Introduction

When you’ve claimed your piece of the terra, you’ve got to get creative on holding it down. Bridge Brewing has been crafting beer with an eye on environmental sustainability and responsibility since 2012 – now they’ve made their declaration with the Turf War IPA. They’re here to stay and make the land better as they do. Through strict waste management and creative recycling of materials, Jason and Leigh Stratton have built an award winning craft brewery lauded by the people of North Vancouver and abroad. Making a wide slate of year-round, seasonal and classic brews, Bridge Brewing is winning the war.

A Canadian take on the American IPA, the Turf War uses a vast array of malt and hop material to build a light bodied, pale and hoppy IPA with a stronger kick in the ABV than your average beer. Serves well at a crisp 5°C and can stretch out a little longer life span on the shelf.

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How it looks

Pours a frothy pale straw colour with a bone white head that flares up on pour but quickly relaxes into a bare ring around the edge and lacing on the glass.

How it smells

An interesting combination of citrus flesh and zest from the peel alongside a pine resin hoppiness. Bread character and caramel from the malt comes across the nose, altogether like a breath of fresh mountain air.

How it tastes

The bitterness comes in first on this beer as a combination of citrus peel zest and the pine resin of the hop stomp across your palette. The flavour opens up as it rolls around the tongue, letting the subtle flesh of the fruit make itself known along with the leafy green character in the hop. The strong bitter combination from the front end rides through the entire mouthful, fading off at the end to a dryer finish in the mouth and leaving the citrus zest behind.

Recommended food pairing

A thick, fresh salmon steak will go well with this beer. Pan seared with a generous basting of butter and some thyme or rosemary herb stalks resting in the pan. Serve on crushed potatoes and live big.