Graduating students in the brewing program at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) – Langley Campus, located in BC, started offering new beers at the end of last month. Every Friday at the KPU Brew Lab, new creations of beers are released and available for purchase until April, allowing beer lovers to sample the students’ products as part of their graduating project.  

“It’s a full-circle moment where they bring it all together to showcase their signature beer and talent,” said Dominic Bernard, chair of the KPU brewing program.

“It’s exciting to see their passion combined with their skills and watching them develop these recipes, brew them, conduct quality control analysis, and participate in the packaging, design and sales,” said Bernard.

The first sample that made it out of the lab was the Bad Habits Maple Bourbon, released on Jan. 28 and developed by students Mark Yates and Leone Dutra.

It features rich flavours of maple and smoky bourbon balanced with roasted notes of caramel, chocolate and coffee.

“I’ve always been a big fan of stouts, so I wanted to come up with an idea that featured flavours I love outside of brewing,” says Yates. “The addition of maple and bourbon flavours creates a rich, delicious complement to the roasted notes in this beer.”

The 2022 Signature Series beers include:

• • • Bad Habits Maple Bourbon Stout
    • Best Blokes English Special Bitter (ESB)
    • Overcast Brown Ale
    • Summertime Witbier
    • Maumahara Belgian Pale Ale
    • Big Softea Vanilla Chai Latte Stout
    • Citrus Drop British Golden Ale
    • Dark Haze Milk Stout
    • Giovane Pils Italian Pilsner
    • Big Apricot Fruit Saison

Photo courtesy of KPU/Special to the Langley Advance Times