Summer is the time to be adventurous. Mix things up at your next get-together with a summer sampler six-pack of Canadian seasonal beers.
1. Collective Project Dry Hop Sour
Hamilton, Ontario
Dry Hop Sour from Collective Arts Brewing is a hophead and sour lover’s match made in heaven. Using Nelson Sauvin hops from New Zealand and Citra hops from the Pacific North West, this mixed fermentation brew is juicy, sour and extremely refreshing. Nelson adds a white grape and passion fruit base while Citra explodes on the nose with lime, lychee and grapefruit.
Food match: Fresh Cheeses, Salads
2. St. Ambroise Raspberry Ale
Montreal, Quebec
Made with carefully selected fresh raspberries and top-quality sun-ripened hops, St-Ambroise Raspberry Ale is the perfect thirst quencher for sun-drenched summer days. If the glorious red hues don’t woo you, it’ll win your heart with its delicate fruitiness and crisp hoppiness.
Food match: Soft Cheeses, Salad, Fresh fruit
3. Pump House Crafty Radler
Moncton, New Brunswick
Made with Pump House Brewery’s craft beer and grapefruit juice, the Crafty Radler is the perfect cool-down treat this summer. Full of refreshing citrus flavours, radlers originated in Germany where the popularity of cycling and the need for a post-ride refreshment spawned the idea mixing beer and fruit juice.
Food match: Appetizers, Salads
4. Mill Street West Coast IPA
Toronto, Ontario
Mill Street’s West Coast IPA is brewed with pale barley and wheat malts and flavoured with varieties of American and German hops famed for their floral ‘white wine’ tropical and stone fruit flavours. Using English ale yeast and left unfiltered for added fruitiness, this IPA has a partially soured mash and is aged in contact with French oak, resulting in intense hoppiness balanced by crisp fruit flavours.
Food match: Korean, Curry, Asian noodles
5. Amsterdam Oranje Weisse Summer Wheat
Toronto, Ontario
Amsterdam Brewery’s Oranje Weisse is a refreshing Flemish-style white beer brewed with two types of orange peel, coriander and a touch of anise. The result is a truly unique flavour combination of citrus and light spice, containing all natural ingredients and unfiltered.
Food match: Vegetarian, Sushi, Mild cheeses
6. Garrison Juicy Double IPA
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Garrison’s Juicy Double IPA is a specialty offering that started as a test batch in Fall 2016. Now available in select NSLC locations, this 8.0% Double IPA features tons of Citra, Ella and Mosaic hops, to the tune of 75 IBUs, for a floral and fruity blast from these special varietals.
Food match: Curry, BBQ fare, Asian cuisine