Keeping track of the unique beers we have tried over the years at the Guys Beer & BBQ nights..
La CHOUFFE is an unfiltered blond beer which is refermented both in the
bottle and in barrels. It is pleasantly fruity, spiced with coriander
and tinged with hops.
Brasseire D'achouffe in Belgium
http://www.achouffe.be/en/beers#la-chouffe
Banana Hammock
http://parallel49brewing.com/beers/
Dawn of the Red
An IRA bursting with notes of mango, papaya and pineapple, this beer finishes juicy with a subtle malty backbone. It doesn't take brains to know hoppy, tropical IRAs are a great way to welcome warmer months ahead!
Tasting Notes:Mango, papaya, pineapple and stone fruit notes burst out with bitterness upfront. Sustained by a subtle malt-flavor, this beer finishes smooth, leaving one ready for the next sip of this flavortastic beer!
Ninkasi Brewing Company- Eugene OR
http://www.ninkasibrewing.com/delicious/beers/flagship-series/dawn-of-the-red.html
Naramata Nut Brown
This velvety soft ale has a stubbornly loyal following. Rich dark malts are layered in a seamless manner. Fine tuning with a blend of bittering, aroma, and flavour hops produce an amazingly smooth finish and a lingering taste. This is a full bodied ale with a rich and gentle flavour.
Dark Matter
Deep inside the Hadron Collider physicists hurtle sub-atomic particles with lightning speed on a collision course with each other. They do so in the pursuit of pure science, in the hope of one day being able to unlock the mystery of the elusive unseen fabric upon which our universe is embroidered: Dark Matter.
Hoyne Brewing Company - Victoria BC
http://hoynebrewing.ca/
Blue Bridge Coffee Stout
Imperial Blue Bridge Coffee Stout is about to be your go-to winter seasonal. Tow-row malt, roasted barley, and Guatemalan coffee come together to celebrate the beer’s sweet chocolate and earthy flavors. It’s packed with intense roast character yet smooth like a cold brew coffee. Staying true to the name, Coronado Brewing sources its beans from right under the blue bridge via hometown coffee-shop, Café Moto.
Coronado Brewing Company - Coronado, CA
coronadobrewing.com
Pumpkin Ale
A malty spiced ale brewed with pumpkin pie spices & 100 lbs of local pumpkin mash. Our most popular seasonal ale. Winner of a Gold Medal (Fruit Beer) at the 2013 Canadian Brewing Awards.
Steamworks
http://www.steamworks.com/node/247
Creepy Uncle Dunkel
Pilsner's creepy uncle. Dark and complex, the most misunderstood of all lagers. Dark Munich malts and a litle roasted wheat give this brew a rich, vanilla, and nutty-sweet palate with a dry, rounded finish. Unfiltered as always. Maybe it's the long decoction mashes or the 5 week lagering time spent alone in the cold... or maybe he's just a complicated dude?
Moon Under Water Brewery - Victoria
http://www.moonunderwater.ca/ourbeer/2015/2/17/creepy-uncle-dunkel
Dawn Patrol Coffee Porter
Disruption IPA
Compulsion will drive you to distraction. While most of us are happy languishing in the comfort of predictability, there are a select few who are restless. They spend their days trying desperately to hide an urgent need to disrupt this culture of mindless repetition, but their desire to maintain appearances is ultimately overshadowed by their fascinations.
Get ready to challenge what you think about dark beer. This black IPA is a calculated anomaly. It looks big and scary like a stout, but it drinks like an IPA. Close your eyes, you’ll never guess how far into the dark you're sinking. With its fresh hop aroma and roasted malt flavour, Disruption is a whole new beast.Welcome to the lab.
Category 12 Brewing, Victoria
http://category12beer.com/
Off the Grid
This finely made Vienna red lager is exquisite in taste, with Noble German Tettnang hops and smooth creamy maltiness. Perfect for your trip into the wild.
Hoyne Brewing - Victoria
http://hoynebrewing.ca/
Hales El Jefe Weizen
El Jefe Hefeweizen is brewed to taste very much like a beer you would be served if you wandered into one of the famous beer halls in Germany. The flavor profile is “true Bavarian Style”, complex with fruity influences that only genuine hefeweizen yeast can produce. It’s “The Boss”!
