Powell Street is a nanobrewery, which is a lot like what it sounds like, a very small brewery. A “microbrewery”, is technically defined as any brewery producing less than 300,000 hectolitres (hl) of beer annually. It is generally accepted that a nanobrewery produces less than one tenth of that, or 3000 hl, annually. Powell Street has a 3.5 hectolitre system that can brew 700 litres of beer on a brew day. With numbers as small as that, they run out of beer from time to time, so check their website before you go visit to make sure they’ll be open and serving beer. They are open, when they have beer, from Wednesday through Saturday from 1:00 until 7:00. Currently they are out of beer – they’ll be back on Saturday with their award-winning Old Jalopy Pale ale, the best beer in Canada for 2013 – no wonder it keeps running out!
Category: coal harbour brewing
bits and bobs
another set of hallowe’en candy and beer pairings
what i drank during monday night football/frankenstorm porn last night
(not all by myself, i shared!):
what i drank for #champagneday
(also not by myself, we all shared!):
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champagne and champagne sake |
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i didn’t bring it, but i sure as heck was gonna try it! |
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i didn’t bring this either, but it has a cork, that counts!
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legacy liquor store
new and exciting beers at legacy liquor store:
Granville Island Limited Release Ginger Beer
there is also a free tasting on saturday:
link love
joe wiebe on coal harbour brewing
beer acquisition syndrome, from which i will admit i suffer…
beernesday
too many beers i wanted to try at beernesday at st. augustine’s last night!
had to have me two samplers to fit them all in
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look how well my iphone camera works when there is light |
whistler brewing cheakamus chai maple ale – 5% this dark bronze ale is made with real maple syrup, added right to the mash. then, a trace of chai tea is added during the filtration process. the result is a highly complex, mildly spicy palette structure
hoooo boy that is sweet! it would be awesome in pancake batter or over ice cream
a bit too much maple sweetness for me in a beer though, the chai notes were subtle, but appreciable
chuckanut brewery pilsner – 5% in 1842 a bavarian monk smuggled lager yeast from munich to the bohemian town of pilsn where they used the yeast with british pale malt, crafting a beer golden in color. chuckanut pilsner is truly mouthwatering, deeply satisfying, and refreshing!
i do love me a pilsner, and this one did not disappoint
chuckanut is good at the german-style beers, yes indeed
tofino brewing tuff session ale – 5% a bright copper coloured pale ale with toasty malt base balanced with wast coast hops. its light to medium body and clean, dry finish gives this full-flavoured ale dangerously inviting drinkability
there’s a flavour in there that i don’t like
wish i could discern what it is, but i can’t, so there
green flash brewery double stout – 8.8% an old-world style, done the green flash way
its very yummy, but what is that malt flavour? its not chocolate or coffee or licorice or chicory…
whatever it is, i like it! i like it a lot!
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when there is no light, my iphone camera takes horribly dark photos! |
coal harbour vienna lager – 5% a vienna-style lager which uses substantial amounts of german malt and specialty malts and german hops
quite a nice little lager!
tree brewing hop head double ipa – 8.3% packs in the hoppy bitterness with five different varieties of superior hops. similar to its award-winning best-selling little brother, hop head ipa, also boasts citrus aromas and sweet malt undertones with a slightly darker copper colour
oh yes! this is a lovely little number
hit all the right double ipa notes for me!
red truck sticke alt – 6.2% darker in colour and higher abv than traditional alts. it has a restrained fruit aroma and flavour, a light caramel and burnt sugar malt sweetness, and distinct, herbal, hop bitterness
i’m not a fan of the alt style, but this one i like
not too sweet, not too fruity, not too bitter… it worked for me!
crannog ales gael’s blood potato ale – 5.2%
a coppery red caramel malt lies beneath a forceful hop presence in both bitterness and aroma. crannog’s spring season ale is made with mt. hood hops grown organically on their own farm
yum! this year’s brew is lovely! yes!
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gwen showing off her sampler, in the dark |
2012 is the year for craft beer
joe wiebe thinks 2012 is going to be THE year for craft beer in british columbia
read his openfile article and see for yourself
beernesday
i more or less divided my beernesday into two sessions this week
after the r&b cask of kumquat ale at the railway club on tuesday night
i took off with my beer husband for taps and apps at st. augustine’s (happy valentine’s day to me!)
and got a start on the long list of beers the current menu is featuring that i NEED to try
(the kumquat was an interesting beer – those guys at r&b sure do love to get creative with their cask offerings! but, um, i don’t think i know what kumquat actually looks or tastes like… the beer was quite yummy and if that’s what a kumquat tastes like, i’ll have some please!)
at st. a’s i began with the hopworks abominable because its one of my favourites and i have to get it while its still available!
followed by the coal harbour triumph cascadian rye ale because its a new vancouver brewery and it was the keg with the lowest volume left in it!
“5.2% brewed with a high portion of rye malts lending a spicy and unique fruit taste to the beer. moderate bitterness and lingering hop aroma”
its hoppy, its ryey, damned fine!
saving the following for actual beernesdaying:
“deschutes hop henge experimental ipa – 8.5% an outrageous amount of centennial and cascade hops are added to each barrel, with a heavy dry-hop presence as well. it is dense and muscular, with a blend of crystal, pale and carastan malts creating an overall biscuity characteristic. it’s all hop, no apologies.”
i am in love! hardly surprising since i was in love with last years’ as well…
“green flash 30th street pale ale – 6% 30th street pale ale is a strong pale ale tha tis well dry-hopped making it taste like an ipay by many hop head’s standards”
definitely hoppy enough for me. lovely
“old yale pale ale – 5.2% this amber brew is a classic american pale ale with its full flavour and hoppy aroma. the distinctive hoppy flavour and aroma is a result of the addition of over 11 pounds of fresh cascade hops per batch.”
on first sip it was not hoppy enough for me after the other two
but as i got into it, i really got into it!
oh, and the curry chickpea fries currently on the fresh sheet are ah-mazing! get thee some while you still can
no really, go!