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Porter

Old Yale – Himalayan Salted Caramel Porter

PRESENTED BY JAK’S BEER, WINE, SPIRITS  From the Winter  2020 edition of the What’s Brewing Tasting Panel Sometimes a brewery chooses a great new beer to brew seasonally for its customers. Other  Continue Reading…

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dessert beer Oatmeal Stout

Twin Sails Brewing – Cookie Jar Oatmeal Fudge Stout

PRESENTED BY JAK’S BEER, WINE, SPIRITS  From the Winter  2020 edition of the What’s Brewing Tasting Panel For the last few years, we have known Twin Sails Brewing for their creations  Continue Reading…

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barrel-aged Sour

Temporal Artisan Ales – Noyaux Tarte

Temporal Artisan Ales has been making a name for itself amongst beer fans who appreciate barrel-aged sours. Brewed out of the Luppolo Brewing space in East Vancouver, Temporal ferments and  Continue Reading…

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Imperial Red Ale

Sooke Oceanside Brewery- Graveyard of the Pacific

My how time flies. Its hard to believe that it has already been four years since to opening of Sooke Oceanside Brewery. To celebrate, the brewery has released Graveyard of  Continue Reading…

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Double IPA Imperial IPA

Fernie Brewing – Off Axis Double IPA

Well over a year ago, if not longer Fernie Brewing really got into the IPA’s. Over the years, I have remembered Fernie for the malt-forward beers, red ales, brown ales,  Continue Reading…

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Brown Ale

Fraser Mills Fermentation – North Pacific Brown Ale

Some of the best things are created unintentionally. North Pacific Brown Ale is one of those things. Legend has it that Head Brewer Kristy Tattrie was whipping up a batch  Continue Reading…

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Pale Ale West Coast Pale Ale

Lighthouse Brewing- Poseidon Pale Ale

Lighthouse Brewing, with the help of Hired Guns Creative, has done an extensive rebrand, including redesigning all their can labels. They have also released a new pale ale, planned to  Continue Reading…

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bourbon barrel aged Coffee Stout Stout

Vice & Virtue – To Be Frank Coffee Stout

Vice & Virtue Brewing brings a refined beer aesthetic to Kelowna. Many of their well-received creations are light, fruity sours…but one of the creations we sampled recently is right on  Continue Reading…

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Cassis Dark Sour Sour Ale

Steamworks Flanders-Style Dark Sour

Steamworks Brewing Co. has furnished BC beer fans with a serious sour, the Flanders-Style Dark. This is no mere tart fruity kettle sour; this is an ale aged on oak,  Continue Reading…

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Double IPA Hazy IPA

Main Street Brewing – Big DIPA

Recently, Vancouver’s Main Street Brewing kicked off a new space-themed IPA series with the cleverly-named Big DIPA Citra Double IPA. It’s a big beer with a highly accessible profile and  Continue Reading…

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Fruit Beer IPA west coast IPA

BC Ale Trail’s Explore BC IPA Collab

Every year over the last 5 years, the BC Craft Brewers Guild has teamed up with one of its brewery members to create an original release to celebrate BC Craft  Continue Reading…

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Ancient Ale

Love Shack Libations-Jaihu Are You?

Love Shack Libations is a nano-brewery in Qualicum Beach, BC. One man show, Dave Paul, has teamed up with UVI Anthropology Professor, Dr. Marie Hopwood, to do a series of  Continue Reading…

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