This past week saw my latest Vue Weekly review run, on Squamish B.C. brewery Howe Sound Rail Ale Nut Brown. I like their imposing 1-litre swing-top bottle, which will come in handy when bottling my next batch of homebrew. I was surprised how much I enjoyed this beer. It turned out to be a fairly assertive version of a brown ale, with nut, toffee and dark fruit notes and an unexpected, pleasant roastiness in the linger. It almost seems like a brown porter to me. At any rate it has tweaked my curiousity about their other offerings available in Alberta. So there may be other Howe Sound posts in the future.

Click here to read the review from the Vue Weekly site.