BCBA BEER LIST 2022

This year we have moved away from the traditional beer tasting festival format, and are moving to full service, serving tall cans (473ml) across a number of style-focused bars throughout the venue (beverages are listed by bar below).

We’ve curated a great list of beers from 70 breweries across BC, plus some local ciders. A variety of non-alcoholic options are included in your ticket as well.

Lager
Pilsner
Kolsch

• Abandoned Rail Brewing Co - Desert Dweller Dry Hopped Lager 5.2%
  Big citrus aromas on the nose. Clean, crisp, refreshing.

• Backcountry Brewing - Just Because I Rock Doesn't Mean I'm Made of Stone 5%
  This Czech Pilsner was brewed with Barke Pilsner and Vienna malt which results in a light malt and light colour. The light whirlpool addition of Saaz creates a very easy drinking, crushable Pilsner.

• Boardwalk - Dance Dance Dance 5.2%
  Highlighting the exceptional Motueka and Nelson Sauvin hops of New Zealand. A dry, light pilsner with notes of gooseberry, orchard fruit, & citrus.

• Brassneck - Klutz Kölsch 5%
  Traditional German Style Kölsch

• Brewhall Beer Co - Kol Story Bro Kolsch 5%
  Lightly hopped for floral and spice notes, smooth refreshing clean finish

• Camp Beer Co - CAMP Lager 4.4%
  Our West Coast style light lager blends BC grown hops with Canadian malts for an approachable, easy drinking beer, perfect for all craft beer drinkers.

• Coast Mountain Brewing - Crystal Chair Pilsner 5% 
  Crisp and simple with just a touch of biscuit malt for a clean and snappy character. Crystal Chair Pilsner is brewed with a gluten-reducing enzyme.

• Container Brewing - Gantry 4%       
  A classic clean and refreshing Czech-style pilsner that features notes of honey, cracker and the light spice of traditional Czech Saaz hops.

• Fern + Cedar Brewing - Oceanside Lager 4.5%
  North American style lager with Saphir and Hüll Melon hops.

• Five Roads Brewing Co. - Five Roads Pilsner 5.3%          
  Pilsner and Vienna malt with Czech Saaz finishing hop lending a crisp, decidedly spicy bitterness.

• Foamers' Folly Brewing - Dad Beer Pilsner 5%
  Pleasant floral and citrus aromas are complemented by bready malt and a crisp finish. This is not the beer your Dad will put in the back of his fridge and forget about.                                               

• Four Winds Brewing Co. - Hüftgold Pilsner 5%
  Hüftgold is a German-style Pilsner that utilizes specialty ingredients to create a crisp, easy-drinking Lager.

• Fuggles - Warp Speed Lager - 5%    
  This crushable lager is light-bodied with a slight hop profile and dry finish. Crisp, clean and easy drinking for any occasion/event!

• Gladstone Brewing Co. - Pilsner 5.5%
  A bright, clear, golden Czech-style Pilsner. Aromas of lightly toasted malt and spicy hops with a bright and snappy finish.

• Granville Island Brewing - Granville Island Lager 5%
  First brewed in 1984, Canada's 1st craft lager follows the German Purity Law. Bright and clear golden yellow, deliciously thirst-quenching with a subtle bready malt character and herbal noble hop profile, with a crisp and refreshing finish.  

• Highway 97 Brewing Co. - Czech Pils  4.8%
  This pilsner is light straw in colour with a good hop to malt ratio that gives off a light floral and spicy aroma.

• Kelowna Beer Institute – Pilsner 4.8%
  A light and smooth pint. Balanced, easy drinking - perfect beer for enjoying on a patio in the Kelowna sun.

• KPU Brew Lab | Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Das Fest 5.5%
  A crisp, traditional German Festbier perfect for celebrating. Prost! 

• Lighthouse Brewing Co - Kapitan Czech Pilsner 5%
  A bohemian pilsner with a strong malt backbone, spicy, herbal notes and a crisp finish.

• Luppolo Brewing Company - Onda West Coat Pilsner 5%
  German-style Pilsner lightly dry-hopped with Idaho 7 and Citra hops. Subtle notes of citrus and tropical fruit, balanced bitterness, and biscuity grain character. 

• Patina Brewing Co. - Patina Kolsch 5.2%
  "A crisp, clean, and precise Kolsch. Offering fruity aromatics of grape, strawberry, and melon. Made with entirely German malts, it finishes dry with no lingering bitterness."

