Moylan’s Brewery Old Blarney Barleywine: Brewed in Novato, CA at strength of 10% abv with 62 IBUs, this barleywine and was poured from a 22 oz bottle into a snifter glass at home. Aroma and Appearance: This one poured a dark amber with some small bubbles on the side of the glass that lead to just a…
Propeller Brewing – ESB: Is brewed in Halifax, Nova Scotia at a strength of 5% with 30 IBUs and was enjoyed at home in a 16 oz pub glass. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a dark brown with some bubble action in the middle of the glass and 1 finger of foam. The aroma has some plum, toffee and…
Alaskan Brewing Barleywine (2013 Vintage): Brewed in Juneau, Alaska at a monster strength of 10.7%, this barleywine has 50 IBUs and was poured from a 22 oz bottle into a snifter glass at home. Aroma and Appearance: The colour is dark mahogany and it pours with minimal foam accompanied by some small bubbles near the sides of…
Green Flash Brewing – West Coast IPA: Hailing from San Diego, CA this IPA is brewed at a strength of 7.3% with 95 IBUs and was enjoyed at home from a 12 oz bottle. Aroma and Appearance: This craft beer pours a cloudy copper colour with lots of tiny bubbles that lead to one finger of lacy foam.…
Bomber Brewing – Pilsner: Is a craft beer brewed in Vancouver, Canada (it’s a Canadian thing) brewed at a strength of 4.8% and was poured from a can into a beer glass at home. I had bought a mixer 12 pack of these for Canada Day and reserved one of each for review at a later time. Aroma and Appearance: It pours…
Bomber Brewing – ESB: Is a craft beer brewed in Vancouver, Canada (it’s a Canadian thing) brewed at a strength of 5.2% and was poured from a can into a beer glass at home. I had bought a mixer 12 pack of these for Canada Day and reserved one of each for review at a later time. Aroma and Appearance: It pours…
Bomber Brewing – IPA: Is a craft beer brewed in Vancouver, Canada (it’s a Canadian thing) brewed at a strength of 6.3% and was poured from a can into a beer glass at home. I had bought a mixer 12 pack of these for Canada Day and reserved one of each for review at a later time. Aroma and Appearance: It pours…
Driftwood Brewery – Pale Ale: Is a craft beer brewed in Victoria, BC at a strength of 5% abv and was poured out of a 22 oz bottle at home. It also goes by Driftwood Ale. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a cloudy gold colour with 2 fingers of foam with some minuscule bubbles and lacy foam. The aroma is tangerine, citrus and…
Speakeasy – Double Daddy Imperial IPA: Is a San Francisco, CA brewed Imperial IPA that comes in at a strength of 8.5% abv and was poured into a 22oz beer glass at home. Aroma and Appearance: It has a slightly cloudy copper appearance and pours with at least 3 fingers of foam (so pour carefully) with surprisingly very…
This past week marked the end of pretty much all the kids registered activities (yay free weekends!), however it also means I won’t be coaching my daughter’s U7 girls soccer team until the Fall, which although I enjoy the break it is still bitter sweet as we had a wonderful team of kids and supportive…
Elysian – Savant IPA: A part of Elysian’s Manic IPA Series, this IPA features Nelson Sauvin hops and is brewed at a strength of 6.3% abv with 66 IBU’s and was enjoyed at home from a 22 oz bottle as pictured above. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a dark copper with 2 fingers of foam and some tiny…
White Rock Beach Beer Company – Fruit Pale Ale: Is pale ale from a nano-nano brewer in White Rock, BC that opened up recently and I just haven’t gotten down there to pick up a growler yet. I finally did grab a 1L growler from them after sampling their beer and once I got home I had…
Brouwerij De Ranke – Hop Harvest 2012: Is a Belgian Ale brewed in Belgium at a strength of 6% abv which was poured into my Chimay goblet. Apparently this aged craft beer is their Pere Noel Christmas Ale with the Bitter XX hops, it was dated 2012 with a best before date of 2017 printed on…
Ninkasi – Maiden the Shade IPA: Is a summer crowd IPA that is brewed in Oregon at a strength of 6.8% abv and 72 IBU’s (from 7 different hop varieties), ti was poured it into a 22 oz beer glass from a 22 oz bottle. Aroma and Appearance: This beer pours a clear golden honey with two fingers…
Great Divide – Hercules Double IPA: Perhaps as strong as Hercules, this Imperial IPA brewed in Denver, CO was brewed at a strength of 10.0% abv and 85 IBU’s. I poured it into my usual IPA glass, hoping for yet another gem of a beer Aroma and Appearance: It pours a dark cloudy copper with 1 finger…
Firestone Walker – Double Jack Double IPA: Is a very popular and highly rated Imperial IPA brewed in Paso Robles, CA at a strength of 9.5% abv and 85 IBUs. I poured this into my IPA beer glass in anticipation of another great uber IPA. It is part of their Proprietors Reserve Series, can it sound…
Mikkeller – Simcoe Single Hop IPA: Is a single hopped IPA (hop head series) brewed in Belgium at a strength of 6.9% with 100 IBU’s. Now this beer I purchased out of curiosity and to help train my palate to recognize the distinctive hop flavours so this was the perfect beer to spend some time with and…
