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Fisgard 150 Bavarian Lager (Lighthouse Brewing Company, 5%)
Lighthouse is a Victoria microbrewery that’s been on the go for a dozen years and proudly boasts its green values, which have resulted in two EcoStar Awards. Its initiatives include sending spent grain...
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Navigator Doppelbock (Lighthouse Brewing Company, 8.5%)
This is the second in Lighthouse’s “Small Brewery – Big Flavour” series, a run of limited edition brews the Victoria-based operation is releasing every two months or so. Annoyingly, I missed out on the...
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Deckhand Belgian Saison (Lighthouse Brewing Company, 8%)
Another late review. This limited-release saison, the third beer in Lighthouse’s “Big Flavour” series, came out all the way back in the snowy wastes of January (actually, the weather wasn’t that much...
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Race Rocks Ale (Lighthouse Brewing Company, 5.2%)
Another of my first forays into B.C. craft beer, Race Rocks caught my attention with its rich maltiness, which gave me hope that I could find decent Scottish ale in my new home. What makes this brown...
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Keepers Stout (Lighthouse Brewing Company, 5.1%)
I had planned a whole week of stout reviews leading up to St. Patrick’s Day, but life got in the way so you’ll have to make do with just the one. I had planned on railing against the hegemony of...
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Belgian White (Lighthouse Brewing Company, 7.5%)
Still bottles to be had of this great imperial witbier in various B.C. Liquor Stores. I’d been disappointed not to get hold of any of Lighthouse‘s preceding Belgian Black release, but a few sips of...
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Switchback IPA (Lighthouse Brewing Company, 6.5%)
This is the first in a series of reviews on the new wave of B.C. IPAs. This province already produces some of the best India Pale Ales in Canada and arguably North America – I’m looking at you, Red...
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Siren Red Ale (Lighthouse Brewing Company, 8%)
LCLB WARNING: LABEL ON LEFT CONTAINS GRAPHIC, VIOLENCE-INDUCING HORROR OF A SEXUAL NATURE Being a bit more of a malt-minded beer lover, I do sometimes lament that the hop mania in this part of the...
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Belgian Black (Lighthouse Brewing Co., 9%)
Photo: beerontherock.com I was honestly shocked to find there was some of this highly prized elixir still available in the Lower Mainland. I’m sure some people were buying up this beer just to caress...
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Barnacle Wheat IPA (Lighthouse Brewing Company, 8%)
Happy 15th birthday, Lighthouse Brewing Company! It was in 1998 that the Victoria brewery first rolled out its Race Rocks ale, which in my view has held up really well in B.C.’s constantly evolving...
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Craft beer of the week: 3 Weeds (Lighthouse Brewing Company, 7.5%)
Another imperial witbier triumph from Lighthouse brewer Dean McLeod, this time with an added zing of ginger. Although 3 Weeds doesn’t quite reach the dizzy heights of last year’s Belgian White for me,...
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Desolation Imperial Oyster Stout (Lighthouse Brewing Company, 9.3%)
Here’s my tenuous Valentine’s Day tie-in. Oysters have long known to be the food of love and booze the social lubricant par excellence, and long have the twain paired well. But yea, verily, here the...
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