Best Canadian Beer/Lager/Ale

Blue_and_White_Army

danimal said: Driftwood is about to take over the space next door and expand their capacity greatly and eventually offer tours, bottle sales, and growler service.

Next door to their current location in Victoria, or the space next door to Alibi (in Vancouver)?

Blue_and_White_Army

Brenton said: That's great news. I do wish they would sell a maltier ale. Here's hoping.

I generally like darker beers as well, but the Farmhead is as close to an abbey ale as we get here in BC at the moment.

Brenton

Farmhand? Not really malty or dark at all. I like it, but it's not what I'm looking for from them.

chauchi09

Waiting for Townsite Brewery to get up and running I know initially they won't have Belgium beers as one of their regulars but the brewmaster is belgium so hopefully they'll have something along those lines sooner rather than later.

Blue_and_White_Army

I had a New Belgium (Colorado) Abbey Ale in Seattle last weekend. Was confused why it was so cheap (just $4). Then I tasted it. :-&

Brenton

Yah, New Belgium is not a great microbrewery. Better from Colorado is Red Bike or something like that.

danimal · Post edited by danimal at 2012-02-16 14:15:40

Blue_and_White_Army said:

danimal said: Driftwood is about to take over the space next door and expand their capacity greatly and eventually offer tours, bottle sales, and growler service.

Next door to their current location in Victoria, or the space next door to Alibi (in Vancouver)?

Next door to their current location in Victoria (same building, I think).

Brenton

Oh, boo that.

Blue_and_White_Army · Post edited by Blue_and_White_Army at 2012-02-16 16:51:21

Just bought a bottle of Driftwood Singularity (and Howe Sound Megadestroyer). I would have sworn that Singularity used to cost something absurd, like $27 a bottle, yet it was only $10. Was that a different dark seasonal that I'm mistaking it for?

ynwasouthside

^It's funny in our Cascadian craft beer world that $10 for a bottle of beer is not considered "absurd." :)

Blue_and_White_Army

Well, 650 mL.

ynwasouthside

Well I'm having a 500ml can of Fuller's that "only" cost me $3. :)

chauchi09

ynwasouthside said: Well I'm having a 500ml can of Fuller's that "only" cost me $3. :)

Nice, London Pride or ESB?

ynwasouthside

ESB.

Taylor23

I swear by the Phillips Blue buck, as a few of you have mentioned, but lately I have been drinking the Lakefront IPA out of milwaukee. Absolutely brilliant. Great balance of hops and citrus.

Taylor23

out of curiosity, are any of the southsiders members of CAMRA Vancouver?

danimal

^ I am.

chauchi09

me too!

Blue_and_White_Army

Taylor23 said: out of curiosity, are any of the southsiders members of CAMRA Vancouver?

I was in 2010, but don't drink much these days.

southsidepride

I'm a CAMRA member, as well. danimal, I'm jealous you were one of the 40 to attend. And who does a 4 year vertical tasting of OCD? Was at Alibi Rm last night thinking how cool that must have been.

Vanbryguy12 · Post edited by Vanbryguy12 at 2012-02-17 08:48:50

Since seeing the suggestions on the board I have switched to Blue Buck as my fridge default as well. Love it.

Brenton

Southsiders: Changing lives, one beer at a time.

JSpice

Was a long time CAMRA member, but not in the past year or 2. Still attend their events though. Hard to understand all the love for blue buck (or Phillips in general), most of their beers suffer from too much DMS (causes a sort of cooked corn flavour/aroma). Red Racer pale ale is miles better IMO.

Blue_and_White_Army

JSpice said: Hard to understand all the love for blue buck (or Phillips in general), most of their beers suffer from too much DMS (causes a sort of cooked corn flavour/aroma).

Are you not a fan of their Hammer imperial stout either? It ticks most of my boxes...

chauchi09

Just had another look at the Camera website and there a lot of discounts at a lot of the private liquor stores 10% . Also up to 20% food at some pubs

http://camravancouver.ca/members/membership-benefits/

Most sign up events include a free pint glass too.

JSpice

Blue_and_White_Army said:

JSpice said: Hard to understand all the love for blue buck (or Phillips in general), most of their beers suffer from too much DMS (causes a sort of cooked corn flavour/aroma).

Are you not a fan of their Hammer imperial stout either? It ticks most of my boxes...

I should've qualified my statement - I'm not a big fan of their regular beers, their seasonals are much better, including Hammer imperial stout. That said, its not as good as many other impy stouts, especially the likes of Rasputin, Singularity, etc.

southsidepride

chauchi09 said: Just had another look at the Camera website and there a lot of discounts at a lot of the private liquor stores 10% . Also up to 20% food at some pubs

http://camravancouver.ca/members/membership-benefits/

Most sign up events include a free pint glass too.

