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winners at the 2013 bc beer awards vancouver is awesome, on 33 acres ways to piss of your bartender - don't do these things!! there is a new strongest beer in the world (probably quite appropriately called "snake venom") and new and delicious beers at legacy liquor store in vancouver: 2013 Brewery Creek Collaboration Spruce Tip Stout - $8.15   Craft Beer Month is coming to a close, but not without unleashing its collaboration beer to the clamoring masses. Employing the minds of Main Street Brewing, 33 Acres, R&B, Red Truck and Brassneck, this beer is not to be trifled with. Utilizing spruce tips and roast malt, all while boasting a more than sessionable ABV of 3.9%, this limited run brew should certainly not be missed (especially considering the fact the label is also a removable patch).   Evan Doan | Beer Team | Legacy Liquor Store St. Ambroise Vintage Ale Millésimée - $7.55   Brewed once a year by Peter McAuslan and brewmaster Ellen Bounsall, this beer i...

beer geekery

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strong and strange:

coming soon!

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being released today in victoria, can vancouver be far behind? me, i don't love a belgian but for this baby, i love the label so much i'm going to have to get one regardless (check out the ingredients listed down the right side of the label!)

brewdog does it again

more taxidermy! more strong beer! the ghost deer is a 28% blonde ale only available from the head of a deer currently on location at brewdog edinburgh what will those crazy punks come up with next???

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nostrodamus

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i didn't realize when i grabbed the nostrodamus that it's a belgian beer all i saw were the words 'strong brown ale' and that was enough for me! it certainly is a strong brown ale and it is a belgian made in belgium even! i enjoyed the taster size glass i had of it but i won't be buying it again i really wish i could get over my inability to enjoy the belgians it pains me to have to avoid such a large category of beers! BRASSERIE CARACOLE Truly artisanal Brasserie La Caracole is located in a small village Falmignoul, Province of Namur, Wallonia in southern Belgium, close to the French border. Their products are being distributed in Belgium, Italy, France, Holland, Switzerland and Japan. Their portfolio consists of four stock ales:  Caracole  8% abv,  Nostradamus  9.5% abv,  Saxo  8% abv,  Troublette 5% abv All beers are presented in 11.2 fl. oz. / 33 ml. metal crown bottles as well as in 25.4 fl. oz. / 750ml champagne bottles with cork a...

green flash news flash

from green flash: "Biere de L'Amitie Collaboration Release Events this Weekend! "Bière De L’Amitié is a Blond Belgian Strong Ale, brewed with St. Feuillien’s traditional yeast and secret spices. For a Green Flash-style modern twist, rye and wheat malts were added to the mash and American Amarillo hops used in a late boiling kettle addition. Then the beer was dry-hopped with more Amarillo for even more hop flavor, aroma and zest." Join us as we release our long-awaited collaboration brew with St. Feuillien, this weekend! Check out the events happening around the area: Thursday, Aug 5 - Collaboration Release Party Beachwood Barbeque, Seal Beach, CA Beachwood will have a selection of Green Flash and St. Feuillien beers on tap, along with our featured beer: Biere de L'Amitie. Friday, Aug. 6 - Tasting room Release Green Flash Brewing Co. Tasting Room 4-8pm Come in and try Biere de L'Amitie. We are not retailing the beer out of the brewery. This tasti...