Wine Of the Week

Wine Of The Week

Croft Pink Port

This innovative new style of port has been made by a new technique which extracts the fresh fruity flavors and delivers a subtle and delicate pink color. The results are wonderfully fresh and vibrant with full and rich flavors with the unique port appeal.

Try it as a refreshing summer drink.

Pink Soda:

Mix Pink Port with Lemon Pellegrino or soda water.

Over ice and some fresh fruit.

Beer Of The Week- X.O. Cognac Beer

Beer Of The Week

X.O. Cognac Beer

Combining the freshness and the crispness of the beer, the smoothness and the intensity of the Cognac, XO beer offers a unique range of flavours from delicate, spicy notes to a soft hint of roasted bread . 

Try with Shellfish, spicy food, Fish, poultry, light fruit desserts

Craft Beer Week Exclusive

2011 Cascadian Dark Ale Collaboration.  In celebration of Vancouver Craft Beer Week, 28 of B.C.'s finest brewers have banded together to create a Cascadian Dark Ale.  Proceeds from the sale of this beer are being donated to the Japanese Red Cross Tsunami Relief Fund.  Limited quantities available and a limit of 2 bottles per customer.

Craft Beer Week Exclusive

Howe Sound Brewing has created Hip Hops Grapefruit IPA for Craft Beer Week Vancouver.

This citrus based IPA is made with Chinook, Super Galena, Cascade and Centennial hops, with the addition of fresh Ruby Red grapefruit in the mash and dried grapefruit peel in the brew kettle.

Available now exclusively at Fire Fly Fine Wines and Ales and Central Bistro (1072 Denman St.) while quantities last.

Beer Of The Week- Howe Sound Lager

Beer Of The Week

Howe Sound Lager 6 pack

This lager is a version of the Dortmunder style. It is a pale golden lager, that is balanced between sweet malt and dry hop flavours. It has a clean, dry finish with some mild fruitiness delivered by the US version of German Hallertau hops and traditional Polish Lublin.

At 5.5% alc./vol. it is stronger than many lagers in the market. Compared to mainstream lagers, it is a more full-bodied and less gaseous edition of the lager style.  It's delicious.

Food Pairing

This pale golden lager pairs very well with fish, chicken, burgers and salads. A good choice to take along to a summer barbecue or a camping adventure this May Long weekend

Spirit Of The Week- Absolut Peppar

Absolut Peppar

ABSOLUT PEPPAR is made exclusively from natural ingredients, and unlike most other flavored vodkas, it doesn’t contain any added sugar. ABSOLUT PEPPAR is hot and spicy and has a distinct character of green bell, chili and jalapeño pepper.

The main ingredients are vodka and pepper flavor. ABSOLUT VODKA is made from water and winter wheat. The water comes from a deep well in Åhus, where it’s protected from impurities. The winter wheat is also grown in Åhus and differs from other crops: it’s sown one fall, and harvested the next one. Days in between it grows under the Swedish snow developing its hard grain. The pepper is as natural as the rest of the ingredients.

 

Here are some drinks Ideas for the Peppar Vodka

4 parts ABSOLUT Peppar
1 part Raspberry Liqueur
Cranberry Juice

Fill a highball glass to the rim with ice cubes. Pour all the ingredients over the ice.
Garnish with raspberries.

 

1 part ABSOLUT Peppar
1 part Chocolate Liqueur
A Pinch of Chopped Chili

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a well-chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a jalapeno pepper.

 

And Of course 

1 part ABSOLUT Peppar
2 dashes Worchester sauce
1 dash Lemon Juice
2 dashes Hot Sauce
Clamato Juice
Pinch of Salt And Pepper

Build over ice in a highball glass and garnish with celery.

 

Its Caesar Time

Now Available at Firefly Maple Ridge

Wine Of The Week- Seven Stones Winery

Wine Of The Week

Seven Stones Meritage 2007

Silver medal at the All Canadian Wine Championships 2010

Silver  medal at the Canadian Wine Awards 2009

 

This wine is rich, smooth and full bodied consisting of 60% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc, aged 17 months in French Oak. The nose features elements of ripe plum, chocolate, black olive and cedar followed by flavors of cassis, coffee bean, vanilla and spicy oak followed by sweet velvety tannins.   90 points rating

Now Available at Firefly Maple Ridge