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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.
Have a read and if you agree, please download a copy and send it off.
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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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| "What's Brewing" | |
July - August 2013 issue. It features articles submitted by local bloggers on all things craft beer.
Highlights of this issue include CAMRA BC President Rick Green talking about BC having its own "Beer Style", travel stories and an old favourite of many readers, "Ullage and Spillage".
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Membership
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The count as of today for active (paid up to date) members in CAMRA Vancouver is 955 individuals and 104 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.
Join us in support of Craft Beer!
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Volunteer Opportunities
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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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"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,
We open this week sharing that it is with great sadness that we learned of Dan Small's passing. A legend in Vancouver's home-brewing scene, Dan (of Dan's Homebrewing Supplies) hooked hundreds of craft-beer fans and sorted them out with everything they needed to get started brewing. Many of these brewers went on to start breweries and the impact Dan has had on the craft beer scene in Vancouver cannot be ignored. Our sympathies go to his family, friends and colleagues. I'm sure many of us will be raising a glass to him. We shared a little more about his history and public support here on our website. A memorial brew by some local brewers with staff from Dan's is currently in the works and will be happening this Sunday at Parallel 49 Brewing.
Their mission is to encourage you to drink locally and support your local breweries. From established favourites to emerging nano-breweries, they're proud to connect you to the vibrant community that is the craft brewery scene in Vancouver. Hop aboard one of their brewery tours (or book your own private one) for a fun, informative and memorable experience, and let them introduce you to the beers putting Vancouver on the map.
CAMRA members get a 20% discount on tours!
by Jan Zeschky of Brewed Awakening
Craft Beer Around the Web
Local importer of Cantillon and many other treats, Copper & Theory, shared this story on "A Brief History on Sour Beer" from The New Yorker. Now announcing Zwanze Day - an annual, global, simultaneous tapping of a one-off lambic beer from Brasserie Cantillon, created just for this day. This year, Vancouver will be participating! It's Sept 14th at Alibi Room. Mark it down, save the date, and be excited. Follow Copper & Theory and #YVRBeerTweetUp for details. Word is they are selling tickets to be part of a very limited draw to attend - here.
Quirky Beer Words
Pitching (the Yeast) Fermentation begins with the pitching of the yeast. "Pitching" is simply a brewer's term meaning to add the yeast to the fermenter. Before pitching, you need to make sure that you've properly cooled and aerated the wort. In some cases, you may need to prepare the yeast well beforehand; for more information, see below or under Preparing the Ingredients. The steps you may want to take to prepare your yeast depend on whether you are using dry or liquid yeast.
Cheers,
Monica Frost
CAMRA BC and Vancouver, Communications Director
communications@camravancouver.ca
  Recent past issues of our Newsletter can now be found here on our website.
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Executive Update
Update from our President, Adam Chatburn
CAMRA Vancouver will be at the Vancouver Farmer's Market in Kerrisdale this Saturday from 10-2 so come on down and say hi, renew your membership or sign up and enjoy the market.
Note: due to high volumes of new members the turn around time on getting your membership packs out to you is approximately 3-4 weeks. Please be patient. We're all volunteers and working as fast as we can. Have you seen our new cards? They are fantastic and now only require a renewal sticker each year instead of a whole new card. Cheers!
Adam Chatburn,
President, CAMRA BC - Vancouver Chapter
Update from our Education Liaison, Danny Seeton
Have you checked out our CAMRA Vancouver Education series? Fun, interactive and informative.
Next up is HOPS 101. August 20th @ 7pm at Steamworks
The esteemed head brewer from Parallel 49 Brewing Co., Graham With, will be spreading his knowledge of hops in the Hops 101 class.
More details and tickets here.
For more information contact Danny Seeton education@camravancouver.ca
Cheers,
Your CAMRA Vancouver Executive
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CAMRA Corporate Supporter Spotlight
Stay tuned! We have some new Corporate Supporters in the works and will share them with you next time. In the meantime why not refresh your memory on the fabulous Member Benefits many of our Corporates are offering at this time to our members here. CAMRA BC Members in good standing have the opportunity to receive a number of benefits courtesy of some of our fine supporters. These are of course, subject to change. Also, don't forget you'll need to show your membership card.
