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CAMRA Vancouver Newsletter – January 18, 2010
Posted by rodney on January 18th, 2010 and last modified on February 4th, 2010· Filed under Newsletter Archive
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Campaigning for Real Ale, Pubs, and Drinkers’ Rights |
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January 18, 2010 |
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Darby’s Meet The Brewmaster: Tim Brown
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Saturday January 23rd is the third installment of Darby’s Meet the Brewmaster Series, this time featuring Tim Brown from Mission Springs. Tim will be on-hand to lead a casual tasting of Mission Springs craft beer, including Mission Springs Big Chief Cream Ale, Olde Sailor’s IPA, Bombshell Blonde Ale, and Fat Guy Oatmeal Stout. In addition, Darby’s chef Alex Rotherham has put together a special selection of appetizers to pair with Tim’s beers, including A new creation from Alex called Fat Guy Lamb Sandwich: A delicious Lamb sandwich braised with Mission Springs Fat Guy Oatmeal Stout!
This is a great opportunity to get to know your local brewer and to better understand the processes involved in producing you favourite local craft beer. Tickets are available for purchase at Darby’s for $25 ($20 for CAMRA Members). Tickets include appetizers and a bottomless sampling glass!
January 23 @ 3:00pm
Darby’s Meet The Brewmaster with Tim Brown (Mission Springs)
Darby’s Pub
2110 MacDonald St., Vancouver
Cost: $25 ($20 for CAMRA Members).
Tickets: available at Darby’s Pub. |
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 Please welcome our latest corporate sponsor, Tree Brewing:
“Our
story began in 1996, in beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia. Our
brewing philosophy is simple, to brew memorable and flavourful beers
regardless of the style…from our session beers to our Brewmaster’s
Reserve series. Our award winning beers are brewed by German trained
Stefan Buhl and his team of passionate brewers. Using 100% malted barley, the finest hops, yeast and water, sure to satisfy the most
discriminating tastes.
As
a locally owned and operated Brewery, we believe in giving back to the
communities that we work, live and play. From partnerships with the BC
Fire ReLeaf Fund, Cops For Kids, Ski To Sea and the many charitable
donations made throughout the year.
So when in Kelowna, drop by for a visit and we’ll show you firsthand how to make great Craft beer!”
Tree Brewing’s award-winning Double IPA was shipped from their brewery
last week. Expect to see on the shelves this week at your local liquor
store!
Tree Brewing
1083 Richter Street, Kelowna, BC
Website: www.treebeer.com
Email: info@treebeer.com
CAMRA Vancouver’s AGM was held at the Alibi Room last Sunday. Thanks to the Alibi Room for hosting the event and to R&B Brewing for providing a keg of their Auld Nick Winter Ale. Elections for the 2010 CAMRA Vancouver executive were held with the following results:
President: Rick Green
Vice-President: Lundy Dale
Treasurer: Jack Pajak
Secretary: Amanda Barry
Membership Secretary: Rodney Gitzel
Corporate Liaison: Monica Frost
A full recap of the AGM can be found of CAMRA Vancouver member Chris Bjerresgaard’s blog Truecask.com.
Lastly, the third installment of Darby’s Meet The Brewmaster Series featuring Mission Springs brewmaster Tim Brown will be held this Saturday, January 23rd. This is a great opportunity to meet a local brewmaster and to learn more about whats involved in creating your favourite local beers. Like other Meet The Brewmaster events at Darby’s there will be special appetizers prepared by Darby’s chef Alex Rotherham to pair with Tim’s beers. Tickets are $20 for CAMRA members. More information can be found in this week’s featured article.
Cheers,
Ryan
Ryan O’Connor
Editor, CAMRA Vancouver
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Casks
Dustin Sepkowski has an informative summary of this week’s casks at Spinnakers on his blog. Casks are tapped every day at 4:00pm at Spinnakers.
St. Augustines’s Manichean Mondays
January 18 and January 25 @ 6:00pm
St. Augustine’s has a cask of cider from Storm Brewing for us this week. Storm brewmaster James Walton has brewed this traditional English style dry cider with organic apples from Salt Spring Island. Pressed in October, this is a relatively young cider that should be crisp and aromatic. Next week St. Augustine’s will tap a cask Driftwood Brewing’s Crooked Coast Alt, dry-hopped with Saaz hops!
