Daughters of Beer

2011 was a year full of beer-trotting, cask events, tasting new beers and meeting new friends. These are just a few highlights pulled from the hundreds of photographs we took last year of our friend, beer.

First cask night at Central City Brewing, January.

Drinking the last cask of Dix IPA at BrewHouse at Whistler on the final stop of the CAMRA Vancouver bus trip, March.

Drinking at our favourite pub, Blind Tiger, New York City, April and December.

Getting our beer, whisky and meat on at Fete Sau, New York City, April.

Curating the beer selection for the Hadley+Maxwell opening at the Or Gallery, April.

Easter visit to Double Mountain Brewery & Taproom in Hood River, OR, with Beervana family, April.

“Hoppapalooza” during Vancouver Craft Beer Week, Alibi Room, May.

“Brothers in Hops” (Red Racer, Ninkasi and Hopworks), VCBW, Alibi Room.

Red Truck dinner pairing at Au Petit Chavignol, VCBW.

Getting to the end of our beer tokens at the Central City Brewing Cask Festival, June.

Canada Day at Wooffapalooza with our favourite local beer friend, Red Racer.

Getting our pre-trip hop on at CAMRA Vancouver’s Too Hop To Handle Fest of Ale, St. Augustine’s, July.

Enjoying Frometon beer and cheese at La Fromagerie, London, July/August.

Finding our “local” and the headquarters for Great British Beer Festival delegates, Cask Pub & Kitchen, London, August.

Drinking at Euston Tap in London.

Meeting the Brewers, Odell Brewing at Cask Pub and Kitchen and St Austell Brewery at The Rake, Borough Market.

Talking about beer with new friend, Chrisobeer, at Cask Pub and Kitchen.

Sampling ales, meeting fellow beer lovers, and cheeky DoB intervention at the Great British Beer Festival at Earl’s Court, London, August.

Drinking Kernel IPA on International IPA Day at the Tate Modern, August 4th.

Drinking at the Dog in Dulwich, August.

Hanging out with Giovanni at Osteria I Rusteghi, Venice, August (only artisanal beer was offered; Via Emilia, Nut Birra Divina and HY Super Beer).

Drinking local Birra Morgana at La Cantina, an enoteca on Strada Nuova, Venice, August.

Drinking Marston’s Old Empire IPA with Ken in Kent, August.

Drinking good English ale in a beautiful English Garden, Gillingham, Kent.

Drinking at the Golding Hop where Cherryl’s relatives and our lovely hosts, Ken and Carole, used to ‘court’.

Having our pub mat on the wall of the oldest pub in Margate, The Northern Belle.

Sampling amazing cider at the Lifeboat Ale and Cider House, Margate.

Meeting brewer Piers Macdonald of Nelson Brewing Co., Historic Dockyard in Chatham.

Having a pint at Chequers, where Cherryl’s ancestors used to drink.

Playing in the hop fields in Kent.

Sharing great beer with Dad, Ottawa, August.

Driftwood Brewery’s wet hop Sartori IPA at CAMRA Vancouver’s Oktober/Harvestfest, Malone’s, October.

Our Inaugural Memorial Pub Crawl for John, November 11th.

Enjoying a Christmas beer at Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, December.

Discovering Growler Refill Counters at Duane Reade, New York City, December.

Drinking Pliny and other great wonders at Belmont Station, Portland, December.

Discovering Hophouse tap room in Portland, December.

Ending 2011 with a well stocked fridge, and tasting in the new year with most of it.

We are looking forward to new beer adventures in 2012 and sharing them with you, beer friends. Cheers from the Daughters!