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10 awesome upcoming beer events you need to check out
Patio concerts, festivals, and a blueberry basil sour beer
Joseph Lavoie
August 12, 2022
It's Friday!
A big thanks to Kyle of BC Brews for sending me recommendations for my recent trip to Montreal. Mellön Brasserie makes incredibly delicious beers if you're ever in the city and want a fantastic recommendation. It was the highlight of my visit. My friend's highlight? The only smoked meat sandwich anyone should ever have: Schwartz's Deli. Now back to beer...
We want to hear from you - what's your favourite beer you drank this summer? We'll feature your responses in a story later this summer. Tell us here.
Today we've got a featured beer that pairs blueberry and basil in a creamy sour concoction. We also have an interesting lineup of upcoming events and a large list of events happening this weekend, including two different patio concerts.
Plus, a Vancouver brewery has opened up a new café. Can you guess who? Scroll down to find out.
And most importantly, enjoy the weekend!
—Joseph Lavoie
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FEATURED NEW BEER RELEASE
Blueberry Basil Sour
For the second week in a row, we turn to Field House for the featured beer. Blueberry Basil Sour is a collaboration between the brewery and Banter Ice Cream. The result is a creamy tart fruit-forward sour that takes inspiration from a classic food pairing I personally can never get enough of.
ADDITIONAL BEER RELEASES
Alberni Brewing Company has a Wit Ale featuring natural Apricot and peach purée.
Bayview Brewing released a cherry French toast sour made with maple syrup, lactose, cinnamon, vanilla, and whole cherries. 🍒
Luppolo Brewing is releasing two different saison beers available in the tasting room this weekend. Luminosa is a floral and fruity Brett, while Vivace features pear, white pepper, and coriander aromas.
Old Yale Brewing is dropping a beer made with loads of strawberries on Saturday. 🍓
Next Wednesday, Coast Mountain is dropping a Cold IPA in collaboration with The Beacon Pub & Eatery.
Howe Sound has two new releases coming your way August 19th: an oat pale ale and a Bavarian lager.
Brewhall has a full-bodied and smooth DIPA bursting with pineapple, coconut, and citrus aroma.
Plus 11 beers that came out earlier week that may interest you.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Field Day Fest
Here's a festival for those who prefer a smaller, more intimate festival experience. It's taking place at Field House Brewing's front yard and will feature local musicians the open summer air. The beers will be a sour takeover, including three new sour releases and guest taps.
Featured musicians include:
Here's the event info:
Details: Sunny Session 12-5pm all ages, Sunset Session 6pm-11pm, must be 19+
Date: Saturday, August 20.
Tickets: $35 per person, but check out the site for details, as it varies depending on seating choice.
Yeast Van Patio Party
17+ breweries, distilleries, and meaderies are coming together to put on a patio party in East Vancouver. Some of the featured breweries include Andina, Bomber, Callister, Container, East Van, Luppolo, Odd Society Spirits, Hastings Mill, Storm Brewing, Superflux, among many others.
Details: Saturday August 27, 2-8pm
Tickets: $25, which includes 2 x 12 oz drinks. Additional drink tickets can be bought onsite. For sale at Eventbrite.
Location: Container Brewing, 1216 Franklin Street, Vancouver | Map
Whistler Village Beer Festival
The Whistler Village Beer Festival is back this year with 7-days of beer programming between September 13-18. This 9th anniversary edition of the festival will build up to the main event on September 17-18 at Whistler Olympic Plaza and will feature 60+ brewers and 120+ beers and ciders.
Main Event Tickets: $67.35-$144.75
Location: Whistler Olympic Plaza, Whistler | Map
HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND
The pop-up series of food trucks and live music continues in Langford tonight.
Old Yale Brewing is hosting back porch music at the brewery's patio in Chilliwack. The musical lineup begins at 1230pm and continues to 10pm on Saturday.
Cowichan Craft Beer and Food Festival is on between 12-5pm on August 13 in Chemainus. Tickets start at $27.99.
Settlement Brewing is putting on an open house from 2-5pm on August 14.
Somehow R&B Brewing is already 25 years old, and we're invited to celebrate on August 14th from 12-9pm.
Patina Brewing and Tri-City Bikes and Brews are hosting a bike service August 14 from 10am-4pm. Free drink while your bike is serviced? Sounds like a deal.
Container's Patio Concert is more than 70% sold-out. Tickets are $10 and the event is at 8pm on August 14.
NEW TAPROOM ALERT
North Point Café
North Point Brewing has opened a café right across from Burrard Skytrain Station at the Bentall Centre in Vancouver. It's looking beautiful and is the perfect spot to enjoy artisanal coffee, pastries, pizza, and of course, beer. In other words, you can have every important meal of the day here.
Hours: Monday-Friday 8am-8pm, Saturday 12-8pm.
Location: 1025 Dunsmuir St, Vancouver | Map
CONTEST
Beer. 6 months. Free. Delivered. Sound good?
We've teamed up with Craft Co. Home Delivery to giveaway their surprise dozen pack. For six months you'll receive 12 random BC beers delivered directly to your door. It's a great way to discover new BC beer.
How to enter: Visit our contest page and input your email. It's that simple.
If you've never heard of Craft Co., don't worry, it's because they're pretty new! Created by, and for, local manufacturers, they offer same business day delivery of locally produced beer, wine, cider, spirits, RTD and non-alcoholic beverages to the Lower Mainland plus courier shipping province-wide! Click here to check them out.
WHAT'S BREWING AT BC BREWERIES
Deals, announcements, re-releases, and other news from your favourite breweries
Lillooet Beer has installed a mural behind the bar at its taproom and in a lengthy Instagram post, explains why it prefers a mural over a long beer list.
Hoyne Brewing still has tie die T's available at the brewery.
New Tradition Brewing is calling on artists who would like display their art at the brewery.
Four Winds is sporting a new patio tent. It's the tent we never knew we needed.
BEER LOOP JULY BEERS
The best beers we drank in July
Four Winds (Delta): Pequeno Cabo
This beautiful sour has tequila and oak in the nose, making for a wonderful sensory experience every time you take a sip. A light tart start to the mouth gives way to more beautiful tequila and oak flavours on the tongue. The tartness returns in the aftertaste. An escape. Simply delicious.
Von Ebert (Portland): Living on Borrowed Time
This blend of puncheon-aged and founder-aged mixed culture beer was conditioned on cherries and marionberries. If you love wood-aged beers or fruit-forward beers, this one is a must-have in your bottle collection. I enjoyed this in the company of 10 future brewers and the consensus around the table was that this was an incredible beer. We savoured every sip and enjoyed the clean acidity, dry finish, and burst of cherry notes.
GAME TIME
BreweryGuesser
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Last week's BreweryGuesser was Brassneck! Congrats to Dan, Sam and Matthew who correctly guessed the answer.
We're venturing outside of Vancouver for this week's brewery. Any guesses? Reply with your name as well and we'll include it.
If you're a brewery and want yours featured, let us know!
BEER LOOP PICKS
News, fun reads, deep dives and other distractions.
In Bologna, one brewery focuses on that most important ingredient for making quality beer: time. [Good Beer Hunting]
How a tweak to a law triggered a boom in craft malting in Virginia. [Pellicle]
"No one knows what session means." How the craft beer bubble takes the language of beer for granted. [Beervana]
Well, since we're on the topic, everything you need to know about Session IPAs. [Hop Culture]