Yeah, between Brewery Creek, Firefly, Legacy, and the Alibi, my membership has already paid for itself 1.5 months in (doesn't sound flattering, but my cellar's been benefiting most). Since prices are generally marked higher than their government counterparts, it's mostly about the SPEC's that government shops don't have access to. Imo, a CAMRA membership is definitely worth it if you purchase relatively frequently and like to experiment with a diverse number of craft brews.

coriba

For those Southsiders who went on the pub crawl in Victoria and couldn't finish the Total Eclipse of the Hop, I can report that it is actually a very nice beer. Had a bottled one this weekend and it is awesome. Must have been a bad keg at Spinnakers. Danimal, you were correct.

PBandG

Just had my first ever pint of La Fin du Monde. Gonna compare the first sip to a good glass of scotch. Almost too much flavour and alcohol it was like getting slapped across the face with flavour. After that it mellowed out and is up there in my all-time favourites.

Brenton

Calling all beer lovers:

Free Beer Movement, that amazing meeting of beer and soccer, is doing a series on the beers of the MLS soccer towns/supporters groups. They would like someone in Vancouver to drink beer and write about it, as it relates to soccer.

Let me know if you are interested in doing this.

B

Blue_and_White_Army

Doolin's really needs to add a drink menu to their website. I don't understand when pubs have a food menu but no drink menu.

ynwasouthside

^In a perfect world, beer would change more rapidly than food -no?

Blue_and_White_Army

How long does it take to update a list?

ynwasouthside

^Not sure. Here's the comment from the Alibi Room:

We’re working on a way to post our full beer menu directly to the site as it changes. We’re not there yet, so keep an eye on Twitter for now and we’ll announce when it’s ready to go.

Markus

IMO, both food and drink menu's should change 4 times a year, with the seasons.

Bad_Gones

http://staugustinesvancouver.com/

Live beer menu. It can be done. Doolins is not going after this market, and likely never will.

southsidepride

Bad_Gones said: http://staugustinesvancouver.com/

Live beer menu. It can be done. Doolins is not going after this market, and likely never will.

Sorry to sound crude, but it's possibly the best digital advertisement board above a urinal in the Lower Mainland. Relieve yourself while scrolling the availability of your next beverage. Plus, they're great to follow on twitter for weekly cask nights.

Many establishments can benefit from St. Augustine's lead, but not certain others would like to be accountable to the info released or put in the work to maintain current information. Then again, the digital systems are likely more simple to maintain than I realise. Perhaps it's just about start-up costs.

Many pubs have been shifting their focus with the rapid growth of the craft beer culture. However, Bad_Gones, you're right about Doolin's not going after this market. Plus, with their current, convenient location, they don't really have to.

Lord_Bob

Blue_and_White_Army said: Doolin's really needs to add a drink menu to their website. I don't understand when pubs have a food menu but no drink menu.

Food is all different, though. Beer just tastes like beer!

Bad_Gones

To be clear, I'm not saying Doolin's should go after this market. I'm sure they've got all the market share they want.

Bad_Gones

Lord_Bob said:

Blue_and_White_Army said: Doolin's really needs to add a drink menu to their website. I don't understand when pubs have a food menu but no drink menu.

Food is all different, though. Beer just tastes like beer!

Go away troll. :-h

Lord_Bob

Bad_Gones said:

Lord_Bob said:

Blue_and_White_Army said: Doolin's really needs to add a drink menu to their website. I don't understand when pubs have a food menu but no drink menu.

Food is all different, though. Beer just tastes like beer!

Go away troll. :-h

I don't understand why people waste all this time worrying about "craft beer" when you could just get a Bud at the game.

Stubbs

Doolins might be thinking about going after a piece of this emerging market. Not long ago they hosted the first #YVRbeertweetup (or whatever they call it) craft beer tasting. And they now have their own Doolins Ale which is brewed by Russell. I dont think they'll try and compete with St Augustines but bringing a couple of different crafts isnt that hard.

Lefty

What brand of beer was thrown at Beckham last night in the 89th minute?

Addict

Becks :))

Brenton

Brenton said:

Calling all beer lovers:

Free Beer Movement, that amazing meeting of beer and soccer, is doing a series on the beers of the MLS soccer towns/supporters groups. They would like someone in Vancouver to drink beer and write about it, as it relates to soccer.

Let me know if you are interested in doing this.

B

chauchi09

They've got a few craft ales on there and the Doolins Ale by Russel was decent enough and good value. I've never been to St. Augustines but have viewed their live beer list many times. very cool system.

Brenton

I bought a bunch of bitters at Legacy yesterday. The R&B Eastside Bitter is very good, well-balanced. Could use a bit more depth. The Howe Sound Bitter was hoppier and a tad too bitter and not very malty.

I haven't tried the Swan's Bitter, as Legacy was out. Anyone know if they carry it at Firefly or Brewery Creek?

chauchi09

Brenton said: I bought a bunch of bitters at Legacy yesterday. The R&B Eastside Bitter is very good, well-balanced. Could use a bit more depth. The Howe Sound Bitter was hoppier and a tad too bitter and not very malty.

I haven't tried the Swan's Bitter, as Legacy was out. Anyone know if they carry it at Firefly or Brewery Creek?

Pretty sure I saw it at Brewery Creek.

Brenton

Thanks. That's where I'm heading right now, then.

JSpice

Bitters shouldn't be particularly malty, by definition. hops should be more prominent than malt.

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