With craft breweries trending towards more approachable beers, two styles have emerged as the big winners: hazy pales and lagers. Hazy pale ales and IPAs seem to be getting most of the attention these days, probably because that style of […]
On Tap! New beers from Dageraad, Four Winds and Driftwood
Here’s what we’re looking forward to blasting our palates with this week! 10˚ by Dageraad Brewing 10.5% ABV • 650 mL bottles Happy day! We’ve been waiting since 2016 to try the next edition of this Belgian quadrupel by Burnaby’s […]
Drink This! Midnight Train by Boombox Brewing Company
I don’t want to alarm you, but I think it might have snowed. You could look out the window and find out for yourself, but thankfully we have Facebook to show us hundreds of photos of everyone’s front yard/street. What […]
On tap! New beer from Luppolo, R&B and Steamworks
Here’s what we’re looking forward to shoving down our throats this week… Missing Lynx Hazy IPA and Gold Medal Deer by Luppolo Brewing Co. 6.8% ABV, 5.5% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Luppolo has a couple of can releases […]
RECIPE: Beer and Cheddar Soup with Strange Fellows Brewing Guardian White IPA
By Roy Flemming, executive chef for Tuc Craft Kitchen Born in the UK and raised in the Caribbean, New York City and Montreal, TUC Craft Kitchen executive chef Roy Flemming has spent more than two decades in the kitchen, […]
Drink This! Nanaimo Bar Imperial Porter by Vancouver Island Brewing
When I heard Vancouver Island Brewing was going to be doing a Nanaimo bar porter, my first thought was, “How has no one else thought of this yet?” Because, like most great ideas, it seems really obvious. Pastry stouts and […]
On tap! New beers from Dageraad, Foamer’s Folly and Backcountry Brewing
Here’s what we’re looking forward to pouring down our pie hole this week! SEXTUPLE! By Dageraad + Sooke Brewing Co. (9.0% ABV, 473 mL tall cans) Brewed in collaboration with Sooke Brewing Co., Dageraad’s SEXTUPLE! is an abbey tripel […]
Drink This! Kith and Kin by Steel & Oak Brewing Co. + Brassneck Brewery
We may be living in the post-truth era, but if there’s one thing that’s universally accepted as fact, it’s that Brassneck makes fantastic beer and if you see something with its logo on it at the beer store, then you […]
On tap! New beers from Four Winds, Faculty and Category 12
Here’s what we’re looking forward to tossing down our gullet this week! Edna by Four Winds Brewing (6.5% ABV, 750 mL bottles) Edna was Four Winds’ first ever brewery-only limited release way back in 2015, resulting in a lineup […]
Drink This! Double Barrel Death Blow by Twin Sails Brewing
Barley wine is a fickle beast and, sadly, it’s often done poorly. My first encounter with this strong, syrupy ale was back when I was a bartender in London (the important one, not the one in Ontario) almost 20 years […]