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apparently this summer is 'pub crawl summer' for me two crawls over two weekends (and one last month) - i guess this is what i do when i'm not galivanting out of town on the weekend and i gotta tell ya, i like it! on the long weekend i went on a crawl organized by a friend and we hit a whopping 7 places (loosely calling them all pubs...) some peeps continued on to an 8th, but i tapped out after 7 (i'm not old, i'm sensible... yeah, sensible, that's it) where did we go? parallel 49 odd society storm brewing bomber brewing windjammer restaurant biercraft stateside craft (some to st. augustine's) odd society so what was the mission statement of this particular crawl? get hammered on a sunny saturday afternoon? well, that may have happened, but the purpose was to show off the incredible bounty of craft beverages within walking distance of our east van homes 3 breweries - parallel 49 tasting room, bomber brewing tasting room and storm br...

i went on a little pub crawl in north van last week we only hit four venues but i feel we did well for a friday evening step one: take seabus to foreign lands step two: avoid getting hit by train on the way from seabus to black kettle step three: sample beers at black kettle on tap: wheat ale, pale ale and ipa i really enjoyed the wheat and the pale the ipa was too well-balanced for me - i need more pacific northwest hoppiness! step four: walk back along tracks take photos of interesting and unintelligible messages step five: stop for food at sailor hagar's split hairs with server about their continued use of the name "brewpub" when no brewing is done on-site any more (howe sound brews their beers now) step five.five: enjoy a persephone pale ale instead of the house beers (count this as the best beer i had all night) eat waffle fries with ketchup and hot sauce and call it dinner step six: walk back to lonsdale quay and visit g...

con't from yesterday's post: After an afternoon of visiting three lovely establishments it was time to ditch the vehicle and continue on foot.  The final four places I stopped were within very easy walking distance of each other. Downtown Corvallis is not very large and boasts a number of craft beer destinations.   Fourth stop, Flat Tail Brewing, Corvallis, OR This is one of the breweries mentioned in Lisa Morrison's book.  I decided to keep going with the taster paddles and chose 8 beers. We arrived a minute before 6:00 and our server graciously told us if we ordered quickly he could get us in under the“happy hour” wire. Realizing we hadn't eaten at all yet, I ordered the “frickles” - fried pickles with pepper ranch dip - and pretzel sticks with beer & cheddar and honey mustard dips. The pretzels were awesome, the frickles had a bit too much breading on them, but they kept me able to drink my paddle of Kolsch, Amber 8 Man, Bitter Ry...

i could have told you this but now that cnbc says it, maybe restauranteurs will listen bigger beer menus boost restaurant sales main street pub crawl twelve local christmas beers beermebc survey results four winds saison brett wins coveted five pints award from jan zeschky craftbeer.com's beer style finder find out which styles you may not have tried that you'll probably fall in love with

from camra vancouver: Our Kits Cask Carouse in April was so awesome, we've decided to do it again, Gastown-style. Join us on a four-stop cask crawl around Gastown on August 25th! We'll be visiting The Alibi Room, The Lamplighter, Steamworks and Bitter Tasting Room. Each stop will feature a unique cask-conditioned ale, as well as paired appetizers and a special guest speaker. Your ticket price includes a sleeve and appy at each stop (with additional sleeves available for purchase). Tickets on sale August 1st - join the Facebook event page to keep in the loop!

i'm leading a group for the camra kits cask carouse - join me wontcha?!? four stops four casks food, food, food! Displace Hashery Beer – R&B Raspberry IPA Food Pairing – TBA Guest Speaker – Duncan Stewart on ‘Cask beer 101′ Darby’s Pub Beer – Lighthouse Switchback IPA Food Pairing - Wimpy Burger (Fraser Valley beef patty, with lettuce, tomato, crispy onions, mustard & mayo on a brioche bun) with roasted garlic polenta fries, or Vegetarian Wimpy Burger with roasted garlic polenta fries. Guest Speaker – Paddy Treavor, CAMRA Vancouver President The Bimini Beer – Parallel 49 Imperial Wit Food Pairing – Slow-roasted pork tacos with smoked pepper hot sauce, pickled vegetables & avocado mash. Served with a side of roasted corn & potato salad. The vegetarian option will replace pork for squash and asparagus. Guest Speaker – Mike Tod of Parallel 49 on ‘Laws surrounding opening a brewery and the challenges’ Sunset Grill Tap House & Whiskey Bar Beer ...

so many beers, so little time to write about them! i had lofty intentions of posting this week but i have failed oh well, one day i'll tell ya all about the stout day beer pairing dinner at rogue, my mini-bellingham-pub-crawl to chuckanut and boundary bay, and all the beernesdays and other tastings i've been doing in the meantime i bid you adieu for a few days i'm taking a wee vacation in disneyland! hello mickey mouse! hello nobel ale works and anaheim brewing hello out of the park pizza and j.t. schmid's hello california sunshine and warmth!! catch ya late next week!