Yaletown Making it Real (Ale)
January 21 @ 4:00pm
Brewmaster Iain Hill has a cask of his Brick and Beam IPA dry-hopped with Cascade. According to Iain, this will be a softer, well-balanced IPA with the usual citrusy notes from the Cascade hops. Iain recommends enjoying this IPA with a plate of fish and chips, and notes that with its hoppy profile it should stand up well to other greasy or fatty foods.
Dix Cask Thursday
January 21 @ 5:00pm
No cask this week due to a Canucks home game.
The Whip Real Ale Sundays
January 24 @ 4:00pm
Crannog Ales will have a special cask at The Whip this Sunday to celebrate Crannog’s 10th anniversary. No word yet on the details of the cask but it will be the same as the cask tapped at Crannog’s open house on the 31st.
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New Beer Arrivals/Restocks/Seasonals
In case you missed it, here’s the new beer roundup from last week’s newsletter:
- Tree Brewing’s
award-winning Hop Head Double IPA has been shipped from the brewery — expect to see it on the shelves this week! At 8%, 85 IBUs, and five varieties of hops, this will be
sure to please the hop heads out there.
- Howe Sound’s Three Beavers Imperial Red Ale, the latest in there John Mitchell Series, should be out this week as well. Its 7.5% ABV and 45 IBUs. It should be a strong and malty red ale, with a large Cascade hops profile on the nose.
- Russell’s Black Death Porter has arrived. It’s been brewed with UK caramel, crystal and black malt, and hopped with Willamette. 6.5% ABV. Look for it at your local private liquor store.
Driftwood, Granville Island, and Red Truck are all working on seasonal releases for February. More information on these will be in next week’s newsletter.
16th Street Liquor Store
220 16th Street, West Vancouver
9:30am – 11:00pm daily
Anderson Valley Poleeko Gold Pale Ale; Ballast Point Big Eye IPA, Black Marlin Porter;
Hitachino Nest Celebration Ale, Japanese Classic Ale, Red
Rice Ale, Stout, Weizen, White Ale; Pelican Kiwanda Cream Ale, MacPelican’s Scotch Ale, Tsunami Stout; Pike Old Bawdy Barley Wine; Propeller IPA, London Porter. Restocks: Moylan’s Irish Red Ale, Scotch Ale.
Brewery Creek
3045 Main Street, Vancouver
11:00am – 11:00pm daily
Ballast Point Big Eye IPA, Black Marlin Porter; Hitachino Nest Celebration Ale, Japanese Classic Ale (Cedar aged IPA); Propeller Pale Ale, Porter. Restocks: Green Flash Barley Wine; Lost Coast Raspberry Brown; North Coast Le Merle. Coming soon: Driftwood 2009 Old Cellar Dweller.
Darby’s Liquor Store
2001 MacDonald Street, Vancouver
9:00am – 11:00pm daily
Souther Tier Hoppe Imperial Extra Pale Ale, Iniquity Imperial Black Ale, Unearthly Imperial IPA. Restocks: Moylans Hopsickle, IPA, Irish Style Red Ale.
Firefly Fine Wines and Ales (Vancouver)
2857 Cambie Street, Vancouver
10:00am – 11:00pm daily
Paddock Wood Winter Ale; Spinnakers Blue Bridge Double IPA, Fog Fighter, IPA, Mitchell’s ESB. Restocks: Rogue Mogul Madness, Yellow Snow IPA.
Libations
962 West King Edward, Vancouver
10:00am – 9:00pm daily
Pyramid Blueberry Oatmeal Stout; Russell Black Death Porter, Marzen. Restocks: Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye; Celebrator
Dopplebock; Duvel; Rogue St Rogue Red Ale; Russell IP’eh; Unibroue Chambly Noir, La Fin du Monde.
Tastings: January 22 – Russell Marzen, Black Death Porter, and IP’eh.
Point Grey Beer and Wine
3338 West Broadway, Vancouver
noon – 11:00pm daily
Brasserie de Silenrieux Sara Brune; Phillips The Hammer Imperial Stout; Rogue Captain Sigs Deadliest Ale.
Viti
900 Seymour Street, Vancouver
noon – 11:00pm daily
Hitachino Nest Celebration Ale, Red Rice Ale, Sweet Stout, Weizen, White Ale. Restocks: Anderson Valley Hop Ottin’ IPA; Ballast Point Big Eye IPA; Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA; Central City Medley Pack; Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale; Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA, Indian Brown Ale; Green Flash West Coast IPA; North Coast ACME IPA, Pale Ale; Pike IPA, Pale Ale.
