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Cannery Brewing – Drupaceous Apricot Wheat Ale

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Long-time West Coast favourite Cannery Brewing in finding its way east. The Penticton, B.C. brewery has been in the business since 2001, starting with draught sales of a few core beers, and growing to offer a variety of seasonal and flagship creations in cans and bottles. This one will be available this summer in bottles at ANBL.

The brewery describes Drupaceous Apricot Wheat Ale as “a refreshing seasonal Canadian Wheat Ale with notes of citrus and stone fruit. A large addition of Canadian wheat gives this beer a slight haze. We added apricots after fermentation to give this classic summer beer an Okanagan twist.”

Appearance: Strawberry-blonde pour with a medium pearl head and tenacious lacing.

Aroma: Smells like a summer day: floral and juicy sweet; you can smell the apricots a mile away.

Flavour: The aromas made me worry about a cloying juice bomb but the brewer got this one just right. Light with enough sweetness to make you remember the apricot, but good grainy balance. Crushable.

Mouthfeel: Vigorous carbonation makes for a prickly palate.

Overall: Refreshing as hell and just 5% ABV, this could be the official beer of summer yard work. If you think you hate fruit beers, this is a good one to make you reconsider. 

85/100

~Cheers!

Cannery Brewing can be found on the web, Facebook, and Twitter.

Regular contributor and guest reviewer Trevor J. Adams is senior editor with Metro Guide Publishing and the editor of Halifax Magazine. In 2012, he published his first solo book, Long Shots: The Curious Story of the Four Maritime Teams That Played for the Stanley Cup (Nimbus Publishing). You can see what Trevor is drinking on Untappd and follow him on Twitter.

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Cannery Brewing – Muse & The Golden Promise

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Long-time West Coast favourite Cannery Brewing is finding its way east. The Penticton, B.C. brewery has been in the business since 2001, starting with draught sales of a few core beers, and growing to offer a variety of seasonal and flagship creations in cans and bottles. This one will be available this summer in bottles at ANBL.

The brewery describes The Muse & The Golden Promise as starting out as a “Artisan Creation Limited Release Beer. It was so well loved that we rolled it into our regular, core beer line-up. This hop forward, well-balanced west coast extra pale ale blends Golden Promise malt with Simcoe Hops. It is dry-hopped.”

Appearance: Golden colour with a long-lasting fluffy, white head.

Aroma: Sweet-floral and citrus hop-nose. Clean and pleasant with light hints of malt.

Flavour: Upfront bitterness that fades to a malt-hop balanced. Orange peel with some earthy-floral hints and a light toasty malt backbone. Easy on the palette with no chance of fatigue. 

Mouthfeel: Light but creamy mouthfeel. Carbonation is just right for texture and drinkability. 

Overall: Nicely balanced, with citrus/floral flavours playing together in a great harmony along with the Golden Promise malt. This is an everyday sipper to be enjoy over and over.

84/100

~Cheers!

Cannery Brewing can be found on the web, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Chief Drinker and Head Brewer with Drink N Brew, Matt’s love of beer runs to all styles and, as an avid home brewer, he has brewed many of them. 

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Cannery Brewing Company – Wildfire IPA

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IMG_1955.JPGRarely have I sampled a beer I’ve been so excited to try. For starters, Cascadian dark ales don’t exactly abound out here in the Maritimes. And ever since my brother moved to British Columbia, I’ve been listening to him rave about the great craft-beer scene out there. One of his favourites is the Cannery Brewing Company in Pentincton. I found some of their Skaha Summer Ale in Moncton last summer—just enough to pique my interest. So recently, I prevailed upon my brother to send me “their most unique beer.”

From the brewery: This unique black India Pale Ale is a tribute to the firefighters and emergency service workers who help fight our Canadian wildfires each year. Wildfire IPA is intensely dark and smooth. This black IPA has complex hops that rage through to the finish. Fierce hop, gentle bite! A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this beer go to the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

Appearance: A beautiful inky black pour—it looks like midnight in a glass. A rich aromatic head, with thick off-white froth and lacing that goes on for days.

Aroma: A little hit of wildflowers at first, followed by strong roasty smell—think burnt toast with a hint of sweet malt.

Taste: That burnt-toast sensation carries over into the first taste, but quickly gives way to big waves of grassy hops, one after the other. With lively carbonation and a light mouthfeel, it’s much easier-drinking than the aroma or appearance would suggest.

Overall: Complex without being overwhelming, deliciously hoppy without going too far—this is a well crafted, nuanced and surprisingly subtle beer. It was a fantastic introduction to the style, and well worth the wait.

86/100

Cannery Brewing Company can be found on the web, Facebook, and Twitter.

Guest reviewer Trevor J. Adams is senior editor with Metro Guide Publishing and the editor of Halifax Magazine. In 2012, he published his first solo book, Long Shots: The Curious Story of the Four Maritime Teams That Played for the Stanley Cup (Nimbus Publishing).

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