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Although we had a late start, this has been the summer of dining al fresco. From working lunches to beach n’ Bocce dinners, I have attempted to consume this season’s bounty outdoors. Some of my favourite…
Posted by: Laura Milligan on Friday, August 27th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: al fresco, beer, cookies, dessert, gelato, outdoors, picnic, tart | No Comments »
Cheers, Chin Chin, Santé, Salute or Kanpai. The sound of these generally means that drinks are about to be enjoyed with friends. Perhaps an Old Fashioned, Sazerac or a nice glass of Nebbiolo…but I digress. A few…
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: beer, celebration, cheers, Drinks, tradition, Wine | 3 Comments »
I’d like to be able to start off this article with a shadowy meeting; with a blindfolded car ride or with a secret entrance of some kind. The truth, though, is that this story ended up being about as local as local…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Sunday, April 4th, 2010
Categories: Worship | Tags: beer, brewing, brewpunk, DIY, East Van, local | 2 Comments »
There are a lot of people in town celebrating national pride and a large part of that is culinary. “Houses” (more like tents in most cases) have sprung up all over town draped in the colours of their homeland.…
Posted by: Degan Beley on Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Categories: Guidance | Tags: beer, mustard, Olympics, pavillion, perogies, raclette, sausage, temporary | 1 Comment »
It started innocently enough. “Who owns Okanagan Spring Brewing?” asked my wife one evening last week. “Sleeman, I think.” But then I wondered… who owned Sleeman? And who owned them? And that…
Posted by: Dave Shea on Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bc, beer, brew pubs, breweries, brewpubs, guide, microbreweries, vancouver | 30 Comments »
Not too long ago we received an unsolicited copy of the book Drinking Vancouver, 100 Great Bars in the City and Beyond by travel writer John Lee. As far as credentials go, I suppose being a British ex-pat makes him a…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: 2010 winter games, beer, drinking vancouver, john lee, vancouver 2010, vancouver bars, vancouver drinking guide | 4 Comments »
In December, beer geeks (enthusiasts?) lined up early at the Alibi Room to celebrate an auspicious event – the Alibi’s 100th Beer List. Nigel Springthorpe types each list out by hand – on a typewriter…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Categories: Meditations | Tags: alibi room, beer, brewing, Gotheck norwegian demi-god lord and master of all things | 1 Comment »
Forget raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, a few of my favorite things are bourbon, single malt and beer. And by a stroke of hoppy, malty, genius, all three are on offer at Hopscotch, Vancouver’s beer and…
Posted by: Degan Beley on Saturday, December 12th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: alcohol, beer, event, Scotch, spirits, vancouver, whiskey, whisky | 3 Comments »
Leah’s mother exaggerates most things by a factor of 1000. Filling up her car these days, for example, costs about 100,000 bucks. So, while listening to Dixie as she told a wonderful, romantic story of cooking a…
Posted by: Jay and Leah on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: beer, clams, fire, roast, roasting, thanksgiving, turkey, video, Wine | 4 Comments »
Before we get to the on-tap list this week, let’s talk about this Saturday’s First Annual Cask Crawl. I know the word ‘crawl’ brings up visions of busloads of university kids wearing plastic,…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: alibi room, beer, brewing, cask conditioned, irish heather, R&B, six acres, steamworks | 3 Comments »
Eight years ago, I attended Feast of Fields, an annual harvest festival that takes place in several locations across the province. In 2001, the event was held at the UBC Farm. It was an amazing day, featuring a…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: ale, alibi room, beer, belgium, lambic, storm brewing | No Comments »
I have a classic pavlovian reaction to e-mails from The Alibi Room’s Nigel Springthorpe – I start to salivate even before I get past the subject line. This week’s missive is drool-worthy indeed, starting…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: alibiroom, beer, cider, mircrobrew | No Comments »
Check out what’s on tap at the Alibi Room right now. Personally, I’m down for the special Sea Cider. I think I’ll sneak in on Moday after work as they are planning to make a night out of it with a…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, June 12th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: ale, alibi room, beer, cask, keg, seacider | 6 Comments »
I spent a couple of hours at the bar of the Alibi Room on Thursday, catching up with Nigel and finding out what what’s on tap, and what’s coming up over the next few weeks. Let’s start off with some…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: alibiroom, beer, brewing, hops, microbrew, swans | No Comments »
After a successful month of $4 cask-pint Tuesdays, the Alibi is back to business (and beer) as usual, with a lot of exciting things being pumped and poured this week. Currently in the casks: Central City Empire IPA…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Categories: Worship | Tags: alibi room, beer, brewing | No Comments »