I just found out that I’ve won my first homebrewing medals, a Gold and a Silver in the Strong Ale and the Specialty category! The results are posted here. I entered my American Barleywine and a beer approximating the Alpine Brewing Company’s Nelson, a Rye IPA that I brewed with a friend, Andy Coppock. The [...]
Archive for February, 2010
February 20, 2010
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The Next ‘Pretty Thing’ in Vancouver, BC
By Adam in Know Your Brewer, The GoodsDann Paquette has a beer in the works, and you and I both know it’s not going to be like anything you’ve had before. Unless you were of drinking age in 1832. I called Dann the day after he brewed this and he was telling me that he was “literally shoveling hops” into the kettle, [...]
February 20, 2010
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Rare Beer Tasting
By Adam in Misc. Beer FunThe other night I had the luxury of attending a “rare beer” tasting. Now, it’s worth pointing out that ‘rare’ is perhaps a relative term. Beers routinely found at supermarkets in most of the Cascadia States could easily find themselves wearing such a moniker in BC, at least until we as an industry get more [...]
February 9, 2010
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Upright Brewing Video
By Adam in Know Your BrewerHere is a great quality video from Basic Brewing that really captures what Alex Ganum is doing at Portland’s Upright Brewing. As Alex says, there aren’t too many markets where this beer is available. RainCity Brands will have Upright’s beer in Vancouver and Vancouver Island in the coming months! And I heard a rumour that [...]
February 9, 2010
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Upright Brewing – Portland Oregon
By admin in UncategorizedSince Cantillon and Pretty Things are on the way to BC, I decided time has come for new beer in my portfolio. Scouring the internet I found www.uprightbrewing.com in Portland Oregon. I called them up, spoke briefly with owner Alex Ganum, and two days later I jumped in the car to drive down to Portland [...]
February 8, 2010
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raincity brands
By admin in UncategorizedHi, Thanks for visiting our site! RainCity Brands is a boutique beer agency located in Vancouver, BC. We import small production craft beer from all over the place. Currently we are the exclusive distributor and importer in British Columbia for Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project, Brasserie Cantillon, and Upright Brewing. At the time of [...]