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This week, we have an interesting concept for a 4-pack that features the same beer brewed every year for the last three years, in one package.
The BC Beer Awards were held last week and there was some big winners, and some surprises. We've got details further below.
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FEATURED NEW BEER RELEASES
Time Machine
Here's a fun concept: Hold back cans of of a beer you've brewed over the course of three years, and then release them in one 4-pack. It's like a time machine, giving you a chance to taste how a beer evolves over time. That's the latest creative concept from Container Brewing. The beer of choice: Seawise Giant, an Imperial Stout. There are only 50 packs available, so you may need to head to the brewery pronto.
Available: At the brewery, probably for an exceptionally short period of time.
A New Cyclhops
Strange Fellows has a new version of its popular single hopped IPA. The latest version of Cyclhops was made with Sultana hops. Sultana (formerly known as Denali) is an interesting hop. It took 10 years to develop and it offers big flavours of pineapple, pine, and bright citrus. A single-hop beer like this gives you a chance to appreciate a single hops variety in all its glory.
Available: in the tasting room and online now. In liquor stores next week.
Sweet and Smoky
Here's an annual release that continues to change with every year. Steel & Oak has been making this Doppelbock since 2015, but because smoked malt can vary year-on-year, every year is its own vintage. This Smoked Honey Doppelbock features honey from New West to bring a subtle sweetness to balance out the beechwood smoke.
Available: At the brewery and in liquor stores.
ADDITIONAL BEER RELEASES
Lagers
Backcountry has brewed a 5% Dark Lager with three malt varieties for some easy-drinking roasted goodness.
Old Yale's Fraser Valley Lager is coming to private liquor stores in 12-packs.
Ales
Superflux has released an IPA mix-pack featuring two IPAs made of the same base recipe but tweaked with hop varieties.
ile Sauvage's latest collaboration is with Twin Sails and it's a doozy, a 10.1% imperial stout. This thing was boiled with molasses to get the gravity points sky high.
Strathcona is being coy with the details, but its next limited release is a chocolate banana porter.
Four Winds is brining back DBL JUX, which features "all the glory of our standard Wild IPA with a hoppier wallop."
Five Roads has a new beer in 4-packs. Can you guess what it is?
Last week we featured Deep Cove's Frostbite Winter Ale. The brewery has complemented that release with chocolate coconut porter.
R&B Brewing has brought back its oatmeal stout, in nitro, in cans.
Russell Brewing brewed a Campfire Sandwich Stout this week.
Sours and Seasonal Beers
Mount Arrowsmith Brewing collaborated with Fern and Cedar Brewing on a red ale that was refermented with red raspberry purée, merlot grape must, and conditioned on oak chips.
Backcountry is back with another double release. #2 on the list for the week is a coconut lemon sour meant to take you on an escape to an Italian coast. 🥥🍋
How about an apple bourbon sour? Stratchcona has you covered. 🍎
Silver Valley has a double release of a West Coast IPA and an English Strong.
Mountainview Brewing has re-released Main Squeeze, a peach plum sour that promises to be "even juicier" than last year. 🍑
NEWS
BC Beer Awards
It's award season. Two weeks ago, we had the Canada Beer Cup, which saw Vancouver's own Callister Brewing take home the big prize. (You can find the full list of winners from that competition here). This week, we have the BC Beer Awards which you can watch on replay if you want to take in the full experience.
First of all, congrats to Comox's Gladstone Brewing for winning Brewery of the Year! And a big congrats to the Rookie of the Year, Smuggler's Trail!
No surprise that Langley's Camp Beer Co. won best tasting room design. It's an award the brewery has won before and with good reason. The tap-room is a refreshingly unique experience. Also no surprise that Dageraad won best saison and place 2nd and 3rd in the Strong Belgian Ale category.
Of course, we were delighted to see that some of our favourite beers from months past earned some hardware, notably Wildeye Brewing's Czech Pilsner, Russell Brewing's Pale Ale, and North Point's Lite Lager.
UPCOMING EVENTS
This Weekend
Shaketown is putting on a country music party today 11 from 5pm to late.
It's also music night at Farm Country, featuring Joshua David.
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 tomorrow.
House of Funk is hosting a house party on Sunday as part of Vancouver's North Shore Craft Beer Week.
Not This Weekend
On November 17, Chef Cezar from Blue Canoe Waterfront restaurant in Steveston is putting on a 4-course tasting menu paired with beers from Barnside Brewing.
Wondering where to watch the World Cup? Neighbourhood Brewing is opening its tasting room at 10am on Match Days. ⚽️
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.
Neighbourhood Brewing is hosting Paints and Pints on November 22, 7pm-9pm. Each ticket includes a 16x20 canvas of your own work of art and 2x 12oz beers!
Uli's Restaurant in White Rock is hosting a5-course paired dinnerin collaboration with Driftwood Brewery on November 17.
The Eastside Culture Crawl is taking place November 17-20. Strange Fellows is serving as a gallery site.
Steel & Oak has an analog vinyl fair on Saturday November 19.
Abby Ales is hosting country night on November 25, and you're asked to show up in your best cowboy country clothing.
GAME TIME
Last week's Wordle clue: "It's time for a working-class pick-me-up, appropriate for the season."
The answer? Porter. Congrats to Randy Johal for guessing it correctly!
We're going to switch things up this week. Can you guess which BC Beer Award winner this is? Hit us up with your correct reply so we can give you a shout out next week.
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