A great deal on local beer
photo: Hoppy new beer!
I love local micro-breweries. They allow you to try out interesting and unusual brews, while at the same time helping you to reduce your beer miles. How serendipitous! So it’s been delightful to see (and taste!) the success of Paddock Wood Brewing over the past few years. Located on the east side of Saskatoon in Sutherland, the brewery and its off-sale store are, sadly, usually a little off my beaten track. Today, though, I happened to be driving by, so I popped in to have a look at what was in the cooler.
And how exciting! Along with the four delicious craft beer varieties usually found in the liquor board store–Czech Mate, 606 IPA, Bête Noire, and Black Cat–the fine folks at Paddock Wood now have two new beers available at their brewery off-sale store for a limited time only:
- Brambling Bitter, a UK-style summer ale (5.2%) that is finished with Brambling Cross hops from the UK (ok, so the ingredients aren’t all local–but hops weigh about half as much as air, right?)
- Vienna Red, a clean red lager (5.2%) with toasted malt and a European hop finish
I haven’t broken into my 6-pack of the Brambling Bitter yet, but I can personally attest to the tastiness of the Vienna Red lager because right now, while supplies hold out, you can pick up a case of 24 bottles of Vienna Red for a mere $30 (regularly $54). Who could resist such a deal? Not me!
If you`re partial to a mass-produced red lager like Rickards Red, I think you`ll enjoy Paddock Wood`s Vienna Red even more. Western Living described it as a “lager that loves sunsets and campfires….[and] begs to be tried out on a trip to the lake.” Beer geeks can check out some of the following reviews to get the nitty gritty details:
Get some cold ones while they`re hot!
Paddock Wood Brewery
1-116 103rd Street East
Saskatoon, SK S7N 1Y7
(306) 477-5632
Store hours:
- Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
- Saturday 9:30am-5:30 pm
August 16th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Mmm, that’s such a pretty picture.
FIFTY FOUR CANADIAN DOLLARS FOR 24 BEERS?! It’s like you had universal health care or something.
August 16th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Yes, I think there’s a sign posted on the entrance of all Canadian hospitals reading: ‘Keeping you healthy, one beer at a time.’
If I had to choose between paying $1000/month for our family’s medical coverage, or paying more for liquor, I’ll take the $2 beer. I just don`t drink enough beer to offset the difference! Even if it is as good as Paddock Wood`s.