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Canada Beer Cup Champion, new releases, Halloween events
Joseph Lavoie
October 28, 2022
Happy Friday!
Off the Rail Brewing will soon be making beers with recipes designed by and in collaboration with award-winning home brewers. Such an awesome idea and I can't wait to taste the first releases.
BC's breweries did exceptionally well at the Inaugural Canada Beer Cup, taking home the top prize. Scroll down to see who won and for which beer.
This weekend, there are plenty of Halloween parties to choose from, and as always, an impressive lineup of new beer releases across a variety of beer styles. Have a great weekend!
– Joseph Lavoie
P.S. We've been overwhelmed by the response to Tuesday's newsletter, our first style explorer. It's the most popular issue of the Beer Loop yet! Missed it? You can find it here.
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FEATURED NEW BEER RELEASES
Another Grate Beer
Another Beer Co. has a new Hazy IPA on tap featuring Cryo Wet Hops using the DIP hopping technique with the goal of producing a mind bending hop experience. The brewery is pretty excited about this release, "Frozen Hop Cryo us worth the price of admission - ultra limited, don't miss it."
Available: On tap at the brewery
Location: 30 Capilano Way #11, New Westminster | Map
A Zesty Pilsner
Slow Hand Beer Company has collaborated with Temporal Ales to bring back Aurumemoria, a pilsner that features malts grown in the Pacific Northwest and a German hop variety called Aurum, which offers classic German hop characters (spicy, herbaceous, with notes of citrus). "The result is crispy...with a lovely and mellow citrus zestiness on the finish.
Available: in the tasting room starting tomorrow and delivery on The BeerVan
Location: 1830 Powell St, Vancouver | Map
Take a Walk on the Dark Side
With fall making a dramatic entrance with this weekend's rain storms, a dark ale can feel so cozy and appropriate for this weather. White Sails Brewing has brought back its favourite "light-dark" ale. The Dark Side is light bodied, easy drinking, with roasted chocolate malt notes. Rounded out with an earthy hop profile.
Available: In the taproom and at craft beer retailers Island-wide
Location: 125 Comox Rd, Nanaimo | Map
ADDITIONAL BEER RELEASES
Lagers
Farmhouse Brewing has a fresh hop red lager featuring Sterling Fresh Hops
Studio Brewing is releasing three small-batch beers this weekend at its Halloween party. On the list, Small Hours Dark Lager.
Craving a Vienna Lager? Camp Beer Co. used German malts and noble European hops in this new release.
Powell Brewery has a limited release American style dark lager with a slightly sweet malt character and noble hop bitterness.
Ales
Steel & Oak has used three hop varieties and a robust grain bill to produce Layover Hazy IPA, promising notes of pomelo, green strawberry, pine, and prairie grass.
Studio Brewing's lineup of Halloween Party releases includes a cherry dark saison and an American stout.
House of Funk brings us a rare sight, a Black IPA, which was fermented in an oak foeder, four hop varieties and coffee/chocolate notes.
North Point has brought back Wobbly Toboggan, a white IPA clocking in at a 9.5% ABV.
Persephone is rolling out a Nitro Mocha Porter, brewed with coffee and dark chocolate.
Backcountry has stuffed a load of hops in every way possible in it's latest C-Hop IPA, Revenge of the Narc.
Sours and Seasonal Beers
Black Kettle Brewing's latest release is a blackberry sour. Juicy and tart up front, blood orange in the finish.
Strange Fellows' Madame Roxanne, aged on French Oak wine barrels and a hefty dose of black raspberries.
Container Brewing has a grisette at an easy-going 3.2% ABV.
Bayview Brewing is promising layers of strawberry, rhubarb, cinnamon, and vanilla with its latest sour release.
Field House Brewing is getting in on the pie action with an apple pie sour.
Dageraad brings us rich plum and clover flavours in this malty and spicy brune.
CANADA BEER CUP AWARDS
The Canada Beer Cup is a new beer competition, and its inaugural winners were announced earlier this week. Would you be surprised if I told you BC's breweries did well? Of course you wouldn't—we've got amazing breweries here. We racked up 46 medals!
A BIG congrats to Callister Brewing for being named the 2022 Canada Beer Cup Champion for its Wee Laird Wee Heavy Scottish Ale.
You can sort through the full list of winners here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
This Weekend
Ace Brewing is offering 15% off to those who show up in costume at its Halloween Party tonight.
Shore Line Brewing is hosting a Halloween Party on October 29, featuring a live DJ and a photo booth. Free entry and costume contest.
Studio Brewing is celebrating Halloween with a triple beer release tomorrow and Sunday.
Farm Country also has a triple small batch beer release and costume contest on tomorrow.
Moody Ales & Co is putting on a Halloween party with DJ spinning all night long tomorrow.
La Cerveceria Astilleros invites you to the brewery tomorrow to get your makeup done in a Catrina style so you can properly celebrate Dia de los Muertos.
Fuggles is getting in on the costume prize give-away. The $5 beers might be the real reason to go.
Dageraad is hosting pumpkin carvings, spiced ciders, and treats tomorrow and Sunday, starting at 12pm
Not This Weekend
Deep Cove is giving us an excuse to show up to North Shore Craft Beer Week with big shoulder blazers or spandex for this 80s house party on November 12.
Patina Brewing is hosting a mindful beer tasting yoga class monthly on Saturdays. The next sessions are on November 19, December 17, January 28, February 18, and March 11.
The Beer Institute is hosting Brewphoria, starting November 3, featuring beers from seven breweries.
BC Beer Awards returns November 5 to celebrate BC's best beers. The event is sold out, but you can join the waitlist here.
BC Beer Con is taking place November 8-9at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster.
Uli's Restaurant in White Rock is hosting a 5-course paired dinner in collaboration with Driftwood Brewery on November 17.
GAME TIME
Wordle
Last week's Wordle clue: "a classic"
The answer? Fat Tug. Congrats to Anastasia Turner for guessing it correctly.
This week, we have you singing "Campeones, Campeones, olé olé oléeeeee!”