BC Craft Beer Reviews
Small Gods Brewing Co.- Dance Tree French IPA
What is a French IPA? Well, according to Small Gods Brewing in Sidney, BC, a French IPA is a beer brewed in the brut or champagne style with a French Continue Reading…
Moody Ales: Blood Orange Hefeweizen
For centuries, Germany has been home to the world’s most famous beverage ingredients law. When the Reinheitsgebot was introduced, it mandated that brewers would work with malt, hops and no Continue Reading…
Firehall Brewery : Mutual Aid Whisky Barrel Stout
What’s the advantage of having a distillery so close to a brewery? The opportunity to collaborate, but also to take advantage of recently emptied whisky barrels! And that is exactly Continue Reading…
Lillooet Brewing ~ Spotted Bat Stout
Just opened in the fall of 2022, Lillooet Brewing is located on 3 acres of land situated on an ancient riverine bench right near the Fraser River, in Lillooet, BC. Continue Reading…
Container Brewing: Depravity Nitro Chocolate Porter
With the winter months bringing along with it the colder weather it’s hard not to find yourself gravitating to the darker, richer, fuller-bodied, and higher-alcohol beers. And, while I enjoy Continue Reading…
Whistle Buoy Brewing Co: Desolate Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout
Whistle Buoy Brewing in Victoria’s Market Square released Desolate in mid-November, a bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stout. According to the label and website, it is the “first-ever release of our barrel Continue Reading…
#BCBA2022 Back in Session Blackberry & Lemon Salted Sour Collab
PROCEEDS TOWARDS DIVERSITY IN BREWING & BC HOSPITALITY FOUNDATION Each year, BC Beer Awards & Festival (BCBA) partners with BC brewery community members to create a celebratory fundraiser beer. This Continue Reading…
Bayview Brewing Co.- Down By the Bay Watermelon Gose
Ladysmith, BC, located between Duncan and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, has its very first brewery. Bayview Brewing is run by the core group of owners Jonny Ludtke, Rod Alsop, Sarah Continue Reading…
Land and Sea Brewing Co.- Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
I recently had a chance to sit down with Jason Walker, the co-owner of Land and Sea Brewing, based in Comox, B.C. Like almost all businesses, surviving the pandemic and Continue Reading…
Red Racer Street Legal Dealcoholized Nitro Stout: Preview Edition
Here’s a preview of something coming down the pipe that’s rare in Canada: a non-alcoholic dark beer. For years, the holy grail of “near beer” production has been to remove Continue Reading…
Container Brewing Ltd: Frostbite Cold IPA
If you are a lover of hops (like I am), but find that just sometimes you want that hoppy beer to be a bit more sessionable and lighter-bodied than your Continue Reading…
Longwood Brewery – Conjunction DIPA
What is a conjunction? In the fantasy world created by Polish author Andrezej Sapwoski for his Witcher series (and later depicted in the video games and the Netflix show) the Continue Reading…