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my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast with stephen quinn: If you can’t make it to Munich for the famous Oktoberfest, being held right now, never fear – there are several smaller versions taking place right here at home!  Harvest Haus  begins on Thursday.  Ooom-pah, sausages and pretzels, and of course, lots of beer await you at the Queen Elizabeth plaza.  Running Thursday, Friday and Saturday this weekend, and Friday, Saturday and Sunday of next, you can enjoy sword-play and dancing, and cheersing with ceramic steins. Darby’s Gastown is celebrating Oktoberfest on October 2 nd from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.  They’re pairing four beer styles, dunkel, marzen, alt and hefeweizen with German fare of pretzels and sausages.  No tickets required, just show up and enjoy. Port Moody’s Oktoberfest runs from September 29 th to October 2 nd and the 6 th to the 9 th at 100 Newport Way.  There will be beer, pretzels, saus...

i haven't even been on the air yet, but i'm already on the cbc website! Prost! Oktoberfest events to check out on the Lower Mainland Can't make it to Munich? Don't worry — lots of German beer fun in B.C. this year CBC News 38 Minutes Ago Visitors reach for the one of the first mugs of beer during the opening day of the 183rd Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. You don't have to go to Europe to enjoy Oktoberfest, says On The Coast beer columnist Rebecca Whyman. (Michaela Rehle/Reuters) If you can't make it to Munich for their famous Oktoberfest being held right now, never fear: there are several smaller versions taking place right here in B.C. "Oktoberfest came about as a way to finish off the previous year's beers and make room in the casks for the new beers to be brewed,"  On The Coast  beer columnist Rebecca Whyman told host Stephen Quinn. "If you have to drink a lot of beer in a short amount of time, it only ma...

my notes from tuesday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast with gloria macarenko: ( and look,  jan zeschky  thinks you should go to all the fests too!) We’re in the midst of beer festival season in BC! There are several beer festivals coming up, and they’re conveniently being held on different dates so you can get to them all – like I intend to do! It’s the Whistler beer festival this coming weekend – there are events like cask nights and tastings beginning Wednesday evening, leading up to the tasting festival on Saturday and Sunday.  There will be over 100 beers pouring from over 50 breweries, and several cideries as well.   A couple of the area’s not-yet-opened breweries will be pouring beers at the fest, namely Back Country Brewing from Squamish and Highway 97 from Penticton, so be sure to try those ones! While you are in Whistler, you could take advantage of the opportunity to go check out the newly opened Coast Mountain B...

been wondering what the beers on offer at harvest haus will be? need to plan what to pair with your pretzel before you arrive and get overwhelmed with the choices? never fear! i have the low-down on what's on offer at harvest haus, starting tonight: "Some of these are quite new to the Vancouver market, especially the Icelandic Brio pilsner and German Crew Republic IPA." HARVEST HAUS BEER SELECTION Erdinger Weissbier - Germany Erdinger Dunkel Weissbier - Germany Krombacher Pils - Germany Krombacher Radler - Germany Krombacher Weizen - Germany Russell Märzen - Vancouver Russell White Rabbit Hoppy Hefeweizen - Vancouver Birra Moretti - Italy Murphy's Irish Stout - Ireland Strongbow Gold - UK Strongbow British Dry - UK Strongbow Elderflower - UK Newcastle Brown Ale - UK Steam Whistle - Toronto Samuel Adams Boston Lager - USA Samuel Adams Octoberfest - USA Leffe - Belgium Hoegaarden - Belgium Löwenbräu - Germany Goose Island - USA P...

when i heard that bomber brewing wasn't going to have an oktoberfest this year, i realized that if i wanted to go to one i was going to have to look outside vancouver. how about seattle? Sunday, October 4 from 4PM to 8PM  Benefits Pike Place Market Foundation Ticket includes 10 drink tickets, authentic PIKETOBERFEST beer mug, all food, music and discounted parking at Russell Investment Center garage. Celebrate the harvest season at PIKETOBERFEST- a Beer, Charcuterie and Harvest Festival. Featuring local meats, sauerkrauts, cheeses and more, paired with craft beers, wines and spirits.  Compare our regional food and drinks to their classic German counterparts and toast Piketoberfest with live music in Pike Br...

