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Lighthouse Race Rocks Amber Ale
By Philip Solman
As the resident beer-drinker at Edible Vancouver I get the considerable pleasure of having to pick a Beer of the Month for our blog (tough job, but someone has to do it). April is month one and the task is easy.
The beer that most often passes my lips is this flavourful beauty from Lighthouse Brewing on Vancouver Island. This is a Canadian Brewing Awards Gold Medal winner (no surprise to me) and if their web site is to be believed we should be seeing Race Rocks in bottles soon (although this beer doesn’t suffer one iota from being offered in a can – just pour it into a glass and enjoy that amazing head – heaven).
Now it’s your turn. I’d like to know what BC brews you think I should be considering for beer of the month.
Cheers!
Phil Solman is publisher of Edible Vancouver magazine, which means he does all the menial stuff, and his reward it to taste-test local beers. It’s the best job he’s ever had.
I think you should consider Vancouver Island Brewery’s Sea Dog Amber Ale! It is the official beer of the Canadian Navy Centennial this year! Phenominal beer and amazing event! http://www.vanislandbrewery.com has all the detail. Cheers,
Jeff.
Ooo, you’ve got my beerbuds going. Happy to add Sea Dog to the list and I think the pod pack should be sampled :)
Nice head on that Ale!
Great Beer.
Your a class act Jeff! I guess you’ve got to get your kudos by giving them to yourself. Race Rocks is now available in bottles at most private retailers. Thanks for enjoying our beer Phillip!
Hell, John, no need to thank me! I want to thank you for brewing great beer. I’m from the UK and when I first visited BC, I was a little concerned that I’d have to develop a taste for things like Labatts and Molson. I now happily tell anyone willing to listen that finding great BC beer is actually easier than finding great beer in the UK.
What a great resource!
I’m not sure if it counts as a beer, because it’s really a cider, but the most exciting thing I’ve tasted recently was from a little place called Sea Island, which is outside of Victoria on Vancouver Island. Their Rumrunner cider is fantastic – it’s dry and bubbly in the traditional English style, but extra special as it’s aged in Newfoundland screech barrels. Beers and ciders often go together, don’t they? Yes. I think they do.
Yeah, it counts, emvandee. Now the only problem is how do I get hold of some of this Rumrunner?
I got my Rumrunner at the liquor store on Granville between 10th & 11th … but I’ve also found a handy list of places all over the city that have it!
http://www.seacider.ca/list-of-stores-and-restaurants-carrying-sea-cider/
Great site, have been back a few times now and am really enjoying it :-)