As soon as Mike Sharpham referred to nectarines as hairless peaches, I knew we were in for a fun, light hearted interview about their new beer. You see last year they had some issues with the Nectarine Gose – a labeling issue not a beer issue – so I was curious about what was unique…
Granville Island Brewing has impressed me in the way that they’ve managed to find, in my mind, a great balance between working within the confines of larger commercial brewing and running a successful small batch brewing program locally. They always have something new on tap in their tasting room, there’s lots of experimental brewing going…
Granville Island Brewing is continuing to pump out some neat beers at their local small batch brewery on Vancouver’s own Granville Island. For this release, they were kind enough once again to invite me out to interview Mike (their beer merchant) about the beer.
If you have walked into the Granville Island Brewing Taproom recently, you may have noticed a new addition to their shop which just so happens to feature new Crowler filling machine set up next to their growler station. One of the first (of three) Crowler filling breweries in Greater Vancouver, this new beer-to-go option has…
There’s been a couple of really interesting things going on at Granville Island Brewing that have really piqued my interest lately. First of all they became the first Bullfrog Powered brewery in British Columbia, which is a great showcase of leadership that I respect greatly as they are investing in cleaner energy solutions. Second, they…
Granville Island Brewing: 3 Year Barleywine Vertical – This is the first of many vertical reviews that I intend to write over the course of this blog. A vertical, for anyone who may not know, refers to different vintages of the same style of beer from the same brewer which if tasted at the same time…
Granville Island Brewery Mad Dash Fresh Hop ESB: Obtained from the brewery retail shop a few days ago, this fresh hop ESB was brewed onsite at a strength of 5.6% abv with 45 IBUs of fresh centennial hops from the Sartori Cedar Hop Farm in Chilliwack, harvested fresh and quickly transported into boiling wort on Vancouver’s…
Granville Island Brewing & JOEY Restaurants – Urban Legend IPA: Brewed locally in collaboration with, or specifically for JOEY restaurant. This IPA is comes in at a strength of 7.5% abv with 75 IBU’s and is labelled as a #BitterAllies beer label. I like the label, the picture here doesn’t depict the embossing very well but it is…
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…
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…
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