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Have you ever seen an exploding fermentor?
Dry hopping can be dangerous. Plus 19 beers to enjoy this week.
Joseph Lavoie
September 30, 2022
Happy Friday!
Local sumac? Yes, that's in a new beer release. We also have actual footage of exploding beer, a not-so-sober reminder of the risks associated with dry hopping.
As I write today's newsletter from the UK, it might be fitting that I came across an article from a local blog that wonders whether pub food here is on the decline. I'm hoping the authors are wrong! Scroll down for the article.
– Joseph Lavoie
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FEATURED NEW BEER RELEASES
Half-Dark Lager
Hoyne Brewing has released a half-dark lager with a great story. Svec pays homage to Jaroslav Foul, a young entrepreneur who was forced from his home in Czechoslovakia in 1948, feeling for his survival from Communism. He would land in Montreal and began a long journey to a successful life. Two generations later, his grandson, Antoine Foul, is now Hoyne's Head Brewer.
Available: In cans at the brewery
Location: 101-2740 Bridge St, Victoria | Map
Sumac-Infused Sour
This might be a first for BC's craft beer scene. Beere Brewing's Set and Setting is a blackberry mango lemonade sour made with Staghorn sumac. This sumac is a local tree that produces foral and lemony berries. An exciting twist on a terroir beer!
Available: at the brewery
Location: 312 Esplanade E, North Vancouver | Map
Oak Aged Golden Sour
This Golden Sour from House of Funk Brewing was hopped with lavender and cascade hops, giving us aromatic florals, earthy white pepper and rustic hop notes. The brewery promises a "bracingly acidic and complex" blend of barrel-aged saisons aged 28-30 months.
Available: at the brewery and select liquor stores around the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.
Location: 350 Esplanade E #101, North Vancouver | Map
ADDITIONAL BEER RELEASES
Hoyne Brewing has also gone back in time to bring us a Pacific Northwest IPA.
Shakedown Beer collaborated with Rewind Beer to bring us an Altbier, a highly under-rated beer style.
La Cerverceria Astilleros is launching a beer club, and its members will get to enjoy a New Zealand Pilsner made with sauvignon blanc.
Red Arrow Beer packaged up a Hazy IPA that was made with fresh hops, available tomorrow.
Superflux has one incredibly juicy-looking beer. It contains so much fruit nectar, you're advised to keep the beer cold at all times, for your own protection.
Superflux made a small amount of their f*$king awesome collabs available online for shipping. These include a peach cobbler and lemon coconut cream pie beer and three IPAs.
Beere Brewing has a second release this week, a dozer of an IPA called Mental Floss, weighing in at 7.9% and dry-hoped with Vic Secret and Citra.
Patina Brewing is releasing a new Berliner Weisse tomorrow, as part of its ongoing Oktoberfest celebrations.
4 Mile Brewing tapped its strong helles lager done in the Festbier style.
Streetcar Brewing is releasing fresh hop beers, the first of which features Chinook.
Copper Brewing's tap list is looking fresh, with three new beers on tap this week, including a blackberry lemonade pilsner, a s'more stout, and a pumpkin-spiced latte stout.
Backcountry Brewing is out with a Bavarian Lager because, hey, it's that time of year!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Hoptoberfest
Here's a twist on Oktoberfest... Camp Beer Co. is hosting a tap takeover with hoppy beers instead of German lagers.
Guests will get a custom tasting glass, token for their flights, a ballot to vote for BC's Best Hoppy Brew. The who's who of BC's brewers will be on site, featuring beers from Yellow Dog, Brassneck, Studio Brewing, Tofino Brewing, and Fernie Brewing Co, among many others. 12 taps, 12 hoppy beers, live music and great food.
Tickets: $55 + fees and taxes
Date: Oct. 8, 3-6pm and 7-10pm
Location: 19664 64 Ave, Langley | Map
Ignite Your Spark Country Night
This fundraising event will feature three award-winning country artists: Danielle Ryan, Kassandra Clack, and Antonio Larosa. The fundraiser will raise money for courageous youth and future leaders, with 100% of funds raised from the cancer going towards scholarships and mentorship programs for youth.
Tickets: $50 on Eventbrite
Date: Friday Oct. 7
Location: Farm Country Brewing, 20555 56 Avenue #5, Langley | Map
Family Dinner at the Settlement Building
If you're stressing about what to make for Thanksgiving dinner, save yourself the stress and take the family to Settlement Brewing for a proper family dinner. The menu features turkey two ways (stuffed and rolled breast, and confit legs with gravy and cranberry sauce), twice-baked rosemary and goat-cheese pudding, mashed potatoes, and dessert.
Tickets: $45 per person, all ages welcome
Date: Oct. 10, 4pm.
Location: The Belgard Kitchen, 55 Dunlevy Ave, Vancouver | Map
HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND
Red Bird Brewing is hosting an Oktoberfest-inspired fall market on Sunday. Clothing, flowers, art, cocktails, hotdogs, DJs, and cask beer.
It's Lager Fest at Luppolo, featuring 18 beers from Luppolo and 12 other breweries.
House of Funk is getting in on the Oktoberfest action this weekend with a party tomorrow, noon to late.
Smuggtoberfest is on at Smuggler's Trail.
Container Brewing has a Belgian Beer Launch event featuring a great list of Belgian beers.
Tinhouse Brewing is turning three and is putting on a party tomorrow from 12-8pm.
SOMETHING FUN
Did you know that one of the real-world risks of dry hopping is exploding beer? Looks like Another Beer Co. has a heck of a mess to clean up! Full video here.
GAME TIME
Wordle
Last week's 8-letter world was a seasonal one, Festbier. Congrats to Dan Webster for getting it in one take!
In this week's Wordle, we wonder if this beer style is really just a hoppy lager?
BEER LOOP PICKS
Boak and Bailey spend a lot of time eating out at UK pubs and have become increasingly disappointed with the average pub's quality. Smaller portions, uninspired presentation, and stiffer prices. A look at the rise and fall of pub food [Boak and Bailey].
Here's a myth-busting piece for you. The myth? Historically, hops were not grown in Ireland. The truth? Click on the link to find out. [Beer Food Travel]
Longtime readers of the Beer Loop will know we're big fans of the slow pour. Here's what it is and why it's worth the wait. [Hop Culture]
When smoking is cool. The unique allure of Rauchbier, a smoked lager.