“Tapping taste”, The Vancouver Courier – Sept. 17, 2010

Betting on the power of malt, hops and traditional brewing methods, microbrewers compete with big beer giants for the palates of Vancouver pint lovers.

BY CHERYL ROSSI, VANCOUVER COURIER

Photo by: Dan Toulgoet - Vancouver Courier

Steam flows from a generous pot where one of R&B Brewing Company’s three brewers heats a test batch of coffee beer.

Five men dressed in black R&B T-shirts move swiftly about monitoring temperatures and machines as a sound system plays punk, ska and new wave beats.

A compressor for the glycol system keeps brews cool in the fermenters. A vacuum pump sucks oxygen out of freshly bottled beer, while a fan whirs in the nondescript building on ……..

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