Month: July 2015

  • Postmark Brewing Co. – Spruce Tip Ale

    Postmark Brewing Co. – Spruce Tip Ale Review Postmark Brewing has brewed up a rendition of the truly BC Spruce Tip Ale style. Infused with new-growth spruce tips this style has become a Northwest favourite. From the bomber bottle the beer pours as a clear amber colour topped with two fingers of very lightly lacing…

  • Phillips Brewing Co. – Apteryx India Pale Ale

    Phillips Brewing Co. – Apteryx India Pale Ale Review Using hops from New Zealand this in a regional appropriately named IPA called the Apteryx. From the bomber bottle this dry hopped IPA pours as a lightly clouded, golden-orange colour topped with more than three fingers of lacing head. From the very thick crest of head…

  • Whistler Brewing Co. – Dubbel Down Belgian Dubbel

    Whistler Brewing Co. – Dubbel Down Belgian Dubbel Review The Whistler Brewing Company has turned a new leaf for BC breweries. While many breweries are stepping into bombers and cans, Whistler is doing something different. In their Unique Brew Limited Edition Small Batch series comes the Dubbel Down, A Belgian Dubbel. What is truly unique…

  • Spinnaker’s Brewery – Snake Bite Thirty Firssst Aniversary Brew

    Spinnaker’s Brewery – Snake Bite Thirty Firssst Aniversary Brew Review A Snake Bite is traditionally a Stout and Apple Cider blend but the Spinnaker’s version takes a lighter twist using a more sessionable ale and an all-BC Apple Cider. From the Bomber bottle this unique cider-beer blend pours as a golden straw colour with a…

  • Deep Cove Brewers – Oud Bruin

    Deep Cove Brewers – Cellar Series Oud Bruin Review The Deep Cove Brewers & Distillers have released their first Cellar Series Beer as an Oud Bruin. This wax-dipped, 7.6% alcohol beer comes in a 750ml bottle and can be enjoyed today but may jest be even better a year or so from now. From the…

  • The New Central City Brewpub is Opening in Vancouver

    Vancouver’s Beatty Street has a New Brewery – The Central City Brewpub The Central City Brewpub has been a longstanding Staple of Surrey, British Columbia. As much as Surrey has cherished the gem of a craft beer spot there are a large number of people in Vancouver that do not often stray so far to…

  • Red Arrow Brewing Co. – Kustom Kolsch

    Red Arrow Brewing Co. – Kustom Kolsch Review Red Arrow Brweing has brewed up a Kolsch in their launch lineup of beers and it is called the Kustom Kolsch. This classic, sessionably styled beer comes in a bomber bottle and pours as a light golden colour with a thick finger’s worth of head. An aroma…

  • Deep Cove Brewers Host 2nd Annual Tim Jones “Shredder” Fundraiser

    Celebrating the Legacy of Tim Jones at Deep Cove Brewery The Deep Cove Brewers & Distillers is located at the foot of Vancouver’s North Shore. At the gateway to British Columbia’s outdoors, the brewery in inexplicably tied to the adventurers of Greater Vancouver. With adventure comes risk and for all those that take risks, in…

  • Parallel 49 Brewing Co. – Apricotopus Apricot Sour Saison

    Parallel 49 Brewing Co. – Apricotopus Apricot Sour Saison Review In the name of ridiculous names and summer beers the Parallel 49 Brewing Company has brewed the Apricotopus, a Apricot infused Sour Saison. From the bomber bottle this beer ranks in at 6.3% alcohol and appears as a cloudy golden-straw colour with one fingers worth…

  • Doan’s Craft Brewing Co. – Kolsch

    Doan’s Craft Brewing Co. – Kolsch Review Doan’s Craft Brewery has made quick work of entering the bottling breweries in British Columbia. One of their first releases is a traditional German Kolsch released in the late days of spring. From the bomber bottle the Doan’s Kolsch pours as a crisp and clear golden colour. Less…

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