Beerthirst & CAMRA Vancouver are pleased to present: Tour de Richmond! Date: Saturday, Dec 3rd, 2011 Time: Pick up at 11:45am at Brighouse Skytrain Station in Richmond (just look for the yellow school bus!) Details: Come experience how Richmond is fast becoming one of the ultimate destinations for craft beer in BC! Our classic school bus will pick us up at Brighouse Skytrain Station in Richmond at 11:45 sharp and whisk us off on a journey filled with fun, friends, prizes, craft beers and appetizers at each stop. Tickets include a pint and appies at each location $40 for CAMRA Members (valid card required) $50 for non-members Not yet a CAMRA member? Be sure to sign up here http://bit.ly/amKEO5 Tickets will be available for purchase at 11am on Friday, Nov 11th http://www.tourderichmond.eventbrite.com/ Participating locations include: Fogg N Suds Kingswood Pub Hog Shack Cook House Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant O’Hares Gastropub Pumphouse Pub Need to stoc...

masochist? well, perhaps a little... i think this british columbia pub crawl sounds amazing! i wanna do it! who's with me? c'mon, there's craft beer involved!

happy birthday to one of my oldest friends (oldest in how long i've known her, not her age!), doctor sharon and to make this post beer related, why not check out craftbeer.com ? they have lots of good articles and other beer related stuff to titillate and educate you like this one about the new concept of putting together a beer trail you know, like a longer version of a pub crawl and this one about a five-way collaboration beer

and still more about ipa day! ryan and i made the camra newsletter because of the pub crawl - yay!! guess this means we really should plan something for stout day... another pub crawl? a room at a pub with stouts on cask? a beer pairing dinner?

i know ipa day was last week but i'm a bit slow on the photo upload, okay?! here is the fabulous ryan and myself in the shirts we made for our pub crawl adorable aren't we? first stop of the crawl was yaletown brewpub where we enjoyed iain hill's dry-hopped with simcoe cask of brick & beam ipa yaletown hosts a cask night every thursday, tapping at 4  yaletown brewpub we also had the extra treats made for us by lundy and ryan lundy made ipa bread with deschutes inversion ryan made his now famous ipa peanut brittle, this batch with hopworks ace of spades lundy and the ipa bread ryan and the ipa peanut brittle second stop was the railway club where they had specials on bottles of howe sound devil's elbow ipa, russell ip'eh and r&b hoppelganger... and phillips hop circle on tap i had the hop circle the railway also celebrated international beer day on august 5th with bands and many beer specials and has a weekly cask nigh...

sorry to all the boy type people on the pub crawl last night apparently all those ipas were not good for you oh, they were very good for me and all the other girl type people imbibing them but not for you nope bummer hope you won't hold it against me! the pub crawl was a success! people came, they drank ipa, they laughed, they made me laugh it was good times!!!

finally today is just about over talk about one of the longest days everrrr i just wanna hop on the ipa day pub crawl wagon and worship the hops! t minus 25 minutes until i fly outta work and into a hoppy ipa!

despite snags in my efforts to make #IPADay t-shirts for tomorrow i'm very excited about the vancouver pub crawl tomorrow!!!!!!

wow, this is my 900th post i sure am chatty! only two days away from international ipa day please, if you're in vancouver come join in on the pub crawl!!! 4 - 5:45 at yaletown brewpub (with a cask of iain's ipa dry-hopped with simcoe) 6 - 6:45 at railway club (with ipa on special) 7 - 7:45 at malones (with ipa specials and an appetizer for the group) 8 - 8:45 at steamworks 9 onwards at rogue wetbar (with ipa specials on crannog insurrection, moylan’s ipa, central city ipa and driftwood fat tug) no tickets no muss, no fuss just show up at the venue(s) at the appointed time and join in on the ipa adoration hop aboard, they're expecting us! let's make this an event to remember

the ipa day pub crawl is totally figured out! yay! 4 - 5:45 at yaletown brewpub (with a cask of iain's ipa) 6 - 6:45 at railway club (with ipa specials) 7 - 7:45 at malones (with ipa specials and an appetizer for the group) 8 - 8:45 at steamworks 9 onwards at rogue wetbar (with ipa specials on crannog insurrection, mooylan’s ipa, central city ipa and driftwood fat tug) no tickets no muss, no fuss just show up at the venue(s) at the appointed time and join in on the ipa adoration hop aboard, they're expecting us!

four venues confirmed!! the fifth is in the works! 4 - 5:45 at yaletown brewpub (with a cask of iain's ipa) 6 - 6:45 at railway club (with ipa specials) 7 - 7:45 at malones 8 - 8:45 steamworks yeeeeeehaw! giddy-up! august 4th can't come fast enough for me!

the pub crawl for #IPADay vancouver is a go!! confirmed: 4 - 5:45 at yaletown brewpub malones (tentatively 7 - 7:45) 8 - 8:45 steamworks still have two stops in the works and will post those once they're confirmed as well i'm excited!!