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Gastown Real Ale Pub Crawl

by BC Brew 08.26.2009

CAMRA Vancouver is hosting a Real Ale pub crawl in Gastown this Saturday, featuring cask-conditioned ales from R&B Brewing at four of the neighbourhood’s best locations dedicated to craft beer.
Participants will break up into four groups and hit the Alibi Room, The Irish Heather, Six Acres, and Steamworks. Each person will receive, respectively, a pint [...]

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Whistler Brewing Cocktail Challenge

by BC Brew 08.10.2009

Canada’s first beer cocktail competition will be held at The Refinery on August 17, featuring beer from Whistler Brewing. Come see what our local bartenders have concocted as successors to the Black Velvet, Irish Car Bomb, and Ogre Juice.

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The Brewmaster’s Table

by BC Brew 07.20.2009

^R&B Brewer, David Bretherick, and Diva at the Met Executive Sous Chef, Jeff Van Geest, collaborated to celebrate Father’s Day with a special brewmaster’s dinner.
When it comes to fine dining, there is a common fallacy that beer has no seat at the table beyond, perhaps, drinking as an aperitif. This is understandable, given that our [...]

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BC Brew Review: Tin Whistle Peach Cream Ale

by BC Brew 06.30.2009

With summer upon us, lighter, fruity beers are natrually popular. Of the lineup available from Pentictons’ Tin Whistle Brewing, the Peach Cream Ale is their top-selling beer. Given their location in the heart of BC’s fruit-growing region, this is fitting. They could carve out a niche for themselves producing fruit beer or classic styles enhanced [...]

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BC Brew Review: Granville Island Brockton IPA

by BC Brew 05.20.2009

India Pale Ale is a style of beer that evolved from the “need” to successfully ship ale via a three- to five-month sea voyage to India in the 18th century. Today, we have a modern English interpretation of the style and an American version, using “American ingredients and attitude.” Consequently, there can be quite a [...]

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Chicago Scores Rare Vancouver Beer

by BC Brew 05.16.2009

^– Storm brewer, James Walton, with Mayor Robertson.
When the Blackhawks won 7-5 against the Canucks in Game 6 of the playoffs, little did Chicago know that they would score something as rare as a Stanley Cup win. And the competition between the two cities isn’t necessarily over just yet…

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BC Brew Review: Tree Weizen Bock

by BC Brew 04.28.2009

With the arrival of warmer weather, it’s just a matter of time before the Hefeweizens become more popular. Before releasing its version, Tree launched this month, for the first time, a stronger variant of their popular wheat ale for spring — the Weizen Bock. If you are expecting something like Schneider Aventinus, this is not [...]

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BC Brew Review: Granville Island Ginger Beer

by BC Brew 04.10.2009

In North America, we are less likely to let tradition get in the way of creativity than other parts of the world. This is certainly the case with craft brewing, given the no-holds-barred approach our brewmasters are increasingly taking, i.e. “extreme” beer. If we were to rigidly adhere to the Bavarian Purity Laws of 1516, [...]

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Comox Welcomes Craft Beer

by BC Brew 03.31.2009

^ From left to right, Ken Snyder of RBC, Mayor Paul Ives, Bob Surgenor, and John Watson, Executive Director of the Comox Economic Development Society toast the opening of Surgenor Brewing.
Seven years and $2 million dollars later, Bob Surgenor’s dream has come true. On March 21, family, friends, and local dignitaries gathered at Surgenor Brewing [...]

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Bière avec Fromage

by BC Brew 02.24.2009

Beer and cheese pairing is growing in popularity amongst the craft beer crowd and is starting to trickle into the local culinary scene. In Victoria, Spinnakers has their B.C. Artisan Cheese Taster appetizer course and Ottavio hosted a tasting with Phillips Brewing. Chef Lee Humphries of Vancouver’s FigMint Restaurant has hosted a number of pairings [...]

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BC Brew Review: Phillips The Hammer

by BC Brew 02.11.2009

Valentine’s Day inevitably leads to the anguish of proper wining and dining. And when it comes to that other arrow in Cupid’s quiver — chocolate — I’m rather amused by all the hand wringing that goes on in finding a suitable beverage to couple with that most amorous edible. The answer? Why it’s beer, of [...]

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BC Brew Review: Fuller’s Vintage Ale 2008

by BC Brew 01.29.2009

Beer and patience aren’t words you would normally associate with one another. With an old ale like Fuller’s Vintage Ale, however, controlling your impulse to open this beer will pay dividends like a maturing investment. Its high alcohol and the yeast added to the bottle mean that you can cellar this ale for years after [...]

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