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newly stocked beers at legacy liquor store in vancouver: Founded by Alex Ganum, the owner and head brewer at Upright. Alex grew up drinking his father’s German pilsners and his older brother’s Bells Porter before moving to Portland in 2002 where he decided to give brewing a go. He never looked back, and seven years later opened Upright Brewing, specializing in farmhouse-inspired beers rooted in France and Belgium but made with local ingredients and a Pacific Northwest twist. The name “Upright” is in reference to the primary instrument of Charles Mingus, a musician whose compositions defy categorization. At Upright the recipes and processes are decidedly unbound, making for a true hybrid style that shares Mingus’ spirit of creativity and craft. Each beer combines the best of French style beers with the best the Pacific Northwest has to offer, making for some truly wonderful brews. Upright Brewing Co. Seven - $12.55 French-inspired ales with a West Coast twist to give them an identity...

new and delicious beers at legacy liquor store in vancouver: Upright Brewing Co. Seven - $12.55 French inspired ales with a West Coast twist to give them an identity all their own. This Portland brew has a slight haze to its brassy golden colour, and once it hits the glass you immediately plunge into an intense aroma of fruit and white pepper with a touch of Belgian malt. A dry beer with pear and apricot on the palate that hides the 8% ABV perfectly, it’s a simply remarkable offering from the state of Oregon. Evan Doan | Beer Team | Legacy Liquor Store Fernie Brewing Co. Snowblind Belgian IPA - $6.95 The second installment of Fernie’s Bucket List Series, this Belgian IPA combines the traditional style with new hop varietals from Australian and New Zealand. Unfiltered and hazy with a 7.9% ABV and a 68 IBU kick, this little treasure from the BC interior boasts the best of a Belgian IPA and the brews currently coming out of British Columbia. Chris Bonnallie | Beer Supervisor |...

oh gcbf! oh the good times! oh the good beers! oh thank dog there were no cameras at certain after-parties! first of all, let me extole the virtues of flying from vancouver to victoria so quick, so easy, so fun! (caveat:  i would not want to be on that tiny plane if there was ANY turbulence though - that would be very, very, very frightening) i left from my office at 5:45 on friday evening and i was in victoria by 7:00 for the start of the copper & theory tap takeover at the guild so civilized! watching the pre-flight safety film on an ipad the guild was a fun venue although, as nigel from the alibi room ironically pointed out, it was a hard place to socialize properly as you had to be seated to be served - darned restaurant licenses! i had hoped to have some beer & cheddar soup or welsh rarebit, but alas they don't do either of them vegetarian instead i ate other people's curry & chips as for beer, i stuck with the gigantic ipa because gosh darn...

the cask at the yaletown brewpub last night was cocoa ipa it was a bitter little beer to swallow so of course i loved it! a bit sedimenty with cocoa at the bottom, but what do you expect from a cask? i also ventured to bitter for their sour flight for $18 i got to try three sour beers the upright 4 is not really a sour beer if you ask me it is just a slightly sour saison, you know? so, not my favourite... the jolly pumpkin grand cru - luciernaga the firefly was starting to get sour still, i can see why it calls itself a belgian pale ale tasty for sure but not quite sour enough for me would i have it again?  sure! the verhaghe vichte duchesse de bourgoyne was sour not mouth puckeringly so, but enough that it pleased my sourpuss tastebuds iain hill described it to me before i had tried it as balsamic vinegar and he was right!  totally got that flavour from it my favourite of the three and one i would happy have again

my friend is on her way to portland i am jealous i have a trip in the works, but not for at least another month dammit! anyway in advising her of where she HAS to go i came across this site that provides pub crawl suggestions so if you haven't yet purchased the beer goddess' guide , which of course you need to go do now, this site can tide you over

upright brewing's fatali four should be winding its way to bc shortly! i must admit, i have not tried it before as it uses brett yeast and me, i'm just not able to do the brett...

upright brewing has four new beers ! i doubt we'll get them in vancouver as they're limited editions but its fun to dream isn't it?

