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Of Crappy Beers and Other Crimes Against Nature!
Here is a final post for the month of December, 2010. In it, I pretty much summarized my feelings as a beer snob and some of the experiences that brought me to that place. My apologies if I offend, but...
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The Howe Sound lineup
Howe Sound, located in beautiful Sqaumish BC, has been making craft beer since the mid nineties. However, as with most BC beers, I only learned about shortly after I moved here. I believe I first...
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Driftwood Brewery
Recently, I came to the realization that I had tried just about everything a local brewery had to offer, and yet I’d never given them a complete review! This seems to be a pattern with me, but rarely...
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Spinnakers Hoptoria IPA
Congratulations Victoria on your 150th birthday and everything you do for the fine art of craft brewing. That appears to be what this new release from Spinnakers is all about, also known as Hoptoria...
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Of the Rise in Craft Brewing
A long time ago, I did an article for this site addressing what I saw as a criminal trend in the brewing industry. Not just any crime mind you, but a crime against nature itself, as far as I was...
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Granville Island Saison
Not too long ago, I made a point of mentioning the fact that Granville Island had jumped on the limited release train, as a means of getting back to their craft brewing roots. And yet, I feel like I...
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Iron Plow Harvest Marzen
Hello and welcome back to the Fall Beer series! After a brief diversion to sample a new brewery, well new to me (Parallel 49), I’m back on the seasonal beer horse! And the beer in question is Vancouver...
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Cannery Brewery Knucklehead Pumpkin Ale
Hello again and welcome back to the Fall Beer series! And in keeping with my ongoing efforts to give as many pumpkin ales their due, I have procured a bottle of Cannery Brewery’s Knucklehead Pumpkin...
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Steamworks Saison
Just in time for… uh, Fall! Yes, I know this is not technically appropriate to the season, but the recent arrival of Steamworks Saison to one of the local dispensaries was not something I could very...
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Keith’s Cascade Hop Ale
As a rule, I’m always encouraged when a major brewery decides to show a commitment to craft brewing. These days, most breweries seem to be doing this through the creation of small-batch limited...
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Longwood Steampunk Dunkelweizenbrau
By now, news has reached the brewing and beer snob community that Longwood Brewery, the famous craft brewing operation in Nanaimo BC, has undergone a bit of a revamp. Basically, they are releasing...
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More Summer Beer Additions!
Once in awhile, I find myself coming back from the beer store with a number of similar selections from different breweries. These I generally buy because they are limited releases, share a common...
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Longwood Berried Alive Raspberry Ale
Hello folks. Today, I managed to snag another brew from one of my favorite Island operations, and one which has been undergoing a bit of rebranding as of late. I refer of course to the Longwood Brewery...
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Two Victorian Maibocks
Hello all and welcome to another two-fer. Today, as I get ready to head back to the Sunshine Coast Trail with my darling wife, I am reviewing two beers that are both of the Maibock variety. Ever since...
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Stillwater Artisanal Stateside Saison
Hello all! Hope this post finds everyone content and comfortable on these glorious summer days! Now that the wife and I have acclimated back to our lives here in Brentwood Bay, I decided to get back to...
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Lighthouse 15th Anniversary Ale
As promised, I’m back with one of Victoria’s most important and summer limited releases. It seems that this year marks the Lighthouse Brewing Company’s 15th anniversary. And to celebrate, they have...
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Clocktower Brewhouse
Hello all. As promised, I made it out to the first of the many brewpubs I intend to visit while here in Ottawa, and have returned to share what I learned. As I might have mentioned already, the...
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Manx Visit 2013!
As is our custom whenever visiting Ottawa, the wife and I chose to stop by the Manx Pub this year in order to sample from their vast array of taps. In addition to their fine food (I still think they...
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Off To The Beer Seminar!
Today is a great day for beer appreciation, because it is the day that I finally get to host my long-overdue beer-tasting and history of beer seminar. Ten participants have signed on, the space has...
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New Belgium 3 Floyds Lips of Faith Grätzer Ale
Brewer: New Belgium, Fort Collins CO/3 Floyds, Munster IN Style: Gratzer (Smoked Wheat Ale) Alc/Vol: 4.5% Description: A collaboration between the New Belgium Brewery of Colorado and 3 Floyds of...
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