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Have your say against the 30% additional tax about to be charged on growler fills by Rich Coleman, The Liberals and the LCLDB.
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Aimed at getting licensees to comply with the law by posting their serving size-price lists and by urging the LCLB to enforce the law to help protect the consumers of BC.
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Volunteer Opportunities
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Are you a whiz with Word Press or Graphic Design? We're looking for some help with keeping our website up to date and on various promotional print materials. Please email Monica for more information.
CAMRA Vancouver Volunteers
Would you like to be on our list of volunteers for future events? Perhaps you're interested in getting involved
with advocacy or education?
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| Local beer blogs of interest |
BARLEY MOWAT Why craft beers are awesome and macro beers suck.
The above blogs have a primary focus on craft beer in Vancouver and British Columbia. These blogs present commentary of our local craft beer scene, and as such, contain content and opinions that CAMRA Vancouver may not share. We welcome your comments or suggestions.
Know of a local beer blog that you think should be added to our list? Email communications@camravancouver.ca
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Membership
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The count as of today for members in CAMRA Vancouver is 778 individuals and 81 corporate supporters. The more members, the louder the voice!
Membership has its benefits and is open to everyone. We offer single, joint and corporate memberships.
Want to let a friend know what we're all about? Give them our updated
Member Brochure.
Interested in getting involved? Volunteer in one of our Committees.
Join us in support of Craft Beer!
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"The information in this Newsletter is collected and broadcasted for the benefit of all CAMRA members and readers. CAMRA Vancouver, while making every effort to ensure accuracy and a timely delivery, assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions. "
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Hello everyone,
The past couple of weeks have brought to light more contentious issues regarding Rich Coleman, the BC Liberals and the LCLDB as you will see below. Now is the time to educate yourself and decide if these issues are important to you. Share the information, sign our petition(s) and get involved. Our latest petition for Save the Growler is at over 900 signatures! Let's make it well over 1000 and show that we, the consumer, have a voice and we're not happy.
Dining Out for Life
Make a difference - dine out and support people living with HIV/AIDS this Thurday March 7, 2013. 
Dining Out For Life is BC's largest restaurant fundraiser, benefiting
A Loving Spoonful and Friends For Life. 25% of their food sales will go to to people living with HIV/AIDS. Over the last 18 years Dining Out For Life restaurant partners have raised over $3 million for HIV/AIDS support services. Many of our Corporate Supporters are taking part so why not try out somewhere new perhaps and support a great cause? Kudos to BierCraft, The Cascade Room, Darby's Pub, Dockside, forage, Howe Sound Brewing, Incendio Pizzeria, Sunset Grill and Uli's Restaurant!
Local Breweries Feel Slighted by LDB's Plan to Lure US Craft Sales to Gov't Liquor Stores
Want to understand more about how the liquor distribution system works and ultimately doesn't work? Then read the most recent post by Paddy Treavor of VanEast Beer Blog. Paddy also posed the question "Is the LDB looking to support BC breweries at a critical time of growth for this local, home-grown industry which is providing key employment opportunities in BC during hard economic times and if so, how?" Follow the link to see the answer he got.
Rebecca of Beck's Beer Blog has a regular spot on CBC's On the Coast with Stephen Quinn. This week she talked about Growlers and CAMRA's Save the Growler Campaign. Topics included: What are they? Why and where do you get one? Are you ready to pay 30% more tax on your fills and what that really means. If you missed the live broadcast you can find it here. (Mar 5, fast forward to the 2:18 mark) Next show March 19th and you can listen live @ 5.50pm FM 88.1. Rebecca also blogged a " Love letter to CAMRA" this past week. We are so honoured and humbled to receive such praise. <3 Craft beer community! Thank you Rebecca!
Gluten Free Beer is good? Blogger Lynn from Beer and Travel Adventures (Twitter @BGCanary) was asked by McClelland Premium Imports to sample their Mongozo Pilsner Gluten Free beer...Thumbs up! It's available at Biercraft (both), Commune Cafe, Chambar, The District (North Vancouver), and Portside Pub. Local private LRSs include: Legacy Liquor Store, Brewery Creek, Viti Wine and Lager, Firefly Fine Wines and Ales, and 16th Street Liquor. If this interests you then you should also try the excellent Widmer Bros Omission de-glutenised pale ale available at St. Augustines and some liquor stores.
Craft Beer Around the Web
No bottle opener? We've all been there. 6 Ways to Open a Bottle Without an Opener by Lifehacks.
The New School is a fantastic blog out of Oregon. It's filled with beer news, education, interviews, brewing innovation and more. There's a great interview with Garret Oliver of Brooklyn Brewing and author of The Brewmaster's Table and New Oxford Companion to Beer.
Cheers,
Monica Frost
Communications Director, CAMRA Vancouver
communications@camravancouver.ca
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Executive Update
Update from our President, Adam Chatburn
When news broke last week on the Van East Beer blog that Growler fills were to be given an additional tax it was hard to see it as anything other as a tax directly on craft beer, hitting both the burgeoning craft beer industry in BC and those people with great taste who choose to support local ale artisans (that's you!). Naturally CAMRA BC was outraged and we immediately issued a Press Release and created the #savethegrowlers campaign which has collected over 900 signatures in only 5 days - the most signatures of any CAMRA BC's campaigns! Thanks again to everyone who has taken a moment to sign and if you already have signed please encourage others to - I'd love to present over a 1000 signatures to the government! To continue reading...
