This is the end of BrewardInlet.com. I recently made the decision to mothball the site. There is no major reason to close her down beyond I simply don’t write enough to warrant a site anymore(, Although this has been the biggest year yet for traffic). I wanted to say thank you to all those who have taken time to read, hate or like what I had to say. This site began as a way for me to blow off steam and talk crap about beer as a break from University. I never expected more than 50 people to care. Nearly 25,000 views, a top 200 and a top 100 beer blog award later I’m completely floored (mostly b ..read more

I first became aware of Three Kingdoms Brewing several months ago thanks to Instagram Algorithms. A few clicks later and I was on their website where I was met with this image like this one: “Me So Rich Hefeweizen”Well, that’s a lot to take in isn’t it? Recently I saw via instagram that this beer has finally dropped, and with my interest piqued once more I reached out to the company via their website. I initially asked them about their story to which they replied they consider themselves Craft Beer lovers who have become Nomadic Brewers. They described being inspired by both Superflux and Slo ..read more

I have alluded to this in previous posts but it seems as good a time as any to write an article regarding Lightheart Brewing joining Brewers Row. Lightheart brewing originally joined the Independent Beer scene as a collaborative brewery at Callister Brewing in East Van. They now make their home at Moody Ales on Brewers Row. I want to be clear this is not a contract brew situation. Lightheart have installed their own tanks at Moody Ales, and as such have a much greater degree of autonomy over their beers. This situation is similar to the arrangement of Coalesce at Twin Sails or Temporal at Lu ..read more

Good Buddy Beer will be brewing out of PoCo in the coming months. Good Buddy beer had been brewing out of Callister in Yeast Van but will make the switch to PoCo when Tin House Brewing, The brick and mortar Brewery they will be sharing space with, opens. Good Buddy made a name for themselves with creative flavours in their beers such as Orange Creamsicle IPA, a Maple Syrup and Bacon Imperial Stout and a PB & J stout. Not only will be Good Buddy Beer be available at Tin House Brewing (In Fremont Village In PoCo, Near North Paw), but of course Tin House beer too. The brands will share ..read more

I am a big fan of Vancouver Craft Beer Week. Its fun and it brings the whole community together. With nearly all the breweries in one place it is  a really great opportunity to consider the trends moving forward. Of course this can’t be done in advance of VCBW but I’ve always thought that the VCBW beer gives us a hint of what is to come. Two years ago Brewers brought us a Hazy Pale ale which to me announced to the community that Hazy beer was a major part of the industry and here to stay. Secondarily it might have also signalled the success of the suburban and regional Craft beer communities ..read more

A while ago I wrote an article explaining why I had said no to a brewery’s offer of free beer. It came off as high and mighty, it wasn’t my intention but it did. Well, since then I have been offered beer a few more times and said no thank you a few more times. How I felt publishing that article Recently, I said yes.  So how did I fall off my high horse? Well its simple really. I don’t have as much beer as I once did. Whereas, before my main reason for saying “no” was that I simply had too much beer and there was no point in taking beer that I might not be completely interested while other be ..read more

The Growler recently published a great article by Dageraad Brewer/Owner/Professional Cool Guy – Ben Coli, where Ben makes a great argument for Mainstays being better than the flavour of the week. While I appreciate the article and agree in large part I noticed many friends and colleagues applying the argument against Hazy beers en masse. Well as avowed Hazy apologist I have yet another article no one asked for. Concern 1 Dead on Arrival Ben makes a great point to start, many one off beers are ill-conceived. He’s right. There are quite a few beers that should have been aborted long before the ..read more