Collaborative creations between competing brewers are nothing new in Metro Vancouver's booming craft beer industry.
But a joint effort between a Port Moody brewery and company that cans their beer is something special.
Adam Crandall of Moody Ales and Matt Leslie of West Coast Canning decided to team up for two beers, with partial proceeds from sales of four-packs of their collaborations going to KidSport Tri-Cities.
Crandall and Leslie decided the onset of the sometimes unpredictable spring weather needed its own beverages that would appeal when the sun is out and when the clouds roll in and rain starts to fall — both of which can happen within the hour.
“We see it all the time,” Moody Ales co-founder Dan Helmer said. “It’s a beautiful day and our patio is packed, it starts raining and no one moves. They just put their jackets on and keep drinking.”
Shorts Weather is a hoppy India session ale with a citrusy punch for when it’s warm while Still Raining is a dark lager with aromas of chocolate and coffee for when the gloom descends.
Monday, West Coast Canning brought two of its portable canning lines to the Murray Street brewery to package the new beers.
“We’ve never done something like this before,” Leslie said.
The Mixed Weather four-packs — with two cans of each beer — ship to private liquor stores around the province next week.
