The other day I stumbled across Black Kettle Brewing, tucked away at the end of an industrial building, around the corner from a client in North Vancouver. Excited by the prospect that I had found a hidden gem of a micro brewery perhaps only the locals talked about. Checking online, the reviews looked promising, so…
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Fernie Brewing: Pumpkin Brown Ale
“Time heals all wounds” – except for those with a distaste for pumpkin beer. For haters it is a mortal wound that only a double IPA or Category 12 Zombie Repellant Ale 2 can remedy. Not holding the same disdain, pumpkin ales, for me, parallel Christmas carols because they’re fun at first, but quickly lose…
Townsite Brewing: Lil’ Red 3.0
The pride of Powell River, Townsite Brewing has certainly not sided on the safe path when it comes to their lineup of brews. Having savoured their Zwarte Wheat I can tell you first hand they are an adventurous group. Tart like a tiger Pouring the light brown beverage, the tan foamy head dominated my glass….
Beer Fact or Fiction #995: Canada’s First Nations people were also our first brewmasters.
Historians will generally go back to the early 1600’s when mapping out the origins of modern beer in Canada. However, long before the Jesuits were brewing up batches of frothy ales, our indigenous people were crafting their own spruce beers. A source of vitamin C, spruce beer was used by Jacques Cartier in 1536 to…
Beer Fact or Fiction #996: Beer makes you more attractive.
Okay. Maybe if you consume it and look in a mirror, but it doesn’t make you physically sexier to another person. However, through beer goggles, another person will find you more attractive and there is scientific proof to back that up. Do the math In a study commissioned by Bausch and Lomb Purevision, University of…
Beer Fact or Fiction #997: Beer was first named after a Roman goddess.
The Romans and Greeks of ancient days called beer “cerevisia” which is derived from Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, and “vis” which is latin for strength. This probably explains how indestructible one gets after a few barley sandwiches.
Beer Fact or Fiction #998: The Czech Republic is the #1 beer drinking country in the world.
Famous for its pilsner style lager, the Czech Republic boasts an annual per capita consumption of some 156 litres of beer. That’s a whole lot of pilsner.
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…
This seems a little bit cheezy to me.
Who doesn’t like a good old pot of macaroni and cheese? Add some mystery meat and you’ve got a gourmet meal that’s cheap, easy, and checks off all the boxes. Now imagine my surprise when I walked into my local Liquor Barn, only to be met at the door by a display stand full of…
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