United Nations of Beer

Canada Cup of Beer

by Kate Dalgleish
(Beer Delegate, NS, Canada)

Canada Cup of Beer 2007
Vancouver, BC, Canada

A few weeks ago I was given the wonderful opportunity to attend the 2007 Canada Cup of Beer in Vancouver. Despite having to awake at 5:30am to get to Vancouver by ferry, it was certainly worth it! I arrived at the UBC's Thunderbird Stadium to row after row of beer vendors, an adorable miniature sample stein and a media pass that mercifully let me into the shade of the VIP area.

After a quick lunch of some half-decent barbecue and a pint of Kelowna, BC's Tree Brewing Thirsty Beaver Amber Ale (which was a clean, creamy and very well balanced amber) I set off to start sampling. Due to the sheer size of the fest and the over 100 types of beer available, I didn't get to sample everything, but I did find some notable brews, both good and bad. Click links to read each review.

Probably the best beer I came across was Tin Whistle Brewing Company's Peaches and Cream Ale. They also had a superb dark honey lager called Killer Bee.

There were two beers that stuck out on the opposite end as quite poor. The first, Pacific Western Dude beer, was as expected. The other beer came more as a disappointing surprise; Red Truck Ale from North Vancouver.

I did manage to successfully stumble back to the ferry, albeit badly sunburned, at the end of the day. I thoroughly enjoyed the Canada Cup of Beer and, if I'm in BC next year, I'll definitely try to make it down to the next one. So should you!