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brewdog's irreverent history of and ode to the growler vancouver tasting lounges - one man's odyssey of tasting: one afternoon of my life red collar brewing open in kamloops moody ales opens in port moody rebrandings for fernie brewing and lighthouse brewing five great oatmeal stouts a whole article about " should you drink beer or wine tonight " when the obvious answer is "yes" (for the record, i don't agree with most of the stuff in this article, i just wanted to link to it so i could be oh so funny in how i set up the link) the winners of the 2014 bc beer awards

here are my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast: I sometimes bring in beers for Stephen Quinn and I to taste in the studio. This week I brought in not one, but four beers for tasting - but you won't find these beers at the liquor store or at a local brewery. These beers were brewed at home.  (We only got to the first three on air, but see below for my tasting notes on all four.) Whoa!   Isn't it difficult to brew beer yourself? Shouldn't we just leave it to the professionals? Hardly!  Brewing beer at home is actually quite easy and involves a minimal financial investment. You can purchase the basic brewing equipment in Vancouver at Dan's homebrew shop for $70, and you'll need a 19 litre stock pot (another $24) as well as the basic brewing gear.  A beer making kit of ingredients will cost you between $17 and $35. If you want to follow a recipe and put the ingredients together yourself you're lo...

"Exciting things are happening around Legacy, including an exclusive deal with Vancouver’s first micro-distiller, Long Table Distillery. You’ll be able to pick up a bottle of their vodka or gin exclusively at Legacy Liquor Store for the next six months, so get down here and see where the craft distillery market will take you. St. Patrick’s Day is this weekend and you know what that means – beer and lots of it – and we’ll be in high spirits running a gauntlet of beer tastings both West Coast craft and classic Irish. What more could you ask for? Well maybe some sun, but that’s up to Mother Nature. March 15 th Diamond Knot & Lazy Boy Beer Tasting, 4pm-7pm March 16 th Whistler Beer Tasting & Snowbus giveaway, 2pm-6pm March 17 th St. Patrick’s Day Beer Tasting, 2pm-6pm" new and exciting beers at legacy liquor store in vancouver: Townsite Brewing – Perfect Storm Oatmeal Stout - $6.15 Our friends from Powell River have come out with a beer to celebrate the cohesive t...

just in time for stout day and audition day for the red racer girl central city brewing comes out with stout in a re-designed can p.s.  break a gear at your audition, viking!!

i broke my camera at oktoberfest... so no photos of recent casks last week's rail ale tuesday at the railway club featured vanilla bean oatmeal stout from r&b brewing i was scared by the "vanilla" aspect but it was subtle and barely discernable - which made me happy! delicious!  made having to go to the dentist beforehand feel like it happened to somebody else! last week's cask at the yaletown brewpub was an unadulterated nagila pale ale and it was delicious it really is quite nice to have an unadulterated cask from time to time! and happy birthday to matt! this week i will be heading over to the new oxford on tuesday evening because driftwood has gifted them with a cask of the sartori fresh-hopped ipa and i simply cannot miss that!

international stout day is november 3rd! in vancouver?  then you should go to the stout pairing dinner at rogue kitchen and not just because it was my idea!!!

Red Racer Beer Tonight St. Augustine's will be tapping a cask of Gary's "drink your breakfast" Oatmeal Stout. That's our Oatmeal Stout infused with Bean Around the World espresso, demerara sugar, and vanilla beans soaked in vodka.

oatmeal stout beer brats? check them out !