The Growler B.C. • Volume 5 Issue 2 • June-August 2019

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30 BRITISH COLUMBIA NORTHERN B.C.

SEA TO SKY / SUNSHINE COAST

VANCOUVER ISLAND

LOWER MAINLAND / NORTH SHORE VANCOUVER VICTORIA / GULF ISLANDS

EDITOR Rob Mangelsdorf editor@thegrowler.ca 778-840-5005

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KOOTENAYS

FRASER VALLEY

PUBLISHER Gail Nugent gnugent@thegrowler.ca

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Ted Child Kristina Mameli Rob Mangelsdorf Brittany Tiplady Rebecca Whyman Joe Wiebe

THOMPSON OKANAGAN

Contents

04 08 10 13 14 16 18 22 24 28 30 32 35 36 112

BREWER VS BREWER: THE VICTORIA EDITION BREWING IT OLD SCHOOL

TRAVEL: CRAFT BEER COMES TO WINE COUNTRY THE GROWLER GUIDE TO VCBW MAGIC IN A BOTTLE WHAT THE HAZY?

BREWING UP GENDER PARITY

MICHAEL JACKSON, BEER HUNTER BEER TODAY, GONE TOMORROW

THE BEST MUSIC AND BEER MASHUPS RECIPE: STOUT-INFUSED DOUGHNUTS BREWS AND BIKES

CRAFT BEER EVENTS CALENDAR B.C. BREWERY LISTINGS BEER TO THE GROUND

Breweries by Region

36 52 71 74 78 88 94 103 108

VANCOUVER LOWER MAINLAND / NORTH SHORE

GROWLER-APPROVED BADGE Keep an eye out for our 10 favourite beers this summer!

Brewery Details

FRASER VALLEY

GROWLER FILLS

SEA TO SKY / SUNSHINE COAST

BOTTLES / CANS

VICTORIA / GULF ISLANDS

KEGS

VANCOUVER ISLAND

TASTING ROOM

THOMPSON OKANAGAN / KELOWNA

ON-SITE KITCHEN OR FOOD TRUCK

KOOTENAYS

TOURS

NORTHERN B.C.

KID FRIENDLY

Editor’s Note One thing that never ceases to amaze me is how the craft beer scene in B.C. is in a constant state of evolution. No where is that more apparent than in the transformation the Vancouver Craft Beer Week has seen over the past 10 years. From humble beginnings with just a handful of breweries and a smattering of attendees, VCBW has grown into a cultural force in Vancouver (pg. 13).

And then there’s Victoria. While the birthplace of craft beer in Canada has been slow to adopt the tasting room, breweries like Phillips and Île Sauvage have recently changed that (pg. 4), ushering in a new era of craft beer in the capital.

Meanwhile, in Wine Country, craft beer is booming. With three new breweries open in the past year, and another five on the way, Kelowna is quickly becoming a craft beer destination in its own right (pg. 10). In fact, dozens of new breweries are currently being planned all over the province, many of them in mid-size cities like Kelowna, Langley and Comox Valley (pg. 112). And if you’re looking for the best way to experience them, Joe Wiebe has come up with bike tour itineraries all over the province (pg. 32).

Of course, not all craft breweries find success, as is evidenced by the growing list of now defunct breweries (pg. 24).

But that’s all part of the ebb and flow of craft beer. The only constant, is change.

Cheers!

LEGEND

—Rob Mangelsdorf, editor

GLUTEN-FREE BOOZE OPTIONS

Suggested Glassware STANGE

Kolsch Marzen Bock

PILSNER Lager Pilsner Witbier

NONIC PINT

Stout Pale ale Most ales, actually

WEIZEN

Hefeweizen Weizenbock Fruit beer

TULIP

Saison IPA Strong ales

GOBLET

Berliner weisse Quad Tripel

SNIFTER

Barleywine Sours Anything weird

BREWER BREWER

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Meghan Goertz photos

THE VICTORIA EDITION

by Rob Mangelsdorf

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ictoria is the undisputed birthplace of craft beer in Canada—if not North America—but after years of innovation, the beer scene seemed to stall in the past decade.

While Vancouver exploded with new breweries, new brewers and new styles, Victoria was slow to adopt the tasting room model. Prior to Île Sauvage’s opening six months ago, the city hadn’t seen a new craft brewery open in more than seven years.

Thankfully, that’s changing.

The capital now has its first two craft beer tasting rooms at Phillips and Île Sauvage, with plans in the work for one at Vancouver Island Brewing, too. And there are finally new breweries on the way, with Whistle Buoy, Herald Street Brew Works, Merridale and the Hudson all expected to open in the next 12 months. With the newly formed Victoria Beer Society bringing an ever-growing calendar of craft beer events to the city—as well as taking over the Great Canadian Beer Fest—it seems Victoria is poised to regain its title as the craft beer capital of Canada.

So it seemed like a good time to sit down with craft beer visionary Matt Phillips of Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. and plucky young upstart Stephane Turcotte of Île Sauvage Brewing Co. and talk to them about where Victoria’s beer scene has come from and where it’s headed.

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We wanted to open with a tasting room. There was nothing like that in Victoria. That’s our whole business model.

—Stephane Turcotte, Île Sauvage Brewing Co.

GROWLER: Victoria has always been a big brewpub town, are people here finally coming around to tasting rooms?

PHILLIPS: Honestly, there’s not a big difference between a brewpub and a tasting room now.

STEPHANE TURCOTTE: We can sell guest taps now, you’re not limited to just your beer.

GROWLER: You can bring your kids into most brewpubs now, too.

PHILLIPS: But brewpubs tend to have more of a food focus, they have TVs, and we want people to come in and focus on our beers. The focus [in a tasting room] is on the experience. Experiencing the beer and experiencing the culture [of craft beer], that’s the biggest thing.

GROWLER: In 2012, the provincial government finally allowed craft breweries to have tasting rooms and that led to a huge explosion of breweries opening in Vancouver, but not in Victoria.

Why do think it’s taken so long for tasting rooms to catch on here?

PHILLIPS: We all built our breweries before tasting rooms were even allowed. And for a lot of breweries here, they don’t have the space, even if they wanted to build a tasting room. Our tasting room used to be a doggy daycare. We had to wait for them to leave to build this, because we didn’t have the space either.

GROWLER: It seemed like the brewpubs started because there was this demand for craft beer, and tasting rooms weren’t allowed, so that was the only way to pour your own beer. And Victoria has a really strong pub culture here, there are some absolutely fantastic pubs in this town. So it seemed like Victoria was so far ahead of the curve that brewpubs were well established by the time 2012 came around and everything changed. Tasting

TURCOTTE rooms in Vancouver were filling a void, while in Victoria, that void didn’t exist.

TURCOTTE: That was why we wanted to open with a tasting room. There was nothing like that in Victoria. That’s our whole business model.

GROWLER: That’s a very different business model than most Victoria breweries.

PHILLIPS: It’s absolutely a different model.

None of the Victoria breweries were built with a tasting room in mind. The environment is different, the margins are different.

GROWLER: How has the process been, opening up the tasting room? I’ve heard that things tend to move slowly here in Victoria.

TURCOTTE: We have had unanimous support at every step of the way, but it still took us more than a year and a half. There’s just a lot of hoops to jump through. We could have opened much earlier if we didn’t have the tasting room, but our intent was always to have one.

PHILLIPS: It’s an arduous political process to go through. It’s punishing for a business to go through that. This industry is so completely governed by the whims of government, at every level, not just municipal.

GROWLER: The craft beer scene in Victoria has seen a lot of changes since Spinnakers first opened back in 1984. It seems like things are starting to change once again.

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I didn’t want to brew the same beer everyday. So then I launched Longboat [Chocolate Porter], Amnesiac [Double IPA] and Organic Pale Ale. That was when the fun started to happen, and it got us addicted to having too many brands, which we still do today.

TURCOTTE: I remember the first time I tried Longboat Porter when I was in UVic, and I remember thinking, this is the best beer I’ve ever had. Chocolate in a beer? It was crazy.

GROWLER: Victoria craft beer drinkers seem to be really well educated about beer. Is that because of the pub and brewpub scene here?

PHILLIPS

TURCOTTE: Places like The Drake, for sure. For UVic kids today, that’s their local pub, and they’re getting exposed to amazing craft beer. So we’re seeing craft beer drinkers that are a lot more educated.

PHILLIPS: I think for a long time, there hasn’t been much change, actually. It’s still a lot of the same people brewing from when I first started.

PHILLIPS: I think Great Canadian Beer Festival has been a big part of that for a long time. People can go there and try beers from all over and that creates demand. But beer has always been a part of Victoria. If you go back a hundred years there were dozens of breweries here.

GROWLER: How would you describe the state of the Victoria beer scene right now?

GROWLER: How does Victoria’s beer scene compare to other beer destinations?

PHILLIPS: It’s a really healthy beer scene right now. The brewers still interact with each other, they call each other up if they’re having an issue.

And that’s part of why the beer here is so good, is that there is so much collaboration.

TURCOTTE: I don’t think it’s more unique than places like San Diego or Portland, and that’s fine, I don’t think we have to be. But the beer here is very good. We’re getting a lot of tourists and they’re seeking us out. A lot of people do come here for the beer. j

TURCOTTE: We needed helping hands at some points and we got it. Before we opened we introduced ourselves to the other breweries in Rock Bay and we put Moon [Under Water], Hoyne and Driftwood on as guest taps. We were the young upstart in their hood, but they were all very welcoming.

GROWLER: Matt, what did the Victoria beer scene look like when you first opened back in 2001?

PHILLIPS: It was very different, everything was very different back then. You could be a production brewery or a brewpub, and that was it. It was a totally different model. My first space was 1,300-sq.-ft. commercial space in Esquimalt.

I learned to weld so I welded my own fermenters on the loading dock and brought them inside, and even sold some. I had the brewer’s mentality of if I have more tanks, I could brew more beer, cause

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Brewing it

old school B.C. craft brewers are going back in time to bring obscure beer styles back from the dead

by Rob Mangelsdorf

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efore the almighty industrial lager managed to supplant nearly every beer style on earth, people brewed with whatever local ingredients they could get their hands on.

That meant beer styles varied greatly from region to region, and even town to town. While many of these styles and recipes have been lost to the winds of time, some B.C. craft brewers are digging into the history books to resurrect ancient beers, discovering new flavours, ingredients and methods by looking to the past.

Brewer Dan Van Netten of Howl Brewing brews a different obscure historical beer every month at his nanobrewery in North Saanich. For Van Netten, researching and recreating lost beers is a way to get in touch with the past. By drinking what someone from 15th century Germany or 17th century England might have drank, for a brief moment you can put yourself in their shoes

You can look at history and see how different events and social changes affected the beer people drank.

—Dan Van Netten, Howl Brewing

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(or at least their sandals) and experience what they experienced. It’s a direct connection to the past.

“It’s satisfying to bring something back from the dead,” he says. “These beers tell a story, and by bringing them back to life, we can keep that conversation going.”

The history of beer in many ways mirrors the history of human civilization, he says, and rediscovering lost beer styles can tell us how people lived long ago. Beer is a big part of who we are as a civilization.

“You can look at history and see how different events and social changes affected the beer people drank,” he explains. “Things like rationing, taxation, religious influences—they all had an impact.”

According to recent studies, beer production might have even been an important factor in humanity’s transition from nomadic hunter-gatherers to a domesticated agricultural society.

Van Netten does most of his research online and in esoteric historic books, some of which he gets translated. But finding a description of a beer is just the first step.

“Sometimes you kind of have to fill in the blanks,” he says. “So we’ll look at what ingredients they might have had available at the time.”

Van Netten recently brewed a Brunswick Mum, which is a 16th century spiced brown ale from

England that has its roots in a pre-Reinheitsgebot 15th century German beer called “mumme.” After the Bavarian Purity Law came into effect, the style carried on in England and Ireland, but with some significant changes.

“The English went crazy with the ingredient list trying to recreate it,” Van Netten says.

In addition to herbs like blessed thistle, gale, marjoram, fir branch and chrysanthemum, a considerable portion of the grain bill is made up of beans.

“Beans were frequently used by the English as a body builder for dark beers,” he says. “The mash was pretty gummy. But experimentation is a big part of it. We often don’t know what it’s going to taste like until it’s done.”

Brewer Dave Paul of LoveShack Libations in Qualicum Beach has been working with Vancouver Island University anthropological archeologist professor Marie Hopwood to create beer recipes from prehistory, including chicha, a traditional Peruvian drink made from fermented purple corn that has been chewed up and spat out first.

“Yeah, we didn’t chew the corn,” says Paul. “An enzyme in saliva helps break down the corn so it can be fermented, but we just soaked it in some pineapple instead.”

Paul and Hopwood have collaborated on three beers now, including a Viking grog called Odin’s Eye and a saffron-spiced beer called Midas Touch made with ancient grains.

Inspired by the work of biomolecular archeologist Patrick McGovern and his book Ancient Brews: Rediscovered and Re-created, the pair started with McGovern’s work, and combined that with Hopwood’s own original research and Paul’s brewing know-how to come up with the recipes.

“I love brewing one-off beers and learning new techniques,” he says. “I love the experimentation of it—you have no idea how it’s going to go.”

Hopwood teaches a course on the anthropology of food and drink

Howl Brewing's Dan Van Netten uses blessed thistle, malted barley, reishi mushroom and chaga mushroom in some of his obscure historic beer styles. Meghan Goertz photo

at VIU, and the prehistoric beers are a valuable teaching aid for her students.

“I want to do something that helps my students imagine how people lived in these times,” she says. “A lot of students don’t know anything about Mesopotamia or ancient Peru, so this is a way to bring this region and this time to life.”

Midas Touch was based on an ancient Egyptian beverage, and was brewed with saffron, coriander, honey, spelt and an ancient grain called kamut. The result was floral and spicy, and like nothing they had ever tasted.

“That would have been the taste of extreme wealth in that time,” says Hopwood.

Archeological records show beers like Midas Touch existed for 7,000 years before the advent of writing, which means there’s no recipes lying around. So some artistic license is taken.

“We’re not going for historical accuracy,” says Paul. “These are historically-inspired ales. They still have to be drinkable and sellable.”

“In anthropology, we argue that authenticity doesn’t really exist, anyways,” Hopwood adds.

“We want to start a conversation. We want to bring the past to life.” j

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Words and photos by Rob Mangelsdorf

he Okanagan may be wine country, but craft beer has arrived in a major way in Kelowna. In the past three years, five new breweries have opened in the city, with another seven on the way. There are even hopyards popping up along Highway 97, as local farmers take advantage of that warm Okanagan sun and rich soil.

So forget about all that sunshine, the glorious lake, the sandy beaches, the world-class food and wine—Kelowna is a craft beer destination now, and the time is right for a summer road trip.

Downtown

If you’re staying in Kelowna, chances are you’re staying downtown, or close to it. After all, that’s where the action is: the beaches, the restaurants, the hordes of sunburnt Albertans.

Craft Beer Market opened up in the former Paramount Theatre on Bernard Avenue last year and is a good place to get your bearings. With more than 100 beers on tap, nearly all of Kelowna’s breweries are represented there.

Heading north on Water Street, you’ll find the Tree Brewing Beer Institute, which operates

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independently from the now Big Rock-owned and Vancouver-brewed Tree Brewing. This bright and friendly tasting room features a glass wall separating the bar from the brewery, offering beer nerds a front row seat to the action.

A block up and a block over, you’ll find yourself at what might be the most fun craft brewery in the whole province. BNA Brewing Co. is located in the historic Old Cannery Building, and the former massive brick warehouse has been converted into a Pee-Wee’s Playhouse of cool shit to do while drinking. There’s a bowling alley upstairs, an indoor bocce ball court, a vintage arcade, a food truck located inside, a bar/nightclub downstairs, and if you’re just looking to grab some beers, there’s a separate tasting room and growler fill station so you don’t have to brave the lineup to get your hands on a bottle of Tennessee Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Milk Stout. And rest assured, if it’s a Friday or Saturday night, there will be a lineup.

North End

Historically, Kelowna’s North End has been home to the city’s many fruit canning plants, and it’s where companies like Sun-Rype Products and

From left: Get educated at Tree Brewing's Beer Institute in downtown Kelowna; Kettle River Brewing Co.'s tasting room is the kind of place you can easily spend all day in—and all night; West Coast craft classics are on the menu at cosy Red Bird Brewing.

B.C. Fruit Growers’ Association are located today.

While the canning industry declined with the advent of refrigeration, it left behind a vast industrial neighbourhood with properties ripe for the picking for craft breweries. Tree Brewing’s original brewery was the first to move to Richter Street back in the 1990s, and for decades was the only brewery in the neighbourhood. That brewery may be gone, but in its place has grown a veritable ecosystem of craft beer, all within walking distance.

Kettle River Brewing Co. opened up in 2016 with just a tiny homemade brewhouse that would have been undersized for most nanobreweries, let alone a 42-seat tasting room. It’s been punching above its weight ever since, and with a new 600-litre brewhouse, a lounge licence, a bumping patio and new brewer in Wilson Watson at the helm, Kettle River has really come into its own. The atmosphere is lively and welcoming and it’s easy to lose an entire afternoon in the comfortably kitschy space, especially with a pint of English Subtitles ESB— which won gold at the recent Okanagan Fest of Ale—in your hand.

Since opening, Kettle River has been joined by Red Bird Brewing and Vice & Virtue Brewing Co. just a few metres away, with three more breweries set to open in the neighbourhood by the end of the year.

“It’s pretty exciting to see all the growth in the industry up here happening so fast,” says Kettle River co-owner Chris Dedinsky. “I do think the wine culture in Kelowna helped bump the enthusiasm around craft beer in the Okanagan generally.

Especially with restaurants and bars. Most places around town have had a good local selection of wine and are transitioning quickly into having a great selection of local and local-ish beer on tap as well.”

Right around the corner—quite literally—is Red Bird Brewing. With space for maybe 20 people, the tasting room is cosy and rustic, with a half dozen takes on classic West Coast craft styles on tap. While most of the beer is currently brewed offsite, a new brewery with a 12 hL brewhouse is in the works.

Above: BNA Brewing Co.’s tasting room offers a quiet respite from the bouncing bar next door. Right: Taste the rainbow at Vice & Virtue, the newest brewery at Baillie and Richter.

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things really get wild in the back, where they barrel age and bottle condition their mixed fermentation sours and farmhouse ales. While they’ve only been up and running for six months, beers like Imaginal Phase Rye Saison—with its subtle spice, balanced tartness and clean, dry finish—are proof that this is a brewery to keep an eye on.

It's all about the wood at Boundary Brewing Co., where the traditional German lagers and ales are brewed in a wooden brewhouse—the only one of its kind in Canada.

Vice & Virtue Brewing Co. is the new kid on the block, having opened up last year, but it’s already earned a loyal following thanks to its hip décor, cutting edge beers, and simply phenomenal food.

The chicken liver paté (a.k.a. the foie gras of the working class) is rich and velvetly, while the charcuterie and smoked meats are all done in house. If you’re looking for a Brut Champale or a Mango Milkshake IPA, this is the place. And while the vibe might be more restaurant than tasting room, it’s a must-visit.

North Kelowna

Not to be confused with the North End, the city’s other industrial neighbourhood lies north of Rutland next to UBC Okanagan and the airport. Here, a growing number of breweries are serving the thirsty masses on the outskirts of the city. Though not walkable from downtown, it’s definitely worth taking the 15-minute drive to see what’s brewing.

Closer to town, Freddy’s Brewpub keeps it simple with its selection of approachable craft beers, the quality of which has actually improved a great deal over the past couple of years. In addition to the attached bowling alley (hence the Big Lebowski theme throughout the bar—and, yes, you can get a White Russian if you’re taking a break from craft beer), Freddy’s also regularly hosts live comedy nights.