• Phillips Brewing & Malting Co. - Tilt Lager 5%
  Tilt is an off the wall, straight-up, flippin’ awesome lager. Craft brewed for maximum drinkability, Tilt is well-balanced and will leave you wanting to play again and again. Kick-back, hit the jackpot, and score big with Tilt Lager.

• Powell Brewery - Powell Lager 4.2% 
  A light, crisp, and refreshing American-style lager.

• Rusted Rake Brewing - Rosa The Rebel Mexican Style Lager 4.5%  
  Lightly kilned pilsner, corn and rice form the base of this Mexican-style lager, with hops bringing the spice and fruity goodness. Light, dry and made for easy drinking.

• Shaketown Brewing -Leichtbier 3%
  Honey, bread and earthy flavours lead into an extremely refreshing and crisp finish.

• Shaketown Brewing - Pre-Prohibition Pilsner 5%      
  Fruit forward and floral with notes of citrus and herbs finishing with a hint of sweetness.

• Slackwater Brewing - Fiume Bianco | Italian Pils with Nelson Sauvin 4.9%     
  This Italian-style Pilsner is wrapped in heavy dry-hop additions of Nelson Sauvin, giving light notes of white grape, citrus and gooseberry with an extra crisp finish.

• Slackwater Brewing - Lo Tide | Light Lager 4%
  Clean, crisp, crushable - with subtle citrus notes on the finish from the additions of Mandarina Bavaria hops.

• Small Gods Brewing Co - Neverending Pilsner  5%
  Clean, crisp, slight bitterness, slight biscuit, and a sweet malt flavor.

• Smugglers Trail - Captain Stone Lager 5%
  Crisp. Light. Refreshing. Notorious.

• Steamworks Brewing Co. – Pilsner 5%
  Light, bready malt, continental noble hops, and subtle yet expressive yeast work together to create a crisp, clear, and achingly refreshing brew.

• Steel & Oak Brewing Co - Simple Things German Pilsner 5%
  Pouring gold with a fluffy white head, this assertive German Pilsner is classically made with Weyermann Barke Pilsner malt and a selection of Noble hops.

• Strange Fellows Brewing - Beldame Old World Pilsner 5%
  This is a classic German style Pilsner. Bright clean and fresh with a bracing and refreshing bitterness and the unmistakable herbal earthy character of the Noble Saaz hop.

• Strathcona Beer Company - Strath Lager 5%
  A craft lager with a hint of flaked corn

• Studio Brewing - Infinite Radness Helles Lager 4.8%
  A perfectly crushable classic german lager

• Trench Brewing & Distilling Inc. - Arctic Pilsner 5%
  A Czech style pilsner brewed with 100% malt and hops imported from the Czech Republic.
  This lager has a full-bodied malt profile balanced by floral and spicy Saaz hops. It finishes with a crisp bitterness.

• Vancouver Island Brewing - Victoria Pilsner 5.5%
  This German-style Pilsner is a rich, full-bodied beer with a nice hop bite. A celebration of the place our brewery calls home, Victoria Pilsner is our way of sharing a little piece of the Island with you, no matter where you go.

• Wildeye Brewing - Czech Pilsner 4.8%
  Citrus hop notes on the nose, with a buttery cracker body to balance a grassy and citrus hop flavour. Finishes with a classic Czech Pilsner bitterness. Balanced and complex, this Pilsner is true to style.. Kindly enjoy.

IPA
Hazy/NE IPA

• Backcountry Brewing  - Widowmaker IPA 6.7%
  Our signature IPA is made in the east coast style. This style of IPA is characterised by a light malt profile with a big pulpy body that is there to complement the intense juicy character coming from the hops.

• BNA Brewing - Brilliant Idiot NEIPA 6.8%
  Galaxy driven NEIPA

• BNA Brewing - Animal Hazy IPA 6.3%
  Super fruity hop aroma. orange-y notes and medium body.

• Brewhall Beer Co. - Greyhound IPA 6.8%
  Westcoast IPA with Simcoe, Columbus, Cascade and Grapefruit hops

• Brookswood Brewing Co. - NEIPA 6.7%
  Pineapple, mango, juicy and hazy     

• Electric Bicycle Brewing  - Tezcat Mexican IPA 5%
  An IPA created for drinking on the beach in the hot sun. Built in celebration of Mexico and their wonderful local ingredients and culture.

