From Chilliwack’s Old Yale Brewing comes their “Juicy Tropical Hopped Sour”. The beer pours an orange colour with a white head. The aroma consists of tropical fruits, semi sweet notes and tartness. The flavour is of tropical fruit, tartness, grain and some sweetness. The alcohol content comes in at 5.5%. This would be an amazing brew for a summer patio. Lets hope this one sticks around.
From Chilliwack’s Old Yale Brewing comes their “Weekend Warriors Double IPA” a taproom exclusive. The pours a very cloudy orange with an off white head. The aroma consists of tropical, citrus, juicy hops, sweetness and floral hops. The flavour is of tropical fruit, citrus, grapefruit, grapefruit rind, bitterness and resin. The beer comes in with a New England IPA aroma and a Pacific North West IPA. You are doing yourself right to try this beer. Make your way out to Chilliwack soon before it is gone.
From Field House Brewing in Abbotsford comes their “Dry-Hopped Wild Ale”. The beer pours a red colour with a reddish head. The aroma consists of fruit, grape must and sweetness. The flavour is of grape must, citrus, tropical fruit, brettanomyces funk, some sweetness but little bitterness. The alcohol content comes in at 8% with an IBU of 25. This was an interesting take on a Wild ale and I enjoyed it.
Commercial Description: An experiment with hops & grapes, this aromatic ale was dry-hopped with Citra, Mosaic & Amarillo and then conditioned on Brett and a blend of grape must.
From Chilliwack’s Old Yale Brewing comes their “Stone Fruit Hibiscus Saison”. The beer pours a cloudy orange colour with an off white head. The aroma consists of stone fruits like peach, overall fruity esters, hibiscus and some sweetness. The flavour is of stone fruit, hibiscus, citrus rind, yeast, mild spices, low bitterness and wheat. The alcohol content comes in at 6%. This is not your typical saison but it is really well crafted and full of flavour.
Maple Ridge has its newest brewery in Silver Valley Brewing. The brewery opened their doors to a quiet soft opening on September 21st, 2017.
When you walk through the doors you are welcomed with a really warm tasting room. Wood top tables with white walls and a nice tile back splash that looks almost like brick. They had 4 beer at the time of opening with one extra guest tap but as you can see in the photos below there will be more beer in the future. They also have food items to have with your beer.
The brewery itself is pretty tiny at Sliver Valley. The fermentation capacity is 7 – 2 barrel fermentors with a two barrel brew house and a 4 barrel hot liquor tank. With the seven fermentors they should be able to keep beer flowing on their taps.
I always love checking out new breweries and I like what Kevin has done with the space and beers are tasting pretty good right off the bat. I look forward to heading back in the near future.
Silver Valley Brewing
https://silvervalleybrewing.com
Unit 104 11952 224th Street
Maple Ridge, BC
V2X 6B3
604-380-1222
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