On the horizon

Kelowna might have more new craft breweries in the works than any municipality in the province—by my count there are no less than seven currently in the works. In the North End, there’s Rustic Reel Brewing, Jackknife Brewing and Red Bird’s new brewery on the way, while on the south side of the city, there’s Barn Owl Brewing and Shoreline Brewing. Meanwhile, Kelowna Brewing Co. will be opening up any day now, next to UBC Okanagan in North Kelowna, with Copper Brewing moving in to the Landmark neighbourhood. All the more reason to come back next year, too! j • Read more about Kelowna’s new breweries on page 112.

The tasting room at Boundary Brewing Co. is tiny and always packed, so expect to make new friends. Boundary’s approach is unique among B.C. breweries, with its über-traditional take on classic German beers, all made in its wooden brewhouse—the only one in Canada as far as I can tell. Make sure to try owner/brewer Oliver Gläser’s Altbier, one of the best takes in the province on the Düsseldorf style.

Just a short walk south is a brewery that couldn’t be any more different. The aptly named Wild Ambition Brewing is the passion project of unabashed beer nerds Mitchell Kehoe and Theresa Cashen. While the tasting room may be sparse,

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Aptly-named Wild Ambition Brewing is all about barrel-aged sours and mixed fermentation farmhouse ales.

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by Rob Mangelsdorf

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he past decade has seen some truly remarkable changes in the Vancouver craft beer scene, and one of the driving forces behind that has been Vancouver Craft Beer Week.

From its humble beginnings with barely more than a dozen breweries and a handful of guests, VCBW has grown into a cultural phenomenon, expanding beyond craft beer to encompass all manner of food, music, art and everything that makes life worth living. If nothing else, VCBW is a defiant middle finger to the notion of Vancouver as a “No Fun City.”

This year marks VCBW’s 10th anniversary, and the lineup promises to be the best yet, with more than 20 events planned across the city between May 31 and June 9. Here are some of the events we’re looking forward to this year (for the full lineup and online ticket sales, visit VancouverCraftBeerWeek.com). See you there!

FRIDAY, MAY 31 VCBW Kickoff Party @ Beaumont Studios (316 W. 5th Ave.) Vancouver Craft Beer Week’s 10th annual celebration starts in sparkly style with a massive sequined kickoff party at the Beaumont Studio. More than 40 breweries will be taking part, along with food trucks, live music and DJs, as well as interactive visual and performing arts. Since the traditional 10th anniversary gift is aluminum, all the beers will be canned, the

décor will be shiny and partygoers are encouraged to get down with their sparkly selves. 6–10pm, tickets are $25 (includes first beer and entry).

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 Sommelier Vs Cicerone @ Sutton Place Hotel (845 Burrard St.) Come out and vote for your favourite food/drink pairing as Dianne “Super Somm” Fisher battles Paul “Brew Paul” Pyne for the chance at taking home the Best of B.C. Championship belt. One night, one ring, a four-course plated dinner paired with wine and beer by two of the best in the business. 6:30–9:30pm, tickets are $120 (includes dinner and drinks).

SUNDAY, JUNE 2 Hoppapalooza 10 Year Reunion @ The Alibi Room (157 Alexander St.) Not only is it the 10th anniversary (and triumphant return) of the Alibi’s legendary Hoppapalooza event, it’s also the Alibi’s 13th birthday and will be its 1,000th beer list. Needless to say, the crew is going all out for this one. Expect exclusive beers, new collabs, live music and rampant beer nerdom. 11am–3pm or 6–10pm, tickets are $50 (includes welcome beer, two drink tickets and a bowl of chili).

SATURDAY, JUNE 8, AND SUNDAY, JUNE 9 VCBW Festival @ PNE Fairgrounds Capping off Vancouver Craft Beer Week, the VCBW Festival at the PNE Fairgrounds celebrates music, food and beer, hosting 100 craft breweries and cideries pouring more than 300 beers and ciders, plus live music and art performances and 20+ food trucks serving up delicious local eats. The biggest beer festival in the province and the most fun you can have with your clothes on (please keep your clothes on). 2–7pm ( June 8) and 12–5pm ( June 9), tickets start at $39 for single day passes. j

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Breweries vessel condition their beers to naturally carbonate them—and make them spectacular!

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by Rob Mangelsdorf

ou know those lovely little bubbles that make your favourite beer fizzy and delicious? They didn’t get there on their own.

While carbon dioxide is formed naturally during the fermentation process in beer, the vast majority of commercial beers are carbonated artificially. Flat beer is chilled to just above freezing, then injected with carbon dioxide, which stays dissolved in the beer until you crack it open.

Of course, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with this method. It’s a quick, easy, cost-effective way to carbonate beer.

But there is another way to get those bubbles. Some would say, a better way. Ben Coli, owner and brewer at Dageraad Brewing in Burnaby, the 2018 Canadian Brewery of the Year, is one of those people.

Vessel conditioning is the process by which breweries allow their beer to naturally carbonate by carefully refermenting the beer in the bottle, can or keg. Once a beer has finished fermenting, additional yeast and sugar are added prior to packaging. The beers are then stored at a specific temperature for two weeks or more, allowing the yeast to chew up the sugar and produce carbon dioxide, thus naturally carbonating the beer.

So, yeah, carbon dioxide is basically yeast farts.

Delicious yeast farts.

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Nearly all of Dageraad’s award-winning beers are bottle conditioned, and it’s a subject that gets Coli almost giddy.

“It’s awesome for a couple of reasons,” he says.

Firstly, because active refermentation is taking place in the bottle, that yeast eats up any oxygen that gets into the beer. That means bottle conditioned beer has a longer shelf life than force carbonated beer.

“Oxygen is the main thing that makes beer go bad,” says Coli. “And it doesn’t matter how good your packaging is, there’s always going to be a little bit of oxygen that gets in. It’s a great way for small breweries to get good packaged stability without expensive, fancy bottling equipment.

Secondly, it makes the beer taste amazing. The secondary fermentation that takes place in the bottle produces flavour compounds called esters, and for some styles of beer, these esters can take it to the next level.

“For us, esters are a big component of our beers and [the beer] is noticeably better from bottle conditioning,” says Coli. “In Belgium, nearly all of the beer is still bottle conditioned, and it makes a huge flavour contribution.”

It also allows beers to have higher carbonation, giving it a champagne-like effervescence.

“A lot of styles aren’t right without bottle conditioning,” Coli contends. “You can’t do proper Belgian tripel or a saison without it, in my opinion. It’s an entirely different experience.”

It’s not all sunshine and lollipops, though: there are some major drawbacks to bottle conditioning, especially if it’s not done right. Like exploding bottles, for instance. If you’ve ever homebrewed, you might have experienced a bottle bomb or two. If the yeast is too active, it can over-ferment, causing the beer to overcarbonate. The pressure in the bottle builds until the cap blows off or the bottle explodes.

Thankfully, it’s not really an issue for commercially bottle-conditioned beers.

However, mistakes can happen. Dageraad lost an entire batch of its 10˚ Belgian-style quadruple because the temperature controlled room in which it bottle conditions its beers malfunctioned.

Spinnakers brewer Matt Stanley has been experimenting for the past few months, dialing in the process ahead of the first bottle conditioned releases for the venerable Victoria brewery.

“We want to up our game on our barrel-aged sours, and bottle conditioning is a great way to elevate the beer,” Stanley says. “There’s a bit of romance to bottle conditioned beers. They are beers made with love and they’re special. They’re handmade and they’re a living thing.”

Since bottle conditioning improves shelf life, bottle conditioned beers are ideal for cellaring, Stanley says. The active yeast will continue to work—albeit very slowly—subtly changing the character of the beer over time. However, leaving bottle-conditioned beers in a warm environment for months on end can lead to overcarbonation and gushing bottles.

How to drink a bottle-conditioned beer You might have noticed that there’s a little bit of sediment at the bottom of that bottle-conditioned beer. Don’t worry, it’s just yeast and it’s totally harmless. While some people prefer to pour a small glass, then gently stir the bottle to put the yeast back in suspension, Coli likes to leave the yeast alone, as it can cause an unwanted bitter taste. He prefers to gently pour the beer, being careful not to disturb the sediment. Leaving a finger of beer in the bottle will ensure the yeast doesn’t end up in your glass.

Step 1: Serve at 6 to 8 C in a stemmed tulip glass, leaving plenty of room for head to best release aroma.

Step 2: Pour gently at first, then quickly, leaving the yeast in the bottle.

Step 3: Smell. Taste. Swallow. Enjoy!

Repeat.

Ben Coli

Dageraad Brewing

“If you want to preserve the beer, you should put it in the fridge,” says Stanley. “But it’s perfectly fine at cellar temperature (8-12 C).” j

The yeast can change the flavour of the beer, it can be quite bitter.

—Ben Coli, Dageraad Brewing

Matt Stanley Spinnakers

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What the When is an IPA not an IPA?

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by Joe Wiebe

sk any brewer what their bestselling beer is and I’ll bet you a Fat Tug they say it’s their India pale ale, and often by a mile. Craft beer lovers seem to adore hops above all else, and brewers are racing each other to figure out how to stuff more and more hops into their beers.

IPAs have traditionally been assertively hopped pale ales: slightly stronger in ABV than its pale ale brethren, with a pronounced hop bitterness that helps balance the malt body. Legend has it, the style got its name because it was dry-hopped to help preserve the beer on the long voyage from England to the colonies in India. Once the style came to North America, the hops got cranked up to 11 with the piney, resinous varieties that are grown here on the West Coast.

However, since the arrival of New England IPAs a few years back, the spectrum of beers that fall under the IPA label has expanded considerably. First we had black IPAs and white IPAs, and then wild IPAs and fruit IPAs. Now there are hazy IPAs, juicy IPAs, hazy pales, hazy white IPAs, milkshake IPAs, hazy wild IPAs, hazy session ales, and brut IPAs. I hear sour IPAs are the next big thing.

But how can these all be called IPAs when they are so different? Sure, there are lots of hops in all those different beers, but they also use a wide assortment of malts, different types of yeasts, and often adjuncts such as lactose, flour or—wait for it—apple pectin.

Doesn’t that make them a different style of beer altogether?

To explore this question I interviewed two brewers from either side of the province and the hazy spec-

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trum: John Folinsbee, head brewer at Backcountry Brewing in Squamish, one of B.C.’s leading producers of the hazy IPA panorama of beers; and Michael Lewis, owner/brewer of Three Ranges Brewing in Valemount, whose Tail Slap IPA is the reigning champion of the North American IPA category at the B.C. Beer Awards, which means he knows a thing or two about brewing a classic West Coast IPA. “I kind of stopped paying attention to official stylistic labels,” Folinsbee admitted right away. “Commercially, the word IPA is an incredibly successful sales tool.

You slap IPA on a can of beer, whatever it is, and it sells better.”

Across the province, Lewis agreed that styles aren’t important to him as a brewer. “I don’t ever brew to style. I only call things a style to help a customer choose. We had our Boondocks Bitter and only sold

Michael Lewis of Three Ranges Brewing in Valemount won Best North American IPA at the B.C. Beer Awards last year for his Tail Slap IPA. Rob Mangelsdorf photo

Commercially, the word IPA is an incredibly successful sales tool. You slap IPA on a can of beer, whatever it is, and it sells better. —John Folinsbee two kegs, but I changed the name to an English Summer Ale and sold the rest out.”

When it comes to IPAs, Lewis doesn’t love the hazy style.

“I can’t really drink more than one because they’re kind of sickly sweet for my palate,” he says. “I guess I’ve programmed myself for the bitterness.”

He appreciates that lots of people love them, but he wants to make sure consumers know what they are getting when they order an IPA. After all, the difference between a West Coast IPA and a hazy is quite significant.

“When you look at your dry stout compared to your oatmeal stout, those are little nuances whereas I don’t think a hazy IPA is a little nuance,” he argued. “If somebody says I’m an IPA drinker and I hand them a Tail Slap, but if all they’ve had is a Twin Sails, they could be turned off.” (Twin Sails, if you’ve been living under a rock, is one of B.C.’s leading producers of hazy IPAs; the brewery even swept the category at the B.C. Beer Awards last fall.)

Folinsbee believes that the idea of a “hoppy beer” has definitely evolved.

“The target keeps moving as to what is and what isn’t considered hoppy any more,” he says. “Back in the day, IBUs and alcohol content were like a badge of honour. Now people are more interested in how a beer smells and tastes. It’s more about the overall hops presence in the beer.”

Lewis thinks about the consumer he faces in his taproom or “across the jockey box at events who asks ‘Is it hoppy? Is it bitter?’” His response: “No, it’s not bitter—it’s well-balanced.”

I like hop-forward, hazy beers a lot, but they remind me more of German hefeweizens or Belgian witbiers than traditional West Coast IPAs. Yeast plays a big role in all those styles, as does wheat and other non-traditional malts. Of course, the big differ-

Backcountry brewer John Folinsbee has got haze for days at his Squamish brewery. Contributed photo

ence is the hop presence, but then I’ve tasted a few hopfenweizens over the years that blur the boundary lines, too. Maybe we can just start calling them hazy ales and drop the IPA part. I doubt that will happen, though, given that both brewers I interviewed acknowledge that their IPAs—hazy or not—are their top-selling brands.

So what does the future hold for this trendy beer style with the name that doesn’t quite work but probably won’t change?

“We’re doing dry hop experiments all the time,” Folinsbee says. “It’s really just about experimenting and seeing what works. We’ll try something and see what it’s like and then change one variable at a time.”

Over in Valemount, Lewis is experimenting, too: “We tried to do a hazy IPA with CrossRoads and it was clear as a bell. We couldn’t figure out how to do it.” Nonetheless, “It was a hugely popular beer.

People really liked that big hop presence without the bitterness.” j

Required drinking Backcountry // Widowmaker IPA Boombox // (pretty much everything) Category 12 // “Data” series Parkside // Dreamland and Humans Persephone // Single Hop Hazy IPA series Phillips // Oceans Wise Hazy Pale Superflux // (pretty much everything) Twin Sails // (pretty much everything)

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BREWING UP GENDER PARITY The quest for beerquality

by Rebecca Whyman

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omen are markedly underrepresented in craft beer. This is not news to anyone. But have you ruminated on just how large the gender gap is? A 2018 survey

by Neilsen-Harris found American craft beer drinkers are 68.5 per cent male and 31.5 per cent female. Closer to home, BeerMeBC’s 2018 survey had those numbers at 71 and 29 per cent, with 0.32 per cent identifying as “other.” For those not so strong in the math department, that means that there are only three women drinking craft beer for every seven men. If you were a straight man looking for a date, you wouldn’t like those odds at all.

And I can tell you, as one of those three women, it’s not much fun being outnumbered everywhere I go to enjoy my beloved craft beer, delightful as those seven men may be.

Drinking craft beer is the easy part—when we move into the sections of the craft beer world that involve actual effort, the gender divide gets even larger. How many female brewery owners, female brewers, and female beer reps can you name? I know from personal experience that when I’m at an event like the B.C. Brewers’ Conference I feel like I can count the number of women present on my fingers.

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Current enrolment at Kwantlen Polytechnic’s brewing program is at an 82/18 split (up from 93/7 in 2014). While the gap has been narrowing over the years, it remains a very visible reminder for every woman in that program that she’s still a novelty. Moving from alewives to less than 1/5 of the brewers-in-training, women have “come a long way baby.” Too bad it’s in the wrong direction.

These disparate numbers are great news for marketers, who love an untapped population. Rather than try to understand their target audience, too often they have relied on stereotypes and gone with “pinking” beer. Case in point: Aurosa’s #beerforher in 2017. The campaign exhorted women to “toss away all preconceptions and be yourself.”

But, being yourself required drinking a beer that their preconceptions said would appeal because it comes in an “elegant designer bottle” that doubles as “a vase for fresh-cut flowers.” Really??!

The numbers are a bitter enough pill to swallow, but wait, we’re not done yet. A recent Stanford University study found that gender stereotyping significantly affects the way we evaluate products.

People have an unconscious bias against women-made craft beer.

The research also found that when consumers were told the woman-brewed beer had won awards, it was rated as highly as if it was brewed by a man.

Winning an award vouched for the competence of a woman. I’m not sure if I want to encourage breweries to enter more woman-brewed beers into contests so they can win awards, or if I want to cry at the ridiculousness of needing outside validation to believe women can be great brewers.

Don't wait for an award to believe a woman knows what she's doing.

On a happier note, the Stanford study discovered that gender bias doesn’t happen when the consumer is a beer expert. In that case, the beer is judged on its merits, not by who brewed it. That gives me such hope for craft beer—you go, fellow beer nerds!

So, how do we bring about gender parity?

I wish there was an easy three-ingredient recipe we could whip up. Alas, I don’t think the world will become enlightened overnight. But here are a few things I suggest we could all do to bridge the divide.

WELCOME WOMEN TO CRAFT BEER • Let’s get rid of the sexist beer names and labels.

• Lose the stereotypes—women like hoppy IPAs and imperials too!

• Invite people in. To paraphrase diversity champion Ren Navarro, it’s not enough to allow space for others in your tasting room or brewery, they need to know they’re invited, how to access the space and that they’ll be safe when they’re there.

• Put baby change stations and under table hooks for purses and jackets in tasting rooms (thank you, readers, for this feedback on my previous article!).

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MAKE YOUR WORKPLACE MORE HOSPITABLE • Assume competence. Don’t wait for an award to believe a woman knows what she’s doing. Don’t second-guess her knowledge or physical ability to do the job.

• Start the conversation. Invite the women currently working at the brewery to tell you about barriers you’re not aware of, and how they think they could be removed. And—this should go without saying, really—listen to what they tell you. Their experiences are valid, whether you can relate to them or not. It’s not a slight against you that you don’t know what you don’t know. But once you do know, do something about it!

• Think before you speak. Stop making jokes and comments at the expense of others. If you hear someone else doing so, call them on it. It really sucks for anyone to have to laugh off inappropriate jokes to keep the workplace harmonious.

• Networking. Send more of your female employees to brewers’ conferences and the like.

BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD Women, millennials, and anyone wanting to be taken seriously do themselves a disservice by equivocating. Don’t offer an opinion with one hand, then take most of it back with the other.

You don’t sort-of-maybe-kind-of want people to respect you.

Counteract your gender bias. Start approaching everyone as a “them” until their gender is

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confirmed to you (i.e. when someone tells you the new brewer at XYZ comes from Halifax, rather than ask when “he” moved here, ask when “they” moved here.) It’s a great tool for addressing gender bias, with the added bonus of keeping you from misgendering non-binary folks.

After we’ve done all the hard work, how will we know we’re getting close to gender parity? Here are some possible indicators: • Female brewers are referred to simply as brewers.

• In a mixed group of beer professionals, the women are considered just as likely to be the brewmaster.

• Special brew days for women are no longer needed, it will just happen organically that a batch or 50 ended up brewed by an all-woman crew, from a single brewery or as a collaboration.

• Barkerville Brewing will no longer be remarkable for its mostly female staff.

• No marketing person will ever again say “let’s attract women by pinking beer.”

It will be a glorious day when it arrives. Cheers to beerquality! j

Michael Jackson: The Beer Writer Who Changed the World I

by Ted Child

f you were given the unenviable task of picking the single most important person to modern beer, it might seem odd that it is a writer’s name rather than a brewer or brewery founder’s that you keep coming back to. Yet outside of, say, Josef Groll, who invented the modern pale lager in 1842, or maybe Sierra Nevada founder Ken Grossman, the person who is undeniably essential to all things beer today is writer and critic Michael Jackson. The King of Pop…ular barley-based beverages, if you will.

