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This Canada Day, celebrate with craft beers across the country!
Central City Brewers + Distillers of British Columbia along with 12 other Canadian craft brewers – the Red Racer Across the Nation Collaboration have created a 12-pack that commemorates Canada’s 150th birthday.
The Red Racer Across the Nation Collaboration 12-pack (330 ml bottles) is available in liquor stores in most provinces now, and as two unique 6-packs (East and West) in some provinces.
Each of the 12 beers has been brewed at Central City’s Surrey brewery specially for this collaboration and embodies the region they represent. A brewer from each collaborating brewery joined the Central City brewers to brew the recipe that they helped design.
Beers:
- Left of the Divide IPA by Four Winds Brewing Company: BC is known for growing hops. Four Winds and Red Racer came together in this brew using concentrated Idaho 7 hop hash to brew a massively aromatic and truly West Coast style IPA.
- Berry Light Berliner Weisse by Last Best Brewing & Distilling, Alberta: Using ingredients inspired from the Alberta plains, this Berliner Weisse is a wheat-based beer that uses raspberries and vanilla for a mildly sour, lightly sweet and easy drinking beer.
- Wide Open Spaces Kellerbier by Black Bridge Brewery, Saskatchewan: The German were drawn to Saskatchewan in the 1700s for the vast farm land. With their arrival came beer styles such as the Kellerbier, a young lager with a distinctive and delicious flavour.
- Land of Rice & Honey Saison by Half Pints Brewing Company, Manitoba: Manitoba is home to rich farmland that produces everything from wild rice to wildflower Honey. In this brew both are used in a unique and locally inspired beer.
- Upper Reaches Pale Ale by Beau’s Brewing Company, Ontario: Reaching for the trees in Upper Canada this collaboration brew uses peaches and Ontario white spruce tips for a locally inspired, refreshing flavour.
- Le Trou Du Diable by Bouclier canadien Pilsner, Quebec: Brewed with new-world hops this pilsner takes a tropical and aromatic approach to brewing. From the Canadian Shield, or bouclier canadien, this is a Canadian-hopped twist on the pilsner style.
- Picaroons Traditional Ales by Restored Hop(e) ESB New Brunswick:– New Brunswich was largely founded by French descendants and United Empire Loyalists which inspired the province’s motto “Spem reduxit”, meaning “Hope is restored”. For this reason we have brewed the classic, English style of an Extra Special Bitter.
- “New” Scottish Ale by Garrison Brewing Company, Nova Scotia: – In Latin, Nova Scotia literally means “New Scotland”. To celebrate Canada’s Scottish roots, we have brewed up a lightly peated Scottish Ale.
- Bière d’ici Honey Ale (Beer of Here) by PEI Brewing Company, Prince Edward Island: PEI may be small but it is often known as the Birthplace of Confederation. Brewed with local PEI honey and maritime grown hops, this brew is a lighter take on the Bière de Garde style.
- Hop To The East Hefeweizen by Quidi Vidi Brewing Company, Newfoundland: – Canada’s most eastern province is Newfoundland and taking a North Eastern take on the Hefeweizen style this beer was brewed with new-age tropical hops to give a fruity aromatic twist on the classic German style.
- Swift Currant Dark Ale by Yukon Brewing Company, Yukon: – Community plays a large role in Yukon life. This comes from the long winters and breathtaking wilderness surrounding. Taking a dark and warming beer style with local inspiration of black currents we have come out with a beer that truly represents the people of the Yukon.
- Miner’s Refresh Grissette by NWT Brewing Company, Northwest Territories– From its origin in Belgian Mines, the Grissette style makes its way from mineral-rich Northwest Territories to the bottle. Made with spelt, this ancient recipe pays tribute to the mining heritage of Canada’s North.
