Posts From Ted Child
Wild Ambition Brewing- Dew Point Farmhouse IPA (Mosaic)
Wild Ambition Brewing in Kelowna, BC, always seems to be having a lot of fun playing with different yeasts and bacteria to ferment their beer. Some of that wild experimentation Continue Reading…
V2V Black Hops Brewing- Big Brut IPA
Brut beers are those that have used an enzyme, usually amyloglucosidase (or less often Champagne yeast) to create a very dry beer with little to no residue sugars. Amyloglucosidase has Continue Reading…
Whistle Buoy Brewing Co – Outer Peace Spruce Tip Pale Ale
2021 will likely be one of the greatest in recent memory for seasonal beer releases following the all-time low of 2020, in which breweries seemed to struggle to produce anything Continue Reading…
Vancouver Island Brewing & Ucluelet Brewing Collab- Wave Walker Helles Bock
For the second time, Vancouver Island Brewing has collaborated with four much smaller and younger craft breweries from the Island to create the pod pack. This mixed pack has four Continue Reading…
Twa Dogs Brewery – Ponkan Pale Ale
It turns out that not every fruit beer has to be a sour or a hazy. A case in point is Ponkan Pale Ale by Twa Dogs, the beer brand Continue Reading…
Brassneck Brewery- No Brainer Lager
The use of corn or corn sugar (dextrose) has a long history in brewing. Most likely first used as an adjunct in barley scarce North America, the use of corn Continue Reading…
Storm Brewing – Orange Creamsicle Ale
For as long as Vancouver’s Storm Brewing has existed, it has probably been doing “brainstorm” beers. Brainstorms are brave, sometimes maybe even foolhardy, experimental batches that are only available for Continue Reading…
Sooke Brewing Company- Belgian Tripel
A recent trip to Jordan River gave me the requisite time to rush into Sooke Brewing and grab a couple crowler’s of brew. The tasting room was as full as Continue Reading…
Twin City Brewing- Power Struggle Golden Stout
Until recently Port Alberni’s Twin City Brewing was only available locally. Out of town fans will be thrilled to know that the brewery is now canning and shipping their beer. Continue Reading…
La Cerveceria Astilleros- Acan “Chufa” Horchata Porter
Cyperus esculentus, also called chufa or tiger nut, is cultivated as a snack or much more commonly as an essential ingredient in Aqua de Horchata. Horchata is a plant (often Continue Reading…
