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11/8/2019

It's Friday night dammit - let's talk beer!

Maybe I need to make posts more often than just on Friday afternoon - I can't keep up.

We're checking out a smorgasboard of BC beers this time - I love tall can singles!

From Townsite Brewing of Powell River, BC, it's Suncoast pale ale. This was highly enjoyable with the great hop flavour you expect from a pale ale, but not too bitter.

I had only had one Townsite prior to this, and I didn't like it. But it was an IPA and a long time ago, so good thing I didn't let that stop me from trying another.

3.75/5

Twin Sails is on Murray St. in Port Moody, BC, home of five excellent breweries all within a three block radius. Front Lawn Bench Press does not disappoint; it's really hoppy and has just the right amount of bitterness.

Twin Sails has just great branding and they love to make the hazy beers. I would highly recommend hitting up Port Moody as everyone there is killing it.

4/5

This collaboration is the 10th Anniversary of the Vancouver Beer Week celebration, made by Four Winds Brewing, Powell Brewery, and Dageraad Brewing. It's a dry-hopped saison, very light but not highly flavourful.

This was certainly good, but it really didn't knock me over.

3.75/5

Time for some Huge Citrus from Moody Ales, our second entry this week from Murray Street. It's maybe the least hazy Hazy IPA I've ever had. Still, it tastes great.

You really have to wonder about the process when a brewery makes a hazy beer and it comes out this clear. Does this mean they screwed up? It tastes fine, but this is clearly not hazy.

(see what I did there?)

3.75/5

Four more great beers from BC - yawn.

Kidding of course - it's incredible how good the scene is here. And it's not just Vancouver either. Fernie, Nanaimo, Penticton, Kelowna, and Victoria are all home to terrific breweries. Even if you live in a remote area here, fresh beer is never far away.

Let's have another.

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11/1/2019

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It's Friday dammit - let's talk beer!

We moved from Edmonton to Osoyoos this summer, and essentially had an extended vacation there. I enjoyed some very good BC beers that were not so common in Edmonton - however - beers from Phillips were pretty hard to come by.

Fast forward to fall, we're in Kelowna now, and I'm catching up on all the stuff Phillips put out in the summer.

This is Bat As from Phillips Brewing, a Sauvin Spritzer session IPA. It's a lightweight for sure, but very tasty, and - ugh - crushable. If we could run the clock back to summer, this would be the beer to drink lots of in the pool.

I don't know what "Bat As" means, or where the name comes from, but "Sauvin Spritzer" I guess comes from Nelson Sauvin hops, and the current in thing, which is to make beers like white wine spritzers.

3.75/5

Lime Light Berliner Weisse from Phillips, and you'll have to trust me as I took a pic of the other side of the can here. I really liked the design. I love Berliner Weisees, I love lime, I love this beer! Very tart, great lime flavour.

Bring this back any time Phillips and I'll buy it.

4/5

Phillips Grainbow 18 grain IPA, their 18th Anniversary beer. It's another light and easy drinking IPA for the summer. Certainly enjoyable, if not necessarily memorable.

I haven't had a great deal of Phillips' Anniversary beers, but the Rice IPA and Bizarro Berliner Weisse have been my favorites by a long shot.

3.75/5

I bought it as Walkin' Around beer, and I don't think i even poured one in a glass. So if you're just dying to know how hazy this was, my apologies. It's a great walkin' around beer, but I've had much better NE-style beers, assuming that's what this is even.

As you'll see soon, I've had some hazy beers that aren't hazy at all. Words; how do they work?

3.75/5

If you gave me a choice between a NW-style IPA and a NE-style, I'm going to take the NW every time. Unless the NE-style you're offering me is from The Alchemist or Tree House. I've never had a NE-style IPA from one of OG brewers - I'm told they're very good. Apart from that, I prefer the bright and clear IPA stylings of the Northwest.

But, even though I keep saying the NE-style is not my thing, I keep buying them because my desire to try something new overrides my lack of enthusiasm for the style. And it's what brewers brew these days, so you just have to roll with it. I should talk to a brewer about the style though, because I've had some that have left a nasty burning sensation in my mouth. I've found this in at least three different beers, so it's not a bad batch - I really don't know what it is.

I've never gotten a sensation like that from a NW-style IPA though - just sweet sweet hops.

Let's have another.

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