rain out – part 2

the finger crossing worked
my softball game got rained out last thursday
however… i wasn’t specific enough with the universe in my wishing
i ended up having to work some overtime
which meant i missed out on the basil esb cask at the yaletown afterall
doh!

i rescued my lousy evening by heading off to the alibi room for some tofino brewing spruce tip ipa cask and dave varga’s taylor’s crossing is dead ipa, and quality time with my personal viking
i tell ya, everyone needs to get themselves a personal viking – they rock!!

i found the spruce tip ipa cask a bit thin
maybe it aged a little too long?  or too little?
i dunno, i just recall the one at hoppapalooza being the nectar of the gods and this one wasn’t quite there

tofino brewing spruce tip ipa cask

dave varga’s taylor’s crossing is dead, long live taylor’s crossing ipa was delightful
too bad taylor’s crossing is dead and this brew isn’t going to be a regular one

taylor’s crossing is dead ipa

i rounded out my evening with gary’s imperial ipa and vern’s imperial ipa
i mean, why not?
strong beers that evoke my strong approval!

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!

tofino

from the camra vancouver newsletter:

Tofino Brewing Company opened their doors to the public on Saturday April 16th, selling growlers of their first beer, Tuff Session Ale, a west coast style pale ale. Tofino Brewing brewmaster Dave Woodward (formerly of Brew House at Whistler), writes in to say the local response has been overwhelming, with Tofino residents consuming more than 300 growlers over the past week in addition to Tofino draught accounts. Hoppin Cretin IPA, Dave’s next beer, will be on sale at the brewery this week. Dave describes this as a northwest IPA, well hopped with Columbus, Centennial, and Citra. 6.5%, 60 IBUs. Here’s hoping we see some of this on our side of the Strait!