Sap sucker season in Fernie

Source: Fernie Chamber Newsletter

Source: Fernie Chamber Newsletter

As temperatures plummet and down booties become your closest alliance, panic not, the Fernie Brewing Company (FBC) team is here to warm the cockles of your heart.

Fresh off the back of our recent Pumpkin Head—Pumpkin Brown Ale seasonal success, the brewers here at Fernie Brewing Company donned their inventive brewing thinking caps and came up with another tasty treat.

"Porter style beer came about with the Industrial Revolution in England. A working man's (or woman's) beer, it's sure to fill the void after a hard day's skiing, er…I mean labour," said one of our brewers. "To add to the dark malt flavor of this beer, we said 'what the huck?' and kept it Canadian eh, with a touch of pure maple syrup to create what we like to call Sap Sucker."

This time we opted for a robust maple porter, going by the name of Sap Sucker, which started its maiden voyage from the brewery to shelves throughout B.C. on Friday, December 5.

Simultaneously, FBC is also excited to announce the arrival of our new website, marketing and social networking strategies—we're now happily facebooking, twittering and blogging—when we're not selling beer, that is. We have new merchandise for sale, tour bookings, extended product information and social media and a newly redesigned website.

So this season, look out for the Sap Sucker standing proud amongst FBC's ever-growing collection of the inventively named and popular 650ml bottle family; what better way to complement Fernie's light and fluffy snow this winter, than with a dark and delicious Porter?

Visit our website at www.ferniebrewing.com.