• Four Winds Brewing Co. - Extralux Hazy IPA 5.8%
  Extralux is a silky, Hazy IPA with subtle notes of melon, peach, and white​ ​grape, accented​ ​by a resinous, pine​y​ backbone. A juicy treat that comes on with a huge hop profile, finishing smooth and mellow.    

• Kelowna Beer Institute - Citratooth IPA 5.8%
  Hops dominate this IPA. Tons of Citrus and fruity notes ending on a crisp yet ronded bitterness.

• Kelowna Brewing Company - Trader's Cove IPA 6%
  This one ramps up the bitterness and the ABV for a real punch of flavour. We paired this with a nice, neutral English ale yeast to really allow the hop flavours to shine through.

• Luppolo Brewing Company - Heron After Cold IPA 5.5%     
  This new style IPA swooped into the scene and it's making quite the splash! An elegant blend of a clean, crisp lager complimented by the hop profile of a West Coast IPA. Cereal mashed with a large portion of rice and fermented warm with our house lager yeast. It takes off with flavours and aromas of berry, citrus and tropical fruit and lands on a dry, crisp and complex grain character. From here on after, this IPA is here to stay!

• Mariner Brewing - Polaris 7%
  A hazy North East IPA  

• Moody Ales - West Coast IPA 6% 
  Fruity IPA with jammy tangerine, marmalade and apricot notes 

• Parallel 49 Brewing - Cosmic Soup 6.4%
  Cosmic Soup is a juicy IPA that's brewed using a thiol-releasing yeast strain, which converts non-fruity thiol precursors to tropical-fruity free thiols. Dry-hopped with Citra Cryo, Simco, Galaxy, whirlpool hop with Idaho 7, unconventional mash hop with Saaz and Cascade to maximize the fruitiness.

• Russell Brewing - Thiol Master Hazy IPA 6.1%
  A thiol-boosted hazy brewed in collaboration with Russell Brewing and Moon Under Water Brewpub. We used Phantasm, a wine grape-derived powder, and a technique called mash hopping to max out our thiol potential, creating an IPA bursting with tropical fruit flavour. Mashed with plenty of wheat and spelt and dry-hopped with a bold addition of Eclipse hops to give it a citrus punch.

• Rusted Rake Brewing - The Rusty Angler IPA 6.8%
  Perfectly balanced blend of specialty malts and generous hops ensure this IPA is packed with flavour. With notes of resiny pine, stone and tropical fruit.   

• Silver Valley Brewing Company Ltd. - Audio Video Disco 6.5%
  A clean and crisp Cold IPA dominated by delicious west coast hops   

• Steamworks Brewing Co. - Halo Hazy Light IPA 3.5%
  Full of the fruit forward flavours you expect form a hazy IPA - at half the typical alcohol content. Look for notes of pineapple juice, passionfruit-orange-guava juice, and other tropical fruits.        

• Streetcar Brewing - Overcast Hazy IPA 5.8%
  Hazy New England Style IPA with dank citrus, tropical and pine aromas, medium bodied, with a crisp finish. More fruity than bitter.   

• Vancouver Island Brewing - Pineapple Kveik IPA 6.8%
  Fresh, tropical, and vibrant; this full-bodied IPA incorporates tropical Norwegian Kveik yeast and fruit-forward hops.   

SOUR
FRUIT
WHEAT

• Abandoned Rail Brewing Co - Red Hef 4.6%
  A spin on the classic hef. Subdued banana and clove notes with added caramel malts.

• Container Brewing – Duo 6.6%
  Brewed with out pals from Dageraad, Duo is a traditional rich and dark Belgian Dubbel with malty notes of plum and dried cherry, aged on rum soaked oak to add another layer of subtle toasted oak and hints of high quality dark rum.         

• Dageraad Brewing - De Witte 5.2%
  Tart Wheat Ale with Passionfruit

• Dead Frog Brewery - Cranberry Orange Sour 4.2%
  A refreshingly tart sour ale with a fresh burst of cranberry and a juicy splash of orange.

• Electric Bicycle Brewing  - Atomic Jam Raspberry Sour 5%
  A simple yet delicious sour fruited with Raspberries, it's a thirst quencher.     

