yikes, a little late on the notice…
from legacy liquor store:
SEASONAL CRAFT BEER TASTING
Thursday, 4 to 7 pm Oct 13, 2011
As part of BC Craft Beer Month Legacy is celebrating the fall season with a cross section of limited release beers. Sample Pumpkin beers, fruit beers and the first of the Christmas season beers.
better late than never, here are some of my photos from the proclamation of bc craft beer month, held september 30th at steamworks:
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| bob mcrae – minister of agriculture, lundy dale – president of camra bc, and terry lake – minister of the environment, with the proclamation |
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| lundy introducing the minister |
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| bloggers, writers, brewers and john mitchell |
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| eli – owner of steamworks, bob mcrae, lundy dale and john mitchell, with the proclamation |
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| fabulous examples of bc’s craft beer |
for all the bc craft beer month (october) events, clickety click, beerish trick
thank goodness rodney is all dialled in with prompt technology!
i have photos and video of the bc craft beer month proclamation, but won’t have a chance to do anything with them today
thank you rodney for providing me with these lovely photos:
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| photo credit: rodney gitzel |
bob mcrae, minister of agriculture proclaims october bc craft beer month
(terry lake, minister of the environment also attends and invites me out drinking at the noble pig!)
beer bloggers and writers take photos and video
lundy dale of camra bc beams with approval as her hard work comes to fruition
brewers from steamworks, driftwood, lighthouse, r and b, et al receive kudos
john mitchell is lauded for kick-starting the craft beer movement in british columbia
steamworks (via eli and marnie) ply us with tasters of conrad’s brews
and lovely nibblies
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| bob mcrae, lundy dale and john mitchell with the proclamation |
sated, we basked in the gorgeous view, secure in the knowledge that craft beer in bc is a booming industry
all hail october!
craft beer has its very own month in british columbia!
cheers!
if you’ll be in victoria on october first
and if you love hops
you should be at phillips‘ hopoxia
ringing in the inaugural bc craft beer month!!
“Break in the inaugural BC Craft Beer Month in style. Brewers from all over the Province converge on the Phillips back parking lot armed with their favourite hop-infused beer! Come down and spend an afternoon sampling some of the best brews BC has to offer.
Tickets are only $10 and include two 4oz tasters. Additional tasting tickets can be purchased at the event for $1.50.
Where to buy:
-Cash purchase Phillips Brewery – 2010 Government St.,
-Online at: http://www.rmts.bc.ca/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=6198 (+$1.50 surcharge)”
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