With the change in the weather comes a change in seasonal beer styles.   Oktoberfest beers and fresh-hopped beers are two of my favourites that often get overshadowed by the arrival of pumpkin beers to the market. Fresh-hopped beers have just started to hit stores and these are beers with a very limited shelf life.   You have to get them fast and drink them soon.   Fresh-hopping, also known as wet-hopping refers to using freshly picked hops while brewing rather than dried or pelleted hops. We are very lucky in the Lower Mainland to be located in a hop-friendly growing environment.   This means that our brewers can obtain fresh hops when they ripen and use those immediately to brew beer.   Driftwood Brewing in Victoria drives out to the Sartori ranch Cultus Lake to help harvest the hops and then drives them back to Victoria that same day to be put right into the brew.   Storm Brewing and Persephone Brewing use hops they grow themselves whi...

i'll be on cbc radio's on the coast with stephen quinn at 5:50 today talking about fresh-hopped and oktoberfest beers 88.1 fm 690 am in vancouver and then i'll be heading right off to craft beer market for the stanley park beer pairing dinner it's nice to be invited to such events i'm looking forward to giving craft beer market another chance (it did not wow me at all on my previous visit, so i hadn't been back since) and tasting stanley park's two new beers (pale ale and winter ale) i haven't had any of the shadow brand's beers lately, so i'm interested to see what they're up to these days and meet the brewer

  BOMBER BREWING'S LATEST RELEASE IS ALL ABOUT AUTUMN OKTOBERFEST München lager : This German lager has a tad more octane than our Märzen and as a nod to fall and all its bounty, is more golden in colour. A dry finish is produced by use of a blend of German lager yeasts and the body comes courtesy of  Munich and Vienna malts. Why not soothe your medieval soul’s desire for an autumnal celebration?! Just don’t delay – quantities are limited.  About Oktoberfest : Appearance: Deep golden amber. Aroma: Strong aroma of Munich and Vienna malts along with traditional Hallertau hops.  Flavour: Sweet maltiness and light toasty character up front finishing clean and dry with moderate hop bitterness.  Mouthfeel: Medium body, medium-high carbonation. ABV = 6% Original Gravity = 1.060 Bitterness = 20 IBU Colour = 7.5 SRM Oktoberfest is available now in kegs, 650ml bottles, and on tap in the Bomber Brewing tasting room. ...

here are my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio's on the coast with stephen quinn: Get out your calendars and mark down these beer festival dates! There are beer festivals all year round, but right now is a particularly rife season, just thick with festivals here in BC, and it is not entirely due to Oktoberfests!   There’s the Great Canadian Beer festival in Victoria, the BC Beer Awards, Whistler Beer Festival, Yaletown Brewpub's Caskival, Harrison Beer Festival, Powell River Oktoberfest and Bomber Brewing’s Oktoberfest just to name a few. There are definitely elements that are common to all beer festivals – drinking beer for starters – but there are differences, which is why you can’t just say you’ve been to a beer festival and now you’re done.   Some beer festivals have a theme – like Oktoberfest or casks – some are big, some are small, some are about beer and food pairings – like Vancouver’s Brewery and the Beast meat and beer feast – some are hel...

stephen quinn is back! i have missed him so i'm especially looking forward to today's beer column cbc radio one on the coast 5:50 pm 88.1 fm 690 am in vancouver i'll be talking about some upcoming local beer festivals and oktoberfests

and i made the cbc website again!!! As people around the world embrace craft beer, beer travel is a growing trend. We do it for wine,  why not beer, asks Rebecca Whyman, a member of Campaign for Real Ale. Whyman says she would love to travel more often for beer — but when going to every beer festival worldwide is not in your budget, she say you can still get some decent craft beer on your holidays. Whyman recommends starting with some research on the Internet to find out which breweries are near your destination, and what events are taking place while you're there. She says a recent trip of hers to Mexico produced some delicious results, and on an upcoming trip she will be going to the Las Vegas Beer Fest. Before you arrive, you can plug into the local beer scene, and start following beer makers on social media. Travel the world tasting beer (CBC)   Beer Advocate is a beer magazine and website that can help you find craft beer locales in cities throughout the...

my notes from yesterday's beer column on beer travel on cbc radio one's on the coast with stephen quinn I would love to be able to travel the world for beer! So far, Mexico and Central Ontario are the furthest I have travelled since becoming a beer geek, and those were places I was visiting for other reasons. Those totally count as beer travel though, since I sought out all the beer I could while I was there! There are two basic methods of beer travel. The first is to find a beer event you would like to attend, or choose a beer-centric place to visit, and then plan a vacation around the beer. The second is to research the beer options available in a place you already have plans to visit. So far my beer travel generally falls into the second category. I find all the beer I can at places I already have plans to visit. Quite often serendipity graces me with a beer festival during the very period I need to be somewhere. For instance the Washington State Cask Festival that ...