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from bomber brewing: BOMBER BREWING WANTS YOU TO GET YOUR SUMMER ON PARK LIFE Passion Fruit Ale : The sun comes out and this city comes alive! Whether it's hiking, biking, skimboarding, sailing, softball, or anywhere in between, Vancouverites know where to be on a nice day. With Park Life, our latest seasonal  release, we like to think we've put a little sunshine in a can. This refreshing American  Blonde Ale is infused with passion fruit puree for a crisp, tart flavour and full tropical  aroma. Park Life is sure to pair well with barbecue, picnic fare, and all your sunny weather activites. About Park Life: Appearance: Cloudy, lemon yellow, bright white head Aroma: Passion fruit,...

from r&b brewing:       R &B Brewing NEW RELEASES Updates                                          R&B & the BC-SPCA = SPCale R&B Brewing and the BC-SPCA have joined forces this winter in a fun way to raise funds in protecting domestic, farm and wild animals in need. SPCALE is a limited edition brew that will be released in mid December. This rauchweissen ale is an unfiltered,delicately smoked wheat beer with a 4.2% abv and 12 IBU's. A portion of the proceeds of this 650 ml bottled beer will be donated to the BC-...

i am back from my very quick trip to onterrible i wish i could tell you i drank a whole lot of great beer and discovered fab new places to drink it but i'd be lying i was not on a beercation and so my time available to devote to the nectar of the gods was precious little i did manage to get to amsterdam brewhouse on toronto's waterfront and pick up a few brews at the lcbo to enjoy during family time  amsterdam brewing is the low brown building at the left of this photo amsterdam brewing: the building is right on the water with a huge patio wrapping around it the service is friendly and the servers wear actual clothes, so that's nice downsides: they were out of half of the beers on the menu apparently they are running at capacity and can't keep up with demand i think maybe they should keep the brewpub stocked though, before the lcbo, since people are coming out to see the brewery and drink the beers - effort that should be rewarded by actually hav...

new and delicious beers at legacy liquor store in vancouver: Ommegang Take the Black Stout - $11.25 Now this is a stout that even the brothers at Castle Black can call their own. As dark as the abyss itself, this beer is darker than the fates of those that venture beyond the wall. Roasted dark malts, smoky oak and Belgian yeast own the nose of this beer while the palate is all about chocolate, mocha and warming alcohol. This medium bodied beer is rich, delicious and perfect for these cold months. Remember, winter is coming. Evan Doan | Beer Team | Legacy Liquor Store Burnside Thundarr the Bavarian Imperial Wheat Ale - $7.55 Don’t let the fact it’s a wheat ale turn you away; this imperial beer can hold its own amongst the dark beers that dominate the season. German through and through, boasting a hazy golden appearance and an aroma dominated by banana, clove and citrus and a flavour profile that is all about that German hustle, specifically orange peel, lemon peel, coriander, banan...

my notes from last night's beer column on cbc radio's on the coast with stephen quinn: A couple of weeks ago CBC received a e-mail from a listener, Dave Price from Maple Ridge, directed to me, their Craft Beer Columnist "I am looking for a great wheat-free ale that is very "Hoppy". Sadly, I cannot handle my old favorite "Hophead" because of the wheat. Perhaps I can buy hops and add them to my wheat free ale?" 　 And here's my response: India pale ales, or ipas, aren't supposed to have wheat in them. The four ingredients of beer are water, hops, barley and yeast. There are wheat beers, like hefeweizens and wit beers, which are supposed to contain wheat. When other beer styles, that aren't specifically wheat beers, contain wheat we refer to that as being an adjunct ingredient. Often macrobrewers will use adjuncts to save on ingredient prices, adjuncts like wheat or corn or rice, which are less expensive than barley. Adjunct...

my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast with stephen quinn summer beers: The weather may not bear witness to the fact, but it is summer. That means a whole new season of beers is upon us.    In general terms, summer is the season of the lager. There are many fabulous summer ales available, but summer is the season in which lagers shine. Much maligned in recent history as flavour-less yellow fizzy beer, there are some wonderful craft brewed lagers available to quench your summer thirst. Cold is not a flavour so I would suggest avoiding a beer that advertises that it is. Instead I'd head for a beer that says it is crisp and refreshing and full of flavour. Also synonymous with summer are wheat ales and fruit beers. Lower alcohol percentages are also often found in a summer beer. When its hot out it is less enjoyable to quaff a 9% ale. A nice light low-alcohol lager just hits the spot so much more. A reminder about the differe...

i managed to spend a little time on my vancouver folk fest weekend in the beer garden serving up only big rock products, its not my favourite beer garden but if that's what's on offer and i get a mighty thirst i'm gonna find a way to make it work! for me, the way to make it work again this year was to go the route of the snake-bite even though snake bites were actually on the menu this year i still had to throw a spanner into the works and get my snake-bites with the traditional ale instead of the grasshopper wheat judging by the fact that they ran out of cider by 4:00 on sunday afternoon, i'd have to say the cider and snake-bite options were popular!  mimi enjoys the balmy weather on sunday with a big rock grasshopper chip off the old block double-fists it with traditional ale

last night's central city white tea and orange peel ale cask at the railway club was fabulous! i wasn't getting the usual bitterness of orange peel, but it was definitely citrusy and the white tea gave it a fuller flavour spectrum than just malts and hops there was a whole lot going on in that beer yup, it was a winner! last thursday's cask at the yaletown was their nagila pale ale dry-hopped with spalt it was very drinkable i couldn't get over the colour of it though - so yellow! i was assured by both iain and nick that it was the same colour as the regular nagila pale ale, but i remain sceptical (of course i could have ordered a pale ale and done colour comparison, but i had other beers to try, you know!) see what i mean??? that ain't a pale ale - that's yellow! the seasonal at the yaletown is currently the raspberry wheat i am not the biggest wheat ale fan... but i love this one so fruity and pink and deliciously refreshing! and last,...

new and exciting beers at legacy vancouver: Whistler Brewing Pineapple Express Wheat Ale A perfect excuse to kick back and enjoy a few. This golden beauty's just the ticket. This one's as fresh as a warm breeze - straight from the shores of Maui. Russell 626 Anniversary Scotch Ale This strong, dark ale was brewed with Scottish specialty peated malts for a slightly smoky character, then skillfully aged in Bourbon barrels - a beer to celebrate Russell's 17th Anniversary! Hofstettner Granit Bock 2011 The Granit Bock is brewed in large granite open troughs. The granite stones are then heated to be white hot and added to the wort. This causes the sugars in the malt to caramelize around the stones and gives the beer lovely caramel and roasted flavors. It also gives the Granit Bock a unique smoked flavor.

i was afraid there would be no cask nights for me this week as i am filming for outgames tv every evening i was sad to think i was going to miss out on the offerings but very happy to have a television gig again! luckily though, i got done filming early enough last night to hit the railway club for the lighthouse cream ale those kiwi hops (that's new zealand ones, not the fruit) sure had a unique flavour! an enjoyable ale for sure last week i had no problems in the cask department i hit three cask nights and tried a fourth cask beer the third of those three nights was thursday at the yaletown brewpub where the beer was brown and delicious and the hops were cascades i brought along all my work folks who are becoming quite the fans of craft beer in general and the offerings at yaletown in particular (especially the growler option - which they all fill with the raspberry wheat ale!) my lovely work friends   another growler convert  in ...