Jackson was born in 1942 in the English county of Yorkshire and raised in the Leeds area. At the age of 16, he would drop out of school to become a journalist. Having tasted beer for the first time when he was 15, one of Jackson’s first gigs as an underage journalist was a column about the history of and his impression of English pubs called “This is Your Pub,” an idea he himself had pitched to his editor.

For the next 20 years, Jackson would have a successful career as a journalist, including editing magazines and working as a TV investigative

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No one has done more to legitimize beer than writer Michael Jackson. His seminal work, The World Guide to Beer, helped spark the craft beer revolution.

reporter and producer. Maybe most importantly, he and two others founded a publishing company focusing on illustrated books called Quarto. When another writer was a no-show for a proposed book on the English pub, Jackson stepped in and wrote it.

The English Pub, published in 1975, like its subject matter, is charming and full of history. Jackson knew his subject matter very well, even down to the history of the images on the sign outside the door or how English religious and political changes affected the names on those signs. One other thing that becomes very clear while reading The English Pub, something that would be essential to the rest of his life, was that Michael Jackson was a very good writer.

The next year Jackson would put his skill to work on the book that would change his life and beer forever, The World Guide to Beer. Inspired by Hugh Johnson’s The World Atlas of Wine, Jackson decided to do the same thing for beer. The World Guide to Beer was a landmark in modern beer writing for many reasons. Back in 1977, writers did not talk nor write about beer in the same way they did about wine, something we take for granted now. By writing that one should taste beer in a similar way that one tastes and judges wine, Jackson changed that.

Maybe even more importantly, by a creating a system of beer styles by which to judge and understand the many different kinds of unique styles in the world, Jackson single handedly created the beer judge/critic, a role he himself would spend the rest of his life being the most famous example of.

The World Guide to Beer was also incredibly important to the current state of modern beer for the effect it would have on two vastly different beer cultures. It was sometime in the late 1960s that “one weekend in Belgium changed my life,” according to Jackson.

But that beer epiphany, something all beer geeks can relate too, was inspired by a beer culture that was in danger of going extinct. The unique and idiosyncratic beers and beer styles of Belgium were slowly disappearing. Family-owned breweries closed up shop as aging brewers retired or died, and the flood of pale lagers rolled in. Jackson—who would write extensively about Belgian beer, not just in the World Guide, but also in his other great work, The Great Beers of Belgium—would help wake up a generation of Belgians that it was necessary to protect their unique beer culture. It also helped create a world wide market that was thirsty to drink it.

On the other side of the world, the U.S. market had all but succumbed to the pale lager spectre.

Changes in the law, however, would allow a wedge in the homogenization. But what to brew? There

is no end to the many future brewers who would turn to The World Guide to Beer as a source of information and inspiration on beer styles.

After the World Guide, Jackson’s publication history is a bit difficult to track. He would leave Quarto without any rights to his book and would see little or no profit. Thankfully, he was now the world’s leading expert on beer, criss-crossing the globe, writing, hosting and judging. At one time, he was the person who had visited more breweries than anyone else alive. He was instrumental in championing the emerging craft beer scene. Unfortunately, Quarto would continue to pump out reprints of the World Guide without any revisions.

Jackson would write his Beer Companion, what some would say is his best book, that basically competed against his own classic. Finally, out of frustration, he agreed in the 1990s to update the World Guide, completely rewriting the entire text and calling it the New World Guide to Beer. When he wasn’t writing about beer, Jackson also wrote about whisky. His three books on whisky are widely regarded as classics.

It was also in the ’90s when Jackson used his experience in TV to produce and host his other claim to fame, the TV show The Beer Hunter, further evangelizing and elevating beer (available on YouTube).

For the last 10 years of his life, Jackson would suffer from Parkinsons. This wouldn’t prevent him from continuing to write and work until very close to the end of his life. He died of a heart attack in 2007 at the age of 65.

The world of beer would be vastly diminished if it was not for the tireless and profound work and writings of Michael Jackson. You can find many of his articles online and you should never pass up a chance to pick up one of his books at a used book store. Think of him, if only briefly, the next time you drink a fine ale or lager. j

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Beer today, gone tomorrow A look back at B.C.’s defunct craft breweries

by Rob Mangelsdorf

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.C. has seen a delicious explosion of craft beer in recent years, but not every brewery is destined for success. Poor business decisions, hideous branding, changing markets and—most of all—lousy beer can all spell doom for a fledgling brewery. Some breweries run their course, others get sold and rebranded, while some were so far ahead of the curve the beer drinking public just wasn’t ready for them.

Here, then, is a look at some of the breweries that are no longer with us— though many of the people involved are still very much active in the B.C. craft beer scene.

Avalon/Taylor’s Crossing (North Vancouver) Originally opened by the Mark James Group in 2004 as Avalon Brewing, then rebranded as Taylor’s Crossing Brew Pub shortly thereafter, for a long time it was the only craft brewery on the North Shore. Some talented brewers passed through Taylor’s Crossing, including Iain Hill (Strange Fellows), Dave Varga (33 Acres), Dominic Giraldes (Postmark) and Hamish McRae (The Parkside Brewery). The brewery was also the original home of Red Truck Beer, which was produced there from 2005. While the brewpub closed in 2011, Red Truck continued to be brewed there until 2015, when its current purpose-built brewery in Vancouver was opened. Today, the space is home to Hearthstone Brewery, part of the Springs Group (owners of Mission Spring Brewing Co.)

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Bastion City Brewing (Nanaimo)

Briefly operated in downtown Nanaimo at 50 Commercial St. from 1995 to 1997. The original building was demolished to make way for the Port of Nanaimo Centre.

Big River Brewpub/ BRB Brewing (Richmond)

Opened in 1997 as Big River Brewpub, this brewery was attached to a bowling alley at the then new Riverport development. Rebranded as BRB (Be Right Back) Brewery + Eatery in 2015, it closed just a year later. Fuggles & Warlock was originally brewed at BRB before it opened its own brewery.

Today the space is occupied by Monkey 9 Brewing.

Broke ‘N Rode Brewing (100 Mile House)

Opened in early 2016 and shut later that year, this short-lived brewery served, by all credible accounts, some of the worst beer in the province. Thankfully, things have improved in its current incarnation as Jackson’s Social Club and Brew House.

Dix BBQ & Brewery (Vancouver)

Another early Mark James Group brewery, Dix opened in Yaletown in 1998 and was an incubator for much of the young brewing talent in Vancouver, with alumni like Tony Dewald (Trading Post), Derrick Franche (High Mountain BrewHouse), as well as Iain Hill and Dave Varga. Sadly, Dix closed in 2010 shortly after the Winter Olympics when the building’s landlord decided to jack the rent, and the brewing equipment went to Brassneck Brewing. In 2015, Central City opened its Red Racer Taphouse in the former Dix space, and even has some of the original branding and signage on display.

Broke 'N Rode Brewing Co. in 100 Mile House lasted for less than a year after it opened in 2016.

John Mitchell and Frank Appleton to produce beer for the nearby Troller Pub and became ground zero for the craft beer revolution. Mitchell and Appleton soon moved on to Spinnakers, and Horseshoe Bay briefly closed in 1985 before reopening and produced beer well into the 1990s, before closing for good in 1999. The original brewhouse, made from converted dairy equipment, is still in use today at Crannog Ales in Sorrento.

Hugo’s Grill and Brewhouse (Victoria)

This divey brewpub located in the Magnolia Hotel served Victoria for close to a decade before it closed in 2008 to make way for the hotel’s new spa. Brewer Ben Schottle has been at Phillips Brewing ever since.

Mozart Brewing Company (Kimberley)

Kimberley’s second stab at a craft brewery (the first being the Kimberley Brewing Co., which operated from 1997-98), Mozart was located on the Platz, the German-themed pedestrian town centre, in a Bavarian-style building but curiously served mainly English ales. Closed in 2016.

Horseshoe Bay Brewery (West Vancouver)

Horseshoe Bay Brewery was the first microbrewery in Canada when it was opened in 1982 by

The craft beer revolution begins: Frank Appleton pitches the yeast into the first batch of beer at the Horseshoe Bay Brewery in 1982.

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to Delta where it had the space to run a bottling and canning line. The brand was bought in 1999

by Sleeman Breweries, and production moved to the Okanagan Spring brewery in Vernon. In 2014, Shaftebury was sold to Fireweed Brewing (Tree Brewing) in Kelowna. The brand is still technically alive today, but it’s very much on life support compared to its heyday in the ’90s, and is currently brewed out of Big Rock’s Vancouver brewery.

Steel Toad Brewing (Vancouver)

Abbotsford's Surlie Brewing (above) was sadly short-lived.

Squamish's Tall Ship Ale Company (on left) brewed the first modern India Pale Ale in B.C.

Plan B Brewery (Smithers)

Opening in 2008, Plan B had no problem selling its beer—it just couldn’t make enough of it on its tiny 400 L system to be profitable. Alas, just a month after being named the best nanobrewery by Northwest Brewing News, the brewery closed up shop in 2013.

Despite being housed in the beautifully restored Opsal Steel building in the heart of Olympic Village, Steel Toad never connected with locals since it opened in 2014. Mediocre beer, questionable branding, inconsistent food and apathetic service didn’t help. BREWHALL, owned by the Tap & Barrel group, took over the space in 2018 and have managed to do everything right so far, creating one of the most fun places to experience craft beer in the city.

Surgenor Brewing (Comox)

The Comox Valley’s first craft brewery opened in 2008 and focused on making local versions of mass-market macro lagers and ales. The beer wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t remarkable either, and the brewery closed in 2011.

Sailor Hagar’s Brew Pub (North Vancouver)

Surlie Brewing (Abbotsford)

Savoy Brewery (Nelson)

Tall Ship Ale Co. (Squamish)

Metro Vancouver’s first brewpub started brewing its own beer in 1994 with Gary Lohin (Central City) as brewmaster. The in-house brewery shut in 2003, and today the pub offers six contract-brewed beers under its own brand, alongside 12 taps of craft beer.

This tiny brewpub opened in 2016 in the newly renovated Savoy Hotel on Nelson’s lively Baker Street, but closed earlier this year with owner Jimmy Bundschuh citing the competitive local market as the reason.

Shaftebury Brewing (Vancouver)

Founded in 1987 in Vancouver with the great John Mitchell as its first brewer, Shaftebury originally focused on draught ales, and helped to popularize the Vancouver-specific dark cream ale style. By 1995 and with none other than the ubiquitous Iain Hill as brewmaster, the brewery’s growing popularity soon prompted a move out

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Opened in 2014 by former Dead Frog and Mission Springs brewer Timmy Brown, Surlie went out of business by 2015, no doubt due in part to the fact the City of Abbotsford didn’t allow craft breweries to have tasting rooms or retail space at the time.

The Solitaire Belgian Dark Ale will be missed.

Way ahead of its time and gone far too soon.

Tall Ship was founded in 1993 by brewer “Wild” Bill Herdman and was responsible for the first commercial IPA brewed in B.C., as well as the first barley wine. Even Michael Jackson, the Beer Hunter himself, lauded Tall Ship’s bottle conditioned beers. Sadly, the brewery closed in 1998 after struggling with distribution. j Sources: Craft Beer Revolution by Joe Wiebe; Brewed in Canada: The Untold Story of Canada's 350-YearOld Brewing Industry by Allen Winn Sneath; Great Canadian Beer Guide by Stephen Beaumont; B.C. Beer Guide, BCBeer.ca.

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The best music and beer mashups you've ever heard/tasted M

by Rob Mangelsdorf

usicians like beer and brewers like music—it’s a fact. So it’s inevitable that the worlds of craft beer and music should collide. Usually it’s in the form of a one-off collab, sometimes the musicians themselves try their hands at brewing. And sometimes really weird shit happens, like beers that are blasted with music while they ferment in order to… change their molecular structure? We’re not really sure, but it’s a thing, apparently. Here’s a look at some of the most interesting music and craft beer mashups out there.

IRON MAIDEN / ROBINSONS BREWERY

Probably the most well-known beer on this list, Trooper is a traditional English ale developed by Iron Maiden frontman (and 747 enthusiast) Bruce Dickinson with the help of 180-year-old Robinsons Brewery. The beer has been a massive success since it was first launched in 2013 and can be found in bottles and cans all over the world. Much like the band, it shows no sign of stopping.

METALLICA / STONE BREWING

Hot on the heels of their 2015 collaboration with… ahem… Budweiser, Metallica decided to team up

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with Stone Brewing’s Arrogant Consortia to produce Enter Night Pilsner. I suppose it’s no surprise that the most boring band in metal came up with possibly the most boring beer on this list. According to drummer Lars Ulrich, "Our view of the worlds that we each inhabit, of creativity and process, and sense of place in relation to our peers and ‘The Man’ are almost identical." Shut the fuck up, Lars.

PREVAIL / PHILLIPS BREWING

One half of four-time Juno award-winning Canadian rap group Swollen Members and all-around lovely human being, Prevail teamed up with Vancouver Craft Beer Week and Phillips Brewing in 2014 to create Prev-Ale, a 7.0% ABV California common. The beer was a one-off to promote VCBW 2014 and sold out in a matter of days. Probably because I drank it all.

RUN THE JEWELS / BRLO

El-P and Killer Mike love them some craft beer, having released four different beers with breweries around the world so far. Their latest is the DOWN

Double IPA, a collaboration with Berlin brewery BRLO that’s infused with CBD (a non-CBD version is available stateside). Seriously, though, guys, maybe take a break from the cannabis beer and get to work on RTJ4, K?

SHRED KELLY / COLLECTIVE ARTS

East Kootenay alternative folk rock band Shred Kelly was part of Hamilton-based Collective Arts Brewing’s Vancouver Artist Series last year (despite not being from Vancouver), with their own limited edition can of Ransack the Universe IPA that featured art inspired by their song “Archipelago” on the can.

DEFTONES / BELCHING BEAVER

California alt-metal pioneers Deftones teamed up with San Diego’s Belching Beaver for a series of collaboration beers, beginning with Phantom Bride IPA in 2016, a West Coast style hop bomb loaded with Mosaic, Amarillo, Simcoe, and Citra hops, all handpicked by Deftones frontman, Chino Moreno. The latest in the series, Digital Bath, is a New England IPA.

WU TANG CLAN / FORTNIGHT BREWING So what happens when you purposely stress yeast during fermentation by blasting them with Wu-Tang Clan’s seminal 1993 album Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) for 12 days straight?

Probably nothing. But it’s great marketing. The end result is Bring The Ruckus IPA; its makers believe the heavy dose of Wu-Tang increased the microorganism’s metabolism, resulting in different flavour compounds. Personally, I’m a little disappointed no one has come up with Craft Rules Everything Around Me C.R.E.A.M. Ale yet.

with local Seattle brewery Elysian to create Loser Pale Ale. The beer’s tagline of “Corporate Beer Still Sucks” did not age well given Elysian’s 2015 sale to AB InBev. Yikes.

BARENAKED LADIES / FLYING MONKEYS CRAFT BREWERY

National musical embarrassment Barenaked Ladies teamed up with Barrie, Ontario’s Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery to create BNL Strong Beer. Developed and brewed with full participation of members of the band, with artwork designed by BNL keyboardist Kevin Hearn, the beer is described as “a fudge-y imperial chocolate stout with an 11% ABV that really lives up to its name.” I haven’t tried this beer, but if it’s anything like BNL’s music, it’s probably sickly sweet and generally awful.

HANSON BROTHERS BEER CO.

If you’re wondering what ever happened to Children of the Corn lookalikes/’90s bubblegum pop boy band Hanson, you are definitely alone. But as it turns out, the three brothers actually went and started their own craft brewery in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, with all that sweet “Mmmbop” money. They literally have a beer called Mmmhops Pale Ale. I shit you not.

MASTODON / MIKKELLER

Prog metal juggernauts Mastodon teamed up with Danish brewery Mikkeller to release Ancient Kingdoms Czech-Style Pilsner a few months ago, the third beer the band’s done with the Scandinavian super brand. The bottle literally has a dude with half his face melted off, yet in true Mikkeller fashion, is still somehow adorable.

Go figure. j

SUB POP RECORDS / ELYSIAN BREWING

Sub Pop celebrated its 20th anniversary by collaborating

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RECIPE

Stout-infused doughnuts with Twin Sails Brewing Con Leche Horchata Milk Stout PREPARED BY IAN MCHALE, EXECUTIVE CHEF OF WILDEBEEST

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astry stouts are an increasingly popular beer style that combine rich, sweet malty flavours with a luxuriously full body and a high ABV. They’re basically a dessert in a can! But what about making actual pastry with them? Chef Ian McHale of Vancouver’s acclaimed Wildebeest restaurant has done exactly that with his stout-infused doughnuts. Wildebeest is known for its locally sourced and seasonally fresh menu, and McHale, who developed his love for stouts while living in Ireland, uses Port Moody’s Twin Sails Brewing’s Con Leche Horchata Milk Stout to give the doughnut batter a unique texture. Cooking with beer never tasted so sweet!

—Rob Mangelsdorf

WHAT MAKES THIS RECIPE SPECIAL OR UNIQUE? I think this recipe is unique in the way that we use the milk stout to make the batter lighter and fluffier. It can be adapted to become a savoury

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doughnut, which is always different or add more sweetness to it, if you fancy the treat that way.

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS PARTICULAR BEER? WHAT SORT OF FOODS DOES IT PAIR WELL WITH? I chose the Twin Sails Con Leche Horchata Milk Stout due to the sweetness and airiness it adds to the doughnut. I think this beer also goes really well with a good game dish that has a chocolate jus, proving to be a truly versatile brew when pairing with some of your favourite dishes that are rich in flavour.

WHAT ARE SOME GENERAL TIPS YOU HAVE FOR COOKING WITH BEER? I like to add beer to a recipe when I need a bit of carbonation as opposed to using, say, plain club soda. The flavour of beer enhances the dish and gives it another layer, which comes through really nicely with these doughnuts.

Chef Ian McHale's beer-infused doughnuts use Twins Sails' Con Leche Horchata Milk Stout to make the batter extra light and fluffy, while adding sweetness and spice to compelement the cinnamon and sugar. Dan Toulgoet photos

I N g r ed i ents • 5.5 cups all-purpose flour • 3 tbsp sugar • 37g baking powder • 1 tsp salt • 250 mL Twin Sails Con Leche Horchata Milk Stout • 200 mL milk • 6 eggs • 3 tbsp canola oil

d i r ecti o ns 1. Mix dry ingredients together in a bowl.

2. Mix wet ingredients well in a separate bowl.

3. Mix dry and wet ingredients together with a hand mixer or a standing mixer until fully incorporated.

4. Spoon dough balls, about an ice cream scoop or one full tablespoon, into a deep fryer or pot of oil at 160 C (320 F).

5. Ensure that the doughnuts fully submerge and rotate them so they cook evenly. Cook for approximately four minutes.

6. Check doughnuts with a cake tester or toothpick to ensure they’re fully cooked.

7. Toss with cinnamon and sugar and enjoy! j

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Brews and bikeS Grab a helmet, throw on some Lycra and experience B.C. craft beer by bicycle.

by Joe Wiebe

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few years ago, I visited Belgium as part of a beer-focused active tour: we spent the mornings hiking or biking and then visited breweries in the afternoon and restaurants in the evenings. One of my favourite experiences was the day we biked through the hop fields of southwest Belgium, meandering along farm paths and quiet rural laneways until we reached our destination: the St. Sixtus Abbey, home to a Trappist brewery that makes one of the world’s most famous and rare beers, Westvleteren. After parking our bikes, we sat in the sunshine on the patio at the visitor’s centre and celebrated the ride with a fabulous beer.

and still be able to make their way back to Munich without falling off their bicycles.

