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Style Snapshot: A guide to the roasty, contemplative imperial stout

Jordan St. John • November 25, 2022

WHAT IS IT? A dark malt accented, extremely strong beer, sometimes aged in bourbon barrels. DANGER LEVEL High GLASS Snifter STYLE STATS ABV: 8-12% IBU: 50-90 Colour: Midnight black Body: Extremely full Bubbles: Medium ORIGIN STORY Originally brewed for export […]

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Drink this: Georgie’s Best by Bomber Brewing

Rob Mangelsdorf • March 17, 2020
Georgie’s Best by Bomber Brewing

Welp. The sky is falling. The end is nigh. That’s right: Hockey is cancelled. In times of crisis, I tend to follow Simon Pegg’s example and head to the pub, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of […]

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On tap: new releases from Bomber, Category 12 and Old Yale

Rob Mangelsdorf • November 22, 2019
Goodwill Lager by Bomber Brewing and the Parkside Brewery.

Here’s where our paycheque is going this week… Goodwill Lager by Bomber Brewing (collab with the Parkside Brewery) Helles lager • 4.9% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Drink for a cause this holiday season with this collab between Bomber […]

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What to drink at the Whistler Village Beer Festival

Rob Mangelsdorf • September 10, 2018

If you think Whistler is strictly a ski and snowboard destination, you are so dead wrong. That town bumps all year round (I blame/credit the Australians), and one of the best parties of the year is the Whistler Village Beer […]

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Beer League BASH raises more than $5k for East Van youth hockey

Rob Mangelsdorf • March 20, 2018

Bomber Brewing’s Beer League BASH charity hockey tournament helped raise more than $5,500 for the Britannia After School Hockey program at Vancouver’s Britannia Community Secondary School earlier this month, helping give East Van kids who would not normally have the […]

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