Best Breweries by Province

If by best you mean being able to make a wide range of styles exceptionally well, my top three in BC would be 1. Four Winds 2. Brassneck 3. Yellow Dog

 

BC - Four Winds, by a long shot with some respectable runner ups. Like many places,the best beer made here doesn't distribute out of the province.

The rest I haven't had enough exposure to comment, other then some awesome Quebec beers where DDC rules supreme.

 

Yup, have never had a bad beer from any of them.

 

QC - Unibroue, DDC, Le Castor because they have the absolute best ipa around... mmm yakima ipa

my favorite for ontario is Beau's atm But I haven't tried bellwoods.

 

Totally agree. Wish I could try more of their stuff.

 

The problem with naming the best brewery in a province or state lies in a general saying "Jack of all trades, Master of none". Im gonna use Quebec as an example because I know the beers here better than most places. Le Castor makes the best IPA in the province hands down... the rest of their beers are good but not world class. DDC makes a great runner up IPA and some of the best stouts I've tried here. Unibroue does masterful belgians. Charlevoix is second best "but a close second" all around, they would be the jack of all trades to me.

When it comes down to it, your personal style preference will change who you think is the best your province has to offer. And then one taste you find off could make you hate one of the "best" breweries. Its a lot easier to compile a list of the provinces top breweries, say top 5, than to just choose one.

 

BC: Four Winds Brewing
AB: Alley Kat
SK: Paddock Wood
MB: (have not had a beer from this province or territory)
ON: Bellwoods or Great Lakes or Sawdust City
QC: DDC or TDD
NB: Acadie-Broue
PEI: Upstreet Brewing
NS: Bad Apple Brewing or Unfiltered or Tatamagouche Brewing Co.
NL: (have not had a beer from this province or territory)
YK: Yukon Brewing
NWT: (have not had a beer from this province or territory)
NVT: (have not had a beer from this province or territory)

 

*ahem*
https://www.beeradvocate.com/ratebe...ple-a-jack-bourbon-barrel-aged-triple/170016/
https://www.beeradvocate.com/ratebe...oix-dominus-vobiscum-double-zinfandel/241388/

 

Oh I am aware of those guys; it's just that one rarely sees them, and there is less of an emphasis from the brewery on throwing everything into a barrel.

 

Agree! Their Oatmeal Stout (@Yard & Flagon, Saskatoon) was delicious and their IPA (@ Rook & Raven, Saskatoon) was definitely awesome.