if you missed me on cbc radio’s on the coast last week
never fear! you can still catch my chat with kirk williams about beer in vancouver stadiums
follow the link to on the coast past episodes
click on august 19 and fast-forward to about 10 minutes before the end
and hopefully you’ll be able to tune in next tuesday (september 2) at 5:50 p.m. for my next beer column
my notes from yesterday’s beer column on cbc’s on the coast
wherein i extolled the virtues of craft beer in vancouver stadiums
and patted the pne and pacific coliseum on the back for being the first in the city to go craft:
Liquor Control Policy Directives affecting stadium liquor sales came out in June 2013 and April 2014.
And just for fun, here’s a link to a list of the top 10 craft beer stadiums in the United States, including Seattle’s Safeco Field where Canadians flock to watch the Blue Jays every year.
petition to get craft beer into local stadiums
totally a topic i have been looking into myself
double trouble and the royal york fairmont partner on an 85th anniversary brew
1929 cream ale
i’m not a big fan of cream ales, but i suppose i’ll try this when i’m in toronto at the end of june
people seem to think this is a good idea
me, i don’t wanna see most of you naked, so i’ll skip this beer fest thanks!
an update to jan zeschky’s new bc microbreweries list for 2014
an older article by joe wiebe in bc living
mapping vancouver’s hoppiest neighbourhoods
vancouver’s craft beer scene explodes
a loveletter from a washington state writer
don’t want the tv on while you drink beer? these vancouver craft beer spots have no tv
i have also mentioned several non-tv bars in my column in the bc craft beer news
ooooh, pretty! a ceramic beer sleeve
that is every bit as slick and stylin’ as my new stainless steel innate saison sleeve
an update from paddy treavor about his ongoing campaign to get the government to enforce serving sizes of beer
summed up, here’s what you can do on social media:
“Take a photo (or video) of your less-than-a-20oz-pint next to the sign that says “pint” and email or tweet it to @VanEastbeerblog, @CAMRABC @CAMRA_YVR along with the hashtags #FUSS and #servingitwrong and CAMRA & VanEast Beer Blog will help spread the word.”
eat! vancouver is coming up
it will be on the same weekend as vancouver craft beer week, but i am sure that i can fit both in
i just won’t sleep much…
Friday May 30 – 2-9pm; Saturday May 31 – 10am-9pm; Sunday June 1 – 10am-5pm
Hashtag: #eatbuzz
i will be spending a fair bit of time this weekend at bc place
tonight to watch the lions beat the pants off the roughriders
sunday to watch the whitecaps and timbers battle it out
it will be delightful
but
but what the heck am i going to drink?
there is no good beer at bc place
there is not even half decent beer at bc place
there is no good cider at bc place
there is passably drinkable cider at bc place
maybe i will watch the games sober
it has been suggested that i bring hop oil with me
and make an ipl out of what’s available to me
maybe…
but i am not gonna drink from the taps
no way, no how – gross!
file this under first world beer geek problems
caveat: i have received a media pass from eat vancouver
but hey, why not? i have paid to get in for years and blogged about it, so this year they’re gonna let me in for free
go me!
so i may be influenced to give them a bit more presence on my blog
but i’m not going to be swayed in my opinions – okay?!
here’s their latest press release
me, i’m going saturday the 25th, you know, in case you wanted to have a beer and a nibble with me
put the following into your calendar:
oh, if only the stadiums in vancouver would catch on to the craft beer wave!
i know you can get stanley park amber at rogers arena
but there’s pretty much only bud, bud or bud at b.c. place
why???
if you want me to pay $8 or more for a beer, it had better be a good one
huffington post on american baseball stadiums serving craft beer
stupid bc place signed a five year exclusive deal with budweiser
maybe its time to not drink at football games??
in the meantime however, at empire stadium they have those crazy quick bottom filling beer thingies
you know the ones, surely you’ve seen the youtube videos…
i too have video, but don’t know how to embed it here… must research that
anyway, there are two budweiser stands at empire, one outside of each end zone
where you can get a 24oz budweiser poured for you from the bottom in seconds flat
there’s a magnet in the bottom of the glass to keep the beer in the darned cup
but as bridget demonstrates, it is not fool-proof
if you push on the bottom of your cup, beer will fall out
i was very excited to get my bottom-filled beer
novelty is fun
however, i discovered how quickly that novelty wears off when you now have a $12 24oz budweiser to drink
blech!
i’ll be spending my hallowe’en afternoon at empire stadium
enjoying the last bc lions’ home game of 2010
and the last game in the outdoor stadium
i’ve enjoyed the stadium
i’ll admit to being quite apprehensive at first about sitting outside in vancouver weather
but it has been mostly very enjoyable
good choice to be all nostalgic this year while bc place is under destruction/construction/obstruction
but the beer
you just knew i was gonna have to bitch about the beer!
what’s with horribly insipid beer at outrageously inflated prices?
blech!
next year, in the newly improved bc place, i would very much like to see some craft beer
even a return to russell’s horrid bc lions lager would be an improvement over the bud and bud light lime!
but what if we got good beer?
c’mon howe sound, c’mon r & b, c’mon dead frog, c’mon storm
someone get the contract for the stadium and give us good beer for our overpriced enjoyment!!
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