About
From deep in our mountain spring comes the cleanest, freshest water for our Salt Spring Island Ales. Piped straight from the spring into the brew house, this gorgeous water is combined with organic Canadian two row pale malt and other natural ingredients to create a lineup of distinctly Island-made ales.
Whenever possible, we source local ingredients such as island grown hops, honey and heather. Our highly flavourful beers pair wonderfully with good food and are the perfect accompaniment to locally-sourced gastronomic fare. Brewed entirely by hand, our beer is made in small batches using traditional, unhurried methods.
Whenever possible, we source local ingredients such as island grown hops, honey and heather. Our highly flavourful beers pair wonderfully with good food and are the perfect accompaniment to locally-sourced gastronomic fare. Brewed entirely by hand, our beer is made in small batches using traditional, unhurried methods.
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at brewery. Pours clear ruddy brown. Aroma is quite faint; some black tea notes. The flavour profile is a bit odd; mainly resin and floral earl grey. Interesting flavour profile, but falls a bit flat.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Apr 2024
at 21:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at brewery. Pours clear golden. Aroma has spruce and grassy hops. Flavour is pine and resin; a bit grassy. Decent, but could stand to be more aggressive.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Apr 2024
at 21:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at brewery. Not sure if this is the same beer as they made a decade ago. Pours clear reddish amber. Aroma has crisp malts along with grassy and herbal hops. Flavour is herbal with notes of lightly toasted malts and dry caramel. Quite nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Apr 2024
at 21:28
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from 473mL can. Hazy copper brown with off white head. Belgian yeast, raisin, surprisingly competent for Salt Spring brewing. Decent, some slight bitterness on the finish that throws thing off a touch.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Oct 2023
at 00:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured from the tap. Clear bright yellow gold with small white head. Citrus hops, quite clean, could ramp up the hops a little, but it’s the best of the two flights I tried.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2023
at 23:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured from the tap. Near black with small light beige head. Mild roast malt, medium dry, fairly basic and boring.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2023
at 23:52
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured from the tap. Clear mahogany brown with small white head. Quite malty with some soapy, perfumey hops, not much earl grey here besides the slightly herbal underlay, but not something I associated with an earl grey flavour.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2023
at 23:50
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from the tap. Cloudy yellow blonde with small white head. Citrus hops, feint topical notes, okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2023
at 23:46
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured from the tap. Clear reddish brown with small off white head. Mild sweet maltiness with some bitter dryness in the finish. Okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2023
at 23:44
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Poured from the tap. Clear gold with small white head. Grainy and a bit malty with some feint pine hops. A bit of an odd golden.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Oct 2023
at 23:41