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563 Reviews

Broadhead by the Bay

Broadhead by the Bay

The cerveceras and banderleros at Broadhead have whipped up a light Mexican lager with lime for us and in a stroke of marketing genius and brew naming creativity seldom seen they have named it......Mexican Lager with Lime. I guess they had to save some money from...

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A Mellow Meadow with Truffles

A Mellow Meadow with Truffles

It’s not The Oar anymore, it’s Lamorna in Residence at The Oar. * As far as I’m concerned, I don’t care who’s living in the upstairs apartment, as long as the menu has a brew or two that are new to you know who. The food menu is updated too, with some high falutin’...

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Our Just Desserts

Our Just Desserts

A summer stout? So it is. The barn raisers, field grazers and navel gazers at Quayle’s have offered up an ice cream dessert stout, sweet. And this one sounds as Canadian as a Stanley Cup drought. Maple syrup jacks up any flap jack, and cold coffee sounds like the...

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Anxiety Cause and Cure

Anxiety Cause and Cure

If you thought a cowbell light was part of Farmer’s Steve’s living room décor, you are correct. But this review isn’t about his taste in furnishings, which some would call 80’s yard sale ranch kitsch. It's about Cowbell Brewing’s Standard, their light lager....

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Touchy Old Men Drinking Beer

Touchy Old Men Drinking Beer

It’s another defining moment in the history of COMDB. Touchy: someone who is easily offended, upset, or irritated. Could the cranky old men be described as touchy? If touchy means a very low tolerance for idiots than guilty as charged. But way back in the day we all...

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Ropin’, Ridin’, and the Rough Stuff

Ropin’, Ridin’, and the Rough Stuff

JT may think rough stock is a Nasdaq loser, but Farmer Steve knows better. As for me, I’m no good at ropin’, ridin’ or romance but this ain’t my first rodeo. *  Way back in the day I worked in Northern BC and there was a rodeo every weekend, complete with a beer tent...

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A Midday CA NA IPA

A Midday CA NA IPA

Summer time and it’s party shorts weather. I reach for my sunglasses to intercept the blinding bright light reflecting from my fish belly white legs. But have no fear, a farmer’s tan is on the horizon. In the meantime, my midday East of the sun location has created an...

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My Last Last Light

My Last Last Light

Many times I’ve been on the lake at last light, and if I didn’t wet the net then often the catch of the day was the adult beverage I indulged in when back on “dry” land. As far as ugly pikes go, they wouldn’t be a “cast” member on my reality fishing show. Too big, too...

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Van Life Retrospective

Van Life Retrospective

Living the Van life and loving it. No, I’m not living in a van. It’s just another stop on the COM Vancouver brew tour and I’m at a fancy pants dining establishment that those of us in the know refer to as “The Club”. Actually, everyone calls it that because that’s its...

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Van Life Lessons

Van Life Lessons

Apparently “Van Life” is a thing, that thing being living in your van. I thought that was just an initial stage in the career of every country and western singer, but some people actually live in their van by choice. I did a bit of research and as you can imagine, van...

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