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Epic Tap Lists
Today St. Augustines celebrated their 500th tap list by stocking it with numerous fantastic beers. You may already be too late to try many of them, but check out their live beer menu to see what’s...
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Short Pints – does it matter?
If you are like most beer drinkers, you drink beer by the pint, or so you think. How would you feel if your pint wasn’t actually a pint at all? Here is the truth – most of the pints sold in...
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Happy Pancake Day
pancakes frying in duck and bacon fat! It’s Pancake Day, which is a big deal. Not many foods have a day, but pancakes do, so let’s celebrate! Those who do not like pancakes (who are these people?)...
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Stale Beer and the Beer Cellar
Brasserie Cantillon Brouwerij Celler – Brussels A number of years ago I put together a post about ageing beer. This post grew, as did our cellars, and eventually the post turned into a dedicated cellar...
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Alibi Room 400th Tap List Celebration
This week the Alibi Room is celebrating their 400th tap list rotation by stocking said tap list with epic beers. This Monday to Thursday (you may have already missed two days, but still two to go)...
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People Think We Are a Brewery
It’s weird, but we get a lot of email from people who think we are a brewery. It just happened again today: I recently bought 6 stanley park noble pilsners. Most of the bottles have whitish debris or...
View ArticleChange is in the works at Dead Frog
Dead Frog is a misunderstood brewery. Over their seven year existence they have released many different beers, and have received significant PR, but they have never managed to break into BC’s craft...
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Granville Island Cloak and Dagger Cascadian Dark Ale
I was informed today that Granville Island Brewing will soon be launching a new beer in their “small batch black notebook series”, which means brewed by Vern Lambourne on Granville Island. This beer...
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Beer Awards Bug Me
It seems I complain about beer awards at least once a year, but for good reason. My big problem with them isn’t that they exist or that I don’t agree with the results (though I usually don’t), but...
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Recent Beer Happenings
It’s been a busy time in beer these past few weeks, what with Vancouver Craft Beer Week and a bunch of new breweries opening up. I’ve been super lazy with blogging, so I’m just going to cover a bunch...
View ArticleAuthentic and true to style – a fallacy
Authentic food and true-to-style beer does not exist. It may have at some point in time, but not anymore. This past weekend Jericho Beach was home to a great music festival. The many hemped out...
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New Belgium is coming to BC
We all know Fat Tire, the hoppy amber ale that’s so ubiquitous in Americatown you can buy it at every gas station and Costco. It’s one of the first craft beers I ever had and certainly the first with...
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BC Brewers Improving
A few long standing BC breweries seem to be kicking it up a notch as of late. The Nelson Brewing Company and the Old Yale Brewing Company have been offering average to above average beer for quite some...
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The Canadian Beer Garden
In Germany, beer gardens are beautifully treed outdoor areas where friends and family of all ages gather to drink, play and make merry. I have been fortunate enough to have spent a few pleasant...
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Driftwood Sartori Harvest IPA 2013 coming Monday
I can’t think of another beer in BC that beer nerds will actually stop what they’re doing to run out and buy as soon as it hits the shelves. Usually we get no warning, but I’ve heard from multiple...
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Vancouver is gaining on Portland
A few weeks ago, I went to 33 Acres Friday after work and was pleasantly surprised to find, not just fresh beer, but a rousing and friendly atmosphere. There was a Mariachi band playing, a taco truck...
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Certified Beer Server
I am now one. Until last week, all of the beer I had previously poured was uncertified. Now, my family and friends can rest assured that beer I serve them has been handled in a certified way. Seriously...
View ArticleFive years of Love Good Beer
Turns out we started this blog five years ago, for no other reasons than to amuse ourselves and learn more about beer and internet. At the time, Rick Green had the only other beer blog in BC and all we...
View ArticleAn Ode to Friday Night
Its Friday night. I’m two pints in. I love this place. The anticipation, as the alcohol slowly loosens, relaxes and eliminates all that is not right,it is simply enough. This is it, the pinnacle. Life...
View ArticleThe Consumer’s Business Case of Craft Beer
Craft beer – its good for the local economy, it has flavour, its nutritious and healthier than corn laden macro beer, it may even help prevent, or at least reduce the dreaded hangover. And lets not...
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