My Beer Pix: A Californian in BC
Hi, it’s Matt and I’m blogging from Victoria , BC (that’s British Columbia, not Baja California). Here’s the Parliament Bldg
Archive for August, 2008
My Beer Pix: Butchart Gardens
So I arrived in town, checked into the hotel and headed out to Butchart Gardens, unfortunately, I thought Rebecca said Bush Gardens. No beer, but it looks pretty nice, doesn’t it?
My Beer Pix: Hop Shortage?
What’s funny is that I searched high and low, and could not find the flowers I was looking for, so I asked one of the gardeners there where were the hops? They looked at me funny, once I explained I was from California, they just chuckled and walk…
My Beer Pix: Okanagan Spring Pale Ale
Here’s one of the standards that can be found in most of the pubs and restaurants. Okanagan Spring Pale Ale. This was a malty ale, very little hoppiness to it, but still tasty.
My Beer Pix: Right Under My Nose
Turns out that I didn’t need to go out searching too far for a decent IPA, I found one right here at the Hotel Oswego. Phillip’s IPA is a nice IPA reminiscent of a Samuel Smith IPA.
The Beer Nut: Get up the yard
Dubbel, of Young CAMRA Collectiv fame, noted recently the preponderance of beer festivals around the UK August Bank Holiday. I certainly did my bit, heading north on Saturday to Hilden, for the second year, to attend the annual bash in the brewery yar…
Potable Curmudgeon, The: Sandkerwa NA 2 draft lineup for Friday, August 29.
Sandkerwa NA 2, liquid ode to the beers of Bamberg and Franconia, returns on Friday, August 29.During last year’s first-ever Sandkerwa NA, I vowed to provide an even better selection of Franconian draft beers in 2008.Well, things happen. In 2008, I be…
Potable Curmudgeon, The: The simple elegance of reality in food and drink.
The Curmudgeon household has been preoccupied with a number of professional and leisure time pursuits during recent months, and as a direct result of these diversions, the estate had become overgrown with noxious weeds. Diana needed help today, so I g…
CNYBrew.com: New drinking antham
I got an email out of the blue from from someone named “Drunker than Satan” with a free mp3 of this gem by none other than Mr. Horatio Lee Jenkins for those of you that are so inclined, he has a MySpace page. If anyone is interested in getting the mp…
Brookston Beer Bulletin: Beerunch
My friend Jim Woods, who owns MateVeza, a beer made with Yerba Mate tea, is putting on what looks to be a very fun beer and food event. It’s set to take place on September 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 at the Bambuddha Lounge in San Francisco. Tic…