From East Vancouver’s Parallel 49 Brewing comes their “Power Slide Double IPA”.  The beer pours a mildly hazy orange with a white head.  The aroma consists of sweetness, citrus, tropical fruit and some floral hops.  The flavour is of tropical fruit, orange juice, sweetness, citrus rind, some pine and low bitterness.  The alcohol content comes in at 8%.  This is an interesting one that I found at the brewery.  Think I probably should have gotten more than one can.

Commercial Description:  Nobody’s impress with brake footing down hills with your worn out sneakers.  Turn some heads and shred gnar gnar by busting our a power slide whilst bombing hills.

From Backcountry Brewing in Squamish comes their “Everything’s Coming Up Milhouse” a West Coast IPA.  The beer pours a cloudy orange with a white head.  The aroma consists of tropical fruits, sweetness and floral hops.  The flavour is of tropical fruit, citrus, sweetness, herbal hops, citrus pith and a low bitterness.  The alcohol content comes in at 6% with an IBU of 45.  Like everything that Backcountry Brewing does this was one mighty find brew.  It was mighty hazy and juicey for a West Coast IPA though.

Commercial Description:  his West Coast style IPA was brewed with clean American Yeast and lots of cool new American Hops.

From the Parkside Brewery in Port Moody comes their “Skate or Dye Mango ISA:.  The beer pours a murky orange colour with a white head.  The aroma consists of mango, pineapple and an overall juicy hops presence.  The flavour is of mango, pineapple, citrus pith, herbal hops, resin, mild bitterness and some dankness.  The alcohol content comes in at 4.5% with an IBU of 40.  This is probably the best IPA or ISA that Parkside Brewery has produced to date.

Commercial Description:  This hazy tropical treat is bursting with mango upfront followed by hints of passionfruit to follow. Brewed with loads of Glaxy and dry-hopped with Ekuanot & Azacca, it has the perfect lingering bitterness to keep you onboard.

From Delta’s Stanley Park Brewing comes their new “Salted Watermelon Sour” a Gose part of their Concession Stand mixed pack. The beer pours a cloudy orange with a white head. The aroma consists of watermelon, salt and some sweetness. The flavour is of watermelon, salt, tartness and citrus. This reminds me of a salted watermelon jolly rancher. The alcohol content comes in at 4.1% with an IBU of 5. This probably will not be for everyone but I find this quite refreshing. I would bet this would be a really nice patio sipper. Stanley Park Brewing is now owned by Labbat.

Commercial Description: A sweet and salty flavour combination that is a refreshing tasting new summer addition to our Concession Stand mix pack.

From Backroads Brewing in Nelson comes their “Hefeweizen”.  The beer pours a mildy cloudy and deep golden colour with a white head.  The aroma consists of wheat, banana, spices and some sweetness.  The flavour is of what, banana, citrus, grain, wheat and sweetness.  The alcohol content comes in at 5% with an IBU of 13.  This is not a style I gravitate to but this one was well made and enjoyable.

Commercial Description:  A light, refreshing, Bavarian-style wheat beer featuring distinctive clove and banana notes with hints of vanilla and citrus. This cloudy, golden haze is topped with a thick white head and balanced by a delicate dose of classic German hops.