One of my coworkers was in Victoria this past weekend with his girlfriend.  I asked him if he might be stopping by any of Victoria’s great brewpubs.  He didn’t think he would have time because he was supposed to be shopping (for lame stuff that is not beer).  On Monday, however, he came to work with quite the haul from each of Spinnakers, Canoe, and Swans.  Even better, some of them were for me!  Thanks Gavin, you are my new favorite person.  My wife is going to be pissed at being supplanted, but then she didn’t bring me back beer from Victoria.  Courtesy of Gavin, my fridge now contains:

• Spinnakers Blue Bridge IPA
• Canoe River Rock Bitter
• Canoe Winter Gale Strong Ale
• Swans Pandora Pale Ale
• Swans Appleton Brown Ale

I also stopped by Brewery Creek at lunch today to pick up a few more bottles, not that I needed any.  Sadly, I forgot to look for the Green Flash Hop Head Red that is being so famously forced out of our province!  I hope there is still some left next week.  Still, I did not leave empty handed, acquiring:

• Rogue Juniper Pale Ale
• Dry Hopped Saint Rogue Red Ale
• Driftwood Old Cellar Dweller Barley Wine (I had to buy this one again, it is awesome)
• Hacker-Pschorr Münchner Gold

And two for The Cellar:

• Fat Cat Old Bat Cat Barley Wine (on the recommendation of Greg Clow in Taps)
• Rogue Old Crustacean Barley Wine

I’ve got a busy week of beer drinking ahead of me and I’m pretty excited about it.

Cheers,

Chris