HOPDEVIL Fresh Hopped Pale Ale – Strange Fellows Brewing
From Strange Fellows Brewing in Vancouver comes their “HOPDEVIL (a.k.a. Cowichan Valley Bine)” Fresh Hopped Pale Ale a beer using fresh hops from Maple Bay Hop Company. The beer pours a golden colour...
View ArticleDusk Pale Ale – The Parkside Brewery
From Port Moody’s The Parkside Brewery comes their “Dusk Pale Ale”. The beer pours a golden copper colour with an off white head. The aroma consists of citrus, floral hops and some biscuit. The...
View ArticleHops Connect Cup 2016 – November 12th, 2016
For the 4th year in a row Hops Connect has held a University brewing club competition in Metro Vancouver called the Hops Connect Cup. The judging was done in the days before the event by local BJCP...
View ArticleDutch Pale Ale – Field House Brewing
From Field House Brewing in Abbotsford comes their “Dutch Pale Ale”. The beer pours a copper colour with an off white head. The aroma consists of caramel, biscuit, fruity and floral hops. The...
View ArticleField Guide Ale – Coast Mountain Brewing
From Coast Mountain Brewing in Whistler comes their “Field Guide Ale”. The beer pours an amber colour with a white head. The aroma consists of fruity notes, caramel and grainy malts and some floral...
View ArticleDat Juice Citra Pale Ale – Twin Sails Brewing
From Twin Sails Brewing in Port Moody comes their “Dat Juice” Citra Pale Ale. The beer pours a very cloudy light orange with a white head. The aroma consists of citrus, orange, very mild malts and...
View ArticleSproat lake Pale Ale – A Frame Brewing
From the newest brewery in Squamish A Frame Brewing comes their “Sproat lake Pale Ale”. The beer pours a deep copper colour with a beige head. The aroma consists of caramel, sweetness, mild fruit and...
View ArticleAtlantic Pale Ale – Hearthstone Brewery
From Hearthstone Brewery in North Vancouver comes their “Atlantic Pale Ale”. The beer pours a golden colour with an off white head. The aroma consists of caramel and biscuit malts, pine and citrus...
View ArticleCoriander Pale Ale – Hathi Brewing
From Hathi Brewing currently brewing out of Ravens Brewing in Abbotsford comes their “Coriander Pale Ale”. The beer pours a deep orange with a white head. The aroma consists of coriander, citrus,...
View ArticleOff Trail Pale Ale – Old Yale Brewing
From Chilliwack’s Old Yale Brewing comes their “Off Trail Pale Ale. The beer pours a copper colour with a tan head. The aroma consists of caramel, grain, citrus with floral and herbal hops. The...
View ArticleI-5 Amarillo Ale Launch Event – Central City, Elysian, Joey Restaurants
On May 28th, 2014 a new Collaboration Ale was launched in Vancouver. The beer is named “I-5 Amarillo Ale” and is a collaboration between Central City Brewers & Distillers (Surrey), Elysian Brewing...
View ArticleSky Pilot Northwest Pale Ale – Howe Sound Brewing
Howe Sound Brewing brewed a new pale ale in collaboration with the brand new Sea To Sky Gondola project both located in Squamish BC. The beer is the “Sky Pilot Northwest Pale Ale” and is named after...
View ArticleCherry Bomb Belgian Pale Ale – Mission Springs Brewing
From Mission BC’s Mission Springs Brewing comes their “Cherry Bomb Belgian Pale Ale”. This pale ale pours a deep copper colour with a tan head that dissipates quickly with minimal lacing. The aroma...
View ArticleCentral City Brewing and Elysian Brewing – Collaboration Brew I-5 Amarillo Ale
A collaboration brew between Surrey, BC’s Central City Brewing and Seattle, WA’s Elysian Brewing we are given the I-5 Amarillo Ale. We drink first with our eyes so the look of the beer is important....
View Article95 Pounds of Wet Hop Goodness (Wet Hop Pale Ale) – Powell Street Craft Brewery
Coming from Powell Street Craft Brewery’s brand new location comes their very first seasonal release out of the brewery. The “95 Pounds of Wet Hop Goodness” a wet hop pale ale comes out just after the...
View ArticleWindstorm West Coast Pale Ale – Stanley Park Brewery
From Stanley Park Brewery (Turning Point Brewery) in Delta BC comes their “Windstorm West Coast Pale Ale” a limited release. Partial proceeds from this beer go towards the Stanley Park Ecology...
