Sample Series – Trading Post Brewing Starts A Bold New Bomber Bottle Program

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Craft Beer Review – Base Camp Brewing S’More Stout

Base Camp Brewing S’More Stout: As the summer camping season winds down, I can’t help but write about the best camping beer I’ve ever known which is brewed in Portland, Oregon by Base Camp Brewing. This beer is brewed to a strength of 7.7% abv and if ordered at the brewery they serve it with a…

BC Craft Beer Review – Fuggles & Warlock Bean Me Up Espresso Milk Stout

Fuggles & Warlock Bean Me Up Espresso Milk Stout: Brewed in BC by current gypsy brewer Fuggles & Warlock, this beer has 5.7% abv, 24 IBUs and is infused with Salt Spring Island brand Metta Espresso coffee and brewed with lactose to give it a creamy milk texture and flavour. Aroma and Appearance: It pours a very dark…

Craft Beer Review – Coronado Blue Bridge Coffee Stout

View this post on Instagram Another solid coffee stout from the west coast #instabeer #beergeek A post shared by Terry Hickey (@westcoastbeergeek) on Feb 10, 2015 at 11:42am PST Craft Beer Review – Coronado Blue Bridge Coffee Stout: Brewed in Coronado, California to a strength of 5.4% abv using dark roast coffee from San Diego,…

Craft Beer Review – Goose Island The Muddy Imperial Licorice Stout

Goose Island The Muddy Imperial Licorice Stout: Day 21 of my Advent Calendar exchange with my father, featuring a black licorice infused beer – oh, oh! Black licorice is a flavour I generally don’t appreciate in beer so I was hoping it would only be a subtle note and not an overpowering one like some beers out there. Aroma…

Craft Beer Review – North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout

North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout: Day 7 of my Advent Calendar exchange with my father, featuring North Coast’s Russian Imperial Stout which is brewed at a strength of 9% abv. This beer pays homage to the 18th century Russian Imperial Stouts brewed for Catherine the Great as a means of trade between Britain and Russia.…

BC Craft Beer Review – Powell Street Stout

Powell Street Stout: brewed in Vancouver, BC at a strength of 6% abv and 45 IBUs this beer with a clean logo and non fancy name was kind of a nice change of pace for the local brewing scene who seems to be super addicted to crazy labels and pun-filled names (many of which I enjoy, so…

BC Craft Beer Review – Barkerville Brewing 52 Foot Stout

Barkerville Brewing 52 Foot Stout: I have often complained that BC does not make very many good quality basic Stouts compared to other places, a category somewhat lacking for some reason locally, however in recent years the tide has turned and finally we have some decent one’s in our province. This beer is brewed in Quesnel,…

13 Days of Beer Camp Day Across America Day #13 – Double Latte

Sierra Nevada/Ninkasi – Beer Camp Across America Double Latte Coffee Milk Stout: A collaboration with Ninkasi Brewing, this beer seemed to be a crowd pleaser so I thought I would save it for the last day. It is brewed with lactose and infused with Stumptown Coldbrew cold press coffee to give it a unique flavour. It is brewed…

Craft Beer Review – Dieu Du Ciel Aphrodisiaque

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…

Craft Beer Review – Whistler Brewing Black Tusk Ale

Whistler Brewing – Black Tusk Ale: This limited edition “Ale” is brewed by Whistler Brewing (pretty sure it’s more of a stout than a mild ale) at a strength of 5% and was poured into a 22 oz beer glass at home. Aroma and Appearance: Pours a very dark amber colour that appears black in the glass with…

Craft Beer Review: Oskar Blues “Ten Fidy” Imperial Stout

Oskar Blues “Ten Fidy” Imperial Stout: Brewed in Colorado at strength of 10.5% (hence the name), this Imperial Stout came from a can and was enjoyed in a snifter like glass. Aroma and Appearance: This a pours very dark brown, with a thick syrupy texture a touch of foam and some little bubble action just below the…

Import Craft Beers – Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout

From a solar powered brewery in Boonville, CA comes Anderson Valleys Brewing’s Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout (5.8%, poured from a bottle at home) Aroma and Appearance: Pours a dark brown with a bit of foam and the aroma is dominated by smokey oats. Flavour: Starts with a smokey and creamy coffee flavour with the distinctive oatmeal stout texture and…

Import Craft Beers – Breakside Salted Caramel Stout

To celebrate National Beer Day yesterday, I had a collaboration brew from Portland, OR called Salted Caramel Stout by Breakside Brewery (6.7% alc, collaboration brew with Salt & Straw, poured at home from a 22oz bottle). If you have ever been to Portland and walked by the Salt and Straw Ice Cream locations, they always have line…

Craft Beer Review – Half Pints Brewing Stir Stick Stout

Half Pints Brewing – Stir Stick Stout – Described as a Coffee Infused stout from Winnipeg, MB, this updated review of the 5% abv and 35 IBU bottle of beer was poured into the same snifter glass and enjoyed at home. Aroma and Appearance: This beer pours a coffee like dark brown colour with hardly any foam, and…

BC Craft Beer – Old Yale Brewing Screaming Banshee Irish Cream Stout

Old Yale Brewing Screaming Banshee Irish Cream Stout: Formerly know as Larry’s Irish Cream Stout, this 7.5% abv beer is brewed in Chilliwack, BC and is infused with Irish cream to give it some extra flavour and flair. Aroma and Appearance: Pours dark red with some decent lacing foam and carries an aroma of sweet dark coffee,…

Local Craft Beer – Granville Island Shamrocker Potato Stout

Brewed in Vancouver, BC comes Granville Island’s Shamrocker Potato Stout (4.8% alc, poured at home from a 22oz bottle), lately these small batch beers from this place have been pretty good. Aroma and Appearance: pours a very dark red and appears black in the glass, with a small dark head that dissipates quickly. Aroma consists of roasted…

Import Craft Beers – Mill Street Brewery Cobblestone Stout

Beer 4 from Mill Street’s Seasonal 6 pack sampler is Mill Street Brewery’s Cobblestone Stout (4.2% alc, poured at home from a can with a nitrogen widget). Aroma and Appearance: This beer pours a very dark reddish brown and appears black in the glass. It is nitrogenated, so pours with a decent cascading effect and an 3/4…

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