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CAMRA Vancouver Newsletter – February 2, 2010
Posted by rodney on February 2nd, 2010 and last modified on February 4th, 2010
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Campaigning for Real Ale, Pubs, and Drinkers’ Rights |
CAMRA Vancouver Newsletter
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February 2, 2010
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Please welcome our latest corporate sponsor, AFIC Group:
“AFIC
EXIM (Canada) Corp is a leader in importing craft beers from all over
the world. Started in 2005 by people passionate about beer we saw the
opportunity to especially introduce US craft beers into the Canadian
Market and now represent some of the best US Craft brewers in BC and
most other parts of Canada. AFIC is the leading importer of US craft
beers in BC. We plan to continue increasing the numbers of breweries we
represent both form the US but also from other parts of the world for
the enjoyment and pleasure of the BC consumer.
Some of the beers that they bring in include: Lost Coast, Rogue, Brooklyn, Dogfish Head, Pike Brewing, and Deschuttes”
AFIC Exim (Canada) Corp
Last Sunday was the Vancouver screening of Beer Wars at District 319, presented by CAMRA Vancouver and Beer Thirst. The screening turned out to be quite the event, with local breweries pouring their best and Greg Koch from Stone Brewing on hand to deliver a keynote before the start of the film. In addition, attendees were privy to Greg’s “Stone Skips Across the Pond”, a documentary of his travels to brew beer with Nøgne Ø in Norway and Brew Dog in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. For those of you who missed the event you can now rent Beer Wars on Shaw-On-Demand . Thanks again to Beer Thirst, Central City, Driftwood, Granville Island, Howe Sound, R&B, Red Truck, Steamworks, and Swans for pouring the beer and to special guests Sun Wizard for performing.
On the cask front, this weeks looks to be pretty exciting, with a whopping seven casks tapped between Thursday and Monday, including three on Sunday!
Cheers, and remember to pour yourself and friends a local, flavourful, and expertly crafted beer when watching that football game this Sunday!
Ryan
Ryan O’Connor
Editor, CAMRA Vancouver
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Casks
Dustin Sepkowski has continues to blog the daily casks served at Spinnakers, This week’s casks can be found here. The theme for this week looks to be European hops! Also, it looks like the formerly unofficial Alibi Room twitter account is now official! Follow Nigel @alibiroom for the latest information on what’s coming up on tap at the Alibi Room. Yaletown Making it Real (Ale)
February 4 @ 4:00pm
Tapped this Thursday at Yaletown Brewing is a cash of brewmaster Iain Hill’s Warehouse Stout heavily dry-hopped with Simcoe hops. This beer has been served at the Alibi Room a few times under the name ‘Simcoe Stout’. This is certainly a unique combination between the stout’s roasty character and what Iain refers to as an almost bud-like hop flavour. Note that this is the last and only cask at Yaletown Brewing in February!
Dix Cask Thursday
February 4 @ 5:00pm
For the month of February DIX will be tapping a cask of brewmaster Derrick Franche’s IPA. With the Olympics on the horizon Derrick expects the cask to go quickly, so be sure to show up on time!
Taylor’s Crossing Firkin Friday
February 5 @ 5:00pm
This Friday is the first Friday of the month, which means another Firkin Friday at Taylor’s Crossing! Brewmaster David Varga has a cask of his English Porter aged on American oak. David has brewed this porter to have a bit higher ABV to help help enhance the oak flavour, which he hopes will impart a whisky character to the beer.
Amber Jack’s Cask Night in the ‘Burbs
February 7 @ Superbowl Kick-off (around 3:00pm)
Amber Jack’s will be celebrating Superbowl Sunday with the second installment of their “Cask Night in the ‘Burbs” cask programme. At kickoff time Amber Jack’s will tap a cask of Russell Brewing’s Juniper Pale Ale dry-hopped with whole Saaz hops, which will be free for CAMRA members! The superbowl party will be hosted by DJ Chris, and will feature music and dancing during half-time and after the game.
The Whip Real Ale Sundays
February 7 @ 4:00pm
The Whip will have a cask from James Walton over at Storm Brewing. No word yet on what the cask will be, but knowing James you won’t want to miss it!
Three Lions Cask Night
February 7 @ 7:00pm For the month of February, Three Lions Cafe will tap a cask from Russell Brewing at 7:00pm. This week they will have a cask of Russell Brewing’s Dry-hopped IPA. This IPA has been dry-hopped with whole Saaz hops, which should provide an interesting Noble hop character to the IPA. St. Augustines’s Manichean Mondays
February 8 @ 6:00pm
St. Augustine’s will tap a cask of Howe Sound’s English Pale Ale dry-hopped with Mt. Hood. This pale ale will be a great canvas on which to showcase the flavours imparted by dry-hopping. Mt. Hood is an aromatic hop derived from Hallertauer, which should impart a mild. clean aroma similar to its Noble hop parent.
