Our BC Beer Delegate reports on Hopscotch 2006.
Hopscotch 2006 report
Submitted
by Sebastian
Lipsett
That Friday evening in late November
started out like most others in Vancouver
(meaning it was raining). That
night however, there was the
tangeable
tingly-jitteriness that only precedes the best of nights.
The Hopscotch festival had come to town, and my brother and I had
tickets!
We had stumbled on the advertisement at the 39th and Cambie Liquor Store a week prior, and had immediately signed up. I had not believed that there could be an event centered around two of my best friends: Beer and Scotch.
An added bonus was a door-prize of an all-inclusive trip to Prague to tour the Pilsner Urquell Brewery and see the sights of a beautiful eastern Europe city. How could one say no to that?
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We arrived on time and were relieved to see the presence of other blue jean- generation people sprinkled amongst Vancouver's elite.
A number of micro-breweries were represented, including Dead Frog, Red Truck, Grandville Island and The Yukon Brewing Company.
There was of course the strong presence from Molson, Corona, and Pilsner Urquell as well.
The one beer that stood out the most for me was the Pale Ale from the Dead Frog Brewery, of Chilliwack, BC.
It had a delicious hop aroma, coupled with a nice balance between malty tones and a moderate bitterness.
It fit well into
my Pale Ale category by being somewhere
between gold and amber in colour, while achieving a good balance of
malt and hops.
And I admit, the name is pretty original, so they got an extra 2 points there.
We were careful to be diligent in our sampling methods in the beginning, but as the night wore on the lines blurred a bit. The old saying comes to mind again... "Liquor be before beer, you're in the clear. But beer before liquor makes you sicker."
Although neither of us
reached the
magical state that night, there was indeed a bit of stunken drumbliness
on our exit of
the building. To cap off an otherwise wicked-awesome evening,
my brother
ended up winning the door prize and is heading to Prague
in three weeks' time.
The limey bastard.
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