good under/not rated breweries

Bad Tattoo in Penticton, BC makes some killer beers.

 

Weird, that's one I'd probably say the exact opposite about. The west coast IPA I had from them was 'meh', and a lot of their scores on here are pretty high. There's actually a few very suspicious 5's on some of their beers.

I'd go with Moon Under Water for my underrated. A solid regular lineup and they're now pumping out some world class sours that go virtually unmentioned.

 

Sang du Merle and Hip as Funk were excellent!

For the Ottawa area, I always liked what Stock Pots Ales were doing (kinda the in-house beers at Wellington Gastropub). Ed and few other guys are rumored to have started their own brewery in...Carleton Place?...but are not producing yet. Not under the radar if they are not open I guess , but looking forward to their line-up.

 

I've said it a bunch of times, but I think Pit Caribou is one of the best breweries in Quebec for IPAs. Their IIPA de la Sorcière releases have been fantastic, if sadly infrequent, and the Brett Session and American IPAs are both totally solid.

When I was in BC last month, I stopped off at the Tofino Brewing Co. I didn't love all their stuff, but the Hoppin' Cretin IPA was very good.

 

^-- +1. La Calvadeuse is sooo good! Their regular line-up is so so though; not bad by any means, just not that great..

 

Call it hometown bias, but I really love their stuff. Any saison they've released has been fantastic. I would, however, like to see them get a little more adventurous in their seasonal offerings. They've done a number of one-off kegs and casks, but I'd like to see those more creative beers in larger production volumes.

 

I've been impressed with black swan so far out of stratford, ON. Their wild child(berliner weisse) was nice.

 

My pick would be Block 3 in St. Jacobs.
They continue to grow and explore styles.

I've been very impressed by their IPA's, and when fresh they are elegant and well balanced.
To be honest they're always fresh... I must not be the only one who thinks this way because they seem to sell out quite quickly!
They also have a little barrel program developing quite well.

 

I would have to add Grimross in Fredericton, NB to the pile. They have just expanded their setup, and there have been a headache or two, but I think they are far and away the best product coming out of NB. Quality Belgian style ales. I don't think everyone there gets them, but they are growing in popularity.

 

I have a cottage near Nipigon and we fly in every year...it drives my wife batty that I insist on stopping into Sleeping Giant and stocking up and saying hello. I really enjoy their stuff.

 

Black Swan in Stratford; Innocente in KW; Rainhard in Toronto; Stone City in Kingston has really impressed as well. Sooo many more good ones to come as well!

 

Cannery.

 

Another vote for Black Swan.
I'm a big fan of Forked River too.

 

I never used to like Cannery, but I've since gone back and re-evaluated them. I haven't had anything that wowed me, but after the re-visit, nothing disappoints either. IMO they range from "Good - Pretty Good". Which is nice, because they are inexpensive as well.

Content: Most of the new upstarts in Sask are doing really well, Nokomis and Rebellion are absolutely killing it. Black Bridge (the Saison is wonderful) in Swift Current is extremely solid, as is 9 Mile Legacy (their Gose was excellent).

 

Yep, the quality coming out of the new breweries in SK is top notch. Very proud to be alongside Black Bridge and Nokomis. 9 Mile is a nano for now with great people and nothing but upside.

Pretty amazing that pubs in SK can now put together an impressive taplist with nothing but SK beers.

Spent 4 days in Denver last week, and a lot of the beer was subpar in comparison.

 

So..... When will we see Rebellion in AB?

I'm in Fort Collins for a conference again next month. I've always enjoyed the beer availability there - but we have some great Canadian beers that rivals a lot of what is available down there.

 

No plans to sell Rebellion in other provinces.

Never say never, but we cant make it fast enough to satisfy the SK market.

Just brewed up a kettle sour imperial blonde ale today, will be getting tossed on a ridiculous amount of SK strawberries.

 

Why must you tease us with your amazing sounding brews?

 

A friend has given Rainhard's IIPA a good recommendation.