Our Beer, Seasonals
What does a hop-happy brewery get themselves for their ninth anniversary? A nine-megaton hop bomb that outdoes last year’s anniversary explosion of hops. Following in the footsteps of Phillips Crazy 8s Annu-ale, we’re happy to announce the coming of the 9 Donkeys of the Hopocalypse. "9 Donkeys?" you say? Well, the number nine refers not only to the different hops used in this perilous 9% brew (Amarillo, Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Citra, Hallertauer,...
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Our Beer, Community, Seasonals, Cascadia
Since installing an eternally flowing porchside beer fountain could be both expensive and bad for your liver, Phillips 24-Mile Blueberry Pail Ale is the next best thing in terms of backyard ales. Every ingredient used to craft this refreshing beer has travelled 24 miles or less from farm to brew kettle. First, water from the Sooke reservoir is blended with barley, grown and malted locally by Mike Doehnel. Then we...
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Our Beer, Events, The Arts, Community, Seasonals
Just a quick hit-and-run flavour update and to let you loyal folks know about some summer events we have on the go.
The Rifflandia Music Festival is back for its third incarnation, so also means the return of Rifflandabrau! The easy-drinking pilsner is the new featured beer in the Showcase Mixed Pack, as well as being available for your growler pleasure on one of our rotating flavour taps. Stay tuned for your chance to win passes...
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Our Beer, Events, Seasonals, Cascadia
With his tasty oatmeal stout, Garry Giesbrecht was the clear winner in the recent Showcase Showdown homebrew competition hosted by CAMRA BC and Phillips Brewing Company. Last week, Giesbrecht joined our head brewer Damon Bell and Matt Phillips to make a larger batch of his prize-winning oatmeal stout. The stout will be the next featured beer in the Phillips Showcase, which will be hitting shelves some time in the next month.
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Food, Our Beer, Seasonals
...for shopping! If you are still looking for the ideal gift for the beer lover on your gifting list, stop by the brewery store and we might just be able to help out.
Of course there is plenty of beer for you to choose from, including our regular rotation of beers, as well as two big seasonals: the Instigator doppelbock and the Deadhead barley wine. In addition to this year's versions of Instigator and Deadhead, we also have a limited supply...
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