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On Tap: new releases from Four Winds, Foamers’ Folly and Backroads

Rob Mangelsdorf • May 9, 2019

Here’s what we’re going to be chucking back this week… Holz Pils by Four Winds Brewing Co. 5.4% ABV • 24 IBU • 473 mL tall cans Summertime (or at least, summer-weather-time) is made for light, refreshing sessionable lagers, and […]

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Nelson’s Backroads Brewing completes major expansion, doubles in size

Rob Mangelsdorf • February 5, 2019

Nelson’s Backroads Brewing has recently completed a major expansion, doubling its brewing capacity and nearly doubling its interior seating capacity—just in time for the West Kootenay Brewery’s second anniversary next month. Backroads began the expansion project in May 2018—just a […]

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