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#21 gumgum

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Posted 16 March 2007 - 08:07 AM

On tap at home? Really?

#22 Amanday

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Posted 16 March 2007 - 08:24 AM

I think the latest from Phillips is the Surly Blonde, no??

#23 Amanday

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Posted 20 March 2007 - 09:08 AM

update: It is indeed surly, clocks in at 9%. Has that kinda malty taste similar to Canoe's Winter Gale. Tasty, but trouble!

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Posted 21 July 2007 - 05:27 AM

Saw on the news that a brewer in Vancouver that has a beer called "Red Truck" and that they are forcing Phillips to discontinue their "Blue Truck" ale. What a load! They don't even sell their "Red Truck" on the island. And I don't think "Blue Truck" is sold off the island. I have seen a Red Truck shiraz wine in the stores, but that's from California.

Hopefully the same brew will survive in another incarnation. How about NATI Ale? (Not a trademark infringement). I guess that's not catchy enough. "Substantial likelihood of customer confusion" -- that's baloney. How would I confuse a red truck with a blue truck?

Oh, our litigious society.

#25 Rorschach

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Posted 20 January 2008 - 08:07 PM

I have mentioned this elsewhere, but just to emphasize this... the former Blue Truck Ale, now named Blue Buck Ale is literally a "perfect" ale. The taste has developed over the history of this beer and at this point the recipe is stabilized and it's great.

Matt Phillips has perfected Ale as far as I am concerned. I wish he'd take this national and/or license it in the states to some big brewer and make a fortune because this is the top, top shelf.

There is no longer a need to experiment. Right here in Victoria, beer has been optimized. I'm amazed and grateful to live here.

#26 G-Man

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Posted 20 January 2008 - 08:33 PM

I completely agree I have pretty much stopped buying anything else for my home consumption.

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Posted 20 January 2008 - 09:39 PM

I have mentioned this elsewhere, but just to emphasize this... the former Blue Truck Ale, now named Blue Buck Ale is literally a "perfect" ale. The taste has developed over the history of this beer and at this point the recipe is stabilized and it's great.

Matt Phillips has perfected Ale as far as I am concerned. I wish he'd take this national and/or license it in the states to some big brewer and make a fortune because this is the top, top shelf.

There is no longer a need to experiment. Right here in Victoria, beer has been optimized. I'm amazed and grateful to live here.


Great. Now that it's "perfected"--we get this:

Arizona Republic

A global shortage of hops, combined with a run-up in barley prices, is sending a chill through Arizona's craft-beer industry.
The hops shortage threatens to boost prices, cut into profits and close down brewpubs. It could change the taste and consistency of treasured local ales.


Globe and Mail

Swans Extra India Pale Ale will be history today.A victim of the international hops shortage, Swans brewmaster Andrew Tessier isn't planning to make any more of the award-winning beer. The bitter ale simply demands too many of the precious pellets he's hoarding in his brewery freezer.


Vancouver Province

The new hops will require altering her recipes.

"We're going to make the changes in very minute amounts at the beginning," she said.


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#28 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 20 January 2008 - 10:06 PM

I just heard about this hops shortage last night. Huh...

#29 amor de cosmos

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Posted 21 January 2008 - 04:25 PM

I like the draught dodger better than the blue truck. surly blonde is even better imho.

#30 Mike K.

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Posted 26 January 2008 - 04:43 PM

Apparently Phillips has recently acquired a license to distill and distribute gin.

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#31 G-Man

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Posted 05 February 2008 - 07:42 AM

I was listening to Mat Phillips on the Radio yesterday and apparently they are going to try and grow most of their hops on the island now.

THis company just gets better and better.

#32 Rorschach

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Posted 05 February 2008 - 09:40 AM

Several years ago the wineries in California were growing hops and for a time were making craft beers. I remember that Korbel was doing this and they made a fantastic beer. However, it turned out that it was not profitable and they stopped. Perhaps with the demand for high quality hops for craft beers Canadian agriculture will be able to develop hops as a cash crop. I'll bet they can grow some excellent hops in the Okanagan. It will have to be as profitable as grapes. Since craft beers are a hot sales item these days it just might happen.

People like Mr. Phillips can start the ball rolling and generate demand because if he does it and his beer is better, competitors will follow to try and compete. I just hope the hops shortage does not affect the recipe for Blue Buck Ale.

Saanich News Article: BC Hops

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Posted 05 February 2008 - 09:46 AM

What they said was that they would go in and start producing hops and it should be profitable while the price remains high. Then aim for two years out achieving the organic certification and apparently when the prices drop for conventional they would be able to keep the prices high because they were organic. Seems like a fairly good plan.

 



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