Isola di Birra

Malt complexity. Nutty with a good roasted char. Chocolate, caramel. Residual malt sweetness counters roast acidity & bitterness Spicy, peppery Saaz hops.

Earned the Lager Jack (Level 68) badge!

A very refined WCIPA. Soft with lots of evergreen flavour but subdued bitterness. Citra & Simcoe. Orange & grapefruit zest. Pine needles.

A weed-inspired beer for 4-20 & a collab with Superflux. Cryo Idaho 7, Vic Secret hops with Pineapple Express & King Louis XIII terpene blends. Juicy. Like pine needles steeped in Tang. Orange, pineapple, grape. Myrcene, limonene, caryophyllene,

Viva la beaver, indeed. A very tasty peanut butter stout with added cinnamon, coffee & milk sugar. Peanut flavour is still the star. The coffee & cinnamon is there but subdued. Chocolate from the malt. Great balance

A light juicebox with fruity flavour from an eclectic assortment of hops: Solero, HBC 1019, Tango & Cashmere. Peach, lemon candy, orange, mango, melon, pineapple. Light pine needles & wheat.

Earned the Wheel of Styles (Level 40) badge!

Earned the Haze for Days (Level 74) badge!

The brewery calls this just "Pilsner" & identifies it as Bohemian-style, not German (some tourist probably entered this). Clean & crisp. Czech Saaz & German Tettnang hops provide a spicy, floral bite. Bread & honey from European malt

The flagship beer for this out-of-the-way brewery. A very pleasant, easy-to-drink, light lager. Crisp, clean with lightly grainy BC grown malt from Armstrong & organic BC grown Crystal hops from Chilliwack Woodsy, floral, herbal with a light spicy bite.

A lighter American Amber ale. Nice balance between moderate malt & hops flavours. Lightly grainy toasted malt with light caramel & raisin sweetness. Light citrus & evergreen resin from American hops. Named after Sandwell Provincial Park on Gabriola Island

Yum! Their single hop series with NZ Rakau. Fruity candy. Myrcene magic. Orange & lemon losenges. Apricot, mango. Lighter lime & pine. Some grassiness in the finish. All tied together with a slurry of oats. Those are kiwi on the label & they mate for life

We haven't seen new Great Notion for a while. An 11% imperial breakfast stout with a sweet maple syrup aroma that hurts your teeth. Aged on whole bean Mostra Coffee & maple syrup. Roasted grain & coffee bitterness tempers the sweetness. Chocolate, caramel

Earned the New Brew Thursday (Level 77) badge!

"...are coming down the stairs.. 🎶". As a parent, my kids watched this show. An 11% imperial oatmeal stout with bananas, cocoa nibs, milk sugar, vanilla & wheat. Chocolaty banana flavour with a touch of roast & vanilla. Sweet, smooth & rich

New to me, Belgian Tripel. Light & bright. Floral, spicy hops are the star with an added sugar sweetness that compliments the malt. Light citrusy coriander & pepper.

Earned the Belgian Holiday (Level 22) badge!

5th annual check-in. A happy revisit. Carbonated cold dill pickle juice with 4.5% abv. Your typical kettle-soured gose with added fresh cucumber, dill & lots of Himalayan pink salt that adds a briney quality. Some fullness from wheat & lactobacillus

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The only one of their "Heron" trilogy I'd missed. This is a cold IPA, fermented warm but with lager yeast. Swimming in hop flavours from Mosaic Lupomax, Mosaic T90 & Centennial. Berry, citrus, tropical fruit & pine. Cereals & rice.

One of their core beer. Light & soft like a pale ale makes this highly crushable for a 6.8% IPA. Juicy upfront with a light piney dankness in the middle & a medium-dry finish. Sticky honey malt. Mosaic, Citra & Simcoe. Wheat subdues the bitterness

Juicy, creamy, smooth, soft. Big flavour for a 4.1% hazy pale. Hopped with Citra & Mosaic & fermented with a designer yeast strain. Oats & wheat add fullness

Hey, if you have a foeder, you're gonna use it. I love this style. This is cold fermented in a foeder which imparts subtle notes of wood. A prominent roasted grain, charred wood character, with light smokiness. Smooth, mellow, earthy. Chocolate, vanilla..

A DIPA version of the namesake. Double shot of Sauvignon Blanc with Phantasm Powder (made from Thiol-rich Sauvignon grape skin) & Nelson Sauvin hops, known for their juicy white grape flavour. Thiol yeast. Mosaic & Simcoe along for the ride. Oats fullness

Earned the 2X (Level 96) badge!

Quite delicious with an intriguing hop profile. Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado & Azacca. Mango, peach, grapefruit, lemon, orange. Pepper & pine. Smooth, creamy, fruity, pungent.

Earned the Cheers to Independent U.S. Craft Breweries (Level 92) badge!

Big weekend? It is Friday. Prickly evergreen resin bitterness with a strawberry aftertaste. Mosaic, Simcoe, Citra & Cryo hops. Juicy pineapple & orange in the middle. Grapefruit zest.