Beer and bicycles have gone together ever since the invention of the bicycle. If you’ve ever had a radler, you can thank Bavarian innkeeper Franz Kugler, who in 1922 built a bicycle trail that ran for 12 miles from Munich directly to his beerhall, hoping to lure cyclists from the city. He combined beer and lemon soda in equal measures and called the new drink a radlermass, which translates into a “cyclist’s litre,” so the cyclists could have a drink

In Victoria, there are ample opportunities to cycle between breweries, whether it’s an easy jaunt to two or three brewpubs in the downtown area or something more ambitious. Victoria has a well-developed bicycle trail network with several breweries conveniently located close to the bike paths. Lighthouse Brewing and the Four Mile Brewpub are both short detours off the E&N Rail Trail in Esquimalt and View Royal respectively.

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An ideal way to combine cycling and craft beer is a bike tour between breweries, and here in British Columbia, there are plenty of excellent ways to do this. After all, what better way to burn off the calories from all that beer you just drank than with a bike ride to another brewery to drink more beer!

Even if you are not an avid cyclist, it is easy to cruise between a few breweries within the city limits of Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna or Penticton, for instance. And if you are a little more ambitious, there are lots of longer tours as well.

VICTORIA TO SOOKE • 110km round-trip • 5 breweries

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Last summer, I rode to Sooke with some friends on the Galloping Goose Regional Trail. We started at Spinnakers Brewpub for some “pre-hydration” and then rode for about an hour to the Axe & Barrel Brewhouse in Langford where we enjoyed lunch and a beer sitting at a sun-soaked picnic table outside the brewery. The second half was mostly spent riding through the tranquil forest or along the photogenic shoreline of Roche Cove in East Sooke, before we stopped for refreshment at Sooke Oceanside Brewery and then continued on for a few more kilometres to get to Sooke Brewing Company. We stayed overnight in an Airbnb in Sooke and then rode back the next day, stopping at the Four Mile before heading home to our families. All told it was about 110 km round trip.

Another longer ride I enjoyed followed the Lochside Regional Trail up through the Saanich Peninsula. We stopped at Category 12 Brewing in Central Saanich, then continued on to Howl Brewing near the Victoria International Airport, and then returned to Victoria with a final rest stop at Twa Dogs Brewery/Victoria Caledonian Distillery. Final distance: 73 km.

There are so many breweries in Vancouver that it is almost impossible to go for a bike ride without cruising past one. Bomber Brewing and Off the Rail are both located on Adanac Street, one of the city’s main bike routes, and each caters to the cycling crowd. Bomber even went to the trouble to install an air pump (under a sign that reads “free beer air”) so you can keep your tires pressurized.

Some well-earned refreshments after a sunny ride to Category 12 Brewing in Central Saanich. Joe Wiebe photo

In Kelowna, it’s easy to cycle between the breweries in the burgeoning downtown North End brewery district, which is home to Kettle River Brewing, Red Bird Brewing and Vice & Virtue Brewing (with a couple more in the works). BNA Brewing and the Tree Brewing Beer Institute are not too far, and if you’re more ambitious, try the new Okanagan Rail Trail, which runs all the way from Kelowna to Vernon and passes close to Freddy’s Brewpub, Boundary Brewing and Wild Ambition Brewing. You can even ride all the way to Vernon and visit Marten Brewing there,

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cycling past orchards, wineries, golf courses and lakes along the way. Penticton’s breweries are also easily accessible by bike, with the Kettle Valley Rail Trail as a great option for a longer ride.

KASLO

ROSSLAND TO KASLO

Kamloops is a great cycling Dock ‘n’ Duck Pub • 156km one way town with many nearby • 6 breweries mountain bike trails. The & 3 pubs downtown area has three breweries within cycling distance: Red Collar Nelson Brewing Co. The Lions Brewing, the Noble Pig Backroads Brewing Brewing Co. Co. Backroads Head Brewhouse and Alchemy Torchlight Torchlight Brewing Brewing Co Co Brewing. The Rivers Trail bike path connects to the North Shore, providing easy access to the Red Rossland Beard Cafe (a great tap Beer Co. Trail Beer Refinery Refinery. house) and the soon-toopen Bright Eye Brewing.

ROSSLAND Iron Road Brewing is at the top of a fairly steep hill, but it’s a good après-ride option for mountain bikers enjoying the many trails in Kenna Cartwright Park.

Cycling is a popular activity in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, especially in Cumberland, which is a mecca for mountain biking. With Land & Sea Brewing now open in Comox and a third operation called Ace Brewing set to join Gladstone Brewing and Forbidden Brewing in Courtenay, there are some great options for bicycle brewery tours there, as well. More ambitious riders could add Campbell River’s Beach Fire Brewing as a destination about 50 km north of Courtenay.

Out in the Kootenays, there are some great routes on various converted rail trails. One option that includes brewery visits is the North Kootenay

Angry Hen Brewing

Ainsworth Hot Springs

Lake–Silvery Slocan Super Side Trip (part of the Selkirk International Loop system of trails), a 177-km trail that connects Nelson’s three breweries with Kaslo, home of Angry Hen Brewing. The Rivers, Dams & Mines Super Side Trip runs from Nelson to Trail (Trail Beer Refinery) and Rossland (Rossland Beer Co.); plus, there’s the craft beer oasis known as the Lion’s Head Pub in Robson near Castlegar.

Time to put on your cycling shorts and helmet and hit the road. A brewery awaits at the end of the ride! j

BOOK A TOUR If you are without a bike of your own, some bike rental companies offer beer-focused tours, including the Pedaler’s Hoppy Hour tour in Victoria (ThePedaler.ca), which takes riders to three different breweries over the course of a three-hour, 9.5-km ride. In Kelowna, Smile Cycle Tours (SmileCycleTours.ca) offers a 15-person “community bike” brewery tour. Canadian Craft Tours (CanadianCraftTours.ca) offers the same sort of community bike tour in Kelowna as well as Vancouver. Cycle City Tours (CycleVancouver.com) also offers a Vancouver Craft Beer Tour using e-bikes.

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Your guide to get going to where the beers are flowing!

MAY 31–JUNE 9

JULY 20-22

Vancouver Craft Beer Week B.C.’s biggest craft beer party celebrates 10 years of awesome beers with another stellar lineup of events and its biggest ever festival on June 8 and 9 at the PNE Fairgrounds with more than 100 breweries and cideries participating.

VancouverCraftBeerWeek.com.

Phillips Backyard Weekender (Victoria) Phillips is so generous when it comes to inviting everyone over to hang out in their backyard. They always make sure there’s live music to keep us entertained, lots of yummy food trucks and there’s always tons of beer. So considerate!

BackyardWeekender.com

JUNE 1

AUGUST 10

HOPoxia (Victoria) Hopheads take note, this one’s all about dem IBUs. Phillips is once again opening up its backyard to celebrate the glory of the hop, with IPAs and hoppy haze for days. PhillipsBeer.com/Hopoxia2019

JULY 6 Farmhouse Fest (Vancouver) The annual celebration of all that is funky, fruity, wild, sour, peppery, estery, tart and/or dry returns to Vancouver’s UBC Farm. This year’s lineup is shaping up to be the finest yet, with world-class selections from Canada, U.S. and Europe. As in years past, you can expect the bucolic whimsy to be cranked to 11. FarmhouseFest.com

JULY 6 Squamish Beer Fest Nestled in the heart of Sea-to-Sky country in downtown Squamish, this picturesque outdoor beer fest features more than 55 breweries and cideries, making it well worth the trip.

SquamishBeerFestival.com

JULY 6 Craft and Country (Big White) Craft beer and country music take over Big White village with more than 20 participating breweries pouring and live music all day. BigWhite.com

Clover Valley Beer Festival (Surrey) More than 40 breweries are coming to the Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre in Cloverdale for this outdoor beer festival, along with live music and food trucks. Partial proceeds go to Twins Cancer Fundraising. GibbonsWhistler.com

AUGUST 24 Fraser Valley Fruit Beer Festival (Abbotsford) Celebrate the harvest at the Rail District Community Market with dozens of one-off fruit beers, fresh food and live music. FruitBeer.ca

AUGUST 24 Steveston Beer Fest (Richmond) Close to 40 breweries and cideries will be coming to the historic Gulf of Georgia Cannery in Steveston for this evening of deliciousness, with proceeds supporting the Richmond Christmas Fund. Ohares.ca/steveston-beer-fest

SEPTEMBER 6-7 Great Canadian Beer Festival (Victoria) The city that started the craft beer revolution one again plays host to the very best of B.C. and Canadian brewing at Royal Athletic Park.

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STRATHCONA BEER CO.

895 E. Hastings St. | StrathconaBeer.com DAILY 12-11PM EST. 2016

Good pizza, good beer. Name a more iconic duo! Head on into Strathcona Beer Co. for just that, and don’t forget to grab a six-pack of its award-winning beer on the way out.

BEACH

GET DOWN ON IT IPA

L E M O N M A N DA R I N R A D L E R

I N D I A PA L E A L E

Availability: Seasonal

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ABV

4.0%

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15

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A light, effervescent beer that is thirst quenching and easy to drink with a tart, clean finish.

7.0%

IBU

83

Dry-hopped with Galaxy, Simcoe and Citra, giving it a tropical fruit flavor.

BIG SEXY FUNK

PREMIUM PILSNER

H A Z Y I N D I A PA L E A L E

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Availability: Seasonal ABV

5.5%

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55

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This dry, hazy IPA is audaciously aromatic with big citrus accents and fresh tropical fruit notes.

5.0%

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A smooth and crisp pilsner brewed in the traditional Czech style.

Screen Ale Before he was brewing up award-winning IPAs at Strathcona Beer Co., brewer Michael “Fezz” Nazarec was a former audio technician of 25 years at CBC television, as well as a prolific homebrewer. He also got in front of the camera, hosting the YouTube channel “Beer! The Show,” which explored all things craft beer.

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This crisp cerveza-style lager is lightly hopped, pale straw in colour and has subtle notes of malt.

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STRANGE FELLOWS BREWING

1345 Clark Dr. | StrangeFellowsBrewing.com DAILY 12-11PM EST. 2014 This brewery’s lineup of beers more than lives up to its boldly creative marketing and design. Check out the Fellowship program, which offers discounts and four exclusive beers released quarterly.

GUARDIAN

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VANCOUVER

33 ACRES EXPERIMENT

33 ACRES BREWING CO.

15 W. 8th Ave. | 33AcresBrewing.com

25 W. 8th Ave. | 33AcresBrewing.com

Nothing goes better with craft beer than brunch, so start off your morning (or afternoon, no judgment) with the ever-stylish 2018 BCBA Brewery of the Year.

Right next door to its sister location, lies Experiment—where you can sample brewer Dave Varga’s ongoing exploration of fermentation science.

33 ACRES OF SUNSHINE

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VANCOUVER

BIG ROCK BREWERY VANCOUVER

ANDINA BREWING CO.

1507 Powell St. | AndinaBrewing.ca

310 W. 4th Ave. | BigRockBeer.com

This Yeast Van brewery’s South American roots are evidenced by the Chilean malt and Columbian fruit in its beers—as well as the five different kinds of ceviche in its tasting room.

Winning gold and bronze at the 2019 Canadian Brewing Awards, Big Rock has expanded to include more tanks and a canning line. Stop in for a tour!

PALIDA

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VANCOUVER

VANCOUVER

BOMBER BREWING CO.

BRASSNECK BREWERY

1488 Adanac St. | BomberBrewing.com

2148 Main St. | Brassneck.ca

Located in the heart of the East Van brewing district, the Bomber tasting room is always ready to pour you a pint. Come in for a drink, a growler fill, or to stock up on six-packs.

Nestled in the Brewery Creek beer district, Brassneck took home two bronze medals at the 2019 CBAs for its playful, innovative and “dangerously drinkable” beer!

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VANCOUVER’S BEST SELECTION OF CRAFT, DRAFT AND BELGIAN BEERS CAMBIE—38 TAPS 3305 Cambie • 604-874-6900

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BREWHALL

CALLISTER BREWING CO.

97 E. 2nd Ave. | BREWHALL.com

1338 Franklin St. | CallisterBrewing.com

When the sun goes down, BREWHALL puts on it’s dancing shoes. With a first anniversary arriving this summer, there is sure to be a great party.

This incubator brewery has given birth to some gifted children, including Boombox and Superflux. The new baby brewery this year is called Altitude Beer.

HALL PASS IPA

POP TOP (CALLISTER)

CUBAN TAXI (CALLISTER)

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VANCOUVER

COAL HARBOUR BREWING CO.

CONTAINER BREWING

1967 Triumph St. | CoalHarbourBrewing.com

1216 Franklin St. | CBrew.ca

Two more Canadian Brewing Awards add to Coal Harbour’s impressive trophy case—but we’re still waiting for them to open a tasting room!

The new kid in Yeast Van is helmed by American brewer Tim Juul and features a bright and airy 67-seat tasting room.

MARKET SATURATION IPA

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VANCOUVER

VANCOUVER

CRAFT COLLECTIVE BEERWORKS

DOCKSIDE BREWING CO.

1253 Johnston St. | DocksideVancouver.com

1575 Vernon Dr. | CraftCollective.beer

Craft Collective is home to brands like Doan’s, Postmark, Spectrum and Phantom—who will collectively be releasing more than 35 new products this year!

The beer may get overshadowed by the gorgeous patio, but it’s still one of the best places to bring out-of-towners to show off the city.

VIRTUOUS PINEAPPLE (PHANTOM)

MIXED BERRY SOUR (SPECTRUM)

CHAI-SPICED WITBIER

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is a B.C. craft beer and cider-focused pub showing sports on multiple TVs with pinball, foosball and pool.

Trivia on Thursdays, Karaoke on Saturdays & Live Comedy on Sunday nights.

395 Kingsway | 604-558-1208 12kingspub.com | @12KingsPub

SPICED WITBIER Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.2% 12

MARINA LAGER HELLES LAGER Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.8% 20

WE’VE GOT YOUR BREW. Come shop our large selection of local craft beer.

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VANCOUVER

DOGWOOD BREWING

EAST VAN BREWING CO.

8284 Sherbrooke St. | DogwoodBrew.com

1675 Venables St. | EastVanBrewing.com

Dogwood proudly uses vegan finings, local ingredients and Salmon Safe hops. Join Vancouver’s first and only certified organic brewery for patio parties in July and August.

If the summer heat is getting to you, remember that this brewery’s tasting room is airconditioned—the perfect excuse to pop in for a beer. Like you even need one.

REIGN BOOT PINK BOOTS COLLAB

BENCH REST BUCKWHEAT ALE

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5.0% 40

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4.0% 15

VANCOUVER

N O R W E G I A N TA B L E B E E R Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

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BACK PORCH PILSNER GERMAN PILS Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 30

VANCOUVER

ELECTRIC BICYCLE BREWING CO.

FACULTY BREWING CO.

20 E. 4th Ave. | ElectricBicycleBrewing.com

1830 Ontario St. | FacultyBrewing.com

Hence the name, Mount Pleasant’s newest brewery, Electric Bicycle, used to be an electric bicycle factory. Today the space is home to some electrifying beers.

Is your beer vegan? Better find out at Faculty Brewing where Experimental Beer Thursday is the reason Thursdays exist.

IT’S NO GAME

107 BLONDE

H A Z Y I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

46

6.5% 45

HALLO SPACEBOY

BLONDE ALE

TA RT PA L E A L E Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 22

GIN-INSPIRED ALE

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

581 BOTANICAL ALE

5.1% 20

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.1% 20

VANCOUVER

VANCOUVER

HASTINGS MILL BREWING COMPANY

GRANVILLE ISLAND BREWING

1441 Cartwright St. | GIB.ca

403 East Hastings St. | PatsPub.ca

Even though GIB is owned by Molson-Coors now, the original brewery on Granville Island, which was founded in 1984, still brews up a wide range of delicious craft creations.

Vancouver’s iconic Pat’s Pub is also home to the Hastings Mill Brewing Co., which has been pumping out beers for the bar and even winning the occasional brewing award.

NORTHWEST PALE ALE

PAT’S CLASSIC LAGER

BRICKTOP PALE ALE

VIENNA-STYLE LAGER

PA L E A L E

PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.3% N/A

WEST COAST FARMHOUSE SAISON SAISON

Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

7.0% 36

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.5% 16

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.0% 33

Home of the bison burger 604-661-2166 | 1300 Robson Street @timbervancouver | timbervancouver.com

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VANCOUVER

LUPPOLO BREWING CO.

1123 Venables St. | LuppoloBrewing.ca

MAIN STREET BREWING CO.

261 E. 7th Ave. | MainStreetBeer.ca

Luppolo is 70 per cent female-owned and 100 per cent delicious. Join the brewery for an outdoor party on June 22, and keep an eye out for a lunch program coming soon.

Celebrating its fifth birthday, award-winning Main Street Brewing is housed in the historic and picturesque remnants of the original Vancouver Breweries complex.

FARMHOUSE TABLE BEER

NEW WORLD SOUR

NORWEGIAN-STYLE FARMHOUSE TABLE BEER Availability: Seasonal

D RY H O P P E D S O U R

5TH ANNIVERSARY NZ PILSNER

ABV IBU

3.8% 15

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.5% 15

VANCOUVER

PILSNER

Availability: One-off ABV IBU

5.5% 30

SOUR PEACH BOMB FRUIT SOUR ALE Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.0% 5

VANCOUVER

OFF THE RAIL BREWING

PARALLEL 49 BREWING CO.

1351 Adanac St. | OffTheRailBrewing.com

1950 Triumph St. | Parallel49Brewing.com

The thirst for clean, well-crafted and quaffable beer is real and Off the Rail is helping to quench it. Look for them at the 2019 Vancouver Beer Run.

Boasting an impressive 40 taps of extremely crushable beer and an indoor food truck, P49’s quirky characters took home gold at the 2019 Canadian Beer Awards.

PEDAL PUSHER RADLER

KAMA CITRA ALE

APRICOTOPUS

RADLER

SESSION ALE Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

48

3.1% 14

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.4% 33

A P R I C OT S O U R A L E Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 30

HILLBILLY NINJA H A Z Y PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 40

VANCOUVER

VANCOUVER

POSTMARK BREWING

POWELL BREWERY

55 Dunlevy Ave. | PostmarkBrewing.com

1357 Powell St. | PowellBeer.com

Now part of the Craft Collective family, Postmark celebrates its fifth birthday this summer. Cheers to five years of the West Coast lifestyle and great beer!

Happy hour at Powell Brewery runs all day, Monday to Thursday. Because you need more excuses to drink in Yeast Van.

JUICY PALE ALE

SOUTHERN BELLE

J U I C Y PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 18

EASY LAGER LAGER

ODE TO CITRA

BERLINER WEISSE Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.0% 10

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.8% 5

PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.5% 35

THE BEST SELECTION OF CRAFT BEER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST! Craft beer is our passion and our specialty.

Proudly offering the most sought after domestic & international selections.

OPEN 11-11 EVERY DAY. 14th & Main • Free parking around back! • 604-872-3373 • brewcreek.ca

@brewerycreek

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VANCOUVER

SLOW HAND BEER COMPANY

R & B BREWING CO.

54 E. 4th Ave. | RAndBBrewing.com

1830 Powell St. | SlowHandBeer.com

Fun Fact: R&B’s Raven Cream Ale is a uniquely Vancouver beer style, the dark cream ale, a style that originated at Shaftebury Brewing back in 1987.

