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Biercraft Wins with Battle of the Belgians

by BC Brew 01.25.2012

When I first became involved with Vancouver’s craft beer community, Belgium came to mind when thinking about the sort of beer culture I hoped we could cultivate here. Rather than attempt to transplant Flanders in the Lower Mainland, developing a Flemish-style appreciation for beer and food in local terms seemed more appropriate. It would have [...]

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BC Brew Review: Mont des Cats

by BC Brew 01.13.2012

Abbaye Sainte Marie du Mont des Cats is a Trappist monastery located on a mountain outside the French village of Godewaersvelde, near the Belgian border. As with the likes of Chimay, Orval, and Rochefort today, Mont des Cats was once was highly regarded for its beer. However, during the Battle of the Lys in April [...]

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Diamonds in the Rough: Finding Craft Beer in Shanghai

by BC Brew 11.27.2011

On a recent visit to Shanghai, I discovered the craft beer revolution is starting to make inroads into China. While Belgian imports are the most widely available, followed by Germans and the Brits, North American craft beer has only just arrived. These are thinly scattered amongst luxury hotels, Western restaurants, and more upscale supermarkets. But [...]

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BC Brew Review: Granville Island Pumpkin Ale

by BC Brew 11.02.2011

Like wheat beers for summer, pumpkin ales seem to staking a claim to fall as the go to seasonal beer in BC. As with any beer style, once you’ve tried one pumpkin ale, you haven’t had them all. With a diversity of brewers now offering them, you find an equal diversity in the taste profiles [...]

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BC Craft Beer Getaways: Squamish

by BC Brew 08.07.2011

In the mad dash up the Sea-to-Sky Highway to Whistler, Squamish is typically bypassed. However, it offers much in the way of outdoor activities and has equal draw to Whistler in terms of craft beer offerings. What you don’t get is the expense associated with a world class resort town. So if you are looking [...]

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BC Craft Beer Getaways

by BC Brew 08.03.2011

If you love beer, trips always seem to involve a beer bar, brewpub, brewery, or beer festival. Depending on your degree of obsession, the trip may completely revolve around beer or, at the very least, the destinations are chosen with good drinking in mind. Fortunately, the location of any of these establishments is not dependent, [...]

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Coming of Age: An Introduction to Beer Cellaring

by BC Brew 04.28.2011

The tagline of the Mark James Group is “Drink Fresh Beer“. For the most part, this is what you should do. Go into a brewpub, where you find the freshest beer, and try a seasonal release when it first comes out. Sample it again three or four weeks later, and you may notice a considerable [...]

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Beer Review: Rogue Morimoto Soba Ale

by BC Brew 03.07.2011

The primary grain used to make beer is malted barley. Today, most industrial brewers may replace up to 40% with rice or corn which serves to reduce body and maltiness for a lighter, crisper beer with the added bonus to them of reducing cost. However, there are some traditional beer styles that have used other [...]

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Beer Review: Dominus Vobiscum Blanche

by BC Brew 12.15.2010

Given the growing popularity of Witbier (bière blanche/white beer) here, it may come as a surprise that the style almost became extinct when the last brewery producing it in Hoegaarden closed in 1957. The Belgian village in Flemish Brabant synonymous with the name of the Witbier that most people are familiar with, had been brewing [...]

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Beer Review: La Vache Folle ESB

by BC Brew 12.09.2010

We normally think of Canada as a single country. However, when it comes to alcohol, inter-provincial sales restrictions make us more like ten countries. Until just recently, the craft beer produced in other parts of Canada has been something of a mystery that cost a few pints and an airline ticket to unravel. Now, thanks [...]

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Offaly Tasty Beer Dinner

by BC Brew 12.05.2010

Although there was no official declaration, 2010 looks like it was the year of the beer dinner in the Lower Mainland. While we can expect these regularly from brewpubs, we’ve only seen the occasional dabble from other establishments within the last couple of years, such as The Whip, Cru, Balilicious, FigMint, and Diva at The [...]

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Beer Review: Driftwood Sartori Harvest IPA

by paulkamon 10.06.2010

Once a year, a beer comes along and reminds us of what we are striving to create here in BC: a high-quality, local and sustainable brewing industry that draws its identity from the land around us; from farm to bottle if you will. By being one of the few truly ‘made in BC’ beers, Driftwood [...]

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