I'm looking forward to it!Saturday, July 23rd, 2011, 12pm-5pm
at St. Augustine’s Craft Brew House, 2360 Commercial Drive
We’ve got IPA’s and lots of them! Your local brewers all went to the extreme to take you and your taste buds to hop heaven and back (or beyond in some cases!).
Participating Breweries
Red Racer Beer, Big Ridge Brewing Co, Lighthouse Brewing Company, Howe Sound Brewing, Phillips Brewing Company, Big River Brew Pub, Salt Spring Island Ales, Russell Brewing Company, Storm Brewing, Dead Frog Brewery, R&B Brewing, Crannog Ales, BrewHouse (High Mountain Brewing), Elysian Brewing and more!
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Too Hop to Handle
Too Hop to Handle
CAMRA Vancouver’s Fest of Ale – Too Hop to Handle
- Jon Walker
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It was a good event.
Perhaps my expectations for IPA's in BC are a bit high, but there were a couple I've been itch'n to try and actually thought they were a bit lackluster... but that's also the nature of the cask.
The Whistler Brewhouse was the top pick of the judges and shared the people's choice as well. For a straight-up IPA, I'd have to agree. The brewhouse has moved the brewery back to Whistler, they have Dix last brewer, and they just keep getting better!
Spinnaker's CDA was probably the other stand-out for me.
A nice writeup:
http://www.vancouverbeerblog.com/?p=1718
Perhaps my expectations for IPA's in BC are a bit high, but there were a couple I've been itch'n to try and actually thought they were a bit lackluster... but that's also the nature of the cask.
The Whistler Brewhouse was the top pick of the judges and shared the people's choice as well. For a straight-up IPA, I'd have to agree. The brewhouse has moved the brewery back to Whistler, they have Dix last brewer, and they just keep getting better!
Spinnaker's CDA was probably the other stand-out for me.
A nice writeup:
http://www.vancouverbeerblog.com/?p=1718
Apparently there was a mix up with the winner: "Dave Varga from Taylor's Crossing actually won the BJCP judged Brewer's Challenge with his Indian Arm IPA dry hoped with Nelson Sauvign...
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We have a lot of good IPA's, but I think Central City (IPA) and Driftwood (Fat Tug) have continued to raise the bar.
My disappointments were:
Crannóg, which is more like a hoppy pale ale (since then I've had a great pint on-tap, but it's still not in west-coast IPA territory);
Central City's DIPA, which seemed like their IPA with added alcohol (and not much else), but I'll reserve judgement until I try a sample on-tap.
My disappointments were:
Crannóg, which is more like a hoppy pale ale (since then I've had a great pint on-tap, but it's still not in west-coast IPA territory);
Central City's DIPA, which seemed like their IPA with added alcohol (and not much else), but I'll reserve judgement until I try a sample on-tap.
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I think the general quality and number of locally brewed and bottled IPA's in B.C. is great compared to Ontario. I also think that has a lot to do with the much larger number of quality U.S. examples available at retail which drives the locals to raise the bar in order to compete. Last I checked there were more than a dozen top quality American IPA's and half a dozen IIPA's available pretty much year round and more than two dozen seasonal IPA's and IIPA's. Conversely B.C. brewers collectively make more than a dozen year round IPA's and several IIPA's (of varying quality) and more than a dozen seasonal IPA's and IIPA's (Phillips accounting for about six all on their own).
I don't always piss in a bottle but when I do...I prefer to call it Dos Equis.
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