Hales Brewery - Seattle
http://halesbrewery.com/el-jefe.html
Kees American Barley Wine
A Barley Wine is a treat for the malt lovers, offering a big, thick, sticky malt body. A traditional English style would have low hop bitterness. Often a beer for the sweet-tooth, they are a prefect dessert beer to sit on and sip at the end of the night. As seems to happen, the US takes a traditional style and adds a US touch. That is, US hops. So the American style Barley Wine is a big malty body with a fruitier and punchier edge to the hop character. Kees! American style Barley Wine uses Cascade and Citra hop. The result is a dark reddish-brown beer with a dense body. The aroma is full of bready malts and over-ripe fruits. The taste is full of caramel malts, dark dried fruits, a touch of citrus and earthy bitterness. The finish is long and semi-sweet. It is a beer that will evolve as it warms up, so one to sip and savour.
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Brasseire D'achouffe in Belgium
http://www.achouffe.be/en/beers#la-chouffe
Banana Hammock
Hefeweizen
Unfiltered and true to tradition, this hefeweizen is brewed
with wheat, pilsner malt, and German hops. The yeast used in this beer
creates a light tasting beer with aromas of bananas and cloves. Parallel 49 Brewing Company - Vancouver BChttp://parallel49brewing.com/beers/
Dawn of the Red
An IRA bursting with notes of mango, papaya and pineapple, this beer finishes juicy with a subtle malty backbone. It doesn't take brains to know hoppy, tropical IRAs are a great way to welcome warmer months ahead!
Tasting Notes:Mango, papaya, pineapple and stone fruit notes burst out with bitterness upfront. Sustained by a subtle malt-flavor, this beer finishes smooth, leaving one ready for the next sip of this flavortastic beer!
Ninkasi Brewing Company- Eugene OR
http://www.ninkasibrewing.com/delicious/beers/flagship-series/dawn-of-the-red.html
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| June 2014
Three Beavers .
The Three Beavers is an Imperial Red Ale from Howe Sound Brewery. The
glass if filled with an amber-chestnut coloured ale that is topped with
two full fingers of lasting head. Coming through the head are notes of
caramel, Cascadian hop and foreshadowing of a creamy texture. The taste
is mid-sweet that builds into a toasted caramel, northwest hop flavour
profile. The Three Beavers is strong but a creamy texture helps to
mellow the taste into something smooth and very enjoyable.
Howe Sound Brewery - Squamish, BC
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| Feb 2015 |
Naramata Nut Brown
This velvety soft ale has a stubbornly loyal following. Rich dark malts are layered in a seamless manner. Fine tuning with a blend of bittering, aroma, and flavour hops produce an amazingly smooth finish and a lingering taste. This is a full bodied ale with a rich and gentle flavour.
Cannery Brewing - Penticton BC
Dark Matter
Deep inside the Hadron Collider physicists hurtle sub-atomic particles with lightning speed on a collision course with each other. They do so in the pursuit of pure science, in the hope of one day being able to unlock the mystery of the elusive unseen fabric upon which our universe is embroidered: Dark Matter.
Hoyne Brewing Company - Victoria BC
http://hoynebrewing.ca/
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| Feb 2015 |
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| Feb 2015 |
Imperial Blue Bridge Coffee Stout is about to be your go-to winter seasonal. Tow-row malt, roasted barley, and Guatemalan coffee come together to celebrate the beer’s sweet chocolate and earthy flavors. It’s packed with intense roast character yet smooth like a cold brew coffee. Staying true to the name, Coronado Brewing sources its beans from right under the blue bridge via hometown coffee-shop, Café Moto.
Coronado Brewing Company - Coronado, CA
coronadobrewing.com
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| Feb 2015
Black Tusk Ale
Named for the jet-black core of an extinct volcano, our Black Tusk Ale
is an award winning English style dark ale. Brewed from the original
recipe, with a special blend of imported chocolate and roasted malts,
this easy to drink brew has a smooth finish with a hint of cocoa and
roasted coffee.
