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fabulous beers now available at legacy liquor store in vancouver: Le Trou du Diable Shawinigan Handshake - $10.05 A reflection of the sharp sense of humour held by our former premier, Jean Chrétien, and a comical event in Canadian political history, this rich, hazy gold Quebecois beer boasts aromas of orchard fruit, Belgian yeast and a sprinkling of malt. Orchard fruits pull through on the palate too in combination with grassy, citrusy hops (Chinook to be specific) with a dry spruce finish. This tasty brew is perfect for any political science geek or beer lover. Evan Doan | Beer Team | Legacy Liquor Store Hacker-Pschorr Münchner Kellerbier - $3.70 A classic German style beer from the heart of Germany, Munich, this naturtrüb (naturally cloudy) beer has all sorts of sweet grains and earthy hops on the nose, aromas that follow through on the palate with grains and earthy hops playing primary roles together with an almost bread-like characteristic. This classic German Kellerbier hits ...

here are my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast As we near the end of November, you may be planning a holiday party. Would you like to make it stand out? How about having a beer and cheese party?  It's pretty easy to make your party the talk of the season! Beer and cheese go together like chocolate and peanut butter! If you have ever hosted a wine and cheese party, putting together a beer and cheese party is just as straight-forward. I know wine lovers will hate me for saying so, but beer is actually a better pairing for cheese than wine is! The hops in beer, along with the carbonation, cleanse the palate between bites so you can enjoy the full flavour profile of each different food you nibble on. Also both beer and cheese have a similar origin, grass. Barley is a cereal grass used in making beer and milk is a by-product of a cow eating grass. As a result, beer and cheese complement each other by sharing some common c...

wheee! i'll be on cbc radio one at 5:50 today chatting with stephen quinn on his award-winning show on the coast about beer and cheese pairing and why that's the theme you should choose for your holiday party this year (if you're hosting one - and why you should hope to get an invite to one if you're not!) 88.1 fm in vancouver

beer and travel the tyee on craft beer alliances walmart looking to double their liquor sales am i the only one who thinks walmart is the evil empire and will think less of any craft breweries who agree to sell their products there? upcycling at its best - turning a beer can into a camp stove new zealand cancels two beer festivals, starts up another what's new at the port of vancouver?   apparently it's craft beer but the princeton pub may be cutting its nose off to spite its face over the whole thing brewdog loves dieu du ciel! women who brew some love for no-longer nano bridge brewing

i have been preparing all week for a beer tasting that goes at 4:30 today (wish me luck!) my office is holding it as a kick-off to the annual united way fundraising campaign and i gotta say, when planning a beer tasting, it's great to have minions! all i had to do for the tasting was pick the beers and do a presentation about them benton brothers did all the cheese and charcuterie pairings for me, the committee ordered the beer, the tables, the food and sent out the invitations leaving me to focus on the beers and coming up with tasting notes and information about each i am doing a very basic guided tasting of five beers, paired with cheese and charcuterie followed by a self-led tasting (with provided tasting notes) rounding out the evening for the guided tasting i am aiming to do a basic introduction to beer styles the method of tasting beer (appearance, aroma, taste, mouthfeel) and the basics of pairing food with these beers i have chosen to go with five ...

just when i had gotten my beer stash down to a manageable level (thank you bottle-share friends!!) they come out with the dry-hopped saison dupont cuvée (and you know if i go in to buy just that, i will leave with a full basket) my life is hard newly stocked fabulous beers at legacy liquor store in vancouver: Saison Dupont Cuvée Dry Hopping (1.5L) - $31.35 The gold standard for Saisons just stepped up their game with a dry hopped cuvée for 2013. Hazy gold in colour with superior head retention and defining aromas of pepper, orange rind and a bit of Belgian funk, on the palate of this brew can be found a near perfect marriage of rustic earth and Belgian funk, highlighted with distinct citrus rind (lemon and orange), floral notes and a touch of bready malt. This is what a textbook saison should taste like when the dial is cranked up to 10. Evan Doan | Beer Team | Legacy Liquor Store Sound Brewery Ursus Spelæus- $11.15 Take a short 241km drive down to Poulsbo, Washington and yo...

in case you missed me talking about the calories in beer and its relative health benefits on last weeks' beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast with stephen quinn you can still catch it!  fear not! click on the link, go to november 12th and fast forward until 10 minutes from the end