The only lager-focused brewery in B.C. has taken over the old Doan’s Craft Brewing space and is expanding its lineup beyond its deliciously on-point pilsner.

BEER ISLAND

PILSNER

BLACK LAGER

PILSNER

S C H WA R Z B I E R

SESSION INDIA PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.0% 40

SHAKE YOUR FRUITY MILKSHAKE INDIA PA L E A L E Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

7.3% 38

VANCOUVER

Availability: Year-round

5.2% 38

ABV IBU

ABV IBU

5.5% 32

VANCOUVER

STEAMWORKS BREW PUB

STORM BREWING

375 Water St. | Steamworks.com/Brew-Pub

310 Commercial Dr. | StormBrewing.com

Steamworks is a busy Gastown haunt, bustling with locals and tourists alike, with a new onsite small batch barrel-aging program. Pop-in to try a pint.

Celebrating 25 years this September, this legendary brewery must be experienced firsthand.

Don’t worry: the more crowded, the more fun.

WARHEAD

SUMMER WINE

MELON CITRUS SOUR ALE

BA R R E L - A G E D SOUR ALE

Availability: One-off ABV IBU

50

6.2% 32

Availability: One 0ff ABV IBU

6.3% 6

PINEAPPLE PARADISE PILSNER PILSNER

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 20

HURRICANE IPA I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

7.0% 60

VANCOUVER

GET SIDETRACKED!

YALETOWN BREWING CO.

1111 Mainland St. | MJG.ca/Yaletown

H A Z Y I N D I A PA L E A L E

HAZY SAISON

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

6.5% 51

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

6.1% 22

COMMERCIAL DR

TIGER BELLY RYE HAIZON

ADANAC ST

MCLEAN DR

...AND JUSTICE FOR ALE

CLARK DR

Vancouver’s original brewpub remains a popular destination. The kitchen is great and the brewers keep the beer list current with new and seasonal brews.

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BEERE BREWING COMPANY

BLACK KETTLE BREWING

312 E. Esplanade | BeereBrewing.com

106 -720 Copping St. | BlackKettleBrewing.com

Keep your eyes peeled for Beere Brewing’s patio party summer kick-off extravaganza! If you’re not local, Beere is launching an online beer store this month, shipping four packs all over B.C.

One of B.C.’s most unpretentious breweries is all about its love of craft beer and working hard to get it into your glass.

MENTAL FLOSS

LIVE LOVE LAUGH

KENTUCKY UNCOMMON

SMOKED NITRO PORTER

D O U B L E D RY- H O P P E D I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Seasonal

KENTUCKY COMMON

S M O K E D P O RT E R

D O U B L E D RY- H O P P E D I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

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7.9% 35

ABV IBU

6.5% 30

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.4% 25

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.0% 20

NORTH VAN

NORTH VAN

BRIDGE BREWING CO.

DEEP COVE BREWERS AND DISTILLERS

1448 Charlotte Rd. | BridgeBrewing.com

170 - 2270 Dollarton Hwy. | DeepCoveCraft.com

Did you know that Bridge Brewing—North Vancouver’s oldest craft brewery—is 99 per cent waste free? Bridge is also the first in B.C. to brew a low calorie, low carb craft beer!

Deep Cove offers a full kitchen with a seasonal menu, a selection of craft cocktails, wine, cider, as well as craft beer. Why not enjoy it outside on the patio?

PRIMETIME

MYSTERY LAKE

WATERSHED

R A S P B E R RY S A I S O N

YUZU WITBIER

THE FUZZ MILKSHAKE IPA

PA L E A L E

I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

5.0% 0

ABV IBU

6.0% 45

NORTH VAN

GREEN LEAF BREWING CO.

123 Carrie Cates Crt. | GreenLeafBrew.com

Tucked inside of North Vancouver’s Lonsdale Quay Market, Green Leaf Brewing has been committed to brewing sustainably since 2013.

HAZY SHORE IPA N O RT H E A S T E R N I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

6.0% 60

LLOYD’S LAGER LAGER Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.8% 14

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 10

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% N/A

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NORTH VAN

HEARTHSTONE BREWERY

1015 Marine Dr. | HearthstoneBrewery.ca

HOUSE OF FUNK BREWING

350 E. Esplanade | HouseOfFunkBrewing.com

Utilizing the rustic cooking method of their double forno oven, Hearthstone creates some of the best pizza in town to pair with its delicious beer.

Staying true to its name, House of Funk’s beers have a heavy emphasis on wood, brettanomyces, bacteria and all-around funkiness.

CHRYSALISM

FUNK JUICE

CHAKA KHAN

S M O OT H I E S O U R A L E

SOUR FRUIT INDIA PA L E A L E

DOUBLE INDIA PA L E A L E

BOHEMIAN PILSNER

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

BOHEMIAN PILSNER

8.0% 80

Availability: Year-round

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.5% 25

NORTH VAN

ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

4.0% 0

ABV

6.5%

IBU “A lot”

NORTH VAN

STREETCAR BREWING

WILDEYE BREWING

123A East 1st St. | StreetcarBrewing.ca

1385 Main St. | WildeyeBrewing.ca

The Lower Lonsdale Brewery District is officially a thing, which means upstart craft breweries like Streetcar are just a SeaBus away.

North Van’s newest brewery is West Coastinspired, with a warm vibe in its cedarclad taproom looking up to the North Shore mountains.

OVERCAST HAZY IPA

FUNK STREET

KÖLSCH

D RY- H O P P E D C I T R U S SOUR ALE

KO L S C H

H A Z Y I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

54

6.0% 30

Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

3.2% N/A

CHAMPAGNE IPA B R U T I N D I A PA L E A L E

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.2% 22

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

7.0% 40

BREW PUBS

28 Big Ridge 29 Monkey 9

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BREWERIES 01 3 Dogs 70 02 Another Beer Co. 64 03 Britannia 68 04 Central City 69 05 Dageraad 56 06 Dead Frog 62 07 Five Roads 62 08 Foamers' Folly 65 09 Four Winds 58 10 Fuggles & Warlock 68 11 KPU 63 12 Maple Meadows 64 13 Mariner 62 14 Moody Ales 66 15 Northpaw 66 16 Parkside 66 17 Ridge 64 18 Russell 70 19 Silver Valley 64 20 Steamworks 62 21 Steel & Oak 65 22 Taylight 66 23 Trading Post 63 24 Twin Sails 68 25 White Rock Beach 70 26 White Rock 70 27 Yellow Dog 68

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DAGERAAD BREWING

114 - 3191 Thunderbird Cres. | DageraadBrewing.com SUN-THU 12-9PM ^ FRI 11AM-10PM ^ SAT 11AM-9PM EST. 2014 Celebrating its fifth anniversary, 2018’s Canadian Brewery of the Year has a lot to be proud of. Consistently brewing award-winning beer, Dageraad is ever committed to authenticity, showcased in the fully realized esters of their Belgian yeast and their legions of fans.

FIVE

THE BRIGHT SIDE

D RY- H O P P E D S A I S O N

TA RT L E M O N S A I S O N

Availability: One-off ABV

6.6%

IBU

Availability: Seasonal

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ABV

Brewed in celebration, FIVE is dry, dry-hopped, and bottled conditioned; just as a saison should be.

4.2%

BLONDE

D RY- H O P P E D S O U R W I T B I E R W I T H PA S S I O N F R U I T Availability: Small batch

BLOND ALE

5.2%

IBU

Availability: Year-round

15

ABV

This sour witbier is made with passion fruit and dry-hopped with American Citra hops. Subtle complexity, obvious deliciousness.

15

Lightly tart, gently hopped and finished with fresh lemon zest and lemon juice—the perfect summer beer.

DE WITTE

ABV

IBU

7.5

IBU

N/A

Fruity, spicy and capped with a citrusy aroma and fluffy white head, this medium-dry blonde is not only a go-to, it’s a must go-to.

classical conditioning Dageraad’s vessel conditioning process lends itself to a much more authentic Belgian flavour—it also underscores the importance of proper serving. To learn more about the magic in the bottle from Dageraad owner/ brewer Ben Coli, see page 14.

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DELTA

FOUR WINDS BREWING CO.

4 - 7355 72nd St. | FourWindsBrewing.ca SUN-WED 11AM-7PM ^ THURS-SAT 11AM-9PM EST. 2013 Gas prices ruining your life? Fours Winds wants to help with its Thursday night happy hour. Date nights at this award-winning brewery have never been so tasty or affordable. Along with the wellknown and delicious beer, there is also the great tacos and tapas.

JUXTAPOSE

VÉLO

W I L D I N D I A PA L E A L E

PA L E A L E W I T H L E M O N

Availability: Year-round ABV

6.5%

IBU

Availability: Seasonal

50

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Ripe tropical fruit notes juxtaposed with mild brett funk. Moderately bitter and gracefully balanced.

4.5%

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Brewed with lemon juice and pink Himalayan salt, this Gatorade of beers is the perfect thing after a long ride.

ELEMENTARY

NECTAROUS

LAGER

D RY- H O P P E D S O U R

Availability: Year-round ABV

4.5

IBU

45

Availability: Year-round

25

ABV

Brewed with corn and finished with New Zealand hops for hints of lemon and lime.

5.5%

IBU

6

Complex acidity balanced by tropical fruit esters that gives way to a clean, tart finish.

Not so fun fact Delta council recently turned down Four Winds’ application to build a new flagship brewery, due to the property not being zoned for “industrial” use.

Certainly, having one of the most respected breweries in the country build a 200-seat restaurant sounds awfully industrial. Hopefully, Delta’s loss will be someone else’s gain.

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MONKEY 9 BREWING

14200 Entertainment Blvd. | Monkey9.ca

MON-THU 2-11PM ^ FRI 2PM-12:30AM ^ SAT 11:30-12:30AM ^ SUN 11:30AM-10PM EST. 2017 Any visitor to this brewpub will notice it is surrounded by farms. The brewery intends to celebrate that this summer by showcasing what is grown in its own backyard through special releases and casks featuring ingredients sourced from local farms.

KIKAZARU

MALTY PAPA

I N D I A PA L E A L E

EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER

Availability: Seasonal ABV

6.8%

IBU

Availability: Year-round

80

ABV

This West Coast IPA boasts a big Northwest hop profile with citrus and floral notes

6.8%

IBU

30

A strong British ale that balances between caramel malt and citrus hops.

PRIMATE

SAVE THE DAY

PA L E A L E

INDIA SESSION ALE

Availability: Year-round ABV

4.7%

IBU

Availability: Seasonal

22

ABV

No monkeying around, this tasty pale ale has a good balance of malt and hops.

4.0%

IBU

33

Refreshing, light and hoppy, this might just turn around a challenging day.

craft cycling Richmond, being flat, is pretty ideal for cycling.

Monkey 9 is a perfect destination for a cycle-based brewery tour, especially when you consider that Fuggles & Warlock is just on the other side of the highway overpass. Ambitious cyclists might continue on to Steveston for a meal at Britannia Brewing. See page 32 for more cycling suggestions.

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BURNABY

COQUITLAM

STEAMWORKS BREWING CO.

MARINER BREWING

1100 Lansdowne Dr. | MarinerBrewing.ca

3845 William St. | Steamworks.com

Grab a pint of Steamworks’ award-winning beer at their Burnaby production brewery and taproom, or in a liquor store near you.

There are lots of reasons to set your course for Mariner Brewing, including its dog-friendly beer garden (open weekends) and small batch releases on Thursdays.

TROPICAL TART

YUZU GOSE

TA RT A L E

GOSE

POLARIS NORTHEAST IPA

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

Availability: One-off

4.9% 15

ABV IBU

4.5% 10

LANGLEY

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

7.5% 67

ORION LAGER LAGER Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 12

LANGLEY

FIVE ROADS BREWING

DEAD FROG BREWERY

105 - 8860 201st St. | DeadFrog.ca

6263 202nd St. | FiveRoadsBrewing.com

Brewing for more than 10 years, Dead Frog moved to a new brewery last year where it still strives for “creativity, innovation and having a hoppin’ good time.”

The doors have been open since April at Langley’s newest brewery, so fill your glass with some of the freshest beer in B.C.

WARHEAD IMPERIAL KETTLE SOUR

DOUBLE CROSS XX PALE ALE

PERMANENT RESIDENT

PA L E A L E

I N D I A PA L E A L E

SOUR ALE

Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

62

9.0% 12

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 24

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.3% 64

HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND OAT M E A L S TO U T Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.2% 19

LANGLEY

LANGLEY

TRADING POST BREWING

KPU BREWING LAB

20901 Langley Bypass | KPU.ca/Brew

107 - 20120 64th Ave. | TradingPostBrewing.com

Kwantlen Polytechnic took home the top prize at the 2019 U.S. Open College Beer Championship, but you can check out the beer for yourself on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Trading Post has great things brewing in the Fraser Valley. Now with three locations—a brewery in central Langley and two eateries in Fort Langley and Abbotsford.

WIT OR WITOUT YOU

RASPBERRY WHEAT ALE

BELGIAN WITBIER Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 15

50/50 HEFE HEFEWEIZEN

F R U I T W H E AT A L E

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% N/A

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

7.5% 7

AMBER ALE AMBER ALE Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 27

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MAPLE RIDGE

MAPLE MEADOWS BREWING CO.

RIDGE BREWING CO.

22826 Dewdney Trunk Rd. | RidgeBrewing.com

22775 Dewdney Trunk Rd. | MapleMeadowsBrewing.com

This cosy tasting room, and we mean cosy, is a great place to taste this tiny brewery’s latest experiment fresh from the tank. Like, really cosy.

If you’re in Maple Ridge, pop into Ridge Brewing’s kid-friendly tasting room seven days a week. Come for a pint or grab a 20-, 30-, or 50-litre keg for your next party.

MARTINA’S PILSNER

DARK RED ALE

RUN WITH US

RED ALE

D RY- H O P P E D S A I S O N

BOHEMIAN PILSNER Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

Availability: Seasonal

4.9% 37

ABV IBU

Availability: One-off

5.5% 26

MAPLE RIDGE

ABV IBU

NEIGHBOURHOOD CRAFT LAGER RICE LAGER Availability: Year-round

5.8% 25

ABV IBU

4.4% 10

NEW WEST

SILVER VALLEY BREWING CO.

ANOTHER BEER CO.

#101 - 11952 224 St. | SilverValleyBrewing.com

#11 - 30 Capilano Way | AnotherBeerCo.com

Specializing in unfiltered pints of English ale, Silver Valley is located in the heart of Maple Ridge’s downtown.

Opening at any moment, this much anticipated brewery will bring fresh beer back to Sapperton and brewing back to the Brewery District.

THE HIGHWAY LAGER

YOU’VE CHANGED

MOTORBIKE JUICE

PA L E A L E

AMERICAN ALE

LAGER Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

64

5.5% 20

CRUSH H A Z Y PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

7.0% 35

Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

4.8% 70

Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

5.0% 23

NEW WEST

PITT MEADOWS

STEEL & OAK BREWING CO.

1319 3rd Ave. | SteelAndOak.ca

FOAMERS’ FOLLY BREWING CO.

19221 122A Ave. | FoamersFolly.ca

Spinning vinyl and pouring crisp German-style beer, Steel & Oak is a community hub in New West. It celebrated its fifth birthday with two medals at the 2019 Canadian Brewing Awards.

Foamers’ Folly is a Pitt Meadows favourite for good reason—its double brewhouse set-up is always pumping out new releases. And now they’re available in tall cans, too!

SIMPLE THINGS

ROYAL CITY ALE

WIDE MOUTH

CULEKÖ

PILSNER

BLONDE ALE

WAT E R M E L O N W H E AT A L E

CUCUMBER LEMONG R A S S KÖ L S C H

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 42

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 20

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.5% 23

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 20

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PORT COQUITLAM

NORTHPAW BREW CO.

TAYLIGHT BREWING

402-1485 Coast Meridian Rd. | TaylightBrewing.com

2150-570 Sherling Pl. | NorthpawBrewCo.com

Northpaw has already been pouring its lovingly crafted beer in Port Coquitlam’s Fremont Village for a year. Stop by and fill a growler in their industrial-chic tasting room.

Wednesday night open mics have never sounded nor tasted so good thanks to this Port Coquitlam brewery. You can even bring your own food.

SOLSTICE

FULL CLIP

THAT’S IT!

ROADHOUSE

I N D I A PA L E A L E

HAZY DOUBLE INDIA PA L E A L E

WILD INDIA SESSION ALE

RED ALE

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.0% 70

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

7.8% 40

PORT MOODY

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.5% 35

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.0% 65

PORT MOODY

MOODY ALES

THE PARKSIDE BREWERY

2601 Murray St. | MoodyAles.com

2731 Murray St. | TheParksideBrewery.com

Located on Port Moody’s beloved Brewers Row, Moody Ales is committed to pouring beers that are brewed by hand, made for the everyday craft beer drinker.

It will be another busy summer at one of the province’s best craft brewery patios and most family-friendly tasting rooms.

SUBLIME PINEAPPLE HEFEWEIZEN

BOSS JUICE HAZY DOUBLE IPA

HUMANS: AN IPA FOR THE PEOPLE

HEFEWEIZEN Availability: Seasonal

DOUBL E IN D IA PA LE A LE Availability: Year-round

INDIA PALE ALE Availability: Year-round

ABV IBU

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4.8% 16

ABV IBU

8.3% 80

ABV IBU

6.3% 35

DIM WIT B E L G I A N W H E AT A L E Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

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PORT MOODY

TWIN SAILS BREWING

YELLOW DOG BREWING CO.

2821 Murray St. | TwinSailsBrewing.com

1 - 2817 Murray St. | YellowDogBrew.com

This brewery seems to have an infinite well of creativity and they’re diving deep to craft incredible beers at a breakneck pace.

Owned and operated by Mike and Melinda Coghill, Yellow Dog was Port Moody’s original craft brewery, sparking what’s become Brewers’ Row on Murray Street.

DAT JUICE

WOULD CRUSH

SQUIRREL CHASER

R A S P B E R RY W H E AT A L E

H A Z Y PA L E A L E

H A Z Y PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.2% 25

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.1% 12

RICHMOND

PLAY DEAD I N D I A PA L E A L E

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

5.2% 25

ABV IBU

6.8% 75

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BRITANNIA BREWING CO.

FUGGLES & WARLOCK CRAFTWORKS

110-12500 Horseshoe Way | BBCO.ca

103-11220 Horseshoe Way | FugglesWarlock.com

With a production facility and tasting room on Horseshoe Way and a restaurant and taproom in Steveston, Britannia is brewing best-in-class ales dedicated to Steveston’s nautical history.

Let your geek flag fly at this Richmond craft brewery, which passionately embraces all manner of nerd culture in its beers and branding.

ADRIFT HOP

WAVE CRUISER XPA

KIWAMI PLUM SOUR

E X T R A PA L E A L E

PLUM SOUR ALE

BLONDE ALE Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

68

4.7% 22

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.6% 45

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.3% 7

PIXEL PILS CZECH-STYLE PILSNER Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 30

SURREY

SURREY

CENTRAL CITY BREWERS + DISTILLERS

BIG RIDGE BREWING CO.

5580 152 St. | MJG.ca/Big-Ridge

11411 Bridgeview Dr. | CentralCityBrewing.com

This Surrey staple celebrates 20 years of craft beer in 2019, as well as launching the careers of some of B.C.’s most celebrated brewers.

This titan is an increasingly global force that continues to diversify, lately into rum, a second gin and gin coolers. Cause sometimes beer isn’t enough.

CLOVER IPA

BEER LEAGUE

I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

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PENALTY STROKE PILSNER PILSNER

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Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.8% 15

RED RACER DIRTY BLONDE BLONDE ALE

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 18

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 30

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WHITE ROCK BREWING

RUSSELL BREWING CO.