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Homebrew Happenings
Looking to connect with other homebrewers? VanBrewers hold monthly meetings. They welcome new members to the meetings, so go check it out if you are a homebrewer or are interested in getting started. Membership to the club costs $20 a year and provides members with many useful benefits.
Barley's Homebrewing Supplies
For a full list of their hop inventory, please click HERE
Hops Connect
 Join their Brewer's Club. You'll early heads up of new products, promotions and sales AND a discount. Information here.
Their coveted Keep "Calm and Hop On" T-shirts are now for sale HERE.
Dan's Homebrewing Supplies
New location 835 East Hastings St. The new shop is bigger and less than two blocks east on the side of the street where you can park between 3:00 and 6:00!
Would you like to share a story, a homebrew recipe or an event? Please email communications@camravancouver.ca
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Upcoming Events
August 1st - 30th
30 Breweries, 30 IPAs, 10 Locations each tapping a new keg of IPA everyday in August. Full Calendar of tap launches can be found on all the Donnelly Pub's Facebook pages.
August 15th @ 7:00PM
Brooklyn Brewing and Donnelly Group Collaboration Dinner at Queen's Republic
Brooklyn Brewery Executive Chef Andrew Gerson will be in Vancouver and hosting a collaboration dinner with Donnelly Group Chef Alvin Pillay at The Queen's Republic. Tickets for this event go on sale July 15 and will include a four course dinner with pairings.
August 17th @ 4:00PM - 11:00PM Now only $25.00 per ticket! Starting at Butcher & Bullock at 4pm, chartered bus will take you to Nat Bailey Stadium home of the Vancouver Canadians, departing at 6pm. Game time is 7pm. They will return via bus to Butcher & Bullock after the game. $25 ticket includes: Baseball Game Ticket, Granville Island Brewing Seasonal Beer before + after the game, chartered bus transportation to and from the ballpark, prizes, giveaways, contests, and a few surprises! Remember, CAMRA members receive 20% off food at B&B.
August 22nd @ 7:00PM - 10:00PM
Tapped In - presented by The Shooting Stars Foundation with VCBW
A unique opportunity for people to enjoy the first 'blind' tasting of BC Craft Beers, "Tapped In" offers guests a chance to go beyond labels to uncover the true character of their favourite brews. Programs listing product by number only will be supplied so that guests can keep notes of what they are tasting until the "reveal". During the last hour they will be shown what they have been tasting.
All proceeds from Tapped In will go to the Shooting Stars Foundation in support of Direct Service HIV/AIDS organizations
August 23rd @ 11:00AM - 9:00PM
The Time has finally arrived and the brewery will be opening its doors to the public! Let's celebrate!
Meet the team! Try their brews! Tour the Brewery! All Day Sampling, growler sales, music provided by David Blair, tours and MORE! The first 25 people to come and visit us will get a FREE GROWLER (*Fills not included) They will even have some Non-Alcoholic refreshment samples provided by SIP Sodas, a local soda company! Swing on by and help Deep Cove Brewery and Distillers make some memories and drink great beer!
August 28th @ 8.00PM (new date)
Women & Whiskey at The Portside Pub
A monthly event at the Portside. Join Cicerone Program - Certified Beer Servers Aja Tylor and Nicole Coetzee for this months Beer 101 on "Backyard Beers". A look on Vancouver's emerging craft beer scene, discovering our neighbourhood breweries and their growler programs. Afterwards, we'll have our whiskey tasting featuring different types Rye whiskey. There are raffles and prizes including a 2 night stay in a 2bd cabin on the Sunshine Coast with hot tub and BBQ (aprox $500 value), as well as a one night stay at the Howe Sound Brew Pub and Hotel in Squamish. All to benefit the Vancouver Women's Health Collective. Tickets for Women & Whiskey are $30 which includes all of the tastings, a snack, tasting book, and cover for the live music. Musical performances by local band The Star Captains will kick off at 10pm. Tickets can be purchased at the Portside Pub (7 Alexander st, Gastown), or through email at
Info@theportsidepub.com
Sept 4th @ 6:00PM
Beer Hunter: The Movie at the Rio Theatre with Camra Vancouver
What better way is there to spend a Wednesday night than with local craft beer, fab people, and a movie about the great Beer Hunter - Michael Jackson! There will even be a 15min beer break and Q&A after the movie with the Director of the movie. Tickets are $5 for CAMRA members which includes your ticket to the movie, 6pm early access into the RIO where we will have various local craft beer on tap, and your first glass of beer! Non-CAMRA members: purchase their tickets for the movie at the door on the night for $10, doors open at 7pm and you will have to buy your own beer. Tickets for this event will be available shortly and more details to be announced soon. Stay tuned!
