Here’s what we’re substituting for water this week… Livin’ the Dream by Twin Sails Brewing Fruited pale ale • 5.1% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Summer is still a long ways away, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be […]
On tap: new releases from Twin Sails, Silver Valley and Backcountry
Here’s what we’re comforting ourselves with this week while constantly doomscrolling… Str8 Flexin’ by Twin Sails Brewing Imperial Stout • 11.0% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Port Moody’s Twin Sails Brewing has released the 2021 edition of Str8 Flexin’ […]
On tap: new releases from Main Street, Twin Sails and Yellow Dog
Big DIPA by Main Street Brewing Double IPA • 8.0% ABV • 53 IBU • 473 mL tall cans This juicy beast of an IPA by Vancouver’s Main Street Brewing is brewed with gobs of Citra hops for notes of […]
Drink This: Good Clean Fun by Twin Sails Brewing
There’s something to be said for the classics. Whether it’s a pair of blue jeans, Converse All-Stars or Canucks’ fans unrealistically high expectations, some things are timeless. When it comes to classic craft beer styles, West Coast IPAs are what […]
On tap: New releases from Parallel 49, Dageraad and Twin Sails
Here’s what we’re drowning our sorrows with this week… Knee Deep by Parallel 49 Brewing 6.8% ABV • 500 mL bottles The latest release in Parallel 49’s Cork and Cage series, this barrel-aged sour saison spent six months in red […]
RECIPE: Stout-infused doughnuts with Twin Sails Brewing Con Leche Horchata Milk Stout
Prepared by Ian McHale, executive chef of Wildebeest Pastry stouts are an increasingly popular beer style that combine sweet, rich malty flavours with a luxuriously full body and a high ABV. They’re basically a dessert in a can! But what […]
Drink This! Random Thoughts by Twin Sails Brewing Co.
Wine bottles are fancy, huh? So when a brewery puts its beer in a wine bottle, it must mean that it’s extra fancy, I guess. Actually, more often than not, this has proven to be true, in my experience. Sometimes […]
Five years, 100 new breweries
Back in 2013, when the first edition of my book, Craft Beer Revolution: The Insider’s Guide to B.C. Breweries, came out, there were 50 craft breweries in the province. But at my book launch early in June, I joked that […]
Craft Beer is Awesome! Biére de Crabe by Twin Sails Brewing + Brasserie Dunham
Upon first glance at a bottle of Twin Sails Brewing and Quebec’s Brasserie Dunham’s recent collaboration, Biére de Crabe, you might naturally ask yourself, “Is this beer really made with crab? Crab beer? Is that a thing now?” First thing’s […]
Brews News: Milk growlers; Spinnakers gets sour; Tacofino teams with local breweries
Growler fills at your local… dairy? We’re all used to filling up our growlers with delicious, local craft beer, but one dairy on Vancouver Island wants to fill them with milk! Morningstar Farm in Parksville is the first dairy […]