Category: beerlesque

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beerlesque on friday night was good times!
engagement party at portland craft on saturday night was good times!
working on sunday was not good times
but it is my excuse for not having a proper post ready for today

instead i bring you other people’s bons mots:

discovering craft beer in japan from examiner.com

drinking in bc’s beer identity from the tyee

September 24th, 2012: Crooked Tooth Pumpkin Ale is back and ready to put a smile on the faces of craft beer enthusiasts just in time for Thanksgiving!

Straight from the pumpkin patch, fresh ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg spice up this seasonal staple. No tricks here, only the highest quality ingredients went into crafting this sessionable treat.

Available for a limited time in finer craft liquor stores.

beerlesque!

beerlesque was fabulous!
major kudos to leah and everyone else at vcbw
and to amanda and everyone else at camra vancouver
(and thanks to all the brewers for showing up with great beer!)

leah of vcbw

the roundhouse looked amazing!  great job decorators!

oh, and the folks attending looked pretty darned fabulous as well!

i got to pour storm and driftwood

and then sample everyone else’s beer when my volunteer shift was over

vancouver island brewing
storm brewing
driftwood 20 pounder
central city brewing
spinnakers and howe sound brewing
phillips brewing
lighthouse brewing
red truck brewing

$!5,000 was raised for the roundhouse community centre
not shabby at all!!

chris of vcbw

cask

well, for a not-so-beery week, i still managed to knock a few back!
wednesday night i hit pivo before and between queer film festival movies
had me the phillips hop circle

thursday night before the centrepiece queer film festival movie
i managed to swing by yaletown brewpub for some of iain hill’s ipa dry-hopped with sorachi ace
i am not sure there are words to describe it
besides hop heaven!!
delicious! delightful! divine!
the hop nose carried through to the body
i would have happily taken a growler to go if i had any time to get through one this weekend!

if i could be more than one place tonight i would be at both pivo for their second anniversary
and at beerlesque at the roundhouse
but i can’t be at both, so i’ll be doing my duty to my fellow craft beer lovers by pouring libations at beerlesque!

beer events – vancouver

too many beer events on friday night
yay for first world problems!

tofino brewing’s debut will be at abigail’s party on friday night
pivo’s second anniversary is on friday night
and vcbw / camra vancouver’s beerlesque is at the roundhouse on friday night

our beer steins runneth over!

VQFF

there is just no time for beer this week
well, not no time, just very little time

why this week?

well its the vancouver queer film festival august 11 to 21
and i’m spending nine of those 11 days involved with the festival
mostly watching films
but also three nights of volunteering
what a saint i am!

the two days in my calendar not taken up with the festival are today and next saturday
today i get to go join the vanbrewers and sample their wonderful brews
before i hit the bc lions game
next week i get to go see two wonderful friends get married
and they promise me there will be kegs of craft beer at the reception!
(of course i would have gone even without that promise)

what does this mean in general?
not much to anyone but me and my nearest and dearest really
but its my excuse to any of y’all who are reading this for the very light content on the blog over this period!

and speaking of volunteering, i’ll be pouring at beerlesque next friday night
(at the roundhouse, put on by camra vancouver and vcbw)
right after seeing a queer film
fun, fun, fun!!