Category Archives: Beers & Brews

BC craft beer reviews focused on IPAs, pales, and fruit sours (with an occasional global brew guest star). Since taste is subjective, recommendations compare small-batch and regional offerings to more well-known beers so readers can find hidden gems to explore.

Happy New Beer! (January 2024’s best)

Wanna know the best beer I tried in January 2024? See, I have new ideas and new directions this year, and I’ll be trying lots of new things—including new beers, of course. As a little step towards making those new ideas a reality, my occasional brew reviews are gonna be a more regular thing. Like, […]

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A Year in BC Craft Beer 2023 (Here’s to 2024!)

Here's to a year of great BC craft beer—2023 edition. These 5 brews aren't only delicious, they're also available year-round. Cheers!

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Found My Perfect IPA: It’s Grapefruit

Ravens Brewing Co Ruby Red Grapefruit IPA—this is it, I’ve reached the culmination of my fruit beer search, and it turns out to be my perfect IPA!

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Sour for the Summer: Tangerine Dreams

When it's time for friends and summer beer, the combination of citrus fruitiness and weisse sourness in Powell Brewery's Tangerine Dreams is a *ahem* dream.

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Nitro Brew Ales Are a GAS!

Experimental brew masters have a introduced nitro brews in a big way, but where are the craft brewed nitro ales? Kilkenny Irish cream ale is proof it can be done, and done well.

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