A friend asked me what I thought of the Vancouver beer scene these days. It has been two years since the last time I was here but I’ve been keeping track and the signs have been optimistic. I can safely report that the optimistic signs have panned out, in my opinion. It’s not a matter [...]
This past week has been all about the Olympics for me. The Games are about so much more than competition and medals. Every day and every night, the streets of Vancouver are flooded by people from all around the world having the times of their lives. We have gone down to join them a couple [...]
Welcome to Vancouver and the 2010 Winter Olympics! Allow me to be your official beer ambassador to our great city. For the next few weeks, sports fans will be fixated on Vancouver and thousands upon thousands will visit. But even though we’re in the great nation of Cascadia, our beer scene is a little trickier. [...]
Every winter in Port Townsend, WA, the brew gets a little bit strange. The Strange Brewfest is held in the back parking lot of the Water Street Alehouse in the depths of winter every year. I had not attended this event since 2005 so I was looking forward to seeing it again. It did not [...]
