Beer

Sunday cask beer at The Whip Restaurant & Gallery

Posted by Roland Tanglao on 5/27/07; 7:42:31 PM From the Beer dept. 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 QUOTE 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 END QUOTE Link: # | Discuss | |

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

Posted by Roland Tanglao on 11/3/04; 10:18:09 AM From the Beer dept. 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 Link: # | Discuss (1 response) | |

Royal Oak - Superb bitter from England

Posted by Roland Tanglao on 9/21/04; 10:50:12 PM From the Beer dept. 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! Link: # | Discuss (1 response) | |

Pender Island Porter from Gulf Island Brewery
Posted by Roland Tanglao on 2/23/04; 1:14:10 AM From the Beer dept. 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: Link: # | Discuss (1 response) | |

Hacker-Pschorr Hefe Weisse

Posted by Roland Tanglao on 9/7/03; 11:15:42 PM From the Beer dept. 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. Link: # | Discuss (1 response) | |