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Rick Green

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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Shark Finning Jeopardizes Ocean Ecosystems

by BC Brew 01.10.2012

^ NDP Fisheries and Oceans Critic, Fin Donnelly, launches shark fin import ban petition at C Restaurant. (L to r, Claudia Li, Dr. Chris Harvey-Clark, Fin Donnelly, Rob Stewart, Cécile Yuen, Robert Clark)
Sharks are sublime creatures. For 400 million years they have survived on Earth, evolving to become the oceans’ supreme hunters and shaping the [...]

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BC Farm Project Attempts to Value Natural Capital

by BC Brew 12.19.2011

^ Ecological Services Initiative launches at Granville Island.
A significant flaw in our economic system is how natural capital is not assigned any direct monetary value. This means, for example, that while a wetland produces clean water and controls flooding, the only economic value is seen in converting it to agricultural or industrial use. However, the [...]

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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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Countdown to Tales of the Cocktail Begins

by BC Brew 11.18.2011

^ Tales of the Cocktail team at Xi Shi cocktail lounge (L-R) Michelle Dunnick, Melissa Young, Ann Tuennerman, Neely Hannah, Christina Gaspari Sudderth.
On Tuesday, Tales of the Cocktail co-founder, Ann Tuennerman, and her New Orleans team kicked off the countdown to Tales of the Cocktail on Tour Vancouver 2012 at the Xi Shi cocktail lounge [...]

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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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Getting Xi Shi at the Shangri-La

by BC Brew 10.20.2011

^ Heather Yau serves Xi Shi’s signature Iron Lotus cocktail.
The Shangri-La Hotel has relaunched its lobby lounge as a relaxed gathering spot where you can linger over exceptional comestibles or enjoy a casual meal. Named after Xi Shi, one of the legendary Four Beauties of ancient China, the Asian touches at Xi Shi Lounge are [...]

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Summer Love and Tequila Cocktails at Market

by BC Brew 08.27.2011

As part of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association’s August Summer Love promotion, MARKET by Jean-Georges has been featuring a weekly cocktail tasting every Thursday at 9:00pm. For $25, guests received an appetizer and five tasting-size cocktails created by lead bartender, Jay Jones.
I learned that for MARKET’s last Summer Love Cocktail Tasting, Jones was showcasing [...]

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How I Drank Tequila and Didn’t Get a Hangover

by BC Brew 08.23.2011

Our experience of tequila in BC is like a Mexican all-inclusive resort — you play in an isolated stretch of beach while the rest of the country is out of sight, out of mind. Like me, your first experience of Mexico’s national spirit was probably the lick, sip, and suck of a tequila cruda, a [...]

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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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Krause Berry Farms Hosts 2011 Metro Vancouver Feast of Fields

by BC Brew 08.05.2011

This year, FarmFolkCityFolk’s annual Feast of Fields fundraiser is being hosted at Krause Berry Farms in Langley. The four-hour gourmet wandering harvest festival celebrates the very best from local chefs, brewers, vintners, distillers, farmers, fishers, ranchers, and food artisans. By highlighting the connections between producers and chefs, producers and consumers, farm folk and city folk, [...]

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