• Farm Country Brewing - Countryside Blackberry Pear Kettle Sour 5%
  Light in character and hazy in appearance this kettle sour derives its' clean tartness through the addition of lactobacillus culture and souring within the brew kettle. Mild orange and mandarin characteristics are present from the use of Norwegian kviek yeast and late fermentation additions of blackberry and pear provide a balanced fruit tartness.

• Field House Brewing Co. - Apple Pie Ice Cream Sour - 6.8%
  Another collaboration with our friends at Banter Ice Cream! This beer starts with a tart base loaded with oats, which we infused with creamy milk sugar and vanilla for an ice cream like base. We then added over a tonne of pureed apples and a touch of cinnamon brown sugar. 

• Kettle River Brewing Co. - Tropical Spritz Vacation Sour Ale 4.5%
  Fizzing full of fruity flavour and ready for flight, bird is the word when this can hits your hand. A bright bouquet of mango, pineapple, orange zest and passionfruit oozes from a heavy-handed dose of tropical hops, layered overtop of a light and refreshing acidity. Pop the top and prepare for landing, because next stop, paradise. Enjoy your vacation.

• Lighthouse Brewing Co. - Raspberry Lime Pilsner 5%
  Our raspberry lime pilsner has all the best summer flavours with strong notes of raspberries and a subtle hint of lime that play well with a crisp body and floral hop character. It pours a delicious looking red hazy colour and delivers an incredibly refreshing kick!     

• Locality Brewing Ltd. - Fly Like an Eagle, Saison 7%
  Our “Fly Like an Eagle” Saison is a spicy and dry Belgian Saison. The Belgian yeast strain produces clove and pepper flavours that complement the spicy and malty character of the rye malt. It has a refreshing high carbonation level.

• Parallel 49 Brewing - Rock the Bells 6.2%
  A cranberry sour ale made with inspiration from Flanders Red Ale (Belgian sour ale). Clean, refreshing sourness from our souring culture along with the bright cranberry flavour.

• Persephone Brewing Co. -  Peach Hefeweizen 5%
  A german-style wheat ale with notes of banana and clove, complemented by fresh and juicy peach."

• Persephone Brewing Co. - Berliner Weisse 3.8%     
  A Soured German-style wheat ale brewed the traditional way, fermented with Brettanomyces & lactobacillus. light, tart, lemon-y, fruity & funky .    

• Phillips Brewing & Malting Co. - Dinosour Stone Fruit Sour 4.5%
  Dinosour Stone Fruit packs a delightfully tart bite. Soured with our house-cultured lacto strain, apricot juice, peach juice, and nectarine flavours mingle pre and post fermentaceous period, balancing sour flavours with light stone fruit sweetness.   

• R&B Brewing Co. -  Picnic Table Beer 4.8%
  Table Saison with lemon, pink peppercorn, and coriander       

• R&B Brewing Co. - It's Always Sunny in East Van Witbier 5.2%
  Belgian Witbier

• Ravens Brewing - The EXPLORE BC Peach Farmhouse Ale 4.8%
  The Explore BC Farmhouse Peach Ale showcases a beautiful harmony between the Okanagan Valley's famed peaches, BC-grown barley malt and hops from the family-owned Bredenhof Hop Farms in the Fraser Valley. Lærdal Kveik yeast works to create a delicate, rustic farmhouse base that blends perfectly with the subtle peach flavour. And finally, a pinch of BC sea salt adds a brightness to the fruity finish.      

• Ravens Brewing - Social Butterfly Strawberry Rhubarb Sour 5%
  Bursting with fresh strawberries and tart rhubarb the newest version of Social Butterfly the perfect beer to kick off summer and continue to help protect the endangered Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly

• Russell Brewing - Banana Split Dunkel 5.7%
  A traditional German-style Dark Wheat beer collides with a delicious treat of days past. We threw in a heavy amount of wheat to complement a complex grain bill of malts, with contributions of chocolate from the rich roasted malts, a bold banana flavor from the yeast, and a splash of puréed strawberry on top of it all. Grab a few spoons because this is one worth sharing. 

• Salt Spring Brewing Co. - Raspberry Mango Sour 5.2%
  Kettle sour with an abundance of Mango & Raspberry - fermented with a special cocktail of lactobacillis.

• Settlement Brewing - Elder Moon Belgian Witbier 5.3%
  Zesty. Floral. Refreshing.

