Possible IP Trade and BC Help

Hello

Its very very likely that I will be in Vancouver the weekend of January 9/10 or somewhere there about. I have a ticket booked from Calgary-Van-Tokyo on Jan 10th, but I’ve talked to my parents and we have decided, as long as the snow is good we are going to do a BC ski trip from January 3-8 and eventually hit Vancouver for a couple days (and I will forgo the Calgary-Van portion of the air ticket). I will be visiting lots of friends so won’t have time to beer hunt, so I figured a small IP trade might be an effective way to get some top BC stuff (I will be coming from Calgary so my suitcase will already be pretty full, so not looking to go to extreme with number of bottles)


1. If someone is interested in Japanese beers, say 3 beer, maybe 4. I could bring that over for a trade. I am only after top BC beers that you cannot access in Alberta. I leave Japan on December 19th, so I just want to make sure I have the trade settled before then. One beer in the trade would definitely be http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/ajb--imperiality/364800/

2. I’ve looked into Places pretty thoroughly in Interior BC and nothing seems that exciting - though given the lack of ratings for places, it is hard to really judge properly. We are going to take one of two routes - either HWY #1, or down through Kimberly/Fernie/Nelson and up through Okanagan Valley to Kelowna. We definitely will spend a day or two in Okanagan as there are relatives that I should visit. If anyone has any strong suggestions I am all ears.

Tim

No great bars in the interior, but of course some new brewpubs most people haven’t been to, like BNA and Bad Tattoo. If you take Hwy 3, the Torchlight beers are pretty good and those don’t make it to either Vancouver or Calgary.

I’ll actually be in Van on those days, but doubtful about having access to anything you can’t just buy at Legacy or Brewery Creek, other than maybe some Persephone stuff. I’m more likely to have Australian beers. But I’m down for a pint if you have the time.

Sent you a PM.

Originally posted by Oakes
No great bars in the interior, but of course some new brewpubs most people haven’t been to, like BNA and Bad Tattoo. If you take Hwy 3, the Torchlight beers are pretty good and those don’t make it to either Vancouver or Calgary.

I’ll actually be in Van on those days, but doubtful about having access to anything you can’t just buy at Legacy or Brewery Creek, other than maybe some Persephone stuff. I’m more likely to have Australian beers. But I’m down for a pint if you have the time.

If you are interested in Ice Ciders, there are a couple of places in Cawston, one also has nice fruit wines, they are on the map (not far from Osoyoos; Forbidden Fruit and Rustic Roots), then up in the Okanagan there is Elephant Island, not my favorite though. And in Kelowna a recent discovery, Double Cross, excellent ones.

You can find some of them in Vancouver too, but less fun ;-)

I hope we will have time to share a beer

Hey Tim,

I am now in Vancouver, so if you have time to grab a quick drink let me know. It would be nice to catch up. I can also hook you up with some of the top rated BC beers if you like (namely 4 winds big bottle series).

Just bumping this thread. I’ve finalized my schedule and will drive to Van on the morning of the 7th. Staying out in Richmond at a family friend’s house, so I think we will stop at Four Winds on the way in as it doesn’t seem that that much out of the way if we are going to Richmond. I would guess we will hit Four Winds around 1pm and then arrive in Richmond around 3pm.

Would people be up for meeting for a few beverages? I am guessing the place to go is Alibi Room, but open to a mini crawl as there seems to be some other worthy places downtown now.

As of this moment, I am tied up
8th from 11am to 2pm
9th late afternoon and maybe into the early evening (like 6-7pm)

Tim

I could definitely be down for this.

Probably Friday 8th is going to work well. I should be free from about 2pm onwards but I know people are working. I don’t really know a good plan, any places have particularly good happy hours? What time do people usually get off work?

Would 6pm at Alibi work? If they take reservations I could call ahead.

I will let others take the lead from Alibi, as that is the only place I really really want to hit.

Tim

I am free whenever on Friday, sometime late afternoon on Thursday.

Happy hours don’t work well for ticking because you never get sample trays, but Big Rock Urban has a fairly good one. Steel Toad’s is five bucks for beer, so better than average, though if you go with me you get happy hour prices all the time.

I don’t think tap rooms have happy hour, and I’m not sure what happy hours might exist at the more serious beer bars, either. Lesser joints like Lamplighter or Blackbird have happy hour, but less compelling beer lists.

Just shout a time and I’ll make sure to get out. We are thinking about getting to Japan this year, so I have to pick your brain a bit about that.

Originally posted by Oakes
I am free whenever on Friday, sometime late afternoon on Thursday.

Happy hours don’t work well for ticking because you never get sample trays, but Big Rock Urban has a fairly good one. Steel Toad’s is five bucks for beer, so better than average, though if you go with me you get happy hour prices all the time.

I don’t think tap rooms have happy hour, and I’m not sure what happy hours might exist at the more serious beer bars, either. Lesser joints like Lamplighter or Blackbird have happy hour, but less compelling beer lists.

Just shout a time and I’ll make sure to get out. We are thinking about getting to Japan this year, so I have to pick your brain a bit about that.