Ever since I can remember, my family has been a camping family who primarily camped all over the western half of North America. Odds are if there is a major camping area on the West Coast I’ve been there, been near there, or I will get there at some point in my life. Whether it’s instinct, built…
Midnight Sun Brewing – Treat : Is an Imperial Chocolate Pumpkin Porter with a cool label from Alaska that was brewed at a strength of 7.8% with 30 IBU’s and was enjoyed at home from a 22 oz bottle I discovered in a recent cellar sort (so close to 1 year old) and I poured it into…
Dageraad – Blonde : Is genuine Belgian Blonde Ale that is brewed in Burnaby, BC at a strength of 7.5% and was enjoyed at home from a re-fermented bottle that was poured into a traditional Belgium Beer glass. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a cloudy gold (or blonde) with a thin layer of foam with some bubbly carbonation in the…
Granville Island Brewing – Shipload of Hops Imperial IPA: Is a craft beer brewed on Granville Island in Vancouver, BC at a strength of 8.7% abv with 100 IBU’s and was enjoyed at home from a bottle that was poured into my favourite beer glass for IPA’s. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a cloudy copper with 1 finger of foam and some…
Green Flash Hop Odyssey Black IPA: Is a darker black IPA brewed in San Diego, CA at a strength of 7.2% abv and 85 IBU’s which was enjoyed at home poured from a 22 oz bottle into a beer glass. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a dark amber with two fingers of tan foam and no visible bubbles.…
Last week I actually got a chance to adventure around Vancouver, just north of it to be exact, in Porteau Cove BC Provincial Park which is one of my absolute favourite places to camp due to it’s awesomeness and relative closeness to where I live. We are avid campers (we’ll call it luxury tenting) and have…
Old Yale Brewing Sasquatch Stout: This 2014 Canadian Brewing Beer of the Year is brewed in Chilliwack, BC and is an oatmeal stout brewed at a strength of 5.0% which was enjoyed at home in a snifter glass from a 22 oz bottle. I have been searching for a really good, basic BC stout and have…
Granville Island Brewing -Swing Span Amber Ale: Is a craft beer brewed in British Columbia (I still call it craft), at a strength of 5.6% abv with 45 IBU’s and was enjoyed at home in from a bottle into a beer glass. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a clear amber with 1 inch of foam and some small rising bubbles near…
New Belgium – Rampant Imperial IPA: Is an Imperial IPA brewed in Colorado at a strength of 8.5% with 85 IBUs and was enjoyed at home, poured from a 22 oz bottle into a beer glass. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a clear gold with 2 fingers of white foam and some slow rising bubbles were seen in the…
Wolf Brewing – Rannoch Wee Heavy Scotch Ale: Is a scotch ale brewed in Nanaimo, BC by this small brewer at a strength of 6% abv and was enjoyed at home from a bottle that was poured into a 22 oz beer glass. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a dark brown with two fingers of tan foam and some random bubble…
Fearless Brewing – Mjolnir Imperial IPA: Is an IPA brewed in Oregon at a strength of 6.9% abv (so not really Imperial) and was enjoyed at home, poured from a tall boy can into a beer glass. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a copper orange colour with 1 finger of foam and some sporadic rising bubbles. The…
Dead Frog – Furious Friar Belgian IPA: Is supposedly a Belgian IPA, which is brewed in Aldergrove, BC at a strength of 9.0% and 55 IBU’s and was poured into a 22 oz glass at home from a bottle I just purchased. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a cloudy gold with 2 fingers of foam and lots of small bubbles. The…
Whistler Brewing Company Lost Lake Unfiltered IPA: Is an unfiltered IPA brewed at a strength of 6.8% with 75 IBU’s and was enjoyed in a beer glass at home from a 22 oz bottle Aroma and Appearance: It pours a cloudy orange copper with crazy amounts of foam and lots of bubbles. The aroma is spicy herbs, some grapefruit and…
This past week was all about recovering from our kids birthday party and getting ready to go to the Washington Brewers Festival with my dad. In terms of craft beer, I continued to consume some of the beers I rounded up from my cellar space rediscovering some bottles I had forgotten about. It was a…
Alameda – Yellow Wolf Imperial IPA: Is an Imperial IPA brewed in Portland, Oregon at a strength of 8.2% with 103 IBUs and was enjoyed at home, poured from a 22 oz bottle into a beer glass. Aroma and Appearance: It pours an golden yellow with a whole lot of foam and bubbles. The aroma is mostly grapefruit with…
As a Father’s Day gift this year, I decided to take my dad to the Washington Brewers Festival (Friday night only) to go and try some different offerings from our neighbors in the South. I have tried a lot of Washington beers and been to different festivals here before and they always seem to be…
VIB – Black Betty Blackberry Saison: Is a blackberry saison brewed in Victoria, BC at a strength of 5.5% abv and was enjoyed at home from a can in a snifter glass. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a clear golden copper with a bit of foam and lots of tiny bubbles in the glass. The aroma is pretty…
