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All right everyone, so I am going to be honest here but I have been to this brewery a couple times as it is quite literally at the end of the street from where I work. It is called Coulee Brew Company. It is this big beautiful building and inside has a really nice warm contemporary country feel to it. As soon as you walk in there is the bar counter with all of its glorious taps front and center. They have several of there own beers on tap and I have even spotted another beer from another craft brewery a time or two. The last time I was there I just went to fill a my 2 liter growler with my favorite beer Bears Hump Nut Brown Ale. Coulee Brew to my knowledge only has 6 main stay brews on tap. Coulee Brew is a really great place to socialize and have a nice relaxing beer after work with little bite to eat. Coulee Brew has a kitchen, I know right, craft beer straight from the tank along with bar food, what could be better? Oh wait nothing! Although, I have my reservations about some of their food itself, I am not writing about the food just the beer! Speaking of beer, Coulee Brew just came out with what I believe to be a seasonal beer which is called the Coal Banks Porter and I freaking love it! I think I like it better than the Nut Brown Ale but I think its a seasonal beer... so sad.

If you are ever in the Lethbridge area stop by Coulee Brew! They always have some sort of event going on an have this great patio perfect for a good time. Beer is beer! Well to some extent anyways. Sure there are some terrible beers but to me those are the mainstream brands now! I don't know about you all but I have the hardest time going from any craft beer  and switching to a Bud or Canadian! They honestly are impossible to choke down now! If they are your thing great but once you have a beer that has just come from the tanks into a can/bottle/keg into your glass that have been hand crafted and have these amazing flavors layered on top of one another you would have a difficult time going back to the mainstream beers to. Like seriously, with all the different combinations a craft brewer could come up with is ridiculous. I mean they could come up with combinations that include different fruits like apples, cherries, grapefruit, lemon, limes, and the list goes on,  and then there are flavors like coffee, caramel and even chocolate. I have even heard of brewers using spices like cinnamon, rosemary and star anise. Not only can they incorporate those things, but the malts to are used to determine the color/style of beer. Yeast, it is also a very important part of the brewing process and there are different strains of yeast even! Yes, I know right! Who could have thought a brewer has options in what yeast he/she uses. Last but not least, hops, there are hundreds of different varieties of hops that all have there own unique flavors to them and add great flavor to any beer if done properly. So with all these, lets call them tools, it is pretty amazing the different types of flavors can be made. Oh! I almost forgot! There is a new trend I have noticed lately and full heatedly stand by! Brewers are using old bourbon and whiskey barrels to age primarily their stouts and porters! And let me tell you these beers are fantastic! I would personally consider craft beer a type of art form based on what I just described above.

Yeah I know I got a little off topic, but hey whats wrong with being a little passionate right! I did though forget to mention that Coulee Brews' staff are very friendly and inviting and have a good working knowledge of their beers....well the bartender when I was there did anyways. Moreover, Coulee Brew has a pretty cool growler that comes in a one liter can! or just the two liter growler. So to sum up Coulee Brew in a nut shell, good beer (for the most part), great atmosphere, and good people I would recommend Coulee Brew to anybody coming through Lethbridge, Alberta. I would rate this brewery a solid 7/10.

If you want to know more I have attached a link to Coulee Brews website if you want to look at their selection of beers
couleebrew.co

 


Please Comment if you have any questions of concerns, I welcome feedback and positive discussion. 

Disclaimer:I would like to express that these are my personal preferences and tastes and do not reflect the overall quality of the beers and that I firmly believe everybody has their own tastes and preferences. Also, I am not a professional beer connoisseur and like I previously stated these experiences are my own. 

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