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How about OREOs with your beer?
These decadent and indulgent beers will warm your soul
Joseph Lavoie
December 02, 2022
Happy Friday!
Lagerheads and beer purists, you might want to look the other way today. We have lots of decadent beers on the release list, with a range of adjuncts designed to celebrate the festive season. If you're the adventurous type or love bold and boozy winter beers, we've got you covered.
Meanwhile, congrats to Brave Brewing, which has taken over the spot formerly occupied by Bakery Brewing, which announced a temporary closure earlier this year as it transitioned to new management. Brave Brewing opened a week ago with a new beer list featuring a hazy IPA, a lager, and and amber lager. You can give the new brewery Instagram love here.
– Joseph Lavoie
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FEATURED NEW BEER RELEASES
6,000 OREOs
Superflux has paired with Brassneck to make a second version of Cookies and Cream, a beer made with 6,000 OREO cookies, no joke. A decadent treat clocking in at 11.8%, this should warm you up on a cold night. If the cookies weren't enough to entice you, how about the excessive levels of vanilla, lactose and chocolate? 🍪🥛
Available: In single cans at the brewery and online
Spiced Apple and Brandy
More of an apple pie person? Barnside has you covered with this new release that will have you tasting warm-baked apple pie. This limited release spiced apple brandy milk stout used the brewery's award-winning milk stout base recipe but takes it up a notch by aging it for 10 months in apple brandy bourbon barrels. You'll get cinnamon, apple, chocolate and apple pie in the nose. At 11.2%, this is another slow slipper to enjoy by the fire. 🍎🥧
Available: In bottles
Cherry Maple Vanilla Sour
Fresh off the canning line, this new release came out yesterday and Field House promises dark and tart cherries aromas and flavours. Loaded with maple, brown sugar and vanilla and a sour finish, this is all decadence. Compared to the releases above, it's also incredibly light at 6% 🍒
Available: In 4-packs and on tap in Abbotsford and Chilliwack and shipping out to stores.
A 2-Year Wait
Backcountry held back a portion of last year's barrel-aged stout and conditioned it for an extra year on heavy char barrels. With time comes a "beautiful rich complexity and velvety smooth mouthfeel," so good that the brewery says it's their favourite barrel-aged stouts to date.
Available: Single cans at the brewery and shipping out to stores in the Sea to Sky and Greater Vancouver Area.
ADDITIONAL BEER RELEASES
Lagers
Backcountry has a 5% Italian Pilsner with slightly hoppy, subtle floral and berry notes.
Slow Hand is releasing a new lager this weekend. For you Rolling Stones fans, Keef's is a one-off American lager brewed to celebrate Keithmas. It's for a good cause, so drink up.
Ales
Brewhall has three limited releases on tap. One is a lemongrass saison with ginger and lime. The other is a dragonfruit and tangerine wheat ale. The third is a double bubble double IPA. Try saying that three times....
Dageraad has unveiled a holiday gift pack featuring 4 beers and 2 gold leaf glasses. The pack features Anna 2021 and 2022, 10°, and 12°.
Camp Beer Co. celebrated its third birthday by releasing Birthday Cake Milkshake IPA. The team actually made cakes and then added those cakes to the brew. Then added lactose, coconut, and vanilla.
House of Funk has a new West Coast Double IPA fermented in oak and four hop varieties.
Stouts and Porters
Parkside is releasing Snow Globe at noon today, a salted caramel porter. ☃️
Beacon Brewing's latest stout is an oatmeal stout with coffee, dark fruit, raisin, and chocolate notes.
Hoyne brings us the perfect marriage of coffee and beer with Voltage Espresso Stout.
Sours, Seasonal Beers and Others
Land and Sea is spreading holiday cheer with a cranberry orange sour IPA.
Field House has a beautiful Citra Amarillo Sour that was cold-pressed on blood orange skins.
Luppolo bucks the heavy holiday flavour trend with a summery mango, pineapple, and key lime smoothie beer.
Camp Beer Co. is bringing back its tart pear farmhouse, this time in cans.
UPCOMING EVENTS
This Weekend
🎶 It's inaugural karaoke night at Another Beer Co. tonight.
🎅 Kids of all ages can visit Santa at Camp Beer Co on Sunday.
Not This Weekend
🎨 It's Paint Nite at Deep Cove on December 5 and January 9. Get tickets.
🎄Steel & Oak is putting on a wreath workshop. The first session sold out quickly, so a new session has been scheduled for December 5th. $85 per person.
🎁 Silver Valley continues with the Christmas spirit, hosting a Christmas Craft Night on December 6. Get tickets.
🌃 Strange Fellows is hosting Krampusmarket on December 9, an old-world inspired winter market to bring merry lightness and goodwill to the darkest days of the year. Get tickets.
🦌 Locality Brewing is offering finger foods and super Christmas flights of beer on December 9, 10, and 11. Get tickets.
💥 Ace Brewing is hosting a Marvel vs DC Trivia Night on December 15. Kids welcome.
🧘 Patina Brewing is hosting a mindful beer tasting yoga class monthly on Saturdays. The next sessions are on December 17, January 28, February 18, and March 11. Container Brewing is also offering Beer Yoga sessions on January 15 and February 25.
🍽️ Driftwood is putting on another beer dinner with Rock Bay Market, on December 7. Limited tickets available.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
Explore these Mix-Packs
Are you looking to put together a fun and eclectic mix of beers to bring to that holiday party this weekend? You can't go wrong in looking to the pros for help.
Dan Webster's curated 4-pack of BC beer includes a classic. Which is it?
Samantha Lindeman's 4-pack includes a stout with undertones of oatmeal cookies.
GAME TIME
In last week's Wordle, we suggested you hunker down as the weather cools for a seasonal beer. The answer? Porter.
This week, can you guess which not-so-old brewhouse this is? Reply with your best guess.
