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Hypha Project : Hopsquatch NW IPA

The Hypha Project appears to be three former homebrewing friends who, after some time doing their own things, got back together to brew some more beer but this time commercially.  Continue Reading…

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The Beer Farmers : Spudweiser Potato Lager

When it comes to brewing beer, Pemberton’s The Beer Farmers family brewery is about as diametrically opposite to a multinational macro beer company as you can imagine. Growing as many  Continue Reading…

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Smithers Brewing Co.- Twin Falls Pale Ale

Opening in 2018, Smithers Brewing is a custom build, 3,000 sq ft space in downtown Smithers. This brewery came about when two long-time friends, Adin and Blaine, recruited business partners  Continue Reading…

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Luppolo Brewing Co : La Piazza Pilsner

Like many modern beer styles, the Italian Pilsner can be traced back to one beer. In 1996, brewer Agostino Arioli wasn’t happy with a German Pilsner he had made and  Continue Reading…

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Phillips Brewing and Malting Co.- Twenty Point Buck

It is incredible to think that Phillips Brewing is turning twenty years old this year. Incredible that one of the original craft breweries in BC is that old but also  Continue Reading…

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A-Frame Brewing Co. – Skull Lake Imperial Espresso Stout

Situated in beautiful Squamish, BC, with a tasting room done up like a cabin, and every beer named after a BC lake, A-Frame Brewing is heavy on the #cabinvibes. One  Continue Reading…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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