Whislter Brewing Company
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| Feb 2015
Mile High Mountain Ale
Mile High Mountain Ale
is a hop forward, Northwest-style red ale with a medium body and
pleasant citrusy bitterness. This Red Ale has a rich, red-amber colour
and an engaging dry-hopped aroma. Slightly warming on the palette, with a
clean finish, its character makes it a very well balanced, highly
sessionable ale
Vancouver Island Brewery
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| March 2014 |
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| Sept 2015
Thirsty Beaver
A smooth amber ale. Medium bodied and bursting with flavour, this beer is clean to the finish. Tree Brewing, Kelowna BC http://www.treebeer.com/ Innis & Gunn Original This is our firstborn brew, whose accidental discovery started our story in 2003. Its originality also lies in its singular taste – notes of biscuity malt and vanilla swirling within a creamy, mellow character. A pioneering beer, its flavour finds favour with brewing juries, blind tasting panels and barflies alike. Innis and Gunn, Scotland http://innisandgunn.com Kilkenny Irish Cream Ale Bright amber colour; soft grain and malt aromas; medium- body; rich malt flavour and touch of bitter hops on the finishU nique due to its rich creamy head, the brand delivers a smooth flavourful taste and has 50% less carbonation than regular beers. It tastes smoother, but still retains the full flavoured characteristics of an imported ale. Guiness, Kilkenny Ireland Loser Pale Ale Light tropical flavors balanced with a crisp malt-hop finish. Loser was one of the first general-production beers to use Sorachi Ace hops, the Japanese variety rescued from obscurity and grown exclusively by Virgil Gamache Farms in Washington’s Yakima Valley. The waxy, coconutty and compelling flavor carries through the beer, combining with crisp and spicy Crystal finishing hops. And at 7% alcohol by volume, Loser isn’t your mainstream summer lightweight. For Elysian, Sub Pop and the beer-savvy public, having Loser available throughout the year is a clear win-win. Elysain Brewing Company, Seattle WA http://www.elysianbrewing.com/elysian-beers/loser-pale-ale/ Cinder Cone Read Ale
As
distinct as the ruddy lava butte that inspired its name, this ale pours
mahogany red and has a rich toffee flavor from crystal malt and black
barley. Amarillo and Tettnang hops give every sip balance and subtle
bite.
Deshutes Brewery, Bend OR https://www.deschutesbrewery.com/beer/cinder-cone-red/ |
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| Oct 2015 |
A malty spiced ale brewed with pumpkin pie spices & 100 lbs of local pumpkin mash. Our most popular seasonal ale. Winner of a Gold Medal (Fruit Beer) at the 2013 Canadian Brewing Awards.
Steamworks
http://www.steamworks.com/node/247
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| Oct 2015 |
Pilsner's creepy uncle. Dark and complex, the most misunderstood of all lagers. Dark Munich malts and a litle roasted wheat give this brew a rich, vanilla, and nutty-sweet palate with a dry, rounded finish. Unfiltered as always. Maybe it's the long decoction mashes or the 5 week lagering time spent alone in the cold... or maybe he's just a complicated dude?
Moon Under Water Brewery - Victoria
http://www.moonunderwater.ca/ourbeer/2015/2/17/creepy-uncle-dunkel
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| Oct 2015
Märzen
Märzen, which means "March" in German, is a classic German beer style
created before the invention of refrigeration. Back then, brewers
weren't able to brew lagers during the summer months the temperatures
were too high for the lager yeast to ferment properly. So in March,
brewers would stockpile beer which was cellared in cold, dark caves
during the summer. In October, when temperatures had cooled, and it was
time to brew again the remaining beer was pulled from the caves and
enjoyed by the towns people in a celebration we now call Oktoberfest.
Russell Märzen is copper-coloured lager which rich, toasted malt aroma balanced by the clean bitterness of German Hops and distinct noble hop aroma. Perfect for paring with roasted meats and harvest vegetables.
Russel Brewing Company , Surrey BC
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| Dec 2015 |
PORTER • DARK BROWN COLOUR • RICH CHOCOLATE MALTS CONDITIONED WITH LOCALLY ROASTED COFFEE BEANS AND BOURBON SOAKED VANILLA BEANS
ALL NATURAL. UNFILTERED.
Tofino Brewing Company, Tofino BC
Disruption IPA
Compulsion will drive you to distraction. While most of us are happy languishing in the comfort of predictability, there are a select few who are restless. They spend their days trying desperately to hide an urgent need to disrupt this culture of mindless repetition, but their desire to maintain appearances is ultimately overshadowed by their fascinations.
Get ready to challenge what you think about dark beer. This black IPA is a calculated anomaly. It looks big and scary like a stout, but it drinks like an IPA. Close your eyes, you’ll never guess how far into the dark you're sinking. With its fresh hop aroma and roasted malt flavour, Disruption is a whole new beast.Welcome to the lab.