View ArticleHoyne Brewing – Wolf Vine Wet Hopped Pale Ale
It is wet hop season, my favourite beer season. Just across Georgia Straight in Victoria, Hoyne Brewing’s wet hopped offering is their Wolf Vine Wet Hopped Pale Ale. First, this beer does not pour...
View ArticleTownsite Brewing – Timewarp Wet-Hopped Pale Ale
Up the BC coast Townsite Brewing brews out of the old Municipal Building/Post Office in Powell River. Their wet-hopped offering this season is the Timewarp Wet-Hopped Pale Ale. The beer pours a nice...
View ArticleOff Trail Pale Ale – Old Yale Brewing
From Chilliwack’s Old Yale Brewing comes their “Off Trail Pale Ale” on of their newly branded beers. The beer pours a copper colour with a white head. The aroma consists of citrus, malts and floral...
View ArticlePale Ale – Red Racer Brewing (Dec 8, 2014)
Beer Advent Calendar 2014 From Red Racer Brewing (Central City Brewing) out of Surrey BC comes there “Pale Ale”. The beer pours a amber colour with a white head. The aroma consists of floral hops,...
View ArticleTalisman (Pale Ale) – Strange Fellows Brewing
Strange Fellows Brewing has finally opened its doors in East Vancouver and is treating its customers with some real gems. One of their first beers is their “Talisman” a Pale Ale. The beer pours a...
View ArticleWhite Rock Beach Beer Company – West Beach Fruit Pale Ale
The White Rock Beach Beer Company of White Rock, BC has an interesting take on the American Pale Ale style. A clear dark orange colour with a coarse, parchment coloured head. Little carbonation is...
View ArticleUnderdog Pale Ale – Torchlight Brewing
From Torchlight Brewing (Beacon Brewing when I was there) out of Nelson in the Kootenays comes their “Underdog Pale Ale”. This review is part of my lost notes that were recently found from my Summer...
View ArticleOatmeal Pale Ale – Burnside Brewing
From Portland Oregon’s Burnside Brewing comes their “Oatmeal Pale Ale”. The beer pours an amber colour with an off white head. The aroma consists of big malts, oatmeal, earthy and some mild fruits....
View ArticleGalaxy Pale Ale (Single Hop Series #1) – Persephone Brewing Company
Persephone Brewing out of Gibsons BC has started up a single hop series recently. The first beer in this series is the “Galaxy Pale Ale” a series where the beer recipe will only be altered at the hops...
View ArticleDead Pony Pale Ale – Brewdog
From Brewdog out of Aberdeenshire, Scotland comes the “Dead Pony Pale Ale”. The beer pours a golden colour with a white head. The aroma consists of tropical fruits, floral hops and some malts but the...
View ArticleEureka Pale Ale (Single Hop Series #3) – Persephone Brewing Company
Persephone Brewing out of Gibsons BC has started up a single hop series recently. The third beer in this series is the “Eureka Pale Ale” a series where the beer recipe will only be altered at the hops...
View ArticleAudible Ale – Redhook Brewery
From Redhook Brewery in Seattle Washington comes their “Audible Ale” a sessionable pale ale that was made in collaboration with the Dan Patrick show. Although I cant stand the Dan Patrick show I do...
View ArticleTipperary Pale Ale – Moylan’s Brewery & Restaurant
From Moylan’s Brewery & Restaurant in Novato California comes their “Tipperary Pale Ale”. The beer pours a deep copper colour with a white head. The aroma consists of fruity notes including...
View ArticleDerailed Pale Ale – Three Ranges Brewing
From the Village of Valemount’s Three Ranges Brewing comes their “Derailed Pale Ale”. The beer pours a copper colour with an off white head. The aroma is very malty with citrus and floral hops. The...
View ArticleHoney Badger Pale Ale (English Bitter) – The Noble Pig Brewhouse
From The Noble Pig Brewhouse in Kamloops comes their “Honey Badger Pale Ale (English Bitter)”. The beer pours a copper colour with an off white head. The aroma consists of roasted malts and some mild...
View ArticleWayfinder Pale Ale – Big Rock Urban Brewery
From Big Rock Urban Brewery in Vancouver comes their seasonal the “Wayfinder Pale Ale”. The beer pours a copper colour with an off white head. The aroma consists of grainy biscuit malts, citrus,...
View ArticleMatilda 2015 – Goose Island Beer Company
From Goose Island Beer Company out of Chicago Illinois comes their “Matilda” 2015 a Belgian Style Pale Ale barrel aged with Brettanomyces. Matilda pours a golden colour with a white head. The aroma...
