beernesday

i forgot to mention that while we were brewing our inaugural batch, we were also drinking! our beer list is as follows: 21st amendment - back in black 21st amendment - brew free or die ipa cannery brewing - wildfire ipa howe sound - devil's elbow ipa

ron dyck, the marketer for cannery brewing was at firefly on friday evening to do a tasting. he brought the cannery line featured in the mixed six pack with him, as well as the limited release wildfire ipa and seasonal maple stout. i of course had several tipples of each, because you want to make sure that the quality remains the same from can to can and bottle to bottle just trying to be the best beer taster i can be you know, taking one for the team and all that.... i am really very in love with the wildfire dark ipa and everyone i've shared some with is loving it too and its working for me as a session beer gotta love it when someone does the black ipa right! (even if i'm supposed to call it a cascadian brown ale now) cannery only makes one batch of it a year, so when it's gone, there won't be more until next year good thing i bought another six bottles... i quite enjoyed the maple stout as well for a sweetened beer, i didn't find it overly sweet ...

at st. augustine's on beernesday, i tried the following beers: sampler: central city brewing red racer pumpkin ale:  5%  a lightly spiced pale ale layered with roasted pumpkin lost coast brewery raspberry brown ale:  6.5%  lost coast's award winning downtown brown ale, with its rich chocolate malt flavour, is enhanced with an infusion of real raspberries upright brewing six:  6.7%  a dark rye beer with layered flavors including chocolate, caramel, pepper, wood, cherry and tropical fruit.  it starts semi-dry and smooth and finishes fully dry and tart with a bite from the hops storm brewing scottish highland cream ale:  5%  this creamy, nutty, malty, dark ale is true to its scottish origins and is caramelized as the kettle is being filled i wanted to try the crannog ales 10th anniversary fresh-hopped ipa, but they were out of it... bottles: cannery brewing wildfire ipa:  6%  intensely dark and smooth.  this balck ipa ...

bridget loves beer! how to celebrate thanksgiving right - pair it with rogue juniper! and how to do beernesday right - try the limited edition cannery wildfire ipa!