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BC Brew

Red Card Scores with Summer Beer Series

by BC Brew 08.11.2010

When you think of a typical testosterone sports bar, you imagine a place with raucous guys drinking pitchers of a heavily advertised beer, attacking plates of nachos, chicken wings, or pork bites in between fist waving and shouting at televisions. Chances are, people are not there for the quality of the food or drink. But [...]

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Beer Review: Blue Bridge Double Pale Ale

by Chris Bjerrisgaard 07.08.2010

With patio season finally upon us, many search for the best venue in the province to sip a fine craft beer while enjoying sun and scenery. Those who have made their way to Spinnakers Brewpub in that quest will wax poetic about the gorgeous harbour views, ocean sounds, and classic BC craft beer flavours. That [...]

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Women and Beer

by Degan Beley 05.21.2010

Search for “Women and Beer” on the Internet and you’ll get all manner of Budweiser girls and beer haus mädchens. One might be fooled into thinking that women didn’t much like beer but as it turns out, BC’s Craft Brewing industry has several dedicated women owning and operating breweries, as well as many supporters. At [...]

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2010 BC Beer Awards

by paulkamon 05.19.2010

On Friday, May 14th, during Canada’s first Vancouver Craft Beer Week, the first annual BC Beer Awards sponsored by Brewery Creek Liquor Store were presented for the best brews in 11 style categories along with one overall winner know as best in show.
With tremendous gratitude and pride for all our talented and passionate regional brewers, [...]

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Dinner For One, Beer For Two

by Jacob Galbraith 05.17.2010

To say that my night at the Alibi Room made me miss Vancouver would be an understatement, so it’s fitting that the following day would be even better. I’m talking about ice cream truck weather, people. It’s a tough city to beat when there’s something good to do and the sun is winning the war [...]

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What Would Jesus Drink

by Jacob Galbraith 05.15.2010

For a long time, it seemed as though I wasn’t meant to ever set foot in the Alibi Room. All of my attempts were poorly planned, and always resulted in arriving to locked doors. I left the city, and the Alibi Room, one year ago, and have long since dreamed of what actually happens in [...]

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BC Beer Awards Ticket Giveaway!

by paulkamon 05.14.2010

At the BC Beer Awards Tasting, in conjunction with Vancouver Craft Beer Week, guests can sample the Top 11 Beers from the 188 submitted and enjoy them with food from Beerbrats tonight from 7 – 11 pm at the Heritage Hall at 3102 Main Street.
I got 2 FREE tickets to tonight’s sold out BC Beer [...]

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Beer Review: Central City Red Racer ESB

by paulkamon 05.13.2010

Full disclosure. This is not an impartial review because I am having what is no longer a secret torrid affair with this beer. If the Red Racer ESB was a song, it would be Centerfold by the J. Geils Band. She’s been my ‘homeroom angel’, my exclusive session beer for the last few months whenever [...]

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Salt Spring Island Ales – Anatomy of a Cottage Brewery

by paulkamon 05.12.2010

The plane lands with barely a bump and we glide into picturesque Ganges harbour, courtesy of Salt Spring Air. It is a warm Spring day and I am genuinely excited to be away from my desk and back on the beer trail. I am here on the invitation of Salt Spring Island Ales, a tiny [...]

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Beer Review: Russell Wee Angry Scotch Ale

by paulkamon 05.01.2010

Surrey’s Russell Brewing recently won a bronze medal at the 2010 Brewers Association World Beer Cup in Chicago in the Scottish-Style Ale category for this limited edition Brewmaster Series release: A Wee Angry Scotch Ale. A strong dark ale or “wee heavy” with an abv of 6.5%, the beer pours into the glass a rich [...]

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I Am a Canadian Craft Brewer

by paulkamon 04.22.2010

Let’s get this beer revolution started! Come inside and see the official Vancouver Craft Beer Week video.

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Beer Review: Pretty Things Saint Botolph’s Town

by paulkamon 04.16.2010

The Pretty Things Saint Botolph’s Town rustic dark ale is a perfect example of a beer that would never get made by a large corporation; there is just far too much personality, depth, and mad genius in here to be comfortably contained in a slick product line designed to be sold by the tanker. This [...]

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