How to Tap a Pumpkin

Thanks to Carmen we had a little fun for Halloween.

We tapped a pumpkin with success !!

Here are the directions how:

 

 



Lifty Lager

2013 BC Beer Awards: Silver

The lightest and most quaffable beer made by BrewHouse. Canadian Pale malt, Czech hops and German lager yeasts are blended in this beer to create a crisp, tasty, golden lager.

Beer Flow Chart

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Microbrew-Themed Cruises

Crystal Cruises is putting a twist on its "Wine & Food" Experiences of Discovery motif by replacing the wine with lagers, stouts and IPAs that are barrel-aged, made with bacon, have names like Funky Old Time, and more – all for a new Microbrew-themed luxury cruise.  Read more.

Beer Pairing

STYLE OF BEER	PAIRS WELL WITH
Lager	Spicy food, barbeque, hamburgers, chili, bread pudding, poached pears, fruit flan.
Pale Ale	Meat pie, English cheese, grilled meats, duck liver pate, blackened chicken, pumpkin flan, banana foster.
India Pale Ale	Spicy food, Thai and Mexican food, curries, grilled steak, mussels, carrot cake, caramel apples pie, fig crème brulle
Saison	Rib-eye steak, salmon, mussel, calamari, sausage, Thai and Vietnamese food, fruit tart, citrus sorbet.
Lambic, Gueze (sour)	Sockeye salmon, duck a l’orange, sweet & sour pork, apricot tart, baked pears.
Porter	Sockeye food, barbeque, blackened fish, sausage, roasted meat chocolate, toasted coconut.
Imperial Stout	Beef carpaccio, foie gras, smoked goose, chocolate, salted caramel pot de crème, expresso cheesecake.

Beer that shaped Canadian history

 

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Canada can learn a lot about its history by looking at five types of beer, says author and beer connoisseur Ian Coutts. This Canadian author said Canada became a beer country due to environmental factors because wine has only been made in small areas throughout the nation.

Here are the five types of beer that have shaped Canada, as defined by Coutts:

Brown ale

A pioneer beer made by "guys in the tub" in rural areas in the late 18th Century.

The beer was simple to make but unpredictable because you could not control much about the taste or colour.

 

Porter

The first industrial beer, which  Canadians started importing from overseas.

Pale ale

The drink of saloons, found in "handsome establishments" in towns and patronized by young guys.

It looked good in a glass and it coincided with the rise of the idea of brands — marking the growing urbanization.

 

Lager

The "star" of every beer commercial from 1955 to 1975, it came in during Prohibition and became the focus of lifestyle-based advertising. It's an industrial beer and you need a refrigerator for storage.

It is good for people raised on soft drinks. It is very connected to postwar affluence and the assembly line.

 Craft beer

It is what's current, so history is still being made. Craft beer is not exactly a beer, but a "state of mind." It's like music or fashion or anything else.

"It began as a rediscovery of lost beers, but now it is moving into exciting new territory, taking an increasingly sophisticated audience with it," Coutts said.



As for the future of Canadian beer, Coutts said it's looking bright. "This is the golden era of Canadian beer. We've never had more varieties of beer. We've probably got more breweries going now than we had in any time in the last 100 years," he told Robyn Bresnahan, host of CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning.
"You can walk into any bar and get absolutely amazing drinks — pale ales, porters — and it's just going to get better and better."

CBC News June 2013 

 

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