Last Best Brewing & Distilling
Microbrewery
in Calgary,
Alberta,
Canada 🇨🇦
Owned by
Bearhill Brewing
Associated with 2 Venues
Our beers are fresh and delicious because we make them using the best ingredients for everything we produce. Which isn’t hard here in Alberta. We are literally surrounded by a sea of barley, making (in our opinion) Calgary the ‘Last Best’ opportunity for the craft brewing industry and brewers like us.
In fact, ‘Last Best’ goes all the way back to the turn of the 20th century when the Canadian government launched ‘The Last Best West’ campaign, calling Calgary the last best chance in the modern world for homesteaders to lay roots and shape their futures.
We think the accomplishments resulting from the first ‘Last Best’ initiative have paved the way for the budding craft beer and distilling industries here in Alberta.
We honour this historical spirit through our name and our unwavering commitment to making delicious well-crafted beer.
We’re the fourth location in the Bearhill Brewing Family of Breweries.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pineapple and some grapefruit. A little pedestrian on flavour here. Pours a little hazy without any head. Light hop tang finish. Tap at LB location in YYC.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Blueberry and raspberry are decently well integrated here. Pours purple without much head. Tart finish. Tap at LB taphouse in YYC.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Light lime and some straw. Pours clear golden with decent head. Light tangy finish but fairly pleasant overall. Better than a corona with lime. Tap at LB taphouse in YYC.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
473ml can. Pours a cloudy yellow with a medium, foamy, short lived, white head that laces. Sweet fruity aroma of bready wheat malt, tangerine, mango, peach, earthy yeast and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of grainy wheat malt, grapefruit, mango, pineapple, earthy yeast, oats and pine resin in a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Juicy and slightly better than Tokyo Drift.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Lemon mostly. Lots of hop tang in the finish. Murky yellow pour with ok head. Cloying hop tang finish. Can.
jksipa (1929) reviewed IPA from Last Best Brewing & Distilling 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at LB tap house yyc. Clear light copper with a small lingering white cap that leaves stringy lace. Light caramel with grass and resin. Light malt sweetness with a medium grass and pine bitterness. Mouth is medium with soft carbonation and a light bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Poured from the tap @ Last Best YYC. Cloudy blonde gold with small white head. Mild citrus and tropical hops. Timid and boring, but at least it’s not chalky. Average.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Poured from the tap @ Last Best YYC. Clear pale blonde with small white head. Creamy pils malt, very feint hopping. Average.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
473ml can. Pours a cloudy blonde with a medium, fluffy, long lasting, white head that leaves soapy curtains of lace. Sweet fruity aroma of bready wheat malt, grapefruit, orange and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready wheat malt, lemon pith, grapefruit and floral hops in a crisp, dry, mild bitter finish. Light body with an oily to watery texture and average carbonation. Pretty solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
473ml can. Pours a cloudy blonde with a small, foamy, short lived, white head that laces. Sweet fruity aroma of bready pale malt, grapefruit, lemon rind, peach, earthy yeast and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready pale malt, lime, guava, mango, peach, earthy yeast and herbal hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light to medium body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Juicy and refreshing.