Education Update from Danny Seeton
As mentioned last issue, we are proud to announce our new Education Series starting in April.  "CAMRA Vancouver is passionate about promoting beer education and offers monthly classes at a variety of locations. Local beer experts and brewers will present topics ranging from introductory classes on beer production and history to more specific lectures on beer styles of major brewing regions. There are also cross-over classes comparing and contrasting beer with wine, whiskey, cider, and mead. As always beer education is better with samples, which will be a large part of demonstrating the information presented in every class. Keep an eye out for any topics that strike your fancy." Danny
Course information and dates are on our website.
Tickets go on sale tonight (Wed Mar 6th) at 7pm and will be very limited so check back to our web page frequently for more information and more education events.
For more information contact Danny Seeton education@camravancouver.ca
Information Request from Amanda Barry, Events Coordinator
Attention Breweries, Agencies and Cideries! Want to participate in our upcoming events? Be sure to send your contact info to me so I update our contact list. events@camravancouver.ca
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CAMRA Corporate Supporter Spotlight
Join us in welcoming our newest Corporate Supporters:
Lions Pub
"The TC Lions Pub is a quaint 130 seat British inspired neighbourhood Pub located in the heart of downtown Vancouver. We serve fantastic Pub fare and with 27 draught lines, we offer the best craft, local and import beers available. We proudly serve a proper pint, in the proper glass all the time." - Doug Whidden
Twitter: @LionsPub
Watertiger
'Watertiger is the leading water purification and rainwater harvesting expert in BC. We provide design services and equipment for chlorine/chemical removal, filtration, disinfection, high-purity systems, and mechanical equipment protection (i.e. corrosion control, boiler and pump protection, etc.) and more. With this equipment, craft breweries, distilleries and other food/beverage manufacturers can maximize the quality of product they produce every day. Learn more about us at www.watertiger.net or call for a free consultation. Prost! ' - Adam Scheuer
Twitter: @WatertigerBC
CAMRA Member Benefit - 5% discount off equipment purchase
Kitsilano Cold Beer and Wine Store
"Our store is located in the heart of Kitsilano at 2289 West Broadway. We are a full service liquor store that has greatly expanded its craft beer selection in the past six months. We have regular craft beer tastings, craft beer giveaways and always have new craft beers coming in every single week. A good part of the reason I feel we have a great craft beer selection is that a lot of the products we carry have been brought in at the suggestion of our customers. There is no doubt a craft beer community out there and we are pleased to be a part of it and love to hear their suggestions. This of course is why we are so happy to be a part of CAMRA." - Dave Benson, Owner
CAMRA Member Benefit: 10% off Craftbeer Purchases
Visit our Corporate Supporter page on our website.
Cheers, Sammie Gough
CAMRA Vancouver Corporate Liaison
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Homebrew Happenings
Barley's Homebrewing now has a wort chiller available to rent for $5.00/day. Leave a $60.00 cash deposit and return by the end of the following business day. Call for more info: 604 553 1941
Would you like to share a story, a homebrew recipe or an event? Please email communications@camravancouver.ca |
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Upcoming Events
*Please click on the event name for full details.
March 16th @ 5pm
MMA Long Table Dinner at Pumphouse Pub Featuring Odin Brewing
brought in by Beerthirst
5 delicious courses paired with 5 Odin brews, Including the new Sigrun IPA and UFC 158 - St. Piere vs Diaz for only $40. This event is in support of local athlete, Matt Trudeau, for his next MMA fights in Edmonton. Please call Pumphouse Pub for reservations: 604-274-7424
March 14th @ 6pm
Enjoy a 5 course dinner, expertly paired with 5 of Parallel 49''s delicious beers. The pairings will be done by Certified Cicerone, Don Farion and created by Executive Chef Stephen Chadband. Parallel 49's head brewer Graham With will be on hand to describe his beers and answer any questions you may have. $55 or $50 for CAMRA or Vanbrewer members. Vegetarian options available. SOLD OUT. March 15-17th @ 3pm-12am St. Patrick's Day Weekend at Central City Brew Pub and Restaurant Join Central City for a weekend of live music, drink specials, and Irish cheer! From Friday to Sunday they're getting their Irish on. Sat & Sun: Irish "Fry Up" Breakfast (11am - 2pm), Irish Stout Stew Dinner feature (starts at 5pm) Lamb chop, green pea mash & root veg paired with a pint of Red Racer. March 20th 7 - 9pm
How do you feel about combining the activity of drinking world-class craft beer and helping feed Vancouver's hungry and less fortunate citizens? In support of the Vancouver Food Bank, and as a thank-you for the support of local craft beer consumers, Liberty Wine Merchants of Commercial Drive is organizing the "Inaugural East Side Beer Fest" Tickets $20 + a non-perishable food item at the event, tickets available at Liberty locations. Self-guided with 6oz tasting glasses, no tokens. Tickets reportedly SOLD OUT.
South of the Border
If you would like your event listed in our newsletter, please email your info to Jill at media@camravancouver.ca
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Seasonal Releases
Phillips Brewing Cabin Fever Imperial Black IPA now available in private liquor stores. Central City Brewing Imperial IPA now available in liquor stores. Five dollars of every bottle purchased goes towards Autism Research.
Parallel 49: From East Van With Love is now available in bombers in the tasting room. This is their collaboration with the fantastic @GiganticBrewing in Portland. Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Maple Stout.
Elysian Savant now available in private liquor stores.
Elysian Loser Pale Ale available in 650ml bottles, 6packs and 59L keg YEAR-ROUND soon! Something to look forward to from our neighbours of the south.
Cantillon on tap!
Cuvee St Gilloise currently on tap at Biercraft Cambie.
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