Nov 2, 2016 Bombers, Brewing News 0 comments Golden Ale  5%  Gold Panner was originally released in 1998, and was our first dry-hopped brew, making it an ideal candidate for our 20th anniversary throwback beers. Easy effervescence and a balance of earthy and floral aroma play nicely with the radiant fragility of this golden ale. ... Read More

Nov 2, 2016 Brewing News, Our Brews 0 comments Baltic Porter  6.5%   Porter as a style of beer was developed in the UK in the 18th century, offering a stronger, hoppier version of sweet brown ales, and an alternative to pale ales. It got its name from its popularity with dock workers and porters, ... Read More

Baltic Porter  6.5%   Porter as a style of beer was developed in the UK in the 18th century, offering a stronger, hoppier version of sweet brown ales, and an alternative to pale ales. It got its name from its popularity with dock workers and porters, many of whom were loading ships destined for Baltic ... Read More

It is hard to believe that one of our signature beers – our extremely unique Up The Creek Birch Sap Ale, is seeing its ninth iteration since it was devised in 2007. We are so fortunate to have access to Uncle Berwyn’s operation (find out more about what he does at www.yukonbirch.ca, it is a ridiculously ... Read More

Jun 4, 2015 Brewing News 3 comments It is hard to believe that one of our signature beers – our extremely unique Up The Creek Birch Sap Ale, is seeing its ninth iteration since it was devised in 2007. We are so fortunate to have access to Uncle Berwyn’s operation (find out more about what he ... Read More

Mar 23, 2015 Brewing News 0 comments Just about bang on a year ago, we made a roggenbier, and called it Rapscallion. We liked it a lot, so wanted to bring it back again, but the brewers decided to shake it up a bit. So, we did a bock version, paying homage to the original ... Read More

Just about bang on a year ago, we made a roggenbier, and called it Rapscallion. We liked it a lot, so wanted to bring it back again, but the brewers decided to shake it up a bit. So, we did a bock version, paying homage to the original beer by naming it Rapscallion’s Cousine. The basic ... Read More

Who’s Looking Good Today? Mar 10, 2015 Brewing News 0 comments It was back in 2011 that our brewers first took a stab at a porter, with our White Pass Porter. Of course, everybody knows the story about where porter got its name. If not, search it…  And, as we all know, a porter is generally ... Read More

It was back in 2011 that our brewers first took a stab at a porter, with our White Pass Porter. Of course, everybody knows the story about where porter got its name. If not, search it…  And, as we all know, a porter is generally a somewhat lighter version of a stout. In fact, the style ... Read More

Our brewers have been enjoying a couple of approaches lately, it would seem. That would be using berries in beer, and brewing kolsch. So, I guess it was just the next step in the evolution to combine these two approaches – so, here we have Dial K for Kolsch saskatoon berry kolsch. We always strive ... Read More

Feb 10, 2015 Brewing News 2 comments Our brewers have been enjoying a couple of approaches lately, it would seem. That would be using berries in beer, and brewing kolsch. So, I guess it was just the next step in the evolution to combine these two approaches – so, here we have Dial K for ... Read More

There are three categories of bitter – Special, Extra Special, and Ordinary. Out Of The Ordinary falls into the ordinary bitter category, but it just seems wrong to call it ordinary. In fact, it tastes anything but ordinary. Ordinary (or standard) bitter is all about the balance. It needs enough malty sweetness to precisely offset the ... Read More

Nothing Ordinary Here, Folks, Just Move Along… Dec 17, 2014 Brewing News 0 comments There are three categories of bitter – Special, Extra Special, and Ordinary. Out Of The Ordinary falls into the ordinary bitter category, but it just seems wrong to call it ordinary. In fact, it tastes anything but ordinary. Ordinary (or standard) bitter ... Read More

Just about bang on one year ago we made our first attempt at a milk stout, called Over The Moon. Here is what we said about it then: “Now, there is no milk in a milk stout, although that was not always the case. A couple of hundred years ago, milk was routinely added to ... Read More

The Cow is Back… Dec 17, 2014 Brewing News 1 comment Just about bang on one year ago we made our first attempt at a milk stout, called Over The Moon. Here is what we said about it then: “Now, there is no milk in a milk stout, although that was not always the case. ... Read More