• Smugglers Trail  - Scrumpers Dark Sour 7%
  Dark. Sour. Sweet. Scrumptious.       

• Strathcona Beer Company - Beach Light 3%
  A Radler made with grapefruit juice.  

• Streetcar Brewing - Mango Pineapple Sour 5.2%
  A refreshing mango and pineapple sour. Bursting with flavour 

• Tofino Brewing Company - Wonders Of Nature 5.5%
  Tart and refreshing with IPA aromatics 

• Trench Brewing & Distilling Inc. - Bramble 4.5%
  Raspberry Vanilla Wheat Ale, An American-style wheat ale fermented on generous amounts of raspberry puree and aged on whole vanilla beans to produce a refreshingly tart beer with a delicate hint of vanilla and a velvety finish.

• Wildeye Brewing - Sunday Market Strawberry Cardamom Gose (Nitro) 4.5%
  Heavy-handed on the strawberries, but gentle with the spice of cardamom, and lightly soured with our house strain of Lactobacillus.  

Pale Ale
Hazy Pale

• Boardwalk - Falling Backwards  5.2%
  West Coast Pale Ale dry hopped with CRYO Citra hops, beautifully balanced and quenching.

• Brookswood Brewing Co. - Hazy Pale Ale 5.5%
  Citrus, tropical, hazy and stone fruit

• Coast Mountain Brewing - Valley Trail Pale Ale 5%
  Valley Trail Pale is an uncomplicated, easy-drinking ale with an abundance of Simcoe, Amarillo and Citra hops providing just the right amount of juicy, berry and citrusy flavours and aromas.

• East Van Brewing  - Jive House Ale 5.7%
  Upfront is an aroma that is tart, fruity and funky. The backbone behind this beer is the yeast. From Norway and not very common but becoming more known are these Norwegian Farmhouse yeast strains. Known for being fermented at high temperatures, up to 40 degrees Celsius (I know! In Norway?) this yeast ferments fast and clean with some really cool esters like mango and pineapple, so matching that with some fun Australian hops and a funky PNW hop just seemed appropriate.

• Foamers' Folly Brewing - Here Comes the Haze Pale Ale 5%
  Little darling, this hazy pale ale is bursting with bright and juicy hops. It has a mellow malt profile that allows hoppy flavours of stone fruit, passionfruit and citrus to shine.

• Gladstone Brewing Co. - Hazy Pale Ale 5.5%
  Full of aromas of tropical fruit and stone fruit from Simcoe and Cascade, carried on a silky and juicy body with just a hint of hop resin stickiness.

• Granville Island Brewing  - Granville Island Hibiscus Bliss Hazy Pale Ale 5.7%
  Pinky yellow orange tropical fruit forward Hazy Pale Ale with pronounced aromas of grapefruit, citrus, and herbal tea and flavours of citrusy grapefruit, herbal tones, and pink hibiscus.

• Kelowna Brewing Company - Hazy Colada 5%
  “If you like piña coladas...” Your favourite cocktail is now available in beer form. Believe it or not, no pineapples were harmed in the making of this beer. We simply use the juiciest, most pineapple-forward hops we can find and pair it with those smooth coconut vibes.

• Main Street Brewing - Kingpin Pale Ale  5.3%
  The Kingpin, George Paris, was a 19th Century boxer, jazz drummer & a Vancouver speakeasy boss who knew his brews. Cascade and Mosaic hops offer up a fruity profile with a hop-forward papaya and citrus finish.

• Mount Arrowsmith Brewing - Massif Mist Hazy Pale Ale 5.5%
  A medium bodied New England style Pale Ale which was dry hopped multiple times with Idaho-7 and Citra. A mellow malt profile presents a clean slate for favours of peach, papaya and citrus peel.

• Salt Spring Brewing Co.- Heather Pale Ale 5%
  Scottish style, dark gold, infused with Heather flower and lightly hopped with a crisp honey finish.

• Silver Valley Brewing Company Ltd. - The Lion 5.5%
  An easy drinking traditional English Pub ale

• Tofino Brewing Company - Lite Bright Session IPA 4%
  Kveik Fermented, Wai-iti Hopped Session IPA

• Twin City Brewing Company - Pyramid Scheme Hazy Kveik Pale Ale 5.5%
  A hazy, dank hop bomb featuring Citra, Mosaic, and Vic Secret. Fermented with Voss Kveik.