{"id":17358,"date":"2019-03-06T11:19:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T19:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=17358"},"modified":"2019-03-06T11:19:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T19:19:36","slug":"victoria-beer-week-review-taco-tuesday-proves-some-things-are-meant-to-go-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2019\/03\/06\/victoria-beer-week-review-taco-tuesday-proves-some-things-are-meant-to-go-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Beer Week review: Taco Tuesday proves some things are meant to go together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Certain things are made to be paired together. Bonfires and s\u2019mores; grilled cheese and tomato soup; bare feet on a warm beach. But nothing has quite the combo power of tacos and beer. Victoria Beer Week\u2019s Taco Tuesday at the Victoria Public Market made sure we were all aware of this fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The market was bustling yet again, this time with 12 brand-new craft beers on tap from BC\u2019s best breweries, and six vendors dishing out delicious taco interpretations. Tacos are a production, but the longer the line the better the taco, so I filled my glass with Vancouver\u2019s Red Truck Expressway Northwest Coffee IPA and hopped in the queue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Victoria Beer Week reminded us all last night that tacos and beer are meant to be together (photo by Nathan Krause\/Nexus<\/em>).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The bronze-hued brew had crisp scents of hops and a tantalizing sweetness. I smiled upon first sip; I love coffee, and Red Truck nailed its essence without overpowering the beer like many other coffee-style beers do. I left a few last sips for my first taco of the night: WaffleBeast\u2019s Sweet Taco with fruit salsa. Eating this waffle taco was like having breakfast for dinner\u2026 at the pub. Sweet, savoury, deep, and rich\u2014my belly was suddenly very happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Topping my last combo wasn\u2019t going to be easy. Sticking to the sweeter side, I reached for a glass of Phillips\u2019 Tiger Shark Citra Pale Ale and the super indulgent chili dog taco with jalape\u00f1o cheese from Roast Meat and Sandwich Shop. The ale was juicy and ripe like a fresh mandarin, perfect with the strange but appetizing cheesy concoction. More napkins, please!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keeping the sweet theme going, Canoe Brewpub\u2019s Choco-Wit was next up. Walnut-tinted with a foamy head, this one was a total treat. The chocolate notes were sophisticated, and the weightier body made every sip one to savour. I grabbed two of Taco Stand\u2019s Baja-style fish tacos and noshed in the line for the one brew I had my eye on all night: Twin City Brewing\u2019s Vanishing Act Pineapple Coconut Sour. Lightly sweet with toasty warm coconut notes, this sour beer is not to be missed. Coincidentally, it was the first keg to blow. Always a good indication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victoria Beer Week
Various times, Friday, March 1 to Saturday, March 9
Various prices and venues
victoriabeerweek.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Certain things are made to be paired together. Bonfires and s\u2019mores; grilled cheese and tomato soup; bare feet on a warm beach. But nothing has quite the combo power of tacos and beer. Victoria Beer Week\u2019s Taco Tuesday at the Victoria Public Market made sure we were all aware of this fact. The market was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17360,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17358\/revisions\/17360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}