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Olympic Eating (& Drinking)

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.…

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Posted by: Degan Beley on Thursday, February 25th, 2010
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Dave’s Vancouver Beer Guide 2010

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…

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Posted by: Dave Shea on Thursday, January 28th, 2010
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Ready, Set…Drink

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…

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Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
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The Beer Geek’s Guide to the Alibi Room’s 100th Beer List

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…

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Posted by: Jer Thorp on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
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Raise a Glass at HopScotch

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…

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Posted by: Degan Beley on Saturday, December 12th, 2009
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Ground Turkey for Thanksgiving? Why Not.

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…

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Posted by: Jay and Leah on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
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Alibi Room On Tap – August 27, 2009: Cask Crawl!

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,…

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Posted by: Jer Thorp on Thursday, August 27th, 2009
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Alibi Room on tap – August 11, 2009: The Belgians are coming!

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…

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Posted by: Jer Thorp on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
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Alibi Room on Tap – July 9, 2009

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,…

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Posted by: Jer Thorp on Thursday, July 9th, 2009
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Alibi Room on Tap June 2009

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…

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Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, June 12th, 2009
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Tap News From The Alibi: May 9th, 2009

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…

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Posted by: Jer Thorp on Saturday, May 9th, 2009
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Tap News From The Alibi: April 1st, 2009

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…

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Posted by: Jer Thorp on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
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Tap News from the Alibi: 03/20/09

This is the second update in a week, because they’re going through beer like crazy at the Alibi and kegs are changing quickly (a group of Foodists were there last night… coincidence?) Here’s the news:…

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Posted by: Jer Thorp on Friday, March 20th, 2009
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Guinness Chocolate Cake

I’m always up for an adventure, especially when that adventure includes eating probably one of the best chocolate cakes I have ever had. I was very curious about what cake with beer in it would taste like, but…

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Posted by: Janeen Leynes on Monday, March 2nd, 2009
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Tap News from the Alibi: 02/18/09

Beer lovers in Vancouver will know that The Alibi Room is the place to go for a pint (or six). While the Alibi’s website is regularly updated with a complete tap-list, proprietor Nigel Springthorpe has kindly…

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Posted by: Jer Thorp on Thursday, February 19th, 2009
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