for the most recent half pints and upright brewing's blogposts regina ales club homebrew competition post from half pints gonna be in winnipeg on may 26th? wanna go to a beer pairing dinner? click here to check out upright's spring line-up, check here

march 2, 2011 beernesday st. augustine's i have been having fun making up samplers for some of my friends they say "what should i have?" and i get to play dictator! it works for me, and so far they say i haven't yet steered them wrong so it appears to be making everyone happy! for stacy i put together: howe sound rockfish red ale lost coast raspberry brown ale driftwood farmhand ale lighthouse rip tide pale ale she said it was so good jackie decided to have it too and i put a second sampler together for stacy: howe sound high tide hemp and honey ale howe sound rockfish red ale (she insisted on having this again!) upright brewing seven lost coast great white and she liked all of those as well woot - i rock! my sampler was: tree brewing double hop head ipa st a's says: 8% loaded with five different hop varieties, this bold imperial ipa is not for the faint of heart i say: i really like it deschutes mirror pond pale ale st a's says:...

i am a huge clash fan so when i heard upright brewing was doing an ode to the clash in beer form i just about peed my pants i was so happy its been on my "beers i wanna drink" wish list for a while now then it arrived at the alibi room too cheap to pay the $22 for a bottle right then and there, i got my insider beer buddy to find out where i could buy myself a bottle retail turns out they carry it at brewery creek so i got me one for the lower price of $12 which for 1 pint, 9.4 fluid ounces seems like a good deal! okay, so nowhere does it actually say its an ode to the clash, or even to punk rock in general, but i'm going to say that it is and go with it, because that makes me happy and i like to be happy it works for me can i just say its got way toooooo much head? frothy frothy head that pours inches tall for each cm of beer i managed to get into my glass its been a long several minutes and i'm still waiting for the head to go down enough to get to...

went on a mini pub crawl with my own personal viking yesterday everyone should have their own personal viking they are very, very useful they drink with you, they carry the heavy things in case of attack, they can protect you... and they're always game to go on a pub crawl with you! since we needed to run beer errands at brewery creek and firefly, we thought the main and cambie area would be a good place to go for a sunny afternoon's worth of beers beginning at the whip on main where we had the soup of the day (prawn, lemongrass thai) i went with storm's hurricane ipa the viking went with storm's black plague stout (nevermind the apocolypse, its the black plague stout) both of which were divinely delicious i love that the stout is complexly malty without resorting to vanilla or coffee notes the ipa is hazy and not overly hopped, with lots of fruity notes then to brewery creek so i could pick up my bottle of upright brewing's clash ale that worke...

at st. augustine's on beernesday, i tried the following beers: sampler: central city brewing red racer pumpkin ale:  5%  a lightly spiced pale ale layered with roasted pumpkin lost coast brewery raspberry brown ale:  6.5%  lost coast's award winning downtown brown ale, with its rich chocolate malt flavour, is enhanced with an infusion of real raspberries upright brewing six:  6.7%  a dark rye beer with layered flavors including chocolate, caramel, pepper, wood, cherry and tropical fruit.  it starts semi-dry and smooth and finishes fully dry and tart with a bite from the hops storm brewing scottish highland cream ale:  5%  this creamy, nutty, malty, dark ale is true to its scottish origins and is caramelized as the kettle is being filled i wanted to try the crannog ales 10th anniversary fresh-hopped ipa, but they were out of it... bottles: cannery brewing wildfire ipa:  6%  intensely dark and smooth.  this balck ipa ...

after having attended a couple of previous tastings at firefly, i knew that there are some sour beers that i enjoy, and some that i just can't stand.  but which are which? thank dog firefly chose to host a sour tasting night! now i know what i like, and what i'd rather not ever be offered again! we sampled the following: dogfish head's festina peche (4.5%) upright brewing's late harvest barrel aged brown ale (7%) orval trappist ale belgium pale ale (6.9%) lindemans' cuvee rene gueuze (5%) cantillon's gueuze 100% lambic (5%) cantillon's kriek 100% lambic (5%) brouwerij de ranke's cuvee (7%) storm brewing's blackcurrent lambic i found the dogfish head to be more tart than sour using an old style from berlin, they added some peach flavour and peachy colour looks more like a very fruity wine in the glass than a beer it tastes almost champagney probably not something i'd buy but enjoyable nonetheless the brown ale was aged in...

upright brewery has a clash tribute beer? tell me more! click here for thefullpint story.