Sept 6th & 7th
October 5th @ 7 to 9.30PM
The first annual Steveston Beer Fest to be held at the historic Gulf of Georgia Cannery in Steveston. The net proceeds from this event will support the Richmond Christmas Fund.
The Beer Fest will host approximately forty booths and will showcase craft beer from British Columbia, the United States and other countries from around the world. This event is intended to entice those that are new to craft beer as well as the experienced palate. The line-up will include casks, draught beer and bottles as well as a pumpkin beer competition. Further updates on the event can be found on O`Hare`s website, Facebook page and Twitter @StevestonBeer Tickets are $40.00 and include craft beer samples, a gourmet hotdog from Steveston favourite D Original Sausage Haus, and additional free food samples from local Steveston Merchants.
The Society Board of Directors are thrilled to announce their first benefit event, debuting on Saturday, November 30, 2013, specifically to raise funds for the arts and crafts program at The Centre. The theme of craft beer and local cuisine mixed with rollicking live music is sure to deliver a ridiculously good time. $35 Tickets include a complementary glass tasting mug and 5 tasting tokens. Additional tokens can be purchased for $2. Complimentary local cuisine will also be offered. Visit link for brewery details and more.
If you would like your event listed in our newsletter, Facebook or Twitter, please email your info to Jill.
Jill Plotnikoff
media@camravancouver.ca
Communications and Newsletter Support Team
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Seasonal Releases and Reviews
Seasonal and new releases are coming in all of that time at your local LRS.
Here's a few highlights:
Parallel 49 'Lil Red, Red Eye
Dead Frog Brewery Colin Jack Antidisestablishmentarianism Memorial Strong Amber Ale
Old Yale Outta Whack Mango Wheat
Green Flash/St Feuillien Friendship Black Saison, Palate Wrecker (4 packs) Lighthouse Numbskull Imperial IPA Hoyne Summer Haze Honey Hefe
Brewdog IPA Is Dead Single Hop IPAs (4 different)
Gigantic High Fidelity Pale, Hellion Dry Hopped Belgian Ale
Anderson Valley Heelch O'Hops DIPA, Hop Ottin' IPA, Poleeko Gold Pale Ale
Anderson Valley Wild Turkey Bourbon Barrel Stout
La Trappe Quadrupel
Longwood Brewpub Big One IPA, Steam Punk Dunkel, Berried Alive
Cheval Blanc
Buddha beer
Floreffe Melior, Double, Tripel
Barbar Bok
Nogne O Sunturn Brew Bourbon Barrel Aged, Suntum Brew
Nogne O Imperial Brown Ale, Imperial Stout
Skagit River Scullers IPA, Gospel IPA
Craftbeer Reviews
Storm Brewing on Commercial Drive in East Van are now doing growler and boston round fills.At the moment it's BYO growler but they'll have their own in stock sometime next week.
Available Tuesday to Saturday from 10-2 at the moment.
Cask Nights
Missing our Cask Nights listed in the Newsletter? Not to worry; we have something even better! On our website in the Events calendar we have the various regular cask night locations and times listed and will be adding special one offs regularly too. Then, to find out what the actual cask is (which is what we post on Twitter and Facebook on the day of) you can simply refer to the Twitter Feed on the right side bar of our web page. You might have to look for a few seconds to see the location you're interested in come up in the rotation. We generally tweet mid morning what the cask(s) will be for the evening. We hope that this is a good solution and will no longer have reason to miss another event again. So make sure you have the Events Calendar bookmarked and view it regularly to help you plan which cask night and event you would like to attend. Click HERE to view the Events Calendar
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If you would like your Cask information promoted on our website, Facebook and Twitter please email Mike.
Mike Willis,
info@camravancouver.ca
Communications and Newsletter Support Team
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