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Did someone say Thiols?
A beer with thiols, a lager festival, and a patio concert to check out
Joseph Lavoie
July 29, 2022
It's Friday!
And that means we have two new patios to check out, some fun events, including a lager festival, and a featured beer that showcases thiols.
Enjoy the weekend!
—Joseph Lavoie
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WHERE TO GO: FEATURED PATIOS
Superflux
While we could talk about the insanely popular IPAs that have made Superflux one of the "it" breweries in the province, visiting the taproom gives you a chance to try some of their other styles, which are equally as good as their juicy IPAs. Find a spot on the patio and get ready to have your mind blown.
🍺 What to drink: Even if you plan on exploring the non-IPA options, a session at Superlux would be incomplete without at least one IPA. Start with Pretty Much Yeah.
33 Acres
Some places feel purpose designed for a laid-back brunch, and 33 Acres has that vibe and a menu to go with it. The avocado toast is a fan favourite, as are the London Fog waffles.
🍺 What to drink: 33 Acres of Sunshine is easy to drink, refreshing and enjoyable, especially while sitting on the patio for brunch.
Food options: The in-house kitchen has a selection of small snacks like nuts, beef jerky, as well as more filling options like pretzel and charcuterie boards, and deli sandwiches. Brunch on weekends and Top Rope Birria food truck on Thursday nights.
Brewery location: 15 W 8th Ave, Vancouver | Map
Read all of our reviews: The Ultimate Guide to BC Breweries and our Guide to Vancouver Patios.
WHAT TO DO
Summer Sizzler at Studio Brewing
How about a dunk tank for a refreshing splash of relief from the heat wave? Studio Brewing is hosting a fundraiser for the Burnaby Neighbourhood house. For just $1 per throw, you can have a go at dunking the event's volunteers. Live music, food trucks and maybe some local celebs.
Details: July 30, 2 to 9 pm
Tickets: Free
Location: 5792 Beresford St., Burnaby
ABC Cool Lager Fest
Has lager become trendy? Well, with an entire festival dedicated to it, we seem to be getting close. Another Beer Co. is celebrating this refreshing style by inciting you to the brewery and enjoying 20+ different lagers from six breweries.
ABC's neighbours, The Jerk Shack will be serving food and Mister Ice Cream will be on hand if you have sweet tooth. Bringing the kids? Kombucha, slushies, and Callister craft soda are also on offer.
Details: July 30, 1 pm to 8 pm
Tickets: Free
Location: 30 Capilano Way #11, New Westminster
Breweries featured: Another Beer Co, Four Winds Brewing, Steel & Oak Brewing, Slow Hand Beer, Studio Brewing, Luppolo Brewing, Red Collar Brewing
Locality Brewing Turns Uno
Locality Brewing, purveyors of hyper-local beers, are celebrating their first anniversary this weekend. To mark the occasion, they have a full lineup of activities including the Greater Vancouver Beer Truck for smooth access to beer, Raving Gamers Pizza to keep your belly full, Seed Cleaning, Love Music, rye threshing demonstrations, and prizes throughout the day. Plus a special new beer release. Make the trip if you're in need of country air.
Details: July 30, 12 pm to 9 pm
Tickets: Free
Location: 7111 252 St., Langley
Sunday Patio Concert
Container Brewing is hosting Uncle Strut on their patio for a grooving good time. The group's musical comparisons include Red Hot Chili Peppers and Kings of Leon. Ticket fees include a 12oz pour. Seems like a damn good deal. Might as well try our featured weekend beer while you're here!
Details: July 31, 8 pm to 10 pm
Tickets: $12.20 to $17.78, available on Eventbrite.
Location: 1216 Franklin St., Vancouver
Other events:
Aug. 2, 7 to 10 pm: Trivia on Tap at White Sails Brewing in Nanaimo. Tickets are $3 per person, teams of six max. Registration starts at 6:30 pm, trivia starts at 7 pm.
Aug. 2, 8 to 9:30 pm: Music Bingo at Monkey 9 Brewing in Richmond. Prizes, food, drink specials and $17 pitchers.
Aug 2: 6:30 pm to 9 pm, Trivia Tuesdays at Farm Country Brewing in Langley. Features $6 beers.
Aug. 3: 2 pm to 10 pm: Board Game Nights at Twin Sails in Port Moody.
Aug. 3: 7 pm to 9 pm, Bingo night at Funk Brewing in North Vancouver.
Aug. 4: 4 pm to 11 pm: IPA Day at Gladstone in Courtenay, featuring 14 different IPAs from all corners of the island.
OTHER NEWS
Brewhalla is giving away two tickets to its Aug. 6 festival. Details here on how to enter the contest. Dead Frog Brewing is also giving away tix.
A beer cocktail garnished with a mini donut? It's called the Sasquatch Shaft.
Are you a merchant fiend? Superflux has a fresh supply for shopping needs, as do Dead Frog Brewery and Andina.
Barnside Brewing is collaborating with The Acorn and Cropthorne Farms for a farm-to-table event on Aug. 8.
Getting married? Need a beautiful venue? How about Persephone?
Mariner Brewing is giving away $50. Details here on how to enter the contest.
BEERLOOP QUESTION
Your forever brewery?
Last week we asked our Instagram subscribers if they had to drink one brewery's beer forever, what brewery would it be? Here are the breweries that made the cut, in no particular order:
Red Truck Lager
Driftwood
Phillips
Camp Beer Co.
Five Roads Brewing
Brassneck
Tapworks
Backcountry
Yellow Dog
Another Beer Co.
Field House
Steel and Oak
WHAT TO DRINK THIS WEEKEND
Get Far From Home
Remember weeks ago when we talked about thiols being the next big thing? (Don't remember? No sweat, scroll down to the Beer School section here). We got word from Container Brewing that they have been experimenting with the yeast strain that releases these tropical flavour compounds. Thiols feature in their New Zealand Hopped Hazy IPA.
What to expect: "Dominated by sweet tropical fruit and citrus up front, followed by notes of apple and pear. The fruit forward hop profile is complimented by a lightly sweet finish and full mouthfeel. Zero Kiwis were harmed during the production of this beer."
Available: On tap and in cans at the brewery, and in select stores.
Location: 1216 Franklin St., Vancouver | Map
Looking to do a deep dive on thiols? Container has no fewer than three beers featuring the thiol technique. The other two? Origin (New England IPA) and Destination (coming soon).
SOMETHING FUN
I'd love to know how this label got approved. Amazing.
what level of 90s kid irony are you on I'm
— sister blobby (@iggigg)
1:11 PM • Jul 17, 2022
GAME TIME
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🗞️ Long Reads🗞️
Just for fun:
Beer industry news:
Iconic craft breweries are completely surrendering to IPA dominance. [Paste Magazine]
Let's get our space travel priorities straight. A Japanese craft brewery is teaming up with a tech company to simulate brewing on the Moon and Mars. [Sora News 24]
Garden Path Fermentation and two other Washington state breweries have filed a lawsuit against the state of Oregon this week because the state has an archaic law that makes it illegal to ship directly to consumers in Oregon. [Big Country News]