202 - 13018 80th Ave. | RussellBeer.com

13 - 3033 King George Blvd. | WhiteRockBrewing.ca

Through its Table Beer Collaboration, Russell raises funds for Mind the Bar Canada, which supports members of the hospitality industry dealing with mental health challenges.

This brewery expanded out of the U-Brew store next door when the provincial government gave the thumbs-up to breweries opening full tasting rooms.

STRAWBERRY HIBISCUS MILKSHAKE IPA

MIND THE BAR COLLABORATION

OCEAN LAGER

M I L K S H A K E I PA Availability: One-off

TA B L E B E E R Availability: Year-round

ABV IBU

6.0% N/A

ABV IBU

3.5% 20

WHITE ROCK

LAGER Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

PROHIBITION IPA ENGLISH INDIA PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round

5.0% 22

ABV IBU

7.0% 60

WHITE ROCK

3 DOGS BREWING

1515 Johnston Rd. | 3DogsBrewing.com

WHITE ROCK BEACH BEER CO.

15181 Russell Ave. | WhiteRockBeachBeer.com

Easily the most happening spot in White Rock, with live music, comedy nights and more than a dozen taps—and it’s dog friendly, too.

Now open earlier on Sundays since what goes better with the farmers’ market right outside the door than a fresh craft beer.

DOUBLE DOG DARE

BAYSIDE BLONDE ALE

OXFORD HILL

EAST BEACH

DOUBLE INDIA PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round

BLONDE ALE

HEFEWEIZEN

A M E R I C A N B R OW N A L E

ABV IBU

70

8.9% 85

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 20

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.0% 10

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 32

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FIELD HOUSE BREWING CO.

2281 West Railway St. | FieldHouseBrewing.com

LOUDMOUTH BREWING

103 – 2582 Mt. Lehman Rd. | LoudmouthBrewingCompany.ca

Brewing Co.

Field House’s magical beer lawn pairs perfectly with blue skies and warm weather. Don’t miss Field Day Fest on Aug. 11, Field House’s sour beer and music festival!

It should be a busy summer at this brewery near the Abbotsford Airport with a series of outdoor events and some improvements to its tasting room.

SUMMER PILS

LAZER KITTYZ

THE DOPE

T R I P L E I N D I A PA L E A L E

D RY- H O P P E D S O U R

PILSNER Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

DRY-HOPPED CITRA APRICOT SOUR FRUIT SOUR ALE Availability: Seasonal

5.0% 14

ABV IBU

6.5% 10

ABBOTSFORD

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

9.3% 15

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.0% 8

ABBOTSFORD

OLD ABBEY ALES

RAVENS BREWING CO.

30321 Fraser Hwy. | OldAbbeyAles.com

2485 Townline Rd. | Ravens.beer

You can find Old Abbey serving its beers at the Abbotsford Farmers’ Market every Saturday, or, even better, visit the brewery’s tasting room.

Specializing in European- and West Coaststyle beers, Ravens’ Corvus Lingonberry Lime Gose took home a gold medal at the 2018 World Beer Cup.

HIBS DON’T LIE

DIE HARD

GOOD OMEN

SAISON

HAZY LAGER

LEIPZIG-STYLE GOSE

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

72

6.0% 38

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.0% 18

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.2% 5

FLYING DUTCHMAN MOSAIC I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.8% 40

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CHILLIWACK

FLASHBACK BREWING CO.

OLD YALE BREWING CO.

1 - 9360 Mill St. | ChaosAndSolace.com

404 - 44550 South Sumas Rd. | OldYaleBrewing.com

This brewery in historic downtown Chilliwack boasts a beautiful tasting room. Vinyl nights, live music, board games, and tasty beer are all good incentive to visit.

Chilliwack’s Old Yale Brewing turns 20 this year and they plan to celebrate all summer long. Expect parking lot parties, outdoor games and plenty of craft beer, live music, food trucks and fun.

BACK IN THE DAY

MOON DANCE MANGO WHEAT

HEAD SHAKER HONEY LAGER

W H E AT A L E

HONEY LAGER

I N D I A PA L E A L E

BLACK VINYL P O RT E R

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

6.0% 68

ABV IBU

6.0% 30

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

5.0% 10

ABV IBU

5.0% 10

MISSION 2018 A-LIST WINNER

MISSION SPRINGS BREWING COMPANY

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BLUE COLLAR

FAT GUY

PA L E A L E

OAT M E A L S TO U T Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.3% N/A

IBU

At Old Abbey Ales our beer is created with the finest, freshest local ingredients—quality Fraser Valley water, malt from Armstrong & hops from Chilliwack.

What is really going on in that glass, is the only thing our brewmaster wants to reflect.

We have something for everyone: 25 beers on tap, house-brewed craft soda, lemonade and nitro cold brew coffee.

Availability: Year-round ABV

EXPERIENCE OUR RUSTIC ARTISAN CRAFT BREWERY.

5.6% N/A

1A-30321 Fraser Hwy., Abbotsford Just off Mt. Lehman

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PERSEPHONE BREWING CO.

TAPWORKS BREWING CO.

1053 Stewart Rd. | PersephoneBrewing.com

537 Cruice Lane | GibsonsTapworks.com

Fun fact: Persephone is not only a brewery but an active farm as well. Come for a beer, leave with fresh veggies. Stop by every Sunday this summer for a food-focused farmers’ market!

Located in the heart of Lower Gibsons, Tapworks Brewing is a community hub featuring live music twice a week and a rooftop patio overlooking the water.

COAST LIFE LAGER

ONE SAILING WAIT

LAGER Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

HOPPY’S PRIVATE RESERVE D O U B L E I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: One-off

4.5% 15

ABV IBU

I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round

8.9% 41

GIBSONS

ABV IBU

6.9% 53

MARGARITA KETTLE SOUR ALE Availability: One-off ABV IBU

4.6% 10

PEMBERTON

THE 101 BREWHOUSE + DISTILLERY

PEMBERTON BREWING CO.

1936 Stonecutter Pl. | PembertonBrewing.ca

1009 Gibsons Way | The101.ca

Random fact: brewery co-owner Chris Greenfield is locally famous in Gibsons for having seen the Dave Matthews Band in concert at least 39 times.

Take an already awesome tasting room and add a full-service patio with an incredible view of the gorgeous Pemberton Valley. Time to plan a trip!

SHINGLEROOF

VAGABOND

U-PICK

HEFEWEIZEN

D RY- H O P P E D BLONDE ALE

H A Z Y PA L E A L E W I T H S T R AW B E R RY

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.4% 15

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.2% 25

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 11

BARB’S NICE PEAR P E A R A N D R H U BA R B SOUR ALE Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.2% 9 75

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TOWNSITE BREWING

8324 Pemberton Meadows Rd. | TheBeerFarmers.com

5824 Ash Ave. | TownsiteBrewing.com

PEMBERTON, BC

This picturesque farm-based brewery in the Pemberton Valley is one of the few in North America to grow its own malting barley onsite.

Townsite was named the best craft beer experience by the B.C. Ale Trail last year thanks to its interactive tasting room and delicious Belgianstyle beers—made by an actual Belgian, no less!

RASPBERRY CREAM ALE

THADDEUS

SECRET BEACH

OUD BRUIN

WITBIER

FRUIT ALE Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

CANADIAN GOLDEN STRONG BELGIAN GOLDEN STRONG Availability: Seasonal

5.0% 15

ABV IBU

7.9% 20

SQUAMISH

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

Availability: Seasonal

6.8% 8

ABV IBU

4.3% 20

SQUAMISH

BACKCOUNTRY BREWING

A-FRAME BREWING CO.

38927 Queens Way | AFrameBrewing.com

#405-1201 Commercial Way | BackcountryBrewing.com

Two silver medals at the 2019 Canadian Brewing Awards are proof positive that A-Frame has its beers dialed in. Stop by their “cabin” for a tasting.

You’re going to have to visit the brewery if you want to get your hands on Backcountry’s killer limited releases and it’s equally killer food.

EMERALD LAKE LIME SOUR

DEAD OF NIGHT

WIDOWMAKER

GALAXY INDIA PA L E A L E

H A Z Y I N D I A PA L E A L E

SOUR ALE Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

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BROHM LAKE GINGER PINEAPPLE SAISON SAISON

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.5% 20

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.6% 28

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.7% 50

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WHISTLER

HOWE SOUND BREWING CO.

37801 Cleveland Ave. | HoweSound.com

BREWHOUSE HIGH MOUNTAIN BREWING

4355 Blackcomb Way | MJG.ca/BrewHouse

Squamish’s healthy beer scene owes a lot to Howe Sound, which has been producing cutting edge craft beers since 1996.

Despite its location right next to the Olympic Rings don’t be fooled into thinking this place is a tourist trap. Actually, its beer is top-notch.

HAZY DAZE

5 RINGS IPA

LIFTY LAGER

W E S T C OA S T I N D I A PA L E A L E

LIGHT LAGER

N O RT H E A S T I N D I A PA L E A L E

DEVIL’S ELBOW IPA I N D I A PA L E A L E

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

6.0% N/A

ABV IBU

6.0% 60

WHISTLER

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

7.5% 75

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.5% 10

WHISTLER

COAST MOUNTAIN BREWING CO.

WHISTLER BREWING CO.

2 - 1212 Alpha Lake Rd. | CoastMountainBeer.ca

1045 Millar Creek Rd. | WhistlerBeer.com

Helmed by aptly-named head brewer Kevin Winter, Coast Mountain produces a generous selection of North American influenced ales and lagers.

WBC’s taphouse features live music every Friday, and there’s a new patio on the way. Or you can catch a flight before your flight at the beer lodge in YVR—coming soon!

FORECAST PALE ALE

JUICE BOX SOUR WIT

WAYSIDE APRICOT WIT

BLACK TUSK ALE

PA L E A L E

WITBIER

BELGIAN STYLE WIT

ENGLISH STYLE DA R K A L E Availability: Year-round

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 25

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.5% 10

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 15

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VANCOUVER ISLAND BREWING

2330 Government St. | VIBrewing.com

SUN-THU 11AM-6PM ^ FRI-SAT 11AM-7PM EST. 1984 One of B.C.’s original trio of microbreweries that opened in 1984 along with Granville Island Brewing and Spinnakers Brewpub, Vancouver Island Brewing was originally called Island Pacific Brewing, but changed its name in 1991. Happy 35th birthday VIB!

JUAN DE FUCA CERVEZA

TWISTED STALK B L A C K B E R RY H E L L E S

MEXICAN LAGER Availability: Year-round ABV

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Availability: Seasonal

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Explorer Juan de Fuca was actually a Greek mariner named Ioannis Phokas who sailed for Spain.

5.0%

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This tasty summer sipper celebrates the delicious blackberry whose thorny stalks are seemingly undefeatable.

MAGIC HOUR GRAPEFRUIT GOSE RADLER

TIDAL SERIES: DDH TROPICAL PUNCH

Availability: Seasonal

D O U B L E D RY- H O P P E D I PA Availability: One-off

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A refreshing radler built on the foundation of a gose, rather than a lager.

6.4%

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64

This fruit bomb packs a tropical punch thanks to lots of hops, oats and maltodextrin.

Killer collab Look for VIB’s special Pod Pack later this summer, which will feature four tall can collaborations with Vancouver Island breweries: White Sails (Nanaimo), Land & Sea (Comox), Twin City (Port Alberni) and Île Sauvage (Victoria). Proceeds go to the Pacific Salmon Foundation, which helps feed VIB’s mascot, the Southern Resident Killer Whales.

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TWA DOGS BREWERY AT VICTORIA CALEDONIAN

761 Enterprise Cres. | VCaledonian.com

SUN-THU 12:30-6:30PM ^ FRI 11AM-10PM ^ SAT 11AM-9PM EST. 2016 Bringing some Scottish flair to the B.C. craft brewing scene, Twa Dogs takes its inspiration from the great Robbie Burns. Sláinte mhaith!

PASSION FRUIT SOUR

DOS PERROS

PA S S I O N F R U I T S O U R A L E

MEXICAN-STYLE LAGER

Availability: Small batch

Availability: Small batch

ABV

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IBU

N/A

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This sour wheat ale is a tropical getaway in your mouth with notes of tropical passion fruit and stone fruit.

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This light, freshing lager is perfect with a twist of lime and a hot summer’s day.

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CANOE BREWPUB

DRIFTWOOD BREWERY

450 Swift St. | CanoeBrewpub.com

450 Hillside Ave. | DriftwoodBeer.com

There’s many good reasons why Canoe is always bumpin’: a gorgeous heritage building, a spectacular patio, delectable food, a solid core lineup of beers—take your pick!

Driftwood recently released a new batch of sour brown ale Mad Bruin. This batch includes some of the 2012 original that were added to the blend.

WITBIER

HELLES

MAD BRUIN

FAT TUG

BELGIAN-STYLE W H E AT A L E

HELLES LAGER

S O U R B R OW N A L E

I N D I A PA L E A L E

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

4.5% 8

ABV IBU

4.8% 12

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Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

7.7% N/A

ABV IBU

7.0% 80

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HOYNE BREWING CO.

101-2740 Bridge St. | HoyneBrewing.ca

ÎLE SAUVAGE BREWING CO.

2960 Bridge St. | IleSauvage.com

Your favourite beer is now is six-packs. Pick one up at the brewery and while you’re there you can support a local charity that Hoyne will match.

Heading into its first summer, Île Sauvage has an impressive lineup of sours, hazies and coffee-infused creations. Add it to your summer must-visit list.

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CARTE BLANCHE

YUZU GOSE

VOSS KVEIK IPA

D U N K E LW E I Z E N

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H A Z Y I N D I A PA L E A L E

Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

5.0% N/A

Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

6.0% N/A

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% N/A

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.4% N/A 83

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MOON UNDER WATER BREWERY

PHILLIPS BREWING & MALTING CO.

Good things come to those who wait: Moon’s family-friendly distillery lounge is finally approved and open with food, beer, spirits and plenty of games.

Summertime is fun time at Phillips, with HOPoxia festival on June 1 and the Backyard Weekender planned for July 26-28.

350B Bay St. | MoonUnderWater.ca

GILA GOSE S A LT E D S O U R W H E AT ALE WITH ORANGE PEEL Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.4% 8

2010 Government St. | PhillipsBeer.com

THIS IS HEFEWEIZEN HEFEWEIZEN Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.5% 18

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ROSE COLOURED GLASSES

FIRST BJORN

H I B I S C U S W H E AT A L E Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

N O R W E G I A N TA B L E BEER Availability: Seasonal

4.6% 15

ABV IBU

3.5% 20

VICTORIA

SPINNAKERS BREWPUB

SWANS BREWPUB

308 Catharine St. | Spinnakers.com

506 Pandora Ave. | SwansHotel.com

Spinnakers is where the craft beer revolution started and its beers are still on the cutting edge today, as evidenced by its sublime barrel-aged sour series.

Swans is newly renovated and ready to mark its 30th anniversary. A brand new draught system will be pouring 20 Swans beers and 24 guest taps.

RASPBERRY LAGER

GUILTY PLEASURE

PITCH BLACK PILSNER

R A S P B E R RY BLONDE ALE Availability: Year-round

S C H WA R Z B I E R

FRUIT BEER Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

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4.5% 20

ABV IBU

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Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.7% 29

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CENTRAL SAANICH

WHISTLE BUOY BREWING CO.

CATEGORY 12 BREWING

560 Johnson St. | WhistleBuoyBrewing.com

C - 2200 Keating Cross Rd. | Category12Beer.com

Spinnakers’ brewer Matt West-Patrick is behind this brewery right in the middle of Market Square, complete with a patio for sunny days.

Category 12 is a busy place—with the addition of a small kitchen set to launch soon, a new foeder, and a revamp of the Barrelholder program, it’s time for another visit!

HOMEGROWN IPA

COASTALITY

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W E S T C OA S T PA L E A L E

FA R M H O U S E A L E W I T H CUCUMBER AND LEMON

HAZY WHITE INDIA PA L E A L E

Availability: Year-round

Availability: Seasonal

I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: One-off ABV IBU

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5.1% 28

ABV IBU

5.0% 16

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

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LIGHTHOUSE BREWING CO.

2 - 836 Devonshire Rd. | LighthouseBrewing.com

If you haven’t checked out Lighthouse’s tasting room and new outdoor picnic area right on the E&N Rail Trail, then it’s time for a ride.

GHOST SHIP HAZY IPA

LEMON LIME SOUR

H A Z Y I N D I A PA L E A L E

KETTLE SOUR ALE

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.0% 20

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.2% 15

BREWERY JEWELLERY HOMAGE TO THE CRAFT BEER INDUSTRY

Hand-Crafted Jeweller y MADE IN VANCOUVER lunanegra.ca | hello@lunanegra.ca 85

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MAYNE ISLAND

AXE & BARREL BREWING CO.

MAYNE ISLAND BREWING CO.

2323 Millstream Ave. | AxeAndBarrel.com

490 Fernhill Rd. | MayneIslandBrewingCo.com

Axe & Barrel Brewing Co. took home first place at the 2018 B.C. Beer Awards for its Langford Logger and a gold for King Kolsch at the 2019 Canadian Brewing Awards.

Michael Garratt’s whimsical little nanobrewery is worth travelling overseas for—thankfully it’s only the Salish Sea you have to cross.

LANGFORD LOGGER

HOPPY MOTHER PUCKER

J-POD KOLSCH

N O RT H A M E R I C A N PILSNER Availability: Year-round

D RY- H O P P E D S O U R

ABV IBU

Availability: Seasonal

4.8% 15

ABV IBU

5.0% 4

NORTH SAANICH

KO L S C H

HARDSCRABBLE FARMHOUSE FA R M H O U S E A L E

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.5% 8

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

7.2% N/A

SALT SPRING ISL.

HOWL BREWING

SALT SPRING ISLAND ALES

1780 Mills Rd.

270 Furness Rd. | SaltSpringIslandAles.com

Howl may be small in size, but its ideas are huge and unconventional—sip its ongoing series of rare historical beers in its newly licensed picnic area.

Salt Spring Island Ales is committed to using local products and hand-foraged ingredients, keeping its beer fresh and in-touch with B.C. nature.

BRUNSWICK MUM

MANNHEIMER BRAUNBIER

WARBLER WHEAT ALE

BRAUNSCHWEIGER MUMME Availability: Small batch

MANNHEIMER BRAUNBIER Availability: Small batch

B L A C K B E R RY W H E AT A L E Availability: Seasonal

ABV IBU

86

6.0% 20

ABV IBU

5.0% 30

ABV IBU

5.0% 18

HAZY IPA N O RT H E A S T E R N I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

6.6% 25

SOOKE

SOOKE

BAD DOG BREWING COMPANY

SOOKE BREWING CO.

7861 Tugwell Rd. | BadDogBrewing.ca

2057 Otter Point Rd. | SookeBrewing.com

Expect a friendly welcome from family dogs Kona and Duke when you visit this woodworking shop turned brewery. Also expect an expanded inside tasting room, coming soon.

SBC keeps racking up medals for its beer, while its tasting room was named the best in the province at the 2018 B.C. Beer Awards.

AUNTIE ROSIE’S SNAKE BITE

TIRE BITER

BARLEYWINE

I N D I A PA L E A L E

BA R L E Y W I N E

SESSION ALE BLENDED WITH APPLE CIDER Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

5.0% 9

ABV IBU

6.0% 50

SOOKE

BELGIAN BLOND BELGIAN ALE

Availability: Seasonal

Availability: Year-round

ABV 11.0% IBU 70

ABV IBU

6.0% 50

VIEW ROYAL

SOOKE OCEANSIDE BREWERY

4 MILE BREWING CO.

SOB is planning to add a new production brewery, so look for new beers and collabs soon at its roadside tasting room.

