Last Sunday evening, we sat down over Farmhouse beers with Farmhouse Fest Organizers Matt Kump, Jonny Evans, and Dave Shea to chat all things Farmhouse Fest. The Wet Hop: Can you all tell us a bit about yourselves? Matt: I’m Matt. None of us are in the beer industry, so that’s interesting. I’m a beer […]
They say that if you stay true to your craft, you will always produce the highest quality products. This is a big reason why craft beer has been so successful: the best brewers are always taking the time to develop unique, well-rounded, and consistently high quality beers. There is nothing slap-dash, gimmicky, or rushed about […]
Lately, we’ve been incredibly spoiled with the variety of fresh local beers. In fact, I’ve been purchasing local so much that I often forget that we have access to many delicious and reasonably priced imports. A few posts back, I talked about the first sour beer I ever had, and years later, it still remains […]
It’s June first! It’s officially summer! Ok, ok. I know that technically the season doesn’t start for another 19 days, but the changing of the calendar over from May to June has always symbolically meant that summer is here, to me. The temperature is finally agreeable, school has been over for university students for awhile […]
A couple of weeks ago Vancouver lovingly welcomed award winning Bellwoods Brewery into our liquor stores (thanks Untapped Imports!) Bellwoods is a five year old brewery based in downtown Toronto. Following high demand and outgrowing their brewing capacity, they opened up a second location last year. Bellwoods tackles a spectrum of styles: wild ales, hoppy […]
The people at the weather station are promising really warm weather in Vancouver’s future, like mid-20s warm! That means I will be craving something cool, dry, and refreshing to quench my thirst as the mercury rises. While beer is the old reliable choice, I’ll probably be reaching for a cider this upcoming week. As much […]
We picked our Beer of the Week relatively early. We snagged a bottle last week and both decided not to open it until we were going to discuss BotW. Except that yesterday, Brewery Creek posted a haul of new arrivals, which quickly altered our initial plans. I immediately texted DF to which he swiftly responded […]
Before I begin this post, I need to say yes, we all have our preferred beer styles. We all get a little bit excited when we see a favourite style of ours listed on the menu as an offering, or as a new arrival at a liquor store. However, contrary to what some people might […]
At the Canadian Brewing Awards last year, a local seasonal favourite was deservingly awarded Beer of the Year. Shortly following that achievement, and due to high demand, it became available year round. This beer has truly set the bar high for BC sours. If you haven’t guessed our pick for Flagship Friday yet, it’s Four […]
As we’ve touched on before, Driftwood Brewing has a well known reputation of releasing some of the most anticipated limited releases of the year. From Sartori, to their sour beer series, and of course Singularity, Driftwood has found a way to create anticipation in beer drinkers throughout the year and, just in time for Beer […]
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