About our ongoing Tasting Panel program
In concert with our partner, Legacy Liquor Store, we’ve selected products from breweries located around BC. We think comparing products in a particular style or range is a great way to share information about how and why we would assess and drink a certain beer. Pick up some of these beers and taste along at home to see if you agree with our Panel’s findings.
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Our Tasting Panel Cross-Examines Russian Imperial Stouts
December 19, 2018
In this episode of the What's Brewing Magazine Tasting Panel presented by Legacy Liquor Store, the comrades cross-examine a selection of BC-crafted Russian Imperial Stouts. We present the results of their interrogation and find out who took top honours.
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HOP FIGHT: Doubling Down on IPA
October 16, 2018
It’s hop harvest season! So we went out and got ourselves some serious modern IPAs to taste. It was the first time the Panel would be rating IPAs, so we wanted hops, and lots of ’em. But a funny thing happened to IPAs in the years we were busy rating all those other styles.
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Matching Wits: A White Beer Spotlight
July 15, 2018
Every three months, What’s Brewing huddles with Jordan Knott of Legacy Liquor Store to source out a batch of beers that match the seasonal theme of our next magazine, but which are also available well in advance, for our panelists.
The What’s Brewing Tasting Panel Rates Fruity & Tart Ales
April 17, 2018
It’s a Spring Fruity & Tart Beer Themed Spotlight! What’s Brewing presents its Tasting Panel feature in each quarterly magazine in concert with our partner, Legacy Liquor Store. We’ve selected products from breweries located around BC.
The What’s Brewing Tasting Panel Rates Beers For Breakfast
January 4, 2018
It’s a Winter Breakfast Beer Themed Spotlight! For fun this round, we’ve chosen a sampling of Stouts, Porters and such with a breakfast theme: coffee, oatmeal and milk.
Cider vs. Cider: the Tasting Panel Fall Harvest Edition
October 17, 2017
What's Brewing presents its Tasting Panel feature in each quarterly magazine. This round, we decided to take a break from beer. In honour of the fall apple harvest, we proudly present a showcase of some of BC's outstanding craft ciders.
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Saison vs. Saison: the Tasting Panel rates Warm Weather Beers Part II
June 1, 2017
Traditionally, saison is a rustic, artisanal ale made with local farm-grown ingredients, brewed for consumption during the active farming season in the French-speaking area of Belgium. Because these beers were made from whatever happened to be on hand, it was not unusual to have grains such as wheat, rye, oats, or spelt in the grist bill.
Tasting Panel Spring 2017: Warm Weather Pt I: Fruit Beers
April 3, 2017
After the winter we’ve had, it probably seemed impossible that there would ever be warm weather again, but it’s coming. If it’s not, this issue’s Fruit Beer Spotlight feature will be pointless, and here at What’s Brewing we don’t do pointless stuff. Much.
Tasting Panel: Winter Beer Spotlight
December 1, 2016
New to What’s Brewing: our Tasting Panel! In concert with our partner, Legacy Liquor Store,…