At 4 Mile, you can try a new beer every week in a historical setting paired with great food.

Brewed on the pilot system, these inventive creations sell out fast!

PATIO LANTERNS

LEECHTOWN LAGER

BLACKBERRY SESSION ALE

HAZY CITRA PALE ALE

E X P E R I M E N TA L A L E

N O RT H A M E R I C A N LAGER Availability: Seasonal

FRUIT BEER

PA L E A L E

199 Island Hwy. | 4MileBrewingCo.com

1-5529 Sooke Rd. | SookeOceansideBrewing.com

Availability: One-off ABV IBU

7.5% 15

ABV IBU

5.0% 10

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.3% 18

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 35 87

Va n c ou v e r I sl a nd

CAMPBELL RIVER

BREWERIES 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Beach Fire Cumberland Forbidden Gladstone Land & Sea Longwood LoveShack Mount Arrowsmith New Tradition Red Arrow Riot Small Block Tofino Twin City White Sails Wolf

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88 91 90 90 90 92 93 93 90 91 88 91 93 89 92 92

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COURTENAY CUMBERLAND 02 19

QUALICUM 07

TOFINO

PORT ALBERNI

18

06 15 16

NANAIMO 19

BREW PUBS 17 Craig Street 18 Longwood

08 PARKSVILLE

14 13

E

CHEMAINUS

11 17

91 92

DUNCAN 10 12

14

CAMPBELL RIVER

17

CHEMAINUS

BEACH FIRE BREWING

RIOT BREWING CO.

594-11th Ave. | BeachFireBrewing.ca

101A - 3055 Oak St. | RiotBrewing.com

In addition to having the best beer in town, Beach Fire has the best food, too. Check out their Berliner weisse collaboration with Land & Sea Brewing before it’s gone.

Punk rock vibes and kick ass beers are good enough reasons as any to stop in at Riot in picturesque Chemainus.

HELLES

WEISSE

MUNICH HELLES LAGER

BERLINER WEISSE

CURRANT-LY UNAVAILABLE

LIPSLIDE LAGER

BLACK CURRANT BLONDE ALE Availability: Seasonal

HELLES LAGER

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

88

5.1% 20

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

3.8% 5

ABV IBU

4.5% 12

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.8% 18

PORT ALBERNI

TWIN CITY BREWING

4503 Margaret St. | TwinCityBrewing.ca

SUN-WED 11:30AM-9PM ^ THU 11:30AM-10PM ^ FRI-SAT 11:30AM-11PM EST. 2017 In addition to plans for expanded distribution for their small batch brews,Twin City now smokes all of its brisket, pulled pork and chicken in-house—yum!

ESCAPE ARTIST

CONTROL FREAK

M A N G O G UAVA S O U R

W H I T E I N D I A PA L E A L E

Availability: Seasonal

Availability: Seasonal

ABV

6.4%

IBU

10

ABV

Get whisked away with this tremendously tropical dry-hopped kettle sour with mango and guava puree.

6.0%

IBU

50

Restrained weizen yeast and plenty of wheat helps keep this hazy white IPA complex yet refreshing, with notes of citrus and white wine.

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COMOX

COMOX

NEW TRADITION BREWING

LAND & SEA BREWING CO.

2040 Guthrie Rd. | LandAndSeaBrewing.ca

215 Port Augusta St. | NewTraditionBrewing.com

Land & Sea opened their doors in December, offering thirsty Comox patrons a generous selection of beers on tap and fresh eats in a beautiful modern tasting room.

Great-Grandpa Savard started a unique family legacy: bootlegging beer during prohibition.

Today, his family is carrying on that legacy with a “new” tradition, by making beer the legal way.

GLACIER CREAM ALE

COMEXICO PALE ALE

AMERICAN CREAM ALE

A M E R I C A N PA L E A L E

CURE FOR THE COMMON KOLSCH

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 16

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 42

COURTENAY

NOON PATROL I N D I A PA L E A L E

KO L S C H - S T Y L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

5.0% 23

ABV IBU

5.5% 49

COURTENAY

FORBIDDEN BREWING CO.

GLADSTONE BREWING CO.

1590 Cliffe Ave. | ForbiddenBrewing.com

244 4th St. | GladstoneBrewing.ca

Forbidden’s tasting room may be small, but their beer is big on flavour—and now it’s available in cans, too.

The new burger bar is open, ready to take your order. Or if seafood is more your thing, check out Galdstone’s award-winning porter at the B.C. Seafood Festival.

FUCKIN’ EH IPA

HAZY PALE ALE

PORTER

NEW ENGLAND PA L E A L E

P O RT E R

W E S T C OA S T I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

90

6.5% 85

TROUBLE IN PARADISE NEW ENGLAND INDIA PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.5% 40

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.5% 29

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.5% 31

CUMBERLAND

DUNCAN

CUMBERLAND BREWING CO.

CRAIG STREET BREW PUB

2732 Dunsmuir Ave. | CumberlandBrewing.com

25 Craig St. | CraigStreet.ca

Cumberland, the town, is a little slice of hippy heaven and Cumberland, the brewery, is a little slice of craft beer heaven. Charming, welcoming and fun; you may never leave either.

Duncan’s original craft brewpub has been helping turn Lucky Lager zombies into craft beer lovers since 2006.

FOREST FOG

INDIA SESSION ALE

COWICHAN BAY LAGER

MT. PREVOST PORTER

INDIA SESSION ALE

LAGER

P O RT E R

H A Z Y W H E AT A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.3% N/A

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

3.9% N/A

DUNCAN

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

5.0% N/A

ABV IBU

5.6% N/A

DUNCAN

RED ARROW BREWING CO.

SMALL BLOCK BREWING CO.

5255 Chaster Rd. | RedArrowBeer.ca

203-5301 Chaster Rd. | SmallBlockBrewery.com

The official brewery of the Victoria HarbourCats baseball team, Red Arrow’s Ballpark Blonde will be available at home games this season.

Small Block has worked with the Cowichan Green Community non-profit to brew beer with bread that would otherwise have been thrown out. Going green never tasted so good!

HERITAGE RIVER

SWEET LEAF IPA

TEST AND TUNE

HEFEWEIZEN

I N D I A PA L E A L E

I N D I A PA L E A L E

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.3% N/A

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.3% 65

BLUE BARRY CUDA SUMMER ALE

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

6.5% 85

HONEY BLONDE ALE Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 30 91

NANAIMO

NANAIMO

LONGWOOD BREWERY

LONGWOOD BREWPUB

101A-2046 Boxwood Rd. | LongwoodBeer.com

5775 Turner Rd. | LongwoodBrewpub.com

Grown and brewed on Vancouver Island, Longwood is a self-described “obsessively local” brewery, with most of its ingredients coming from within 20 km.

You don’t need to change much at this long standing brewpub if you have the winning formula of great people, food and beer.

QUINCEOTICA HARVEST LAGER QUINCE LAGER Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.5% N/A

THE BIG ONE

ESB

STOUTNIK

I N D I A PA L E A L E

EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER

RUSSIAN IMPERIAL S TO U T

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.5% 65

NANAIMO

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

5.5% 26

ABV IBU

7.5% 40

NANAIMO

WOLF BREWING CO.

WHITE SAILS BREWING

125 Comox Rd. | WhiteSailsBrewing.com

940 Old Victoria Rd. | WolfBrewingCompany.com

Helmed by head brewer Tyler Papp, Nanaimo’s award-winning White Sails Brewing is all about tying together craft beer and the local community.

As part of this brewery’s ongoing commitment to being truly local, Wolf Brewing’s bomber labels feature artwork by local artists.

DEPARTURE BAY SESSION ALE

MOUNT BENSON INDIA PALE ALE

A M E R I C A N W H E AT A L E Availability: Year-round

I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round

ABV IBU

92

4.6% 25

ABV IBU

7.0% 60

BLACK & TAN BLENDED BEER

ALE

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

GOLDEN HONEY

5.5% 25

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 19

PARKSVILLE

QUALICUM

MOUNT ARROWSMITH BREWING CO.

LOVESHACK LIBATIONS

1 - 4134 Island Hwy. West | LoveShackLibations.com

109-425 East Stanford Ave. | ArrowsmithBrewing.com

This award-winning Mid-Island gem is a must visit. Its latest collab is with Sean Dwyer from “The Deadliest Catch,” with proceeds going to the ALS Society of B.C.

If you’re looking for love, surely you’ll find it here. Brewer Dave Paul lovingly makes smallbatch, hand-bottled and conditioned beer at his cosy brewery in quaint Qualicum Beach.

BEACHSIDE

BRENNA A SEA RUN

BRUT STRENGTH

SUPER SUMMER SIPPER

SAISON

B R U T I N D I A PA L E A L E

SUMMER ALE

PA S S I O N F R U I T WITBIER Availability: One-off ABV IBU

5.0% 10

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

7.5% 20

Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

7.0% 20

Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

5.8% 15

TOFINO

TOFINO BREWING CO.

691 Industrial Way | TofinoBrewingCo.com

Sure, you can probably find their beer in your local pub or bottle shop, but wouldn’t it taste way better at the source in Tofino? Plan a trip, already!

DIMENSION ASCENSION

SPRUCE TREE ALE

D RY- H O P P E D PA L E A L E

GOLDEN ALE WITH SPRUCE TIPS Availability: Seasonal

Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

5.5% 50

ABV IBU

6.5% 45

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CUMBERLAND CRATE COMPANY 250-792-1865 cumberlandcratecompany.com archie@cumberlandcratecompany.com

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SALMON ARM VERNON

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97A

97

5A

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VERNON

6

08

MERRITT

26

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WESTBANK 14

97C

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KELOWNA 5A

25

07

SUMMERLAND

02 05 10 18 19

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PENTICTON

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OLIVER

BREWERIES 01 02 03 04 05 06 07

Alchemy Bad Tattoo BNA Boundary Cannery Crannรณg Detonate

94

95 100 96 96 100 102 102

08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Empty Keg Firehall Highway 97 Iron Road Kelowna Kettle River Kind Marten Red Bird

99 99 100 95 98 98 102 102 98

17 18 19 20

Red Collar 95 Slackwater 101 Tin Whistle 101 Tree Brewing Beer Institute 98 21 Vice & Virtue 99 22 Wild Ambition 99

BREW PUBS 23 24 25 26 27

Barley Mill Barley Station Elevation 57 Freddy's The Noble Pig

100 101 95 96 96

BIG WHITE

KAMLOOPS

ALCHEMY BREWING CO.

ELEVATION 57 BREWING COMPANY

20 Kettleview Rd. | SessionsTapHouseAndGrill.com

650 Victoria St. | Facebook.com/AlchemyBrewingCompany.ca

Canada’s highest brewery is 5,757 feet above sea level with an extensive selection of craft beers— the perfect thing after a hard day of mountain biking in the summer sun.

Head into Alchemy Brewing in Kelowna for West Coast craft beer paired with smokehouse barbecue and brick oven pizza. Currently featuring 11 taps of Alchemy creations.

DOUBLE DRY-HOPPED PILSNER

HUCK IT HEFEWEIZEN

BROKEN RESOLUTION

HEFEWEIZEN

H A Z Y I N D I A PA L E A L E

PILSNER

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

5.1% N/A

ABV IBU

6.0% N/A

KAMLOOPS

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.3% 32

SUGARBUSH RED MAPLE ALE Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.5% 25

KAMLOOPS

IRON ROAD BREWING

RED COLLAR BREWING CO.

980 Camosun Crs. | IronRoadBrewing.ca

355 Lansdowne St. | RedCollar.ca

What do you get when you pair up two geologists and an award-winning brewmaster? Craft beer that rocks, that's what.

Maybe B.C.’s most dog-centric brewery, Red Collar has a new addition with puppy Fidelle.

We only wish they would post more puppy pics on Instagram!

LOCOMOTIVE LAGER

POMEGRANATE JUICE TRAIN

CZECH-STYLE LAGER

P O M E G R A N AT E SOUR ALE Availability: Seasonal

YOUR FATHER SMELT OF ELDERBERRY SOUR

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 30

ABV IBU

5.0% 5

E L D E R B E R RY S O U R A L E Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

6.0% 25

KAMLOOPS COMMON CALIFORNIA COMMON Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 28 95

KAMLOOPS

KELOWNA

THE NOBLE PIG BREWHOUSE

BNA BREWING CO.

650 Victoria St. | TheNoblePig.ca

1250 Ellis St. | BNABrewing.com

Brewmaster Nick Murphy and chef Jared Summers are a formidable duo at Kamloops’ original brewpub.

In four years, BNA has expanded its brewery three times and added six bowling lanes. You can always expect to find delicious food and amazing beer.

BETTER THAN HOMEWORK

BELGIAN PEPPER ALE

CORDOVA

SUPREME

N O RT H A M E R I C A N I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Small batch

BELGIAN-STYLE ALE

RED WINE BARREL-AGED ROSE GOLDEN ALE

PILSNER

ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

7.2% 50

ABV IBU

Availability: One-off

5.0% 27

ABV IBU

KELOWNA

Availability: Year-round

5.8% 10

ABV IBU

5.0% 31

KELOWNA

BOUNDARY BREWING

FREDDY’S BREWPUB

2-455 Neave Crt. | BoundaryBrewing.beer

124 McCurdy Rd. | McCurdyBowl.com

Summertime is the perfect time to stop by Boundary’s new outdoor picnic area and enjoy a fine German beer—brewed on Canada’s only wooden brewhouse.

Beer and bowling: what’s better? Freddy’s offers a full-food menu and tap list, so you can enjoy your libations while you play at the attached familyfriendly bowling alley.

SUNSHINE HEFEWEIZEN

LEBOWSKI LAGER

CHANNEL CAT PALE ALE

LAGER

PA L E A L E

BAVA R I A N H E F E W E I Z E N Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

96

5.0% 12

LIL' TART ORCHARDWEISSE BERLINERWEISSE Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.3% 5

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 9

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 22

KELOWNA

KELOWNA

KELOWNA BREWING CO.

KETTLE RIVER BREWING CO.

975 Academy Way | KelownaBrewingCompany.com

731 Baillie Ave. | KettleRiverBrewing.ca

This brewpub is right next to the UBC Okanagan campus and features craft taps from all over the province, as well as beers made in-house.

This small-batch, eclectic and inviting neighbourhood brewery took home the award for Best ESB at the 2019 Fest of Ale—a testament to its ever-evolving taps.

VANISHED IPA

ENGLISH SUBTITLES ESB

NEW ENGLAND INDIA PA L E A L E

ADAMO PALE ALE W E S T C OA S T PA L E A L E

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

Availability: Seasonal

6.8% N/A

ABV IBU

EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER Availability: Year-round

5.8% N/A

KELOWNA

LOOSE CANOE DIPA

ABV IBU

D O U B L E I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round

4.1% 40

ABV IBU

7.1% 60

KELOWNA

RED BIRD BREWING

TREE BREWING BEER INSTITUTE

1086 Richter St. | RedBirdBrewing.com

1346 Water St. | TreeBrewingBeerInstitute.com

Red Bird’s popularity will see the nanobrewery expand to include a new 12 hL system and a full kitchen. Look for it in the summer of 2020!

The old Tree Brewing production brewery may be gone now, but Tree’s legacy lives on at this beautiful tasting room located on the lakeshore.

ANTIPSIPATION

REGATTA

I N D I A PA L E A L E

RADLER

PEDAL HEAD PALE ALE

SCHNURRBART LAGER

PA L E A L E

LAGER

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

98

6.0% 65

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

3.0% 12

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 36

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.2% 23

KELOWNA

KELOWNA

VICE & VIRTUE BREWING CO.

WILD AMBITION BREWING

1033 Richter St. | ViceAndVirtueBrewing.ca

1 - 3314 Appaloosa Rd. | WildAmbition.beer

Small brewery, big flavour. Vice and Virtue is a product of great friendships bonded by a mutual love of backyard brewing and great food.

Kelowna’s Wild Ambition has, dare we say, a bit of a wild side. Brewing rustic ales and barrelaged sours, watch for them at festivals this summer—including Farmhouse Fest, naturally.

FOOLS PARADISE

HOMEWRECKER

PRECIPITOUS

SPILLED INK

H A Z Y I N D I A PA L E A L E

C I T R A D RY- H O P P E D FA R M H O U S E A L E

W I N E BA R R E L - A G E D I M P E R I A L S TO U T

D RY- H O P P E D S O U R Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.4% 27

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

7.4% 40

MERRITT

Availability: One-off ABV IBU

Availability: One-off

5.4% 54

ABV IBU

9.5% 100+

OLIVER

EMPTY KEG BREW HOUSE

FIREHALL BREWERY

2190 Voght St. | EmptyKegBrewHouse.ca

6077 Main St. | FirehallBrewery.com

The Nicola Valley's only community focused nanobrewery is finally open! The long anticipated brewhouse is starting off strong with a lineup of eight craft beers.

Grab a beer in the tasting room, enjoy the sunshine in the picnic area or check out the live music in the Back Alley concert series—the choice is yours at Firehall.

BUXOM BLONDE ALE

KILT LIFTER SCOTTISH 80

STOP, HOP & ROLL

FALSE ALARM BITTER

BLONDE ALE

S C OT T I S H 8 0 SCHILLING ALE Availability: Year-round

OAT M E A L I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Seasonal

PA L E A L E

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 24

ABV IBU

5.1% 20

ABV IBU

6.5% 63

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 35 99

PENTICTON

PENTICTON

BAD TATTOO BREWING CO.

BARLEY MILL BREW PUB

169 Estabrook Ave. | BadTattooBrewing.com

2460 Skaha Lake Rd. | BarleyMillPub.com

As a new brewery neighbourhood springs up around this brewery in downtown Penticton, Bad Tattoo continues to serve delicious beer and pizza to packed houses.

Come for the craft beer and pub grub at Penticton’s original brewpub, but stay for the outdoor karaoke!

MELON GOSE GOSE Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

LOS MUERTOS CERVEZA NEGRA

PEN CITY OATMEAL STOUT

DA R K L A G E R Availability: Year-round

S TO U T

4.7% 12

ABV IBU

5.0% 25

NEW ENGLAND INDIA PA L E A L E

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

PENTICTON

RUDE PONY

6.2% 41

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.4% 46

PENTICTON

HIGHWAY 97 BREWERY

CANNERY BREWING

198 Ellis St. | CanneryBrewing.com

954 Eckhardt Ave. | Hwy97Brewery.com

Cannery’s family-friendly, dog-friendly patio is now open for the season! If you’re walking or biking along Penticton’s KVR trail or boardwalk by the lake, consider ending your journey here.

As you arrive in Penticton from Kelowna, this small brewery is one of the first buildings you’ll see, making it the perfect pit stop.

DRUPACEOUS APRICOT WHEAT ALE

SUNBLINK BERRY SOUR

BANDITO LAGER & LIME

KETTLE SOUR WITH FRUIT Availability: Seasonal

LAGER

W H E AT A L E Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

100

5.0% 25

ABV IBU

5.0% 15

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.0% 15

RASPBERRY & LEMON WHEAT ALE W H E AT A L E Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

4.0% 15

PENTICTON

PENTICTON

THE TIN WHISTLE BREWING CO.

SLACKWATER BREWING

218 Martin St. | SlackwaterBrewing.com

112-1475 Fairview Rd. | TheTinWhistleBrewery.rocks

The highly anticipated Slackwater opens its two-storey tasting room and rooftop patio this summer. Slackwater’s love of the water pairs well with their love of great beer.

What's that sound? It's the whistle of this Pentiction, B.C., craft brewing locomotive of tasty beers. You have a train to catch.

