Old Ale, Winter AleNorthwest Beer GuideBritish Columbia, Vancouver - BC, Early OctoberComment

Main St. Gale Force Old Ale

Old Ale, Winter AleNorthwest Beer GuideBritish Columbia, Vancouver - BC, Early OctoberComment
Main St. Gale Force Old Ale

image courtesy the brewery

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.

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

9.4% ABV | 23 IBU

Released: Early October

 

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Ale - Belgian style, Dubbel - Belgian styleNorthwest Beer GuideBritish Columbia, Vancouver - BC, Late OctoberComment

Container Duo Oak Aged Belgian Dubbel

A malt forward Belgian ale featuring notes of dark fruit with toffee aromas. Aged on rum soaked toasted french oak to add another layer of complexity and nuanced flavour. Naturally carbonated in the can for an authentically smooth and delicate mouthfeel. This beer is a collaboration with our good friends at Dageraad. Their head brewer, and owner/founder, Ben spent the day with us and helped develop the recipe from the onset as well. Artwork by our amazingly talented head brewer, David Dayco!

6.6% ABV | IBU

Ale - Belgian style, Dubbel - Belgian styleNorthwest Beer GuideBritish Columbia, Vancouver - BC, Late OctoberComment
Container Duo Oak Aged Belgian Dubbel
Porter or StoutNorthwest Beer GuideBritish Columbia, Burnaby, Vancouver - BC, Mid OctoberComment

Steamworks Salted Chocolate Porter

Pouring the same colour as rich, dark chocolate this decadent spin on a porter leverages the natural roasted flavours from a variety of specialty malts. With generous additions of vanilla and local sea salt, the toast and intense chocolate of the malt makes this brew reminiscent of a salt finished chocolate tart.

6% ABV | 16 IBU

Ingredients: Maris Otter, Malted Oats, Roasted Malts, Crystal Malts, Vanilla Bean, Vancouver Island Sea Salt

Porter or StoutNorthwest Beer GuideBritish Columbia, Burnaby, Vancouver - BC, Mid OctoberComment
Steamworks Salted Chocolate Porter
Lager, Dark Lager - Czech styleNorthwest Beer GuideBritish Columbia, Vancouver - BC, Early NovemberComment

Main St. Brimstone Dark Czech Lager

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

Lager, Dark Lager - Czech styleNorthwest Beer GuideBritish Columbia, Vancouver - BC, Early NovemberComment
Main St. Brimstone Dark Czech Lager
Saison - Barrel aged, Ale - Belgian styleNorthwest Beer GuideBritish Columbia, Vancouver - BC, Early OctoberComment

Main St. Garage Series Circa 1775 Sumac Rosewater Saison

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

Saison - Barrel aged, Ale - Belgian styleNorthwest Beer GuideBritish Columbia, Vancouver - BC, Early OctoberComment
Main St. Garage Series Circa 1775 Sumac Rosewater Saison