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That's the first I have heard of Collective Arts Brewing. I've never seen their stuff on tap or in bottles but will try it when I come across it.

Looks like they brew out of Nickel Brook?

Had the Yakima from Le Castor at Beau's Oktoberfest and it was amazing. One of the best beers of the fest for me.

TheSevenDuffs wrote:That's the first I have heard of Collective Arts Brewing. I've never seen their stuff on tap or in bottles but will try it when I come across it.

Looks like they brew out of Nickel Brook?

From what I've heard: It's Ryan's (from Nickel Brook) side project, which combines nomad brewing and arts. Their first beers were done at Nickel Brook, yes. It's been on tap in Guelph at the Wooly, but I haven't seen it anywhere else as of yet.

chris_schryer wrote:Had the Yakima from Le Castor at Beau's Oktoberfest and it was amazing. One of the best beers of the fest for me.

I had a bottle of this recently and totally agree. The best Quebec IPA I have had for sure.
Ren

Go Bellwoods. No wonder some maniac is bringing their double IPA down to the hoppy-beer hotbed of America.

Interesting list.

Go Bellwoods indeed. There's a typo in the article with Ratebeer claiming it's the 3rd best brewery in the world. It actually was rated as the third best NEW brewery in 2012, but whatever, totally deserving. While there was some homerism driving up ratings the first half year or so Bellwoods was open, now I actually think some of their more recent beers are criminally underrated.

Being from Calgary, I'm actually pretty bummed to see Village Brewery on that list. The guys that run it really do have super big hearts and do a lot for the community (awesome!), but their beer stinks. They get mad local love and get a lot of kudos for their actions and ideology, but I think in some ways it hampers their product because no one wants to tell them their beer is sub par.