Category: Seasonal Ale

Red Collar Brewing Sessional Pale Ale: A simple brew

So I was on a fly fishing trip at Roche Lake with the boys in mid-October (yes it was very cold), and a run into town was needed to grab a few supplies. Fortunately, Kamloops, the trout fishing center of the world, is only a 40 minute jaunt and they also happen to be the…

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Fieldhouse Cherry Vanilla Milk Stout: Tart like a tiger

Checking my Instagram feed the other day I saw there were only a few bottles left of the Fieldhouse Cherry Vanilla Milk Stout in the Fieldhouse fridge. Having yet to savor the small batch beverage, this was truly a call to action. Being some 75km away at the time I sent out a plea for…

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Off the Rail: Raybuck Irish Ale

With the weather getting rather chilly, Mama Panda was in no mood to sit fireside in the back 40. Having little desire to hang out by the fire with only my thoughts and a frosty beverage, I ended up at the tying bench with an Off The Rail Raybuck Irish Ale. Yeast Van Micro Off…

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Black Kettle Brewing Co.: Could this be a hidden gem?

The other day I stumbled across Black Kettle Brewing, tucked away at the end of an industrial building, around the corner from a client in North Vancouver. Excited by the prospect that I had found a hidden gem of a micro brewery perhaps only the locals talked about. Checking online, the reviews looked promising, so…

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Fernie Brewing: Pumpkin Brown Ale

“Time heals all wounds” – except for those with a distaste for pumpkin beer. For haters it is a mortal wound that only a double IPA or Category 12 Zombie Repellant Ale 2 can remedy. Not holding the same disdain, pumpkin ales, for me, parallel Christmas carols because they’re fun at first, but quickly lose…

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