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Craft beer of the week: Super Fearless Imperial IPA (Dead Frog Brewery, 9%)
Released last year, Fearless IPA blew most people away and was the first beer to really announce the second coming of Dead Frog. In the past few months, with the legendary Tony Dewald now firmly...
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Craft beer of the week: Imperial Porter (Central City Brewers + Distillers, 9%)
Released to commemorate 10 years since one of the biggest success stories in B.C.’s brewing history first began in Surrey, this mighty imperial porter also neatly bridges the divide between Central...
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Auld Skool Scottish Ale (Granville Island Brewing, 6.25%)
I was reminded of the fortifying powers of rich malty ales in winter time when I had a sleeve of this at Pat’s Pub the other night. (It’s running low on the Brewed Awakening tap – get it while you...
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Desolation Imperial Oyster Stout (Lighthouse Brewing Company, 9.3%)
Here’s my tenuous Valentine’s Day tie-in. Oysters have long known to be the food of love and booze the social lubricant par excellence, and long have the twain paired well. But yea, verily, here the...
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Best in Brewed: B.C.’s top 10 year-round beers
Craft beer is rightly loved for its diversity, experimentation and movement with the seasons. But this can mean that that beer you read about that sounds crazy delicious might have been brewed in such...
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Craft beer of the week: 33 Acres of Darkness (33 Acres Brewing Company, 5.2%)
Dark lager is one of those sadly neglected styles in B.C., with Vancouver Island Brewery’s Hermann’s leading a lonely charge for too long. It’s perhaps understandable, as it’s something of a confusing...
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Craft beer of the week: Passive Aggressive (Brassneck Brewery, 7%)
Chief beer genius Conrad Gmoser has definitely found his groove at Brassneck and is happily crafting up a dizzying array of different brews these days. (Don’t believe me? Check out Brassneck’s Twitter...
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Craft beer of the week: Saison (Four Winds Brewing Co., 6.5%)
It’s still not been a year since I visited Four Winds ahead of their June opening and head brewer Brent Mills gave me a first sample of his beer straight from the conditioning tank. It was uncarbonated...
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Shamrocker Potato Stout (Granville Island Brewing, 4.8%)
We’re getting there. The ABV is coming down while the flavour is getting ramped up. More people are getting turned on to sub-5% beers and, ahead of CAMRA Vancouver’s Spring Sessional cask fest next...
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Juxtapose Brett IPA (Four Winds Brewing Co., 6.5%)
There’s gold in that thar Delta and it be pouring forth in a consistently delicious stream. How long can the Four Winds lads keep up this insanely good production run? It seems everything head brewer...
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Pie Hole Pale Ale (Green Leaf Brewing Co., 5%)
Nestled in its North Shore niche, Green Leaf has been quietly brewing up a storm since it opened in December. Its Lonsdale Quay tasting room is proving to be a popular draw for locals, curious...
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Craft beer of the week: The Obsidian Dagger IPA Noire (Dead Frog Brewery, 6.5%)
Of all the craft beer joints, in all the towns, in all the Lower Mainland, she walks into mine. 50 IBU. Centennial, Columbus and Galaxy hops. Roasted barley among the malt bill. Dead Frog’s latest has...
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Craft beer of the week: Loud Mouth Pale Ale (Deep Cove Brewers and...
I seem to be finding a new appreciation for the oft-maligned pale ale. Usually considered the dull staple brew of most breweries, pale ale, if executed well, can be the epitome of balance and...
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Craft beer of the week #2: Wheat Ale (Black Kettle Brewing Company, 5%)
As I mentioned in my piece about Black Kettle, the North Vancouver brewery’s lineup may be modest but it really makes up for that in full-on flavour. Brewer Philip Vandenborre’s wheat ale is my pick of...
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Craft beer of the week: Solitaire (Surlie Brewing, 6.5%)
Yes, it’s another stellar beer from a new B.C. brewery. But this one should come as no surprise, coming as it does from the experienced hands of former Mission Springs and Dead Frog brewer Timmy Brown....
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Craft beer of the craft beer week: PrevAle (VCBW collaboration, 7%)
The collaboration concept is gathering steam in the craft beer world, but it’s worth bearing in mind that the official Vancouver Craft Beer Week beers were the first to do it bigger and better in B.C....
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Craft beer of the week: 18 Karat Ale (Barkerville Brewing Co., 4.9%)
Who knew Quesnel would become the centre of B.C.’s craft beer boom? Well, it turns out that the Cariboo town is pretty much the centre of everything in the province, it being located smack-dab in the...
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Craft beer of the 30 years #1: Thirty Years Imperial Red Ale (Vancouver...
2014 is the year when B.C.’s three longest-running microbreweries celebrate their 30th anniversaries. And to celebrate… they’re making more beer. Vancouver Island Brewery in Victoria rang in the start...
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Craft beer of the 30 years, #2: Swing Span Amber Ale (Granville Island...
While it looks like Vancouver Island Brewery’s 30th anniversary beer will be a one-off, Granville Island‘s looks likely to stick around for a while. But then, GIB didn’t just release a beer as it...
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Craft beer of the 30 years #3: Northwest Ale (Spinnakers, 6.2%)
Spinnakers did in fact release a 30th anniversary beer — a Belgian strong ale called Grand Cru — but sadly I never saw any of it, let alone taste it. So the last of these 30-years-beers reviews will...
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