TIGHT LINES LAGER

WHAT THE FOG?!

HELLES LAGER

N O RT H E A S T E R N I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Seasonal

PARADISE COCONUT HOPFENWEISSE

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 17

ABV IBU

6.9% 45

SALMON ARM

BARLEY STATION BREW PUB

20 Shuswap St. N. | BarleyStation.com

AMERICAN HEFEWEIZEN Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.5% 20

PEACH CREAM ALE FRUIT CREAM ALE Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 10

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For four years, this family-run institution has brewed up Sixty Five Roses Honey Red Ale, generously donating a portion of sales to Cystic Fibrosis Canada.

SHUSWAP TRAIL ALE

SIXTY FIVE ROSE HONEY

I N D I A PA L E A L E

RED ALE

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.6% 65

Availability: One-off ABV IBU

5.5% 34

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DETONATE BREWING

CRANNÓG ALES

706 Elson Rd. | CrannogAles.com

#104-9503 Cedar Ave. | DetonateBrewing.com

This farm-based brewery spearheaded B.C.’s resurgent hop-growing movement 15 years ago.

It uses organic malts in all its beers along with local ingredients whenever possible.

Once upon a time, Detonate was the new kid in Summerland, today they’re an Okanagan favourite pouring fun, unique brews.

BACK HAND OF GOD

SUNDAY FUNDAY

CITRA STATION PALE ALE

OAT M E A L B R E A K FA S T S TO U T Availability: Year-round

PA L E A L E

S TO U T Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.2% 16

INSURRECTION I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.4% 54

VERNON

ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

5.8% 32

ABV IBU

5.0% 26

WEST KELOWNA

MARTEN BREWING CO.

KIND BREWING

2933A 30th Ave. | MartenBrewpub.com

2405 Main St. | Facebook.com/KindBrewer

Voted as one of B.C.’s top 10 tasting rooms, Marten is the place to be in downtown Vernon.

Don’t miss all-day happy hour every Sunday.

Kind Brewing now offers a full menu, games— including some vintage pinball machines—and a variety of delicious beers, ciders and wine.

LUNKHEAD LAGER

PEATED SOUR BARLEY WINE

WIPA

BELGIAN WIT

LAGER

BA R L E Y W I N E

W E S T C OA S T I N D I A PA L E A L E

B E L G I A N W H E AT B E E R

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

102

4.8% 12

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

9.0% 32

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.2% 62

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.7% 9

KOO T E NAYS 93

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LAKE LOUISE

GOLDEN 23

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REVELSTOKE

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INVERMERE

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KASLO

07

KIMBERLEY

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ROSSLAND

UNITED STATES

BREWERIES

01 Angry Hen 105 02 Arrowhead 104 03 Backroads 105 04 Fernie 104 05 Mt. Begbie 106 06 Nelson 106 07 Over Time 105

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BANFF

08 Rossland 107 09 Rumpus 106 10 Torchlight 106 11 Trail Beer Refinery 107

12 Whitetooth 104

BREW PUBS

13 Fisher Peak 104

ALBERTA BRITISH COLUMBIA

CRANBROOK

FERNIE

FISHER PEAK BREWING CO.

FERNIE BREWING CO.

821 Baker St. | TheHeidOut.ca

26 Manitou Rd. | FernieBrewing.com

Fisher Peak’s award-winning brews are served onsite at the Heid Out Restaurant, where Cranbrookians have enjoyed a long history of seasonal, locally sourced and delicious food.

Are you up for the Trail to Ale Challenge?

Bag three challenging climbs within 24 hours and win a cold brew, handmade medal and ultimate glory.

HELLROARING SCOTTISH ALE

WHITE WOLF HAZY IPA

3300 GOLDEN ALE

S C OT T I S H A L E

N O RT H E A S T E R N I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round

GOLDEN ALE

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.8% 30

ABV IBU

BELGIAN-STYLE BLONDE ALE

Availability: Year-round

6.5% 60

GOLDEN

SINGLE SPEED

ABV IBU

Availability: Seasonal

4.7% 25

ABV IBU

4.8% 19

INVERMERE

ARROWHEAD BREWING CO.

WHITETOOTH BREWING

623 8th Ave. N. | WhitetoothBrewing.com

481 Arrow Rd. | ArrowheadBrewingCompany.ca

Named for the original ski hill in Golden, Whitetooth is a year-round craft beer destination thanks to award-winning beers and it’s sweet new patio!

Invermere is a gorgeous part of B.C., and visiting this locally-focused brewery is extra incentive to plan a road trip there this summer.

MAIBOCK

FARMER’S DAUGHTER

FANCY FOOTWORK

SAISON

I N D I A PA L E L A G E R

JAMBROSIA RASPBERRY WHEAT

MAIBOCK Availability: One-off ABV IBU

104

7.2% 32

FRUIT BEER Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

5.2% 17

Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

6.8% 15

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

6.0% 35

KASLO

KIMBERLEY

OVER TIME BEER WORKS

ANGRY HEN BREWING

343 Front St. | AngryHenBrewing.com

136A Wallinger Ave. | OverTimeBeer.ca

Located on the shores of Kootenay Lake, Angry Hen welcomes new brewer Matt Russell and his family to the team and to Kaslo!

Pulling an overtime shift has never been so delicious thanks to brewer Matt Phillip’s stable of craft classics (no relation to the Phillips Brewing founder).

OLD BITCH

SPLIT WIT

PRESENT

BELGIAN-STYLE WITBIER

I N D I A PA L E A L E

SPRING CHICKEN

BITTER

SOUR FRUIT BEER Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.8% 35

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.1% 23

NELSON

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

460 Baker St. | BackroadsBrewing.com

Fact: Backroads is pretty awesome! Having freshly doubled both its brewing and tasting room capacity this Baker Street brewery is ready to serve the thirsty public.

FRESHLY SQUEEZED

SIPASAUROUS REX

J U I C Y I N D I A PA L E A L E

D RY- H O P P E D WHITE ALE Availability: Small batch

ABV IBU

6.8% 60

ABV IBU

5.7% 80

Give your customers a reason to

drop in

BACKROADS BREWING CO.

Availability: Small batch

5.1% 20

Availability: Year-round

ABV IBU

5.7% 30

AND

hang out Carry us in your brewery, tap room or store and your customers will keep coming back for more.

B.C. craft beer guide

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NELSON

NELSON

TORCHLIGHT BREWING CO.

NELSON BREWING CO.

512 Latimer St. | NelsonBrewing.com

125 Hall St. | TorchlightBrewing.com

This Kootenay original has been doing some rebranding lately, but the beer in those fancy new cans is just as delicious as ever.

Nelon’s beloved Torchlight Brewing is turning five this June! Expect a new beer menu, special releases and a wicked party happening June 22.

BRAMBLE ON

HOOLIGAN PILSNER

THE BIG SQUEEZY

ENDLESS ADVENTURE

PILSNER

N E C TA R I N E PA L E A L E

H A Z Y PA L E A L E

O R G A N I C R A S P B E R RY W H E AT A L E Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

5.0% 17

ABV IBU

5.0% 21

REVELSTOKE

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.5% 30

Availability: Seasonal

4.5% 25

ABV IBU

REVELSTOKE

MT. BEGBIE BREWING CO

2155 Oak Dr. | Mt-Begbie.com

RUMPUS BEER COMPANY

208 1st Street E. | RumpusBeerCo.com

Ever go to a brewery and wonder, “Why aren’t there more breweries with dog runs?” Head down to Mt. Begbie where they are answering the call this summer.

The beer is fermenting and the tanks are filled and ready to go. By the time you read this, the beer will be flowing at this this tiny brewery with big ideas.

FAUX-PAW CERISE SAISON

WHITE KNUCKLE

POCKET SNACKS

FRUIT SAISON

BELGIAN WHITE INDIA PA L E A L E Availability: Seasonal

M U LT I G R A I N P O RT E R

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

106

6.5% 25

ABV IBU

5.6% 40

ACID DROP

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.7% 26

D RY- H O P P E D S O U R Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.2% 6

ROSSLAND

TRAIL

ROSSLAND BEER CO.

TRAIL BEER REFINERY

1990 Columbia Ave. | RosslandBeer.com

1299 Bay Ave. | TrailBeerRefinery.ca

Brewing award-winning beer set against the gorgeous backdrop of Red Mountain ski resort, Rossland is the ideal après ski/hike/bike/work community gathering place.

This taproom loves to try new things, including recently creating Zero Vodka Soda. Try it during TBR's daily happy hour.

GREEN JACKET PALE ALE

OH BOURBON

N O RT H A M E R I C A N PA L E A L E Availability: One-off ABV IBU

RED ZEPPELIN RASPBERRY WHEAT ALE FRUIT BEER Availability: Seasonal

5.0% 30

ABV IBU

5.0% 30

B O U R B O N BA R R E L AMBER ALE Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.5% 25

THUNDER ROAD IPA I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.0% 60

LAST SPIKE BREWERY:

CANADA’S LARGEST DEDICATED PARTNER BREWERY

We specialize in the brewing, canning, kegging, and packaging of beer for local, national, and international clients. Located in the heart of Calgary, our state-of-the-art brewing facility provides a wide range of services for established brands, start-up craft breweries, and large producers seeking additional brewing capacity.

BREW WITH US! www.lastspikebrewery.com info@lastspikebrewery.com @lastspikebrewery

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FORT ST JOHN

JACKSON’S SOCIAL CLUB & BREWHOUSE 175 Hwy. 97 | JacksonsSocialClub.com

BEARD’S BREWING CO.

10408 Alaska Rd. N. | BeardsBrewing.ca

The perfect pit stop for craft beer on Highway 97—you can also find Jackson’s beers at the South Cariboo Farmers’ Market this summer.

Open less than two years, this brewery can’t keep up with demand for its 15 beers, some of which are now available in cans.

ONE ANOTHER

FRAULEIN SAISON

MOUNTAIN BEARD PILSNER

BEE STING LAGER

SESSION ALE

PILSNER

HONEY LAGER

HIBISCUS ALE Availability: One-off ABV IBU

4.0% N/A

Availability: One-off ABV IBU

4.2% 18

FORT ST JOHN

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.9% 26

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.6% 19

Get dressed!

MIGHTY PEACE BREWING CO.

10128 95th Ave. | MightyPeaceBrewing.ca

Look as good as the beer you drink.

Born of a tasting trip to Victoria, the Most Northern Brewery in B.C. is proof that once you go craft, you never go back.

PEACE GOLD GOLDEN ALE Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.6% 16

THE MIGHTY HAZE NEW ENGLAND INDIA PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.7% 55

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PRINCE GEORGE

PRINCE GEORGE

TRENCH BREWING & DISTILLING

CROSSROADS BREWING

508 George St. | CrossroadsCraft.com

399 2nd Ave. | TrenchBrew.ca

Celebrating the outdoor lifestyle of Prince George, CrossRoads brewing is hosting its second annual, and family-friendly, outdoor recreation show in July and September.

Trench Brewing may be located in Prince George, but their tasting room boasts some major East Van vibes featuring a large communal table and woodsy décor.

GEORGE ST. BROWN

KAZA POMEGRANATE KETTLE SOUR

BIJOUX SINGLE HOP IDAHO 7 ISA

KETTLE SOUR ALE Availability: Seasonal

INDIA SESSION ALE Availability: Small batch

E N G L I S H B R OW N A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 19

FAST LANE IPA I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.5% 70

PRINCE RUPERT

ABV IBU

4.8% 15

ABV IBU

5.0% 20

QUESNEL

WHEELHOUSE BREWING CO.

217 1st Ave. E. | WheelhouseBrewing.com

BARKERVILLE BREWING CO.

185 Davie St. | BarkervilleBeer.com

B.C.’s westernmost brewery may be at the edge of the Earth, but it’s worth the trip to visit its charmingly kitschy tasting room and its solid lineup of beers.

Quesnel's hometown brewery features a new patio, 12 beers on tap and a large communal table. Bonus: Barkerville Brewing Co. is 100 per cent powered by women.

SCURVY DOG SPRUCE ALE

VITAMIN SEA

SLUICE JUICE

HIGH STAKES

BLONDE ALE

PA L E A L E

IMPERIAL INDIA PA L E A L E

SPRUCE TIP SUMMER ALE Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

110

5.0% 30

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 35

Availability: One-off ABV IBU

5.0% 0

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

8.0% 80

SMITHERS

SMITHERS

BULKLEY VALLEY BREWERY

SMITHERS BREWING CO.

3860 1st Ave. | BulkleyValleyBrewery.ca

3832 3rd Ave. | SmithersBrewing.com

Bulkley Valley's pale ale features Canada’s first ever patented hop, appropriately named “Sasquatch.” Check it out for it’s tropical fruit flavour and aroma.

Smithers Brewing Co. has just recently expanded its cellar and fired up the canning machine. Delicious beer is on its way to a shelf near you!

SASQUATCH PALE ALE

LIME COCONUT SOUR

SCATTERBRAIN

PA L E A L E

SOUR ALE Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

NEW ENGLAND INDIA PA L E A L E

Availability: Small batch

5.8% 14

ABV IBU

Availability: Seasonal

3.8% 21

TERRACE

ABV IBU

RISKY BUSINESS BRETT SOUR WITH PEACHES Availability: Small batch

6.5% N/A

ABV IBU

5.5% N/A

VALEMOUNT

SHERWOOD MOUNTAIN BREWHOUSE

THREE RANGES BREWING CO.

101 - 4816 Hwy. 16 West | SherwoodMountain.beer

1160 5th Ave. | ThreeRanges.com

Brewmaster Darryl Tucker is the Friar Tuck of Sherwood Mountain, spreading the gospel of German-inspired beers to the good people of Terrace.

Operating a 300 L brewhouse and producing 12,000 litres a month during the summer, this expanding small town brewery truly puts the “ale” in V-ale-mount.

SKEENA SUNSHINE

MT. ROBSON KOLSCH

PARKER’S IPA I N D I A PA L E A L E

SAISON Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

6.0% 20

KO L S C H

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.6% 50

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.7% 22

SWAMP DONKEY BROWN ALE A M E R I C A N B R OW N A L E Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.8% 23 111

BEER GROUND To the

At this rate, 2019 could see the most craft brewery openings ever in B.C.! Here’s what our network of spies is telling us about what’s coming down the pike.

ACE BREWING CO.

CLIFFSIDE BREWING

Courtenay (summer 2019) This aviation-inspired brewery is conveniently located right next to the Courtenay Air Park and is ready to take flight any day now. AceBrewing.ca

Nanaimo (fall 2019) Downtown Nanaimo is getting its second craft brewery with Cliffside opening up on Cliff Street, just around the corner from White Sails Brewing. Expect a 49-seat lounge and a patio, too. CliffsideBrewCo.ca

THE BAKERY BREWING CO. Port Moody (summer 2019) Barrel-aged sour and wild ales will be the focus of Murray Street’s soon-to-be fifth brewery, brought to you by Adam Crandall of Moody Ales.

TheBakeryBrewing.com

COPPER BREWING

BARN OWL BREWING

DOG MOUNTAIN BREWING

Kelowna (fall 2019) Located in an updated heritage barn with seating for 60 people, this farm-based craft brewery will be the first for Kelowna’s Lower Mission neghbourhood.

Port Alberni (summer 2019) “Former mad scientist” Robin Miles is brewing up the beers at the Alberni Valley’s newest brewery, which features a patio with a stellar ocean view.

DogMountainBrew.com

BARNSIDE BREWING Delta (summer 2019) Located on 60th Avenue in Ladner, this truly farm-based brewery will be growing its own malting barley and brewing it up in its 25 hL copper brewhouse.

BarnsideBrewing.ca

BREAKAWAY BREWING CO. Summerland (summer 2019) This new brewery in the heart of uptown Summerland is led by two young ex-hockey players originally from Colorado.

BRIGHT EYE BREWING Kamloops (summer 2019) Located at the new Station at Tranquille development, Bright Eye will be the first craft brewery for Kamloops’ North Shore.

CAMP BEER CO. Langley (summer 2019) Camp is one of many newcomers to the Langley craft beer scene.

You can try its recent collabs with Old Abbey Ales and Big Ridge. CampBeerCo.com

Kelowna (summer 2019) A 110-seat lounge in a modern industrial space on Kirschner Road is planned for this craft brewery, which will be focusing on “approachable” beer options.

FARM COUNTRY BREWING Langley (summer 2019) Hoping to be the first brewery in Langley City proper, Farm Country will bring craft beer and a rockin’ patio to 56th Avenue downtown.

FarmCountryBrewing.com

FRASER MILLS FERMENTATION CO. Port Moody (Summer 2019) The new development in South Coquitlam it originally had its eye on was taking too long, so this fledgling brewery is opening up on Port Moody’s Saint Johns Street with brewer Ashley Brooks instead. FraserMillsFermentation.com

HERALD STREET BREW WORKS Victoria (2019) The Drake Eatery and Steel & Oak are teaming up, and if the result is anything less than spectacular, we’ll be shocked.

HeraldStreet.com

HUDSON TAPHOUSE AND BREWPUB Victoria (summer 2019) The people behind

the Yates Tap House are behind this whopping 358-seat brewpub, distillery and restaurant in the new Hudson District development.

JACKKNIFE BREWING Kelowna (fall 2019) Former Kettle River brewer Brad Tomlinson is opening up his own brewery next door to his old brewery, making the corner of Baillie and Richter officially the coolest intersection in craft beer.

MERRIDALE BREWERY AND DISTILLERY Victoria (spring 2020) This local cider maker is expanding with a purpose-built, 12,000-sq.ft. flagship brewery, distillery and restaurant in Vic West’s Dockside Green development.

Merridale.ca

MOUNTAINVIEW BREWING Hope (fall 2019) All roads lead to Hope, and owners Adam and Danielle Keil are hoping their brewery will be a fixture for locals as well as a pit stop for thirsty travellers.

MountainviewBrewing.ca

NEIGHBOURHOOD BREWING Penticton (spring 2020) The owners of Port Moody’s Yellow Dog Brewing are behind this new purpose-built brewery on the edge of downtown, just blocks from the beach.

NeighbourhoodBrewing.com.

OLD YALE BREWING Langley (fall 2019) The Fraser Valley’s original craft brewery is opening up a second brewery and tasting room in Langley, and we hear it’s going to be pretty sweet. OldYaleBrewing.com

RUSTIC REEL BREWING COMPANY Kelowna (fall 2019) This massive, 8,000-sq.-ft. space in the North End will feature craft beer, local food and an artisan craft market.

RusticReel.com

SHORELINE BREWING Kelowna (2020) Located across from Gyro Beach in South Pandosy, Shoreline Brewing will be on the groundfloor of a massive new development dubbed “The Shore,” with seating for close to 100 people inside, as well as another 100 on its expansive patio.

STANLEY PARK BREWPUB Vancouver (fall 2019) The historic Fish House restaurant in Stanley Park is currently being renovated by the eponymous beer brand owned by AB-InBev and will feature a full-service kitchen, tasting room and small batch beers brewed on site. StanleyParkBrewing.com

TAILOUT BREWING Castlegar (summer 2019) The former Banjo’s Pub is being reimagined as a rustic fishingand-hunting-themed craft brewery with a focus on with locally sourced ingredients.

TailoutBrewing.com

TINHOUSE BREWING Port Coquitlam (fall 2019) Located just around the corner from Northpaw, Tinhouse already has some collabs under its belt while its own brewhouse should be up and running soon. TinhouseBrewing.ca

UCLUELET BREWING CO. Ucluelet (summer 2019) The former St. Aiden’s Church on the Hill has been transformed into a house of worship of a different kind— that of delicious craft beer!

UclueletBrewing.ca j • Got a hot brewery tip? Let us know at editor@thegrowler.ca

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