VanEats: Beer

Sunday cask beer at The Whip Restaurant & Gallery

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:42:31 GMT

This sounds great. Would have loved to have tried out the Longwood Dunkelweizen!. Someday I'll make it The Whip (209 East 6th at Main, 604 874-4687) for this

From The Whip's Events page
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Every Sunday we feature the best cask ale's from B.C's finest Breweries for 4.95/pint. Come check out our line-up:

MAY 6th Larry Caza OLD YALE IPA

MAY 13th Harley Smith LONGWOOD Dunkelweissen

MAY 20th Conrad Gmoser STEAMWORKS TBA

MAY 27th V. Lambourne GIBCO IPA

JUN 3rd A. Tessier SWANS BREWPUB TBA

JUN 10th Rob SPINNAKERS BREWPUB TBA

JUN 17th Gary Lohin CENTRAL CITY TBA

JUN 24th D. Franche BIG RIDGE TBA

JULY 1st Specialty Bottled Beer Selection TBA

JULY 8th Ron Bradley TIN WHISTLE TBA

JULY 15th Ben Van Hee R&B TBA

JULY 22nd Iain Hill YALETOWN TBA

JULY 29th Dave Varga TAYLOR'S CROSSING TBA

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Ideal British type pub for after dinner conversation with a big group

Roland Tanglao — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 18:18:09 GMT

For future events like our Drupal and Civic Space dinner, I am looking for a quiet-ish British style pub where we can have conversations uninterrupted by loud music. If you know of a good place, please leave a comment.

For me the ideal place would:

take large groups (10-24)
have a large selection of draft beers, I would prefer British, German, Belgian, BC micro brew or Czech. I love Steamworks and the Yaletown Brewing Company but much as I love their beers and they are in fact my default places for events of this nature, I would prefer to find other places that serve other people's beers.
allow and enable conversation (no loud music! background ambient electronic music would be cool)
have decent food

Royal Oak - Superb bitter from England

Roland Tanglao — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 06:50:12 GMT

The Royal Oak Traditional bitter ($4.95 at the LDB, limited edition) from O'Hanlon's in England is fantastic. Nice, full bodied but not overpowering with a slight, tasty, bitter edge that doesn't linger and a foamy endless head! Perfect for those craving a real British bitter. This beer was a gift but I like it so much I am going to buy some with my own money before the limited edition is gone!

Pender Island Porter from Gulf Island Brewery

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 09:14:10 GMT

Recently I tried and loved the creamy and not overly heavy Pender Island Porter from the Gulf Islands Brewery. A rare porter find in BC and a steal at $4.34 from the BC Liquor Stores for a big 650ml bottle.

Check it out:

Hacker-Pschorr Hefe Weisse

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 07:15:42 GMT

My favourite German beer is any "dunkles (dark) hefe weizen" (wheat beer). Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot of dunkles available here. Yet another argument for de-regulation (it would be a great business to import German hefe weizen!).

North American tastes seems to be for the lighter German hefe weizen. And as Jurgen Goethe states in this week's Georgia Straight, Hacker-Pschorr Hefe Weisse is an excellent German wheat beer of the non-dark persuasion. Check it out! It is a perfect refreshing summer beer.

And if you ever get a chance try out a dunkles. It's more substantial, full bodied and perfect for winter or if you are fanatic like me, perfect year round.

Raspberry Hefe Weizen at the Yaletown Brewing Company

Roland Tanglao — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 01:10:10 GMT

I really enjoyed the limited edition Raspberry Hefe Weizen (made with local raspberries) Friday at the Yaletown Brewing Company (1111 Mainland Street, 604 681 2739).

A perfect summer drink. It's a beer yes but it's not beer as you know it. And it doesn't taste like pop either. It's a beautiful combo of flavours that's very refreshing on a summer day.

Thanks to the Georgia Straight for the tip about this great beer (too bad I can't find the article online or I would link to it of course).

First Hofbrauhaus outside of Germany is in Newport, Kentucky

Roland Tanglao — Sat, 19 Jul 2003 07:10:54 GMT

I found out from the Cincinnati Post that the first Hofbrauhous outside of Germany is in Newport Kentucky. That's great for the lucky Kentucky folks, but give me Andechs over the Hofbrauhaus anytime! Wouldn't it be cool if we could somehow duplicate the Andechs experience (especially the delightfully tasty and big beer and the huge Schweinhaxen!) in Vancouver? I'd be there in a flash! Sounds like a business opportunity to me!

Homebrew Adventures - A blog about home made wine and beer

Roland Tanglao — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 08:31:35 GMT

Homebrew Ventures is awesome! A blog about brewing beer and making your own wine! (Via Teledyn)

Andechs - A German mecca for beer lovers

Roland Tanglao — Sun, 29 Jun 2003 07:29:25 GMT

If you love beer, you must make the pilgrimage once in your lifetime to the Andechs brewery on the outskirts of Munich.

When I lived in Germany, I had the pleasure of visiting Andechs multiple times. You must go! Wonderful beer (brewed onsite by monks since the 15th century), huge, tasty pieces of pork (Gegrillte Haxe) and incredibly large and wonderfully chewy pretzels. Nirvana on the cheap and very accessible (a short train (S-Bahn) ride from Munich and then a short stroll to the brewery)!

Great memories of this and other memorable experiences in Germany ( oh the wheat beer!) came flooding back after reading today's Globe and Mail article about Andechs and other great Bavarian beer spots!

Stephen Beaumont's Pacific NorthWest Beers Recommendations

Roland Tanglao — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 07:41:13 GMT

(Via Al)Gotta go to Portland to try their beer (Bridgeport and Portland Brewing Company (Porter! Porter! Porter!)!) and visit Al! Higgins sounds good

And Seattle's Elysium Brewing Company sounds awesome!

Barb likes Lindemans Peche Lambic

Roland Tanglao — Fri, 20 Sep 2002 06:26:25 GMT

Czechvar - ain't nothing like the real thing!

Roland Tanglao — Wed, 21 Aug 2002 06:26:14 GMT

Cascade Special Stout from Australia

Roland Tanglao — Tue, 16 Jul 2002 06:07:04 GMT

Doesn't look like Cascade Special Stout is available at BC Liquor Stores!

Only in Austrialia, eh? Pity :-) ! (via Jonathon Delacour) We need more stouts here!

Steamworks Coal Porter is divine!

Roland Tanglao — Tue, 16 Apr 2002 07:07:31 GMT

Crannog Ales

Roland Tanglao — Sat, 22 Sep 2001 14:13:25 GMT

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