scotch – Beck's Beer Blog

hopscotch!

i’m off to hopscotch!
wish my liver well…

last minute gifts

last minute gift ideas from the lovely folks at legacy liquor store in vancouver:

Time for Merrymaking! In no particular order, we present our favourite gifts for the twelve days of Christmas:

3. Everyone Loves Champagne: A bottle of Champagne being popped is reason enough to celebrate. Our favourites: Lallier Blanc de Blanc ($99.95), Pierre Paillard Grand Cru Bouzy ($71.65), and Dom Perignon Andy Warhol Collection ($250).
2. For Wine Lovers: A case of wine personally selected by you for the recipient. Our staff can help you pick a well-rounded selection within your budget and we will even deliver! (12-bottle handmade wooden wine box $50, delivery within Vancouver from $10)
1. The Oldest Scotch in the Province! ($8,895): The Glenlivet 70 year old has arrived at Legacy. Distilled on the 3rd of February 1940, and aged in a first fill sherry butt. This is quite literally one of the most extraordinary creations we have ever witnessed!
Cheers,
~The Legacy Team

gift ideas

and the next instalment of legacy liquor store’s 12 gift ideas:

Time for Merrymaking! In no particular order, we present our favourite gifts for the twelve days of Christmas:
6. Glenfarclas Family Casks, Vintages 1952 to 1994 ($339.95 to $2195.95): How about a scotch from their birth year? The Glenfarclas Family Casks, a unique collection of the best single casks from the distillery’s warehouse, is available exclusively at Legacy. We have a cask from every vintage dating back to 1952, all the way up to1994.

5. Riedel Gift Pack ($148.50): Beautiful crystal glassware from leading glassware producer, the Riedel Gift Pack includes: the XL Vinum Mixer, which includes a Chablis, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc glass. An outstanding value for crystal glassware.

4. Tickets to see Jim Murray ($125/ticket): Internationally recognized as probably the leading commentator on all of the world’s whiskies, Whisky Bible author Jim Murray hosts a Whisky Seminar at Legacy on Monday, January 26. *Four tickets per person, no held tickets. Purchase only online and in store, no phone in purchases* 32 tickets available.
Cheers,
~The Legacy Team

hopscotch #1

oh the fun that i had at hopscotch on saturday night!!
i had originally been a little bit worried that there wouldn’t be much beer on offer at a scotch, whiskey and beer festival, and that going on the last night might mean they’d have run out of the “good stuff”
but it was great!
tons of breweries well represented, but local and from afar
and people were giving us freebies all night long!

we met lots of beer reps and beer lovers,
found a bunch of beers we love,
got beer openers from steamwhistle,
stickers from rogue,
and another coaster from deshutes

hopscotch

i’m currently trying to buy my hopscotch tickets
but alas, it is not working out for me
the email link to buy tickets isn’t working
and when i called the 1-800 number, the line was so bad that i couldn’t hear the guy on the other end after waiting 15 minutes on hold
and then he disconnected me

this can’t be a sign from the universe that i shouldn’t go to hopscotch can it?
nah – the universe can’t be that cruel!

update: finally got the link to work on the website, only to have it boot me off before confirming my purchase!
called them back and the line was finally good, but no one available to take my call
i must REALLY want to go to this event to still be pursuing tickets!

whiskey biofuel

while not properly beer related, it is still alcohol related and therefore legit to grace this blog!!

stolen from sf gate, the thin green line:

“Scots make biofuel from whiskey
There’s a saying that the cure for everything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the ocean. It’s a nice sentiment, but let’s be honest: There are some things that only whiskey can fix. And one of those is, apparently, the climate crisis.

Scottish researchers have devised a way to make biofuel from whiskey — but fear not, the fuel doesn’t waste the precious liquid, but instead uses byproducts of its manufacture: “draff,” the used grains, and “pot ale,” the liquid from the copper stills. Scotland produces copious amounts of both as part of its $6-billion whiskey industry.

The fuel produced is butanol, which produces 30 percent more energy per gallon than ethanol.

Best of all, the biofuel could go straight into your car’s tank, with no rejiggering required. It could eventually be used as jet fuel as well. The Edinburgh Napier University researchers are creating a company to commercialize their findings and expect enough of it to be available at European pumps by 2020 to contribute to that year’s EU biofuel requirements of 10 percent.

I’ll drink to that!”

Scott Cameron