Category: advent calendar

new releases

if you missed out on pre-ordering the international beer advent calendar, don’t feel too badly
there are other options available!

parallel 49 and central city brewing have teamed up to bring you a local beer advent calendar
more info on that to come after i attend the launch at craft beer market next week

and phillips brings back their snowcase:

Phillips Logo

The Snowcase Calendar
Count Down to Christmas with 24 different Phillips Beers
 
October 24th, 2014: The Snowcase Calendar is back!! 24 different Phillips beers in one case designed to help you count down to Christmas the best way possible: with beer!!

Our elves have been hard at work and we’re thrilled to be pairing this year’s Snowcase with its very own website! www.snowcasecalendar.com has full details of the project and will be your daily destination to learn the backstories, read the tasting notes, and share in the conversations of the beer for that day.

To get your Santa claws on one please head to www.snowcasecalendar.com/find.  This page is updated regularly and gives up-to-date listings of where you can grab one broken down by area.
 

Good luck on the hunt, and don’t forget to head over to the website to follow along starting December 1st!

link love

fill out the brewed awakening beer poll – have your voice heard!

too late for this year, but it’s never too early to start on next year’s: instructions on how to make your own beer advent calendar

and how to make a beer menorah

zerve.com’s (a travel website) 7 reasons it’s a great time to be a beer lover

more british columbia liquor law changes approved

wondering what to do with all those empties?  wonder no more!

p.s. i’ll be on cbc radio’s on the coast a little early tomorrow
rather than my usual 5:50 spot, i’ll be on with mathew layzin-ryder around 5:35ish

legacy

new and exciting beers at legacy liquor store in vancouver:

Craft Beer Advent Calendar 2013 – $141.35
North America
 
Many of us remember the good old times, back in the days when we were kids, and Christmas time was fast approaching. In order to make us count the days leading up to Christmas Day, our parents or grandparents gave us advent calendars filled with small chocolate treats or toys. Now Craft Beer Importers Canada Inc. has recreated this great gift and made it suitable for the beer lover. No, this one is not filled with chocolate. Craft’s advent calendar features 24 windows, and behind each window is one full-sized bottle of beer. These will go fast!
 
 
Moon Under Water “Harvest Ale” Pumpkin Pearzen – $8.75
Victoria, BC
 
Moon Under Water’s Pumpkin Pearzen Harvest Ale combines local pumpkins and pears with subtle banana and clove flavours. By celebrating the season and championing the local farmers that contributed, this brewery continues to impress. Well done.
 
Joel Wilson | Beer Team | Legacy Liquor Store
 
 
Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider – $16.35
Portland, Oregon
 
The making of Hallelujah Hopricot starts with heirloom American apples as a Belgian wit-style cider steeped with coriander, bitter orange peel and paradise grains, fermented with French saison and Belgian ale yeasts. On top of that rich base they’ve added apricot juice and finished with whole-leaf Cascade and Amarillo hops. A fresh and fruity concoction not dulled by any sweetening, this off-dry cider is my bestseller, and for good reason. ABV 6.9%.
 
Evan Doan | Beer Team | Legacy Liquor Store

taps magazine advent calendar

i wish i had seen this earlier, i might have joined in!
taps magazine beer advent calendar:

Dec 5 – Dead Frog Christmas Beeracle
Dec 6 – Black Oak Nutcracker Porter
Dec 7 – McAuslan St. Ambroise Russian Imperial Stout
Dec 8 – Great Lakes Winter Ale
Dec 9 – Wild Rose Cherry Porter
Dec 10 – Muskoka Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout – Winter Beard
Dec 11 – Microbrasserie Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Triple
Dec 12 – Dieu du Ciel Peche Mortel
Dec 13 – Garrison Baltic Porter
Dec 14 – Propeller Russian Imperial Stout
Dec 15 – Beau’s All Natural Bog Water
Dec 16 – Granite Brewery Gin Lane Barley Wine
Dec 17 – Pump House Scotch Ale
Dec 18 – Phillips Trainwreck Barley Wine
Dec 19 – Vancouver Island Dough Head
Dec 20 – Picaroon’s Winter Warmer