“one of the better west coast pilsners I’ve had of late”
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Savouring a flight after a hard day on the water.
Lunchmeat and I had just spent a few hours wandering the banks of the Chilliwack/Vedder River, casting a variety of juicy flies but catching only low lying branches and snaggs on the riverbottom. With a lack of fish on the horizon we headed over to the Old Yale Brewing Company’s tasting room for an inaugural…
Stanley Park DayTrip West Coast Lager: Double-take.
I don’t normally pick up mixed packs of beer because I generally want to do my own picking thank you very much. But we were having company over and the Stanley Park Concession Stand looked like a safe choice to offer up some options to our guests. Besides, the Mrs. Panda was in the van…
Green Lead Burning Rock Ale: A different brewing process to say the yeast.
All craft beers need to tell a story on the label, and, with very little real estate, they generally need to quickly sell me on the contents. Seeing the bottle’s simple and oddly styled label I picked it up and went in search of a story. Two things jumped out for me enough to lay…
Red Arrow Old Style Lager: Something’s a brewin’ across “The Pond”
The narrow span of saltwater separating us Mainlander’s from Vancouver Island is lovingly referred to as “The Pond”. This thin sliver of H20, and the isolation of being accessible only via the preposterously expensive BC Ferry system, has created a unique culture, foreign to us landlocked souls. Woven into the Island’s fabric is the…
R&B Stolen Bike Lager: Hey dude where’s my bike? And other things you ask for in East Van.
Taking a moment to reminisce My first true beer-crush goes way back to the ’86 World’s Fair in Vancouver, when I fell in love with Beck’s at the German Festhaus. It was unusual then to drink a beverage not labelled Blue, Canadian, Extra Old Stock, or the budget friendly, yellow labelled, No Name Beer. For most,…
Whistler Bear Paw Honey Lager: Who’s been drinking my beer?
It’s smooth, goes down all too easy, has a gentle sweetness, and warm malty overtones…
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