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24 Days of B.C. Beer: Heist Maple Stout by Cannery Brewing (No.20)

Is this on every Canadian's Christmas list?

By Nathan Caddell /

Welcome to 24 Days of Beer, in which we guide you through what might be a very dark month. Aren’t you glad we’re here to tell you what to drain your sorrows with?

For any beer-drinking Canadian, the phrase maple stout is bound to generate excitement. Really, it’s a wonder you don’t see more.

The excellent and long-standing Cannery Brewing in Penticton is able to walk its talk with what it bills as a “truly Canadian stout”. And the 5.5 ABV beverage is very pleasant and sessionable while never verging into “too sweet” territory. Instead, it’s a fairly heavy and dark stout with a really pleasant maple finish.

Unlike the Great Maple Syrup Heist that the can references (and in which some $18 million in “liquid gold” was stolen from Quebec producers), the beer is smooth and not regrettable.

It also (well, probably at least) won’t send you to jail.

Previous 24 Days of Beer:
Tmavý Pivo 13 by Slowhand Brewing (No.1)
Mint Chocolate Stout by Moody Ales (No.2)
All Season Nitro Dry Stout by Container Brewing (No.3)
Four Year Oatmeal Stout by Strathcona Beer Company (No.4)
Idleback Amber Ale by Slackwater Brewing (No.5)
Peanut Butter Chocolate Porter by Bad Tattoo Brewing (No.6)
Velour Toboggan Blackberry Dark Ale by Dageraad Brewing (No.7)
Imperial Gingerbread Porter by Persephone Brewing (No.8)
Cranberry Mandarin Orange Witbier by Old Yale Brewing (No.9)
Chalet All Day Horchata Blonde Ale by Bridge Brewing (No.10)
Indulgeousness Imperial Stout by Superflux Beer Company (No.11)
Blackberry Export Stout by Vancouver Island Brewing (No.12)
Con Leche Horchata Style Milk Stout by Twin Sails Brewing (No