The Pit at The Westminster Hotel, Yukon

Never mind the tourist stuff. In Dawson, "The Pit" is the place to go. 

Thank you Matt the Moose for being a great host. 

Beer Club's 1st Brew Masters Tour

10 members of the club toured three Vancouver Downtown Eastside breweries on Nov. 13^th under the guidance of a former brew master and wine connoisseur.  The idea was to try to develop an understanding of the finer points of beer from the perspective of someone who is intimately familiar with wine as well as beer.

We visited Callister Brewing Co, Powell Street Brewery, and finished the night at Andina, a South American-style brew pub, where we sampled various kinds of ceviche and other South American treats.

Fun facts: 

1. Foam is your friend:foam is where flavour is most concentrated, particularly bitterness from the hops.  No foam, little flavour.

2. Fat is the enemy of foam.  Avoid eating fatty substances such as Cheezies or potato chips.  The oil from these things almost instantly “kills” the foam in a glass of beer.

3. Never drink from a bottle if you can pour the beer into a glass.  The glass opens up the beer to smell, which accounts for 75% of the experience of flavour.

4. White foam indicates the beer has been carbonated naturally.  Coloured foam indicates artificial ingredients were used to carbonate the drink.

5. While hops are the  “sexy” component of beer, yeast is the most significant ingredient.  Yeast is “magical” for all the things it can do for a beer.  Brewers are really just bakers without the flour and the oven!

~ David

Friday's on the Front

Every Friday night from July - August the city of New Westminster with Steele and Oak Brewery host Friday's on the Front with a guest brewery.

Enjoying the summer days at Friday's on the Front in New West with Steel & Oak Brewing Co. and Four Winds Brewing Co.



https://downtownnewwest.ca/Fridays-on-Front 

Grind up for some Beer

Some hiked some took the gondola, all meeting at the top to enjoy beer and grouse mountain's summer music series.

 

https://www.grousemountain.com/events/summer-music-series#.W8jKL2eWy71

We're in search for the Perfect Pint

  

Urban Grind

It's that time of year again, time for the #UrbanGrind


For each Tuesday in March at the Vancouver Lookout

The challenge: climb 633 stairs

The reward: a pint of Steamworks beer and the amazing views.

 

The reward: a pint of Steamworks beer and the amazing views.

Yoga on Tap

What a fun way to start a day !

I had a super fun experience this past Sunday trying out Yoga on Tap with Steamworks Tap Room in Burnaby.

This is something every beer drinking yogi should try once !

I arrived a little before 10:30 am, and was happily welcomed by Matt and the Steamworks staff.  They got me set up with my yoga mat and a flight of beer. 

Matt from Moksha Yoga Burnaby led us through our practice integrating balancing poses and forward folds while we sipped our beer! I did work up a good heat, I think the beer helped with that, and also had a great hatha yoga experience. I am already trying to find out when the next class is. 

The 4 beers we had were all excellent.

Kolsch, was the lightest of the bunch, with its light colour and clean crisp taste. We  also sampled an excellent Summer Ale, it had a kick of a citrus sweetness. The Tropical Ale was the cloudiest of the bunch. It was like a Sunday morning glass of fruit juice, and smelt like it to. And lastly on the palette was Steamworks award winning Flagship IPA.

If you see Yoga on Tap in your neighbourhood,  sign up, you'll have a blast.

~ Colleen