Category: burger

stackhouse

stackhouse burger bar on granville street in vancouver is a beautiful little restaurant and bar!

the service leaves a little to be desired
and i’m not sure about their deep-fried pickles offered with a groupon deal of two taster beers for $6
but what the heck, it was only $6!

the menu looks divine, if a touch pricey – burger heaven!
the beer list is small, but there are a couple of gems on there:

i’m interested to see how this place does
friends want to go back for the kobe burger
i’ll probably tag along to see what kind of a crowd stops by
we were there on a wednesday right after work and had the place to ourselves until about 5:45…

sloppy seconds

sloppy seconds, hoppy seconds, spring hop
whatever the heck it officially ended up being called
the camra members-only hopfest at the alibi room on monday night was lots of fun

the goal of the evening was to give members who missed out on tickets for hoppapalooza to try the hoppy casks and kegs leftover from hoppapalooza
so for $20 members bought themselves entry to the alibi room, a burger dinner and a pint of cask not tapped at hoppapalooza
after that pints and sleeves were on at regular price, less 10%

as i lamented in a previous post, i shoulda had half pours at hoppapalooza so that i could have made it furher through the list since there was no way i was going to finish the list at $5 sleeves

i began with the included pint of swan’s scotch ale
which was uber-sedimenty and too boozey for me
i made a concerted effort, but i just couldn’t finish the whole pint

then my new friend from edmonton bought me a pint of north coast’s acme ipa
which had an amazing nose and quite an edge to it, i’m a fan

then i moved into sleeves and had a bear’s hop rod rye, conrad’s pilsner and the ninkasi believer double red ale (to make sure i still liked it, which i did)
as it was just after 10:00 by this point i passed on finishing the sleeve of fat tug that jason bought for me
jen seemed pretty pleased to take it off my hands
and i made it to bed before 11

the social was a great opportunity to chat up a storm with brewers and appreciators alike
and trade war stories from the first three days of vancouver craft beer week
and i’m impressed that i managed to get out of there reasonably sober!
i felt like a million dollars on tuesday morning!

thanks very much to the alibi for accommodating my stupid dietary restrictions
(there were mushrooms in the veggie burger, so they very kindly grilled me some tomatoes to use on my bun instead)
and providing such great salads and condiments
the coleslaw in particular was divine!

St. Augustine’s

patron saint of beer, and venue for my birthday bash just past!

located on commercial drive, this spacious beer and sports bar features more than 40 taps – yes more than 40!  most of those 40 are their staple offerings, but they do have a list of seasonal offerings and bottled beer too.

they were very able to accommodate a large group of us (any night but canucks or fight night) and by all accounts the burgers are to die for (my vegetarianism gets in the way of me personally confirming that fact).  monday nights are cask nights, and every night they offer tasters of four beers for $8.

love the direction they are taking their decor (this is a mash tun isn’t it?)

on the downside, service was not as quick as one might have hoped and the bathrooms are not fabulous.  otherwise, you better believe i’m recommending the place!  and going to make it my regular watering hole.

bring on the casks, bring on the good times!