Lions Winter Ale

Granville Island Brewery, Vancouver, BC
8.5/10.  This year it tastes a little less sweet than years past which is a nice surprise.  Nice vanilla and chocolate flavours make this one of my all-time favorite beers (SR).

Mild Winter Ale

Okanagan Springs Brewery, Kelowna, BC
7.5/10.  Heavy on the mild, light on the winter.  Doesn't have the sweetness or the spice of most winter ales. Drinkable, easier than most winter ales to pair with food due to the mild flavour profile.

English Bay Pale Ale

Granville Island Brewery, Vancouver, BC
7/10.  Oops, I thought I grabbed a winter ale.  It's not.

Organic Pumpkin Ale

Nelson Brewing Company, Nelson BC
8/10.  Light on spice and pumpkin flavour.  A tasty fall offering without the sweetness of many of the pumpkin beers we have tried.  Would buy it again.

Twisted Oak Stillage Rye Barrel-Aged Bock

Phillips Brewing Company, Victoria, BC
7/10. I wish there had been more flavour to this. It sounded like a fantastic mix of new tastes that just didnt show up to the party in my mouth.

D.O. Ale

Old Yale Brewing Company, Vancouver, BC
8/10 Chocolaty, sweet, pretty tame for a punk band.

Alice Porter

BrewDog Brewing. Aberdeenshire, Scotland
8/10. Look at the size of that head! It's got it's own weather system! Very creamy and light.