likely to contain GMOs.   Yeast, however, is on the high risk list.   Adjuncts like co...