Adam Henderson interviews Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project Brewer Dann Paquette on the November 15th, 1901 “KK” beer from their “Once Upon a Time Series”. Just in case you don’t know, this is an accurate historical recreation of a beer actually brewed in London, England on the aforementioned date. Dann doesn’t interpret or modify [...]
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On Friday, Nov 12th, I brewed a batch of my Russian Imperial Stout (8%) at R&B Brewing in Vancouver. It will be served on cask at The Whip sometime, likely before Christmas. This was my prize for winning a gold medal in the Stout category at the Van Brewer Awards in May. I want to [...]
I just got back from a trip to Northern California. I toured San Francisco and the Napa Valley mostly, and visited with suppliers and some other great places, too. Here’s a quick overview. Chris Brockway makes his Broc Cellars wine in Berkeley CA, in a building best described as an old warehouse, just off the [...]
The 2010 Great Canadian Beer Festival is behind us, and we’re back to work now. This was a really great weekend to hang out with friends and meet new people, and more importantly it was a shining testament to the shift in beer culture here in BC. It was so great to see that many [...]
Surprise, surprise. We have just added the first non-breweries to our portfolio! The new additions are Broc Cellars, and Broadside Wines. The former is the winery of Chris Brockway, a California based Rhone-specialist, while the latter is a collaborative effort between Chris and husband-and-wife duo Brian and Stephanie Terrizzi, of Giornata Wines. I’m very happy [...]
If you are interested in Lambic beer you should watch all 8 parts of this series. It’s a really good video from the Lambic Summit at Philly Beer Week, featuring Jean Van Roy from Cantillon, Frank Boon from Brouwerij Boon and Armand Debelder from Drie Fonteinen. Dan Shelton, the moderator on the video, is an [...]
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Why Every Restaurant Needs a Saison on Their Menu Saison is perhaps my favourite style of beer, which is precisely why there are several beers (entire breweries even) in our portfolio that pay homage to the style. I love these beers for their affinity with food: A good Saison can awaken the flavours of very simple [...]
Further to our agenda of aggressively pushing beer on every diner that we can we’ve collaborated with Pearl Restaurant in White Rock to serve up a little taste of late spring by the beach. We’ll be featuring a few of our beers; Pretty Things Fluffy White Rabbits, Cantillon Kriek, Upright Seven, and Upright Gose paired [...]
We’re extremely proud to say that Brouwerij De Ranke (‘Duh Rawnk-uh’) is our newest supplier at RainCity Brands. This 15 year old Belgian brewery has a made a big splash in the USA over the past few years, and what they are doing fits right into our portfolio – that is, they brew incredible atisinal [...]
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I’ve wanted to start documenting some of the food pairings with our beers, and to share a few that I recently fell in love with. By the way, when I talk about “food” I mean cuisine, not something that comes in a cardboard box via a delivery guy, and certainly nothing that you can purchase [...]