View ArticleWest Beach Fruit – White Rock Beach Beer Company
From White Rock Beach Beer Company in White Rock comes their “West Beach Fruit” an American Pale Ale. The beer pours a deep copper orange with an off white head. The aroma consists of huge...
View ArticleDeadpale Ale – BRB Co
From BRB Co (Be Right Back Brewing) in Richmond comes their “Deadpale Ale” a beer that unofficially ties into the movie Deadpool showing across the street. The beer pours a mildy cloudy golden to...
View ArticlePersephone Pale Ale – Persephone Brewing
From Persphone Brewing in Gibsons BC comes their “Persephone Pale Ale”. The beer pours a golden colour with an off white head. The aroma consists of really tropical fruits, citrus, caramel malts and...
View ArticlePesky Pig Pale Ale – Troubled Monk Brewery
From Troubled Monk Brewery in Red Deer Alberta comes their “Pesky Pig Pale Ale”. The beer pours a golden to light copper with a white head. The aroma consists of floral hops, mild dankness, grassy,...
View ArticleSociable Pale Ale – Moody Ales
From Moody Ales in Port Moody, BC comes their Sociable Pale Ale. This is a summery looking beer with a honey/copper colour with few visible carbonation bubbles. The head is a soft white with fine,...
View ArticleWest Coast Pale Ale – Granville Island Brewing
From Granville Island Brewing out of Vancouver comes their new “West Coast Pale Ale”. The beer pours a copper colour with an off white head. The aroma consists of floral hops, melon, citrus and some...
View ArticleFest-Of-Ale Beer Judging 2016 – Penticton
For the third year in a row I was invited to be a judge for the Okanagan Fest-Of-Ale. Like the last two years the judging took place on day 2 of the festival. Last year we had 10 Categories to judge...
View ArticleDawn Patrol Pacific Ale – Aslan Brewing
From Bellingham Washington’s Aslan Brewing comes their “Dawn Patrol Pacific Ale”. The beer pours a copper colour with a white head. The aroma consists of floral hops, citrus, pineapple and some rye...
View ArticleSession Pale Ale – Red Collar Brewing
From Red Collar Brewing in Kamloops in the Thompson Okanagan comes their “Session Pale Ale”. The beer pours an amber colour with an off white head. The aroma consists of malty butterscotch and floral...
View ArticleGolden Beach Pale Ale – Sawdust City Brewing Co
From Sawdust City Brewing Co in Gravenhurst Ontario comes their “Golden Beach Pale Ale”. The beer pours a cloudy yellow colour with a white head. The aroma consists of citrus, tropical fruits, grassy...
View Article418 Citra Pale Ale – Faculty Brewing
From Faculty Brewing in Vancouver comes their “418 Citra Pale Ale”. The beer pours a golden colour with a white head. The aroma consists of citrus, cracker with a floral finish. The flavour is of...
View ArticleGuayabera Citra Pale Ale – Cigar City Brewing
From Cigar City Brewing in Tampa Bay Florida comes their “Guayabera Citra Pale Ale”. The beer pours a cloudy golden colour with a white head. The aroma consists of citrus, herbal and floral hops and...
View ArticleThe Fraser – Steel & Oak Brewing (Four Winds Brewing)
From Steel & Oak Brewing in New Westminster in collaboration with Delta’s Four Winds Brewing across the river comes “The Fraser” a pale ale fermented with Saccharomyces Trois. The beer pours a...
View ArticlePale Ale – KPU Brew Lab
From KPU Brew Lab (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) the University brewing school out of langley BC comes their “Pale Ale”. The beer pours a light copper or golden colour with a white head. The aroma...
View ArticleArcade Glow Pale Ale – Boombox Brewing
From Boombox Brewing in Vancouver brewing out of Dogwood Brewing comes their “Arcade Glow Pale Ale”. The beer pours a cloudy orange colour with a white head. The aroma consists of citrus, biscuit...
View ArticleHuge Citrus Hazy Pale – Moody Ales
From Moody Ales out of Port Moody comes their “Huge Citrus Hazy Pale”. The beer pours a hazy orange colour with a white head. The aroma consists of citrus, tropical fruit, melon and some sweetness in...
View ArticleTin Soldier Pale Ale – Steel & Oak Brewing
From New Westminster’s Steel & Oak Brewing comes their brand new New Westminster exclusive “Tin Soldier Pale Ale”. The beer pours a golden colour with a white head. The aroma consists of citrus,...
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