Spinnakers in Victoria, Canada’s oldest brewpub (now over 25 years old), is one of the original trailblazers responsible for the timely revival of North America’s craft beer movement. One of their latest efforts is an homage to a classic strong Belgian blonde ale called Fog Fighter.
The city was awash in nationalism as long repressed flag waving urges exploded and poured onto the streets of Vancouver like some giant billion dollar champagne beer bottle spraying out thousands of rabid superfans yesterday; the symbolic final battle (a.k.a. Greatest NHL script ever imagined) against our fellow continental bully brothers in a dramatic game of ice hockey swiftly sabrered off the lid of our bottled up conservative nature and unleashed terrific pandemonium, thus revealing ourselves in full patriotic bloom as a nation proud, strong and free, and quite capable of consuming more beer in 17 days than any other winter loving people. Wow, what a party that was. Go Canadian Iceholes, eh! ~ PK
EDITOR’S NOTE: A HUGE thank you to all the service people and volunteers who manned the front lines of this most epic party, including all the police from around the country who kept us safe during this most memorable experience.
Come inside and take a look at some images taken during the first weeks of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
It started out innocently enough with a single bottle of beer; a nice drinking session with an alluring and tall vessel of Saltspring Island Ale’s dark porter. Not long after that, it was the last drops of their award-winning golden and pale ales that I had also brought home as well, that further prodded me out the door in search of more.
By then, I was fully swept up in the beginnings of a beer adventure that would have me driving, sailing and eventually flying my way right to the source, wanting to learn more about this self-described ‘cottage brewery’ located in the heart of the Gulf Islands.
After sabering open a bottle of Tribute commemorative Sparkling wine with a downhill ski, Sumac Ridge Estate Winery founder Harry McWatters and senior winemaker Mark Wendenburg presented Alexandre Bilodeau, the first Canadian to win an Olympic Gold Medal on Canadian soil, with a signed bottle of Tribute Gold.
With a ski?! I’d love to see that picture! ~ PK
~ Image courtesy of Sumac Ridge Estate Winery
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