Tree Brewing – Mellow Moon Pineapple Hefeweizen: Is a pineapple wheat beer brewed in Kelowna, BC at a strength of 5% abv and was enjoyed at home from a bottle poured in to a beer glass. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a cloudy yellow with 2 fingers of foam and just a few hard to see bubbles. The aroma…
Ayinger – Altbairisch Dunkel: Is a Munich Dunkel Lager brewed in Germany at a strength of 5 abv%, this dark lager was poured into a 22 oz beer glass from a bottle at home. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a perfectly dark mahogany with 2 fingers of thick foam and some small bubbles in the middle of the glass. The aroma…
Hofbräuhaus München – Original: Is a Bavarian Helles Lager from Germany and brewed at a strength of 5.1%, this is an older style beer that was poured into a 22 oz beer glass from a bottle at home. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a perfectly clear golden yellow with lots of carbonation and two fingers of paper white…
Elysian – Superfuzz Blood Orange Pale Ale: Is a Pale Ale with blood orange flavour that is brewed in Seattle, WA at a strength of 5.4% with 45 IBU’s and was enjoyed in a 22 oz beer glass at home. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a cloudy amber with 2 fingers of foam and no visible bubbles.…
Moon Under Water – Tranquility IPA: Is an IPA brewed in Victoria, BC at a strength of 6.5%, with 71 IBU’s and was poured in to a 22 oz beer glass at home. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a cloudy orange copper with 1 finger of foam and some tiny sporadic bubbles. The aroma is lots of citrus orange, grapefruit and fresh…
Goose Island – Pepe Nero 2011 (aged 3 years): Is a Belgian dark farmhouse ale that has been aged for 3 years (bottle date was Mar 4, 2011) and is brewed in Chicago, IL at a strength of 6% and was enjoyed at home in a snifter glass. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a dark brown with about…
This week I continued to clean out my cellar the fun way, separating bottles into drink soon, cellar longer and drink very soon. As well I sorted a 48 bottle haul from the USA that I brought back from a trip over the long weekend where I picked up some nice Dogfish Head bottles, some…
No-Li Jet Star Imperial IPA: Is an Imperial IPA brewed in Spokane, WA at a strength of 8.1% and a whopping 115 IBU’s (or more) and was enjoyed at home in a 22 oz beer glass. Aroma and Appearance: It pours an orange copper colour with three fingers of foam and some sporadic different sized bubbles. The…
Spinnakers – Blue Bridge Double Pale Ale: Is a double pale ale made in Victoria, BC at a strength of 8.2% abv and was enjoyed at home poured from a can into a pub style glass. Apparently they used to call this a double IPA, but have correctly chosen to rename it closer to its true style…
Nelson Brewing – Harvest Moon Organic Hemp Ale: Is an organic kolsch brewed in Nelson, BC at a strength of 5% and was enjoyed at home from a can poured into a standard pub glass. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a very clear bubbly gold with very little foam and an aroma of hay, lemon and general freshness. Flavour: The flavour…
Central City Brewing – Red Racer ISA: Is a Session IPA brewed in Surrey, BC at a sessionable strength of 4.0% abv with 40 IBU’s and was poured from a 12 oz can into a beer glass at home with lunch. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a clear golden copper with lots of bubbles and an inch of foam. The aroma…
Gigantic Brewing Too Much Coffee Man Black Saison: Is a dark saison brewed with coffee in Portland, Or at a strength of 8.2% (more like an Imperial Saison) and was enjoyed in National Donut Day with a Krispy Kreme free donut. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a very dark reddish brown with no visible bubble action and a…
Central City Brewing – Red Racer IPA: Is an IPA brewed in Surrey, BC at a strength of 6.5% with 80 IBU’s. The can in the picture is a special charity release of this beer, which is the same beer as their regular IPA, just in a different can with a promise of a $2 donation per 6…
Dieu Du Ciel – Aphrodisiaque: Is a vanilla and coffee stout brewed in Quebec at a strength of 6.5% which was poured from a bottle into a snifter glass at home. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a dark, dark brown with a touch of tan foam and some sporadic bubbles. The aroma is complex with vanilla beans, cocoa, dark…
Old Yale Brewing – Sergeants IPA: Brewed in Chilliwack, BC and recent winner of Canadian Beer of the Year (for their Sasquatch Stout), this beer comes in at a strength of 5.5% abv and was poured from a can into a Sam Adams perfect beer glass which works well for IPA’s. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a mildly…
Continuing my work on The Monday Mash I felt inspired by the kick off of VCBW (and a recent sort of my cellar last week) to drink some really good BC beers as well as a few other imports that I re-discovered. Sadly I also had my first real skunked beer and a really bad local…
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