Victoria’s annual Christmas Craft Beer Show is coming up this weekend with close to 50 breweries and cideries pouring nearly 150 different beers and ciders.
The action takes place this Friday and Saturday at the very warm and dry Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. In addition to heaps of boozy treats, there’ll be live music, food trucks and lots of good times.
Tickets are on sale online here, and start at $40 per day—or $70 for a two-day pass—and include a souvenir cup, program and a couple beer tokens to get you started. For more info, visit ChristmasCraftBeerShow.com.
But what about the beer, you ask? Who’s going to be pouring? Glad you asked! Because we have the full beer and cider list for you so you’ll be fully prepared for this weekend’s festivities.
Axe & Barrel Brewing Company: Langford Lager, West Shore IPA, Fruity Mother Pucker
Bad Dog Brewing: Honey Blonde Ale
BC Tree Fruits Cider: Apples, Apples & Hops, Pears & Peaches
Big Rock Brewing: Midnight Rhapsody Dark Ale, Nitro Dry Stout, Traditional Ale
Borg Brugghus (Iceland): TBD
Brickworks Cider House: 1904, Rose, Peach
Cannery Brewing: Hop Chowdah NEIPA, Darkling Oatmeal Stout, Muse and the Golden Promise
Category 12 Brewing: Fresh Hopped Wild Pale Ale, Side Project Amber Lager, Super Symmetry Oatmeal Stout
Central City Brewers + Distillers: Red Racer Smore Stout, Red Racer After Hours Pale Ale, Red Racer Pilsner
Driftwood Brewery: Goldynwell, Limb from limb, Blackstone Porter
Fernie Brewing Co.: Black Mammoth Winter Ale, Snowblind Belgian Style IPA
Fuggles & Warlock Craftworks: Destiny IPA, Kiwami Plum Sour, Darxide Russian Imperial Stout
Highway 97 Brewing Co.: Salted Chocolate Porter, Fresh Tracks Winter Cream Ale, Dirt Road Double IPA
Howl Brewing: Raspberry Ginger Ale, Dunkel, Gridziskie
Hoyne Brewing Co.: Gratitude Winter Warmer, Finnegans Irish Stout, Alpha Acid IPA
Lighthouse Brewing Company: Oak Aged Whiskey Doppelbock, Nightwatch Coffee Lager
Little Creatures Brewing (Australia): Little Creatures Pale Ale
Longwood Brewery: Stoutnik Russian Imperial Stout, Berried Alive Raspberry Ale, Wait Till Amaro ESB
Merridale Cidery & Distillery: Yule Fuel, Mo’Moro, Scrumpy
Moody Ales: Lusty Chocolate Oatmeal Stout, Vienna Lager, Huge Citrus
Moon Under Water Brew Pub: Oranje Maan, Copper Kettle Passion Fruit Sour, Candy Cane Dunkel (cask)
Mount Arrowsmith Brewing: Low Pressure Porter, Brix and Plato Amber Belgian Ale, Jagged Face IPA
Old Abbey Ales: Black Forest Stout, Di Hard Hazy Lager, Beets by Steve
Parallel 49 Brewing: Frosted Tips IPA, Craft Pilsner
Persephone Brewing: Persephone Pale Ale, Dry Irish Stout
Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.: Tiger Shark Citra Pale Ale, Black Magic Dark Ale
Red Arrow Brewing Company: Chocolate Cherry Porter, Midnite Umber Ale, Old Style Lager
Red Truck Beer Company: Classic Lager, Hard Day Northwest IPA, Totality Imperial Stout
Riot Brewing Co.: Vortex Porter, Tantrum Dubbel, Life Partners Pale Ale
Russell Brewing Co.: Oatmeal Stout, East Coast Hazy IPA, Punch Bowl NWIPA with grapefruit (cask), Blood Alley Bitter ESB dry hopped with Simcoe and Ella (cask)
Salt Spring Island Ales: Heather Ale, Earl Grey IPA
Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse: Sassamanash, Rumrunner, Bramble
Smugglers’ Trail Caskworks: Canoe Chase IPA, Flaskers Ale Best Bitter, Wedgehead Kolsch
Sooke Brewing Company: Oktoberfest, Belgian Blond
Sooke Oceanside Brewery: Winter Saison, Fight in the Dog Scotch Ale
Spinnakers Brewpub: Bourbon Black Lager, Framboise Raspberry Sour, Chai Brown Ale
Stanley Park Brewing: Layer Up Raspberry Ginger Winter Wheat Ale, Hazy IPA, Hoppy Brux Saison
Steamworks Brewing Company: Premium Craft Lager, Heroica Red Ale, Winter Lager
Steel & Oak Brewing: Simple Things Pilsner, Smoked Honey Doppelbock, Towers & Trains
Strange Fellows Brewing: Talisman West Coast Pale Ale, Krampus Abbey Dubbel
Strathcona Beer Company: Crispy Winter Radler, Get Down On It IPA
Swans Brewery: Regal Standard Wee Heavy Ale, Vikes Lager
Tod Creek Cider: Bamfield Bound, Mala-Hop, Island Light Raspberry Shrub
Twa Dogs Brewery: Seas Between Us Red IPA, Chili Chocolate Milk Stout, Mystic Knot White Stout
Twin City Brewing: Late Bloomer Strawberry Hibiscus Sour, Tickity Boo British Pale Ale, Porter Alberni Dry Porter
Vancouver Island Brewing: Islander Lager, Misthorn Winter IPA, Hermannator
White Sails Brewing: Gallows Point Chocolate Porter, Ridge Ryeder Rye IPA, Blue Christmas Tart Blackberry Blonde
Wolf Brewing Company: IPA, Pilsner, Golden
Yellow Dog Brewing Co.: Chew Toy Coconut Porter, Chase My Tail Pale Ale
