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A strong golden ale brewed with Okanagan pears, coriander, and bottle conditioned with brettanomyces.
Ingredients: “Water, malted barley, sugar, wheat, pears, yeast, hops, coriander”
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Brimstone is a 4%-ABV Tmavé-Pivo-inspired beer brimming with mellow roast coffee and red-fruit sweetness, rich off-white lacing, and sasparilla and spice notes that add balance to a dark and complex character.
4% ABV | 26 IBU
Ingredients: HOPS: Czech Saaz and 'Most' hops from Charles Faram grown in Czech Republic to showcase effects and impacts of terrois
YEAST: Czech Lager yeast
MALT BILL: Crisp Hana (Czech heritage variety of barley grown and malted in the UK) as well as Bohemian and Canadian specialty malts
Gale Force is the 2022 BC Beer Award Gold Medal Award Winner in the Strong Ale & Lager category. Traditionally made from the first runnings of a mild recipe (in this case, Main St.'s Tunnerman’s Dark Mild Ale from 2020) Gale Force was built on a rich, almost barleywine-like base that underwent an extended boil to add to its depth of sweetness, and a secondary fermentation with a traditional English brettanomyces that imparted a subtle tropical fruit character without detracting from the array of English malts used in the brewing process.
9.4% ABV | 23 IBU
Ingredients: HOPS: Phoenix YEAST: Denny's 50 and historical British Brettanomyces (Brett Clauseneii) MALT BILL: Paul's Maris Otter, Skagit Valley Pilot Pale, Les Maltiers Munich Light and Weyermann's Chocolate Wheat
Barrel-Aged Saison
Winner of the 2022 BC Beer Award for Specialty Wild Ale, this Circa 1775 Sumac and Rose Water Saison was built on a base of BC malted pilsner, raw and malted wheat, and a touch of English aromatic malt. It was then put it through a secondary fermentation in Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc Barrels from Penticton's Bench 1775 Winery before it was inoculating it with a house culture for 10 months. The blend was then conditioned on locally harvested Staghorn Sumac and Rose Water and bottle conditioned for a nice sparkling bubble in each sip.
6.4% ABV | 34 IBU
Ingredients: HOPS: Magnum, Hallertau Mittelfruh, Ella
YEAST: House culture
MALT BILL: BC malted pilsner, raw and malted wheat, English aromatic malt
Both malt and yeast forward, the malt provides a sweet, candy/caramel note while the yeast provides a slight bubblegum flavour. Made with real cherries and oranges, giving this classic style beer a refreshing twist. The Abbey-style beer was originally brewed by monks in monasteries. Our ale is a different kind of spiritual experience: dark caramel with notes of orange and cherry.
7.2% ABV | IBU
Ingredients: “Proprietary”