Category 12 Brewing, Victoria
http://category12beer.com/
Off the Grid
This finely made Vienna red lager is exquisite in taste, with Noble German Tettnang hops and smooth creamy maltiness. Perfect for your trip into the wild.
Hoyne Brewing - Victoria
http://hoynebrewing.ca/
Hales El Jefe Weizen
El Jefe Hefeweizen is brewed to taste very much like a beer you would be served if you wandered into one of the famous beer halls in Germany. The flavor profile is “true Bavarian Style”, complex with fruity influences that only genuine hefeweizen yeast can produce. It’s “The Boss”!
Hales Brewery - Seattle
http://halesbrewery.com/el-jefe.html
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| Dec 2015 |
A Barley Wine is a treat for the malt lovers, offering a big, thick, sticky malt body. A traditional English style would have low hop bitterness. Often a beer for the sweet-tooth, they are a prefect dessert beer to sit on and sip at the end of the night. As seems to happen, the US takes a traditional style and adds a US touch. That is, US hops. So the American style Barley Wine is a big malty body with a fruitier and punchier edge to the hop character. Kees! American style Barley Wine uses Cascade and Citra hop. The result is a dark reddish-brown beer with a dense body. The aroma is full of bready malts and over-ripe fruits. The taste is full of caramel malts, dark dried fruits, a touch of citrus and earthy bitterness. The finish is long and semi-sweet. It is a beer that will evolve as it warms up, so one to sip and savour.
http://www.brouwerijkees.nl/Home_-_English.html
Smoke & Mirrors Imperial Smoked Ale This strong yet smooth ale features a combination of German Rauch (smoked) and Scottish Peated malts along with chocolate and crystal malts. The result is a pronounced and intriguing smokiness with a thick malty flavour.
Coal Harbour Brewing Company - Vancouver
http://coalharbourbrewing.com/our-beers/smoke-mirrors/
Noir
Noir blends two signature brews of the Pacific Northwest: coffee and beer. This coffee milk stout combines roasted malts with smooth cold brewed coffee from Stumptown Coffee Roasters. A subtle sweetness from milk sugar (lactose) makes this beer reminiscent of the most satisfying cup of joe; distinctive and delectable.
Ninkasi Brewing Company - Eugene OR
http://www.ninkasibrewing.com/
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| Feb 2016 |
Deep amber in colour, with hints of dried fruit and holiday spice. Rich and malty, with a rounded warming finish.
Canoe Brewpub - Victoria
http://www.canoebrewpub.com/welcome
Raven Cream Ale
The R&B Cream ale is a classic beer from a long-standing staple of BC craft beer. Pouring from the bottle the raven is darker than typical for a cream ale as a copper colour and pours with 2 fingers of thick and creamy head. The beer smells of a sweet, lightly burnt malt flavour and a touch of hop. The flavour is a creamy and light with a big of a hop kick to it. When people think Cream Ale, they may think of a beer with a bigger body than this but a nice balance of sweetness, malt character and hop bitterness makes this a light and very enjoyable beer from East Vancouver’s R&B Brewing Company.
R&B Brewing Company - Vancouver
http://www.randbbrewing.com/our-brews
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| Feb 2016 |
BLACK COLOUR AND RICH, ROASTED MALT NOTES HARMONIZE WITH THE LIGHT BODY AND CLEAN, CRISP FINISH OF A LAGER IN A DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN DARK AND LIGHT.
ALL NATURAL. UNFILTERED LAGER
Tofino Brewing - Tofino
Dragonflies are a symbol of transformation and for us, symbolize the welcome return of Spring. Brewed with Canadian pilsner and rye malt, American hops and a French saison yeast, our Dragonfly Rye has a delicate balance of fruit and spice, with a light body and a refreshingly dry finish.
http://www.spinnakers.com/beer/dragonfly-rye-spring-saison/
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| Feb 2016 - Repeat! |
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| Oct 2015 - Hot Stuff! |
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Bourbon Coffee BBQ Sauce -
Caveman BBQ sauces are produced by Mad About Food. Founded in 2000, Mad About Food has grown and changed over the years. A few years ago, we began sourcing certain specialty food brands we’d found and felt our clients and other retailers could sell to their clients. In April 2012, we moved into our own small scale production facility. Demand for our own products has grown so much that we need the assurance of our own production plant to keep up. We’re passionate about our products and the service we give to all our clients – both consumers and retailers.
