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Tasting Help – Sunburst Is It

German was on hand from Vancouver to help in making an important decision.  What beer was going forward in the Golden Ale category for Beer of the Summer 2008?
First order was to see how the Darkstar Sunburst did against the award winning Hopback Summer Lightning.

And the result was that in a nudge and a wink, [...]

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DarkStar Sunburst is the Tank’…

DarkStar Sunburst is the Tank’s Golden Ale of the summer

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Had Harvey’s East India Pale t…

Had Harvey’s East India Pale tonight. Classic, traditional IPA at 6.5%…perfect for pre-thunderstorm heat

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Beer of the Summer Qualification – Golden Ales – Dark Star SunBurst Takes It

Well, well….just did a blind taste and in a big surprise Dark Star SunBurst has come out swinging and has taken out the Hammerpot.  Previously, the Tank was loving the Madgwick Gold and that’s why this a big surprise.

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Beer of the Summer Qualification Round – Golden Ales

The Beer of the Summer Taste Off 2008 is still some ways away but the Tank thought it might be good to start working on the qualification process for what tasty beer he’s going to take through to the finals.
After some pondering at the bottle shop, I settled on putting a couple of Golden Ales [...]

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Corporate Craziness Gets the Ice Cold Beer Guy Fired

Attending sporting events and drinking beer is one of the things that make it all worthwhile.  Probably would be more exciting if stadiums actually served good beer.
Different from the UK, is that in North America you can even get beer delivered to your seat.
Fans who have seen the Toronto Blue Jays play at home [...]

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