Breweries from across Vancouver have collaborated on a new beer to help celebrate the tenth annual Vancouver Craft Beer Week.
The team behind Vancouver Craft Beer Week have worked with Four Winds Brewing Co, Dageraad Brewing and Powell Brewery to formulate a recipe for the beer, Ten.
These breweries were recently joined by more than 30 other outfits from across the province to brew the beer.
“Year-after-year we are inspired by the ingenuity, quality and advocacy of what our fellow brewers are doing across the province,” said Brent Mills, Four Winds brewmaster and co-owner. “We are honoured and excited to be brewing Vancouver Craft Beer Week’s 10-year anniversary collaboration beer alongside our great friends at Dageraad and Powell, plus the 30 other breweries who came out to support us on brew day.”
Ten is a dry-hopped table saison that is “bursting with exotic fruit flavours”, coming in nice and light at 4.2% ABV, making this an extremely satisfying summer beer.
Brewed with tangy Sacch Trois yeast to accentuate the tropical, citrus and stone fruit flavours derived from Sabro and Enigma hops, creating a refreshing and fruit-forward beer.
Ten is inspired by historic Belgium classics but brewed with New World hops, creating a very modern tasting beer.
The illustration of the number 10 featured on the beer can commemorates Vancouver Craft Beer Week’s 10th anniversary and was created by Canadian artist Luke Ramsey.
He was invited to capture the past 10 years of Vancouver Craft Beer Week by connecting a few standout stories in a Rube Goldberg fashion. A Rube Goldberg is a machine that takes a simple task and performs it in the most complicated way, which is how the directors of VCBW identify with their 10-year journey.
The VCBW Tenth Anniversary Ale will be served on draught at the three collaborating breweries and sold in cans at Four Winds Brewing Co.
Ten Dry Hopped Table Saison will also be available in four-packs of 473 mL tall cans at select private liquor and beer stores, and on draught at a few chosen bars and restaurants.