Canadian Artisan Foods - Victoria
http://canadianartisanfoods.com/brand/caveman-bbq-sauces/#!
Czechvar Dark Lager
Czechvar uses the noble Saaz hop variety, which contributes spicy and herbal aromas and flavours. Deep brown in appearance, with a thick, long-lasting head. Malt aromas are in the foreground, with notes of toasted nut, molasses, mocha and a hint of smoke. On the palate, it is full-bodied, with chocolate and coffee flavours.
Czechvar - Czech Republic
http://www.czechvar.com/premium-czech-lager.html#
Hoyner Pilsner
On the third night, I handed my sweetie a tall slender Pilsner. Perfectly poured. While holding it up and gazing either at it, or through it at me, she said softly, “you are so fine to me.” It was hard to tell if she meant to be heard. “Ambiguity, thy Name is Woman”, I nearly uttered. Whether she was speaking to me, or to the beer, it was merely semantics. The deal was sealed. I would make it my life”s work to make fine beer.
Hoyne Brewing Company - Victoria
http://hoynebrewing.ca/#beers
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| April 2016 |
This is our Grande Damn Wham. A big bodacious classic English style brown ale. Could we use more superlatives? Why yes we can. Five luscious malts including crystal, chocolate & roasted barley are nuzzled together to create a full-bodied malty beer with notes of caramel, mocha and coffee and chocolate. It saturates the palate, rolls off the sides and down the gullet. It’s an affable accomplice to a hearty beef stew, bacon gorgonzola risotto, or a day at the beach eating peanut butter cookie dough right out of the tube wrapper.
4 Mile Brewing Company
http://www.4milebrewingco.com/our-beers/brown-ale/
Blackwing Baltic Porter
Inspired by the thousands of Still Creek Crows that fly over our brewery to their nightly roost, this Eastern European style beer is as dark as their wings. With balanced notes of dark chocolate, caramel and dried fruit, this complex beer is sweet, yet crisp and quaffable thanks to a cold lager fermentation.
Coal Harbour Brewing
http://coalharbourbrewing.com/our-beers/blackwing-baltic-porter/
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| Apr 2016 |
Belgian Strong
A Belgian-style dark strong ale that showcases notes of stone
fruits and raisins. Dark amber in colour with a higher carbonation to
keep the beer from feeling to heavy.Parallel 49 Brewing - Vancouver
http://parallel49brewing.com/beers/
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| Sep 2016
HobGoblin
Amber brown colour; mocha/coffee, spicy hops and almond aromas; chocolate/coffee, smoke and hoppy flavours; long finish.
Wynchwood Brewers - UK
Woodland Witbier
A
West Coast take on a Belgian classic. Orange zest and spices provide a
citrusy tropical taste playing on top of a crisp light base of wheat and
pilsener malt. Magnum, Cascade and Meridian hops add a pleasing punch
to the aroma and flavour.
Coal Harbour Brewing Company - Vancouver http://coalharbourbrewing.com/our-beers/woodland-witbier/ |
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| Sep 2016 |
The pressure is on. It’s going to take cunning to blend science with instinct and the clock is ticking. But timing is everything and precision is the only thing that matters. Confidence, analysis and art collide to create a perfectly balanced beer. And, when it comes down to the wire, success tastes even more satisfying.
This true Northwest Pale Ale is all about timing. An emphasis on late hop additions with notes of tropical hops, Critical Point is extremely smooth. The alluring citrus aroma will draw you in and the well-rounded caramel finish will keep you coming back.
Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Our Barrelholder series pays homage to the contributors of a successful campaign that allowed us to get an early start on the delicious process of barrel aging. Cheers to the original Barrelholders, and to you, the holder of this bottle!
This limited release Belgian Golden Strong Ale is crafted to be bright and crip with a medium body. Lightly fruity and spicy, the aging in red wine oak barrels has imparted delicate toasted oak and caramel notes. Combined with sweet vanilla overtones and a deceptive 10.6% ABV, the barrel process has added depth and complexity to an already delicious beer.
Category 12 Brewing - Victoria
http://category12beer.com/
This mildly hopped craft lager delivers a bold 5.6% alc/ vol, but goes down crisp and clean. Pairs well with game day celebrations, fun in the sun and good times with friends.
Balderdash Brewing Company - Vancouver
http://www.balderdashbeer.com/about
A heavy dose of Mandarina Bavaria hops give this crisp and refreshing German Lager notes of tangerine and citrus that will make you say, "Gee, thanks Steel & Oak for making lagers cool again."
