Category: beer

It’s beautiful, hot and sunny in Vancouver, and you want a beer!  One way to enjoy some new beers and not worrying about driving is to take a tour with Vancouver Brewery Tours, as I did.  I received a Media pass to attend, and I am glad I did.  We visited 3 breweries of various sizes and complexities: Brassneck Brewery…

One of the joys of traveling is trying wine and beer that are not available back home.  Over the last 2 weeks I had the chance to visit Spain and the Netherlands.  While in Amsterdam I decided to try some Belgian beers.  My only requirement is that I did not taste them before.  I randomly picked these 3 beers: Maredsous…

Aloha! Have you ever travelled to Hawaii?  Most people go to Waikiki to start, and then venture out to the other islands, like Maui.  I rediscovered Oahu staying on the west coast of the island in Ko Olina.  With my new perspective on Oahu, here are my 5 top reasons to like, and to visit Oahu, and Hawaii in general….

Last night was a Media preview of the new food menu at the Establishment Lounge in Kitsilano, 3162 W. Broadway (at Trutch).  The Establishment Lounge food is created by Executive Chef Victor Bongo.  Chef Bongo is the author of a cookbook titled: “The Excellence of Chef Victor Bongo“, which was published in March of 2009 by Xlibris Corporation.  The international…

This evening was a night out with guy friends. One of my friends, of British origin, was interested to try out Bitter Tasting Room to see what interesting beers we could sample. The location is located on the western outskirts of Chinatown.  Hip industrial looking inside with ceiling to floor windows on the two outer walls. Their beer menu is…

On my list of things to do when I visit Belgium is to try out many of their beers which do not reach Vancouver. That is basically 99.9% of all their beers. I didn’t have the luxury of time on my side, but I did try 6 different beers on my 2 day Belgium stay. All of them I tried…