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Townsite Brewing Set to Open In Powell River

by paulkamon 01.03.2012

Get ready BC, more quality regionally brewed ale is on the way! The newest craft brewery on the immediate horizon is Townsite Brewing in Powell River on the upper Sunshine Coast. Just before the holidays, we caught up with the team as they were preparing their historic heritage space in the heart of Townsite for [...]

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Prado Reopens Under New Ownership

by Colter Jones 01.02.2012

For the last seven years Prado, located at 1938 Commercial Drive, has been a destination spot to Vancouver coffee lovers. Located in a beautiful heritage building, Prado’s location is on par with the high ceilings and exposed brick cafes that you can find in Seattle. The interior is beautiful in its minimalism. White walls fill [...]

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Blind Tasting Review: 2010 Canepa Novisimo Cabernet Sauvignon

by Sheila Whittaker 12.22.2011

Blind tasting reviews are a fun game to play with restaurant sommeliers and wine nerds across town. I pour a glass from a mystery bottle and ask them to review it blind. By not knowing what the wine is or who represents it, hopefully, an honest-no-bs-review is achieved.
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“Parallel 49 Brewing” Opening Up in East Van

by paulkamon 12.20.2011

Beer Santa has some more fine gifts to offer us, but they won’t be delivered until the new year. The beer elves are still busy putting the final touches on two new BC craft breweries that are set to join the growing artisan ranks in 2012.

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Exclusive! Beer Santa Arrives Early for Alibi’s 300 Tap List

by paulkamon 12.10.2011

If you truly love to drink real beer, then the next few days are going to be pretty freakin’ epic. Beer Santa has arrived early to town and has generously dropped off some exclusive and rare gifts (aka. kegs) at The Alibi Room in Gastown to help them celebrate the 300th turn of their legendary [...]

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Keeping It Fresh- Part 1

by Colter Jones 12.07.2011

‘Fresh’ is a term in coffee that has been overused by retailers and consumers alike, to the point that it doesn’t mean anything anymore. What is freshness?
Roast dates have become a popular trend amongst quality coffee companies in order to educate the consumer about the importance of having coffee that is roasted recently. The aromatics [...]

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What Do Food Nerds Want for Christmas?

by Mette-Marie Hansen 12.01.2011

I will answer this question for you very soon.
For the first time in my life, the pros of actually writing for something like a food blog manifested in some nice PR people offering me the opportunity to test the Nespresso Latissima machine at home for a couple of weeks. As I taste and research coffee [...]

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Book Review: “Meat: A Benign Extravagance”

by Todd Caldecott 11.28.2011

Recently I was given a review copy of Simon Fairlie’s new book entitled Meat: A Benign Extravagance, published by Chelsea Green (2010), right around the same time I wrote what some might consider a rather controversial blog on the subject of meat here on Urban Diner. The issue of eating meat is a touchy one, especially here in [...]

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BC Beer Review: Phillips Ancient Brown Ale

by Jacob Galbraith 11.20.2011

It’s hard to imagine a time when a liquor store in BC didn’t contain at least a few of Phillips Brewing’s products, but 10 years ago that was mostly the case. The brewery had just gotten off the ground, and had begun the arduous task of developing a customer base. Slowly but surely they have [...]

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Meatfest 3: A Carnivorous Odyssey

by Jacob Galbraith 11.14.2011

It is with no small amount of shame that I admit I seldom stray from the confines of whatever territory I call “home”. I haven’t yet been bit by the travel bug, though Disneyland was a real hoot when I was nine, and I generally prefer to hole up in my spare time and tinker [...]

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BC Beer(s) Review: Driftwood Fat Tug IPA vs. Driftwood Sartori Harvest IPA

by Jacob Galbraith 11.09.2011

The last two weeks have been difficult for me, having to wait for the right time to sit down with two dear friends and assess their strengths and weaknesses. Yes, every time I opened the fridge over the past 14 days, I’ve had to endure a staring contest with bottles of Driftwood’s Fat Tug IPA [...]

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Coffee Class

by Colter Jones 11.08.2011

I recently had the pleasure of teaching a group of Korean Buddhist monks a weeks worth of coffee classes to help them improve upon the coffee that they were making at the Bongeun-Sa temple in Seoul. Forgive my ignorance but I was unaware that monks were able to drink coffee but it turns out that [...]

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