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Coast to Coastless Collaboration Beer June 25th, 2015: This Canada Day Canadians in every province will have the opportunity to celebrate with a very special beer.  It's  called the Coast to Coastless Imperial ESB, and it's a collaborative effort from four Canadian brewers to celebrate the spread of the craft beer movement from coast to coast--and all of the provinces in between. Garrison Brewing Co. (NS), Microbrasserie Le Trou du Diable (QC), Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery (ON) and Phillips Brewing Co. (BC) all participated in the 'quad-laboration', coming together to craft a recipe designed to reflect Canada itself.  It is an Extra Special Bitter, a style with roots that trace back to England, but as an amped up imperial version it has a strong spirit that is purely Canadian.  A hefty body, full of biscuity and caramel malts is edged with earthy tea-like hop character. It is robust enough to pay tribute to the size of our country with the creative...

the globe and mail's report on business reports on 12 craft brewers shaking up the canadian beer industry including driftwood, flying monkeys and dieu du ciel

2,500 ibus is that even possible??? i dunno, i'm not a science person, but ontario claims it has brewed a 2,500 ibu beer oh ontario, always gotta be the biggest and best a gimmick?  probably do i want to try it?  of course! and frankly i hadn't heard of flying monkeys brewery until this so if its a publicity stunt, it worked on me!