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Beer & Pizza at Field House Brewing, Abbotsford

Posted in Abbotsford, Beer, Brewery, Joyce, Lower Mainland, Lunch, Outdoor Dining, Patio, Pizza, Restaurants, tagged COVID-19 Measures, Double IPA, East Abbotsford, Field House Brewing, Porter, Saison, sour beer on September 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »

On one of Papa Lam’s days off, we took the family out to the Fraser Valley for a day of fun. One of the stops was Field House Brewing. We’ve had Field House’s beers a number of times now, and it’s often a booth we’d stop by at any beer festival, but this was our first time visiting the East Abbotsford brewery on location.

Field House has a covered patio and beer lawn where they serve up their tasty brews and food featuring local ingredients and produce from their own Field House Farm. You can book a table online for the covered patio, but the beer lawn is on a first-come, first-served basis. It’s a nice day out so we took a risk for a spot on the beer lawn. It was a non-holiday Monday but it’s still busy. Luckily for us, we managed to grab the last table available and we settled down for lunch.

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[Craft Beer] 2018 BC Beer Awards Event Recap and Winners List

Posted in Beer, Craft Beer Series, Culinary Events, Drinks, Joyce, News, tagged 33 Acres Brewing Company, Announcement, BC Beer, BC Beer Awards, BREWHALL, Coal Harbour Brewing, Coast Mountain Brewing, craft beer, Creative Industry Awards, Field House Brewing, Kettle Valley Brewing, Lighthouse Brewing, Main Street Brewing, Mariner Brewing, Sooke Oceanside Brewery, Steel & Oak, Sundown Brewing Company, Twin City Brewing Co., Twin Sails Brewing, Yellow Dog Brewing on October 25, 2018| Leave a Comment »

On October 20, 2018, winners of this year’s BC Beer Awards were named. The ceremony was held in conjunction of a tasting event with 60 breweries setting up shop at the Croatian Cultural Centre.

BC Beer Awards received 1,085 entries from 109 breweries. The judging took place over 3 days and was performed by a panel of BJPC (Beer Judge Certification Program), Cicerones and Pro Brewers from all over North America.

Like last year, there was also a Brewers Challenge. Participating breweries were challenged this year to brew something with fresh hop. It can be any beer style. The judging took place as we were given a tour of the space.

And I must say, it’s pretty awesome to see Lien Yeung at CBC as the emcee, especially with her on the step stool. I can totally relate!

BC Beer Awards Winners

A shout out to all the big award winners: (more…)

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[Travel] Bad Jimmy’s Brewing Co., Seattle – Habanero, Blood Orange and Carrot Cake, What?

Posted in Beer, Brewery, Craft Beer Series, Drinks, Joyce, Patio, Restaurants, Seattle, Travel, U.S., tagged Bad Jimmy's Brewing, Ballard, beer, beer flight, Beer Tasting, craft beer, Seattle on May 7, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Before we did our brewery walking tour in Ballard, Bad Jimmy’s was actually the first brewery we visited during our recent trip to Seattle. It’s not quite in the cluster of breweries in Ballard but it’s close to that area.

The Beers

Here they have a list of Year Round beers and a list of Seasonals. It’s $9 for a flight of Year Round or Seasonals, or $10 to mix them up (stout costs extra $2), or simply $2.50 for a 5oz taster. So naturally, wanting to try more, we ordered a flight off each list. (more…)

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[Travel] Self-Guided Walking Tour of Seattle’s Ballard Brewery District

Posted in Beer, Brewery, Craft Beer Series, Drinks, Joyce, Restaurants, Seattle, Travel, U.S., Washington, tagged Ballard, beer, Beer Tasting, Brewery District, Brewery Tour, craft beer, IPA, Lucky Envelope Brewing, Populuxe Brewing, Porter, Reuben's Brews, Seattle, Sours, Stoup Brewing, stout, Triple IPA, Washington on May 1, 2018| 1 Comment »

Mr. and I had a few days off in April, so we decided to head down to Seattle for a quick getaway. It’s been a couple of years now since we last headed south of the border thanks to the weak Canadian Dollar.

Instead of hanging out in the downtown area, we chose to stay in the Ballard district, which is known for its ever growing share of breweries. Where we stayed was within walking distance to a cluster of craft breweries, so we did a self-guided brewery tour.

And that means we just hit the street and started walking towards the first stop from our temporary home. When I was looking up the breweries, Lucky Envelope caught my eyes because its logo is the red envelope 利是 we hand out during Chinese New Year and to no surprise, looks like it’s Asian owned. LE it is.

Stop #1 – Lucky Envelope

Seattle Ballard Brewery Stop 1 - Lucky Envelope

Lucky for us, it was the release day of their sours. And we are big sour fans!! There were 6 on the menu, so we opted for the lighter ones (it’s only our first stop!) plus a couple of other brews:

Raspberry Sour
Mango Sour
Lychee Sour
Blackberry Shake Sour
Beardless Brewer Red Ale
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Mr.‘s favourite was the Lychee Sour. (more…)

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Postmark Brewing & Vancouver Urban Winery + Giveaway

Posted in Beer, Contests, Drinks, Joyce, Wine, tagged #MadeinStrathcona, BC Beer, BC wines, Belgard Kitchen, contest, craft beer, Ginger Wit, giveaway, Merlot, Postmark Brewing, Railtown, Strathcona, The Settlement Building, Vancouver Urban Winery, Wine on March 5, 2018| 4 Comments »

Have you been to the Settlement Building in Railtown? Did you know you could find wine, beer AND food in that one place?

The Settlement Building is home to the Vancouver Urban Winery, Postmark Brewing, and Belgard Kitchen. The Vancouver Urban Winery (VUW) produces wines from 100% BC grapes. For example, the VUW 2014 Merlot was made with 100% Merlot grapes from Osoyoos and Naramata. You would taste dark cherry fruit and sweet spice. Not only do they source grapes from a number of Okanagan vineyards and produce their own labels, but they also collaborate with other wineries such as Road 13, Seredipity, and Backyard Vineyard.

Vancouver Urban Winery Merlot 2014

Postmark Brewing mixes west coast lifestyle with the love for one (or two) great pint. Postmark Brewing was also the winner of the SMaSH Brewers Challenge at the 2017 BC Beer Awards event. Postmark makes some interesting beers; recently they just launched the Ginger Wit – it’s a Winter Ale balancing North West hops with the warmth of dark, rich malts. It’s hazy yellow, with a subtle ginger note.