Steel and Oak Brewing Company - New Westminster BC
http://steelandoak.ca/
Persenphone Black Lager
A full bodied dark lager. Roasty, clean and chocolaty with a graham cracker finish.
Persenphone Brewing
http://persephonebrewing.com/thebeer.html
Seaport Vanilla Stout
The addition of pure Madagascan vanilla beans perfectly complements the rich roasted malt notes of chocolate and coffee in our easy drinking stout. Well balanced with a hint of sweetness.
Lighthouse Brewing Company - Victoria BC
http://www.lighthousebrewing.com/#contact
Congratulations. You made it Almost.
Exceptional taste is the only thing that will get you through the gate at this point. When defiance is threatening to bubble over, it takes tremendous restraint to keep what matters most in-check. Keep your cool, you got this.
Our flavourful Saison is discreetly sessionable. It boasts a crisp body with a dry finish and a bouquet that is distinctly Belgian. Hints of clove and spice, complemented by aromatic hops, make us stand out where it matters most.
Category 12 Brewing - Victoria
http://category12beer.com/
Innis & Gunn Rum Finish
Our Rum Finish is a fighter. Its popularity saw it throw off the shackles of Limited Edition status to clinch a place in our Core Range.
Matured over oak heartwood infused with specially selected rums, its spicy, full-bodied qualities make it a lively sparring partner for a round or two.
Innis and Gunn, Scotland
http://innisandgunn.com
Tofino Tuff Session Ale
PALE ALE • BRIGHT, COPPER COLOUR • TOASTY MALT PALATE • PACIFIC NORTHWEST HOPS • MEDIUM BODY • CLEAN, DRY FINISH • A SESSIONABLE ALE FROM TUFF CITY
An easy drinking, pale coloured Kolsch style ale with a mild bitterness. Brewed with Heidelberg and German Wheat malts, German Hallertau Traditional hops and Kolsch yeast, don’t let this beer deceive you. Central City’s Kolsch stye ale is a crisp refreshing beer that offers lots of flavour while being mildly bitter.
Central City Brewing - Surrey
http://centralcitybrewing.com/product/mayor-kolsch/
Swans Riley Scotch Ale
Take a hops sabbatical and visit this malty beast of a brew. Dark, caramel aroma with a subtle sweet finish. Rich and delicious, begging for a steak dinner.
Swans Brew Pub - Victoria
http://swanshotel.com/brew-pub/on-tap
Steamworks Jasmine IPA
Pours golden in colour with a lively white head. It has a very fl oral and citrus nose from the hops and jasmine fl owers while hints of spicy phenolics and fruity esters come through on the finish. The taste of caramel malt is balanced by the lavish dry hop character and refreshing jasmine flavours. Hoppy, refreshing and complex.
Steamworks Brewery - Vancouver
http://www.steamworks.com/brewery
Sap Sucker Maple Porter
Our deliciously dark & robust Porter, with a delicate but flavourful touch of maple syrup, it’s a popular product with consumers, beer bloggers and judges. Popular with the educated craft beer drinker, who’s looking for a uniquely rich & flavourful product.
Fernie Brewing Company - Fernie BC
https://www.ferniebrewing.com/craft-beer/sap-sucker-maple-porter#
Innis & Gunn Original
This is our firstborn brew, whose accidental discovery started our story in 2003. Its originality also lies in its singular taste – notes of biscuity malt and vanilla swirling within a creamy, mellow character. A pioneering beer, its flavour finds favour with brewing juries, blind tasting panels and barflies alike.
Innis and Gunn, Scotland
http://innisandgunn.com
Hermannator
Hermannator pours into the class as a near black ale with one finger of head. The head disperses very quickly giving an aroma of chocolate and toasted malts. The flavour is creamy with chocolate and caramel that run along side the expected strong ale flavour. The alcohol content is quite apparent at 9.5% but the creamy texture helps to smooth this stiff drink. The colour, ABV and intensity of this beer will shake off some of those who try, but if you can handle it you will undoubtedly like this beer.
Vancouver Island Brewing
http://www.vibrewing.com/
There is a good amount of investment in local and BC beers there.
ReplyDeleteTwo things for now:
1 - that blue light, GORD's and GORD's alone. We don't talk about it.
2 - Vow of Silence, it was a tough one to swallow, but I'd do it again.