This is a shoutout to The Keg Steakhouse in Abbotsford for having Four Winds Juxtapose Wild IPA on their limited beer menu. This is hands-down my favourite IPA, and being able to enjoy a properly prepared medium-rare steak with a properly prepared beverage is a sheer delight. So much so I couldn’t stop at just…
Category: Craft Beer
Upright’s Pathway to Paradise
I love saisons. It’s a style of beer that opens itself up to so many unique variations, and regional expressions. For me it epitomizes the true heritage of craft beer, and what craft beer is really all about. Lending itself perfectly to creative breweries like Upright Brewing to take artistic license and do whatever the…
The Perfect Canadian Pilsner
You’re probably going to say that this isn’t a craft beer because of the size of the brewery. Fair enough. Regardless of the fact that this is a nationally distributed product, there is something to be said about brewing it right. And, this my friends, is brewed it right. I’ve tasted dozens of pilsners from…
A Man for all Saisons
Today’s hop topic brings me to my current infatuation…. SAISONS (aka. farmhouse ales). I seriously find myself asking “Where have they been all my life?”. After brewing my own (Saison in the Sun) using a simple grain bill, rehydrated apricots, Nelson Sauvin hops, and a Belle Saison yeast, I’ve absolutely fallen in love with this…
Foamer’s Folly: Bonding Over Brews
After an excellent morning service at The Village Church in Langley, Sarah (my youngest daughter) and I journeyed out for some Father / Daughter bonding time. Heading to the north side of the Fraser River, we stopped into Foamer’s Folley Brewing in Pitt Meadows before heading to Golden Ears Cheesecrafters for lunch. Having never been…
Bellingham Tap Trail: A hophead’s paradise
NOTE: I’ll be doing up a small blog for each brewery we visited so that you don’t fall asleep reading an unnecessarily long diatribe. With a population of 81,000, Bellingham, WA (BLI) is an island of a city on the I-5. By this I mean it’s surrounded by farmland, sprawling green hills, the Pacific Ocean,…
Off The Rail Comet Launcher: Is it out of this world?
After an enjoyable visit to East Van Brewing I wandered over to Off The Rail (aka. OTR) who was introducing their Comet Launcher Double IPA (DIPA). This was not just another beer for OTR, but a special release in celebration of their 3rd anniversary. My plan was to grab a bomber and head on home….
Field House French IPA
Craft brewers are fast becoming artists in their own right. Fashioning malty beverages that extend the boundaries of what we call beer. Long frowned down upon as a second class beverage, beer is making a new mark on the culinary world. In fact, I would dare say it has surpassed wine in its ability to…
Wheelbite: A Yeast Van Boarder Thing
East Vancouver is to a hop-head what Wriggly Field is to a baseball fanatic… shear paradise! There are so many craft breweries in a relatively small region, which can make choosing one destination a tough task. Today I had a plan! A brief plan albeit, but a plan just the same. And that plan was…
Four Winds Phaedra: He Ain’t Hefe, He’s My IPA.
It’s like a hefe married an IPA and lived happily ever after.
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