Townsite Brewing Inc. – Charleston Belgian Triple Review Townsite Brewing has come a long way from it’s humble beginnings becoming a pillar in the rankings of established BC Craft Breweries. One of the beers that helped them become this beacon within the talented mix of breweries is the Charleston. This Belgian-style triple is a whopping…
The 2014 Vancouver Samuel Adams Samley Cup Homebrew Competition The home-brew craft beer scene in BC is massive. Chances are that many of your friends may just be brewing beer in their closets, basements or living rooms across the province. The number of people brewing their own beer is on a steady rise and this…
Tree Brewing Co. – Old School Stout Review Kelowna BC’s Tree Breewing Company has released the Old School Stout. Not to be confused with the Oud School from Granville Island this is a totally different and unique beer. Boasting a label with a classic car and checkered flag the ‘old school’ label brings out the…
Hoyne & Driftwood – Collaboration Rock Bay Mashup Baltic Porter Driftwood Brewery and Hoyne Brewery are lucky enough to call themselves neighbours and their latest project involved some teamwork. In brewing the Rock Bay Mashup each brewery brewed up their own Baltic Porter then through some rather excessive hoses the transferred the beer from Driftwood…
Phillips Brewing Co. – Ginger Beer Review Phillips has made an annual deal with releasing their spiced Ginger Beer. This herb-infused ale pours a golden amber colour with noticeable pieces of sediment in suspension. The single finger of head settles quickly into the almost chunky looking beer. The smell is 100% ginger here. Smelling of…
Howe Sound Brewing – Cloudburst Lemongrass White IPA Review White IPA’s have been growing in popularity and with that boost comes room for experimentation. Howe Sound has taken the twist on tradition and skewed it further in the form of a Lemongrass White IPA. This beer coming in the staple 1000ml bottle pours a cloudy…
One of the breweries to open their doors in early 2014 was Bomber Brewing and the IPA is something that people have been talking about ever since. Shortly after the grand opening these cans started showing up in BC liquor stores as well as private locations. Sold in 6-packs or mixed 12-packs the IPA is…
Spinnaker’s Gastro Brewpub – Chocoholic Milk Chocolate Stout Review Adorned with the new classier style of Spinnaker’s label the Chocoholic is a milk chocolate stout with a very low IBU of 10. The beer pours from the bottle close to black in colour topped with two fingers of very finely packed head. Through this fluffy…
Saltspring Island Ales – Fireside Winter Ale Review Saltspring Island Ales may not make their beer extremely easy to find with limited distribution but it is a Where’s Waldo for beer fanatics. When you do manage to track down a bottle you are rewarded with a delicious beer and are the envy of all those…
Green Leaf Brewing Co. – Liquid Sunshine Weizen Review From Lonsdale Quay’s Green Leaf Brewing Company comes one of the first bottled beers to come out of this small North Vancouver brewery. Labeled in a unique fashion this Weizen pours from the bottle a very cloudy, golden amber colour topped with three fingers of fine…
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