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New Beer Arrivals/Restocks/Seasonals
Keep a look out for Granville Island’s Chocolate Stout, R&B’s Iceholes Celebration Lager, and Howe Sound’s Three Beavers Imperial Red Ale, all of which should be hitting the shelves sometime in the next week or so. Also on the horizon is Driftwood’s Naughty Hildegard’s ESB. Red Truck Brewing’s latest limited release, a Belgian golden ale, should be out in the next week. David Varga at Red Truck has brewed this with pale malt and candi sugar, a Belgian brewing sugar used to brew higher ABV Belgian styles. To keep this strong golden ale true to style David has hopped it with Czech Saaz and UK Kent Goldings. According to David, it does a good job at hiding it’s 8% ABV alcohol content. Look for it at Taylor’s Crossing and other local pubs that Carry Red Truck. To stay prepared for the anticipated Olympic rush, DIX Barbeque has had to clear up tank space for their best-sellers. This means that there will be no Czech Pilsner and no replacement for the barleywine until after the games. However, brewmaster Derrick Franche has an Irish Stout and a Belgian Grand Gru (A strong, dark, Belgian-style ale) that will be tapped once the current rotating dark (a porter) is finished. DIX will be open to the public for the Olympics, and are stocked with plenty of Crosstown Lager, Red Truck Ale, and IPA. Lastly The Railway Club have updated their taps list. They now have the following on tap: Central City Red Racer Lager and ESB, Crannog Back Hand of God Stout, Granville Island Pale Ale and Lager, Lighthouse Rip Tide Pale Ale, Phillips Chocolate Porter and IPA, Red Truck Ale, R&B Cream Ale, and Tree Cutthroat Pale Ale, and Thirsty Beaver Amber Ale. 16th Street Liquor Store
220 16th Street, West Vancouver
9:30am - 11:00pm daily Stone Brewing Arrogant Bastard Ale, IPA, Levitation Ale, Pale Ale, Ruination IPA,
Smoked Porter. First-come first-served, so you may want to call ahead to confirm.
Brewery Creek
Darby’s Liquor Store
Ballast Point Big Eye IPA, Calico Amber Ale; Brooklyn Local 2; Driftwood Farmhand Saison; Koningshoeven Quadrupel; Phillips The Hammer Imperial Stout; Propeller Honey Wheat Ale, Porter; Rogue Mogul Madness; Tree Hop Head Double IPA. Restocks: Deschutes Black Butte Porter, Mirror Pond Pale Ale; Rogue St. Rogue Red; Souther Tier UnEarthly IPA. Coming Soon: Stone Brewing. Watch Darby’s Facebook page for more info.
Libations Liquor Store, Shaughnessy
962 West King Edward, Vancouver
10:00am - 9:00pm daily Howe Sound Three
Beavers Imperial Red Ale; Tree Hophead Double IPA. Restocks: Lindeman’s Framboise, Kriek; Carlsburg Jacobsen
Saaz Blonde. Tastings: Steam Whistle Pilsner — Saturday, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Libations Liquor Store, Dundarave
2472 Marine Drive, West Vancouver
10:00am - 11:00pm daily Howe Sound Three Beavers Imperial Red Ale; R&B Dark Star Oatmeal Stout, Hoppleganger IPA, Red Devil Pale Ale; Russell Black Death Porter; Tree Hophead Double IPA. Restocks: Deschutes Black Butte Porter; Salt Spring Island Golden Ale, Fireside Winter Ale, Pale Ale.
Firefly Fine Wines and Ales, Vancouver
2857 Cambie Street, Vancouver
10:00am - 11:00pm daily
Anderson Valley Brother David’s Double; Brew Dog Paradox; Samuel Smith Imperial Stout; Phillips The Hammer Imperial Stout; Tree Hophead Double IPA. Restocks: Rogue Yellow Snow IPA (growlers). Coming Soon: Howe Sound Three Beavers Imperial Red Ale; Little Creatures; Stone Brewing.
Tastings: Vancouver Island Brewing — Saturday
Firefly Fine Wines and Ales, Maple Ridge
21755 Lougheed Highway, Vancouver
10:00am - 11:00pm daily
Anderson Valley Brother David’s Double, Poleeko Gold Pale Ale; Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale; Moylans Hopsickle, Kilt Lifter; Southern Tier Iniquity Imperial Black Ale; Tree Hophead Double IPA.
Restocks: Anchor Brewing Porter; Green Flash Double Stout; Inveralmond Blackfriar Scottish Ale; Lindemans Kriek; Paddock Wood Czech Mate; Pelican Brewery MacPelican’s Scotch Ale; Samuel Smith Taddy Porter.
Tastings: Steam Whistle Pilsner — Friday, 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Point Grey Beer and Wine
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Upcoming Events
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.
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.
March 6
Central City 6th Year Anniversary
Central City Brewing
13450 102 Avenue, Surrey
- Central City will celebrate their sixth anniversary on March 6th with a 6 course beer-paired dinner. More information to come!
March 20 @ 11:30am to 5:00pm
Spinnakers Spring Cask Festival
Cost: $35 ($30 for CAMRA Members)
Info: Stay tuned!
- Spinnakers will host their second annual Spring Cask Festival on Saturday March 20th. Building off the success of their last two cask festivals, Spinnakers has arranged for around 20 casks from local brewers from around BC. This will be a great chance to meet your local brewer and sample some one-off cask conditioned ales you likely won’t find anywhere else. Tickets are $35 ($30 for CAMRA members) and include a Spinnakers tasting glass and three drink tickets. Additional drink tickets are $1 each.
Don’t forget there are many more events listed on the CAMRA Vancouver Calendar.
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