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January 1 – March 31
Campagnolo Pizza and Beer Pairing
Campagnolo
1020 Main St., Vancouver
- From January to the end of March Campagnolo will feature a special menu pairing their signature pizzas with craft beer. Campagnolo will pair their margarita pizza with R&B Lager, their Salciccia pizza with R&B Raven Cream Ale, and their Funghi pizza paired with a bottle of Menabrea Italian Lager.
January 21 @ 6:00pm
Spinnakers Springbank Whisky Dinner with Peter Currie
Spinnakers
308 Catherine Street Victoria, BC
Cost: $90
Info: online
- Spinnakers will be hosting a whisky dinner led by Peter Currie, Springbank Distillery’s Global Brand Ambassador. This will be a five course meal paired with five fantastic whiskies from a great Campbeltown distillery. The main course will be paired with a cask conditioned Oatmeal Stout infused with Springbank 15 whisky. Tickets include: a pint to start the evening off, five course meal paired with five whiskies and the cask conditioned Oatmeal Stout, and a Spinnakers Glencarin whisky glass. Guests from out of town can stay in the guest houses for 15% off.
January 23 @ 3:00pm
Darby’s Meet the Brewmaster with Tim Brown (Mission Springs)
- Darby’s hosts Mission Springs brewmaster Tim Brown for their third Meet the Brewmaster event. Tim will be on hand to lead an informal tasting of Mission Springs’s beers, including
Big Chief Cream Ale, Bombshell Blonde Ale, Fat Guy Oatmeal Stout, and Olde Sailor’s IPA. As usual, Darby’s chef Alex Rotherham has prepared appetizers to pair with Tim’s beer. Tickets can be purchased at Darby’s, and include a sample of each of Tim’s beer plus appetizers.
January 23 @ 12:00pm
Washington Beer BelgianFest
The Engine Room @ Georgetown Studios
5890 Airport Way, Seattle, WA.
Info: washingtonbeer.com
- Washington Beer hosts their first Belgian beer festival, featuring Belgian-style from over 20 Washington State breweries. There will be two sessions, one from 12:00 to 4:00pm, and the next from 6:00 to 10:00pm. Tickets include a tasting glass and ten 4oz. tasters.
January 27 @ 6:00 – 9:00pm
Granville Island International Beer Exchange Kickoff
Granville Island Taproom
1441 Cartwright St., Vancouver
- Granville Island Brewing
has invited Fuller’s to spend two weeks in Vancouver at the GIB Taproom
to offer visitors its flagship beer and the UK’s leading premium ale,
London Pride. In exchange, GIB’s own Lions Winter Ale will be featured
in one of Fuller’s pubs in London, The Iron Duke. A
formal kick-off for the beer exchange will take place at Granville
Island Brewing’s Taproom on January 27, from 6-9pm. London Pride will
be on tap from January 25 to February 5, at the taproom.
January 28 @ 6:00 – 8:00pm
Drinking Vancouver Book Launch
The Alibi Room
157 Alexander St., Vancouver
Info: facebook event
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Come celebrate the launch of John Lee’s Drinking Vancouver at the Alibi Room, and meet the author of this guide to over one hundred local bars in an informal setting.
January 31 @ 1:00pm
Crannog Ales 10th Anniversary Open House
Crannog Ales
706 Elson Rd., Sorrento
info: crannogales.com
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Crannog ales have been brewing their award-winning beers for 10 years, and to celebrate they will be hosting an open house at the brewery. There will be local food, live music, and Crannog beer of course! The open house will feature food from local organic craftspeople like Little Red Hen
Bakery (wood-fired levain bread), Gort’s Gouda Cheese, and many more. To top it all off, there will be a special cask tapped to celebrate the occasion.
January 31 @ 4:00pm
Beer Wars Vancouver Screening
District 319
319 Main Street, Vancouver
Cost: $30 ($25 for CAMRA Members).
Tickets: online
- CAMRA Vancouver is proud to host the first screening of Beer Wars in Vancouver Local breweries will be on-hand serving a diverse selection of craft
beer, including Steamworks, Yaletown Brewing, Granville Island’s new
limited release Chocolate Stout, and Red Truck Limited Release Porter. Note that the original screening of Beer Wars on January 17th has been postponed.
February 7 @ Super Bowl Kickoff (around 3:30pm)
Cask Night in The Burbs
Amber Jack’s
9850 King George Hwy, Surrey
- Amber Jack’s will host a very special cask night during the Super Bowl on February 7th. There will be a cask from Russell Brewing (no specifics yet) tapped at kickoff, which will be free to CAMRA members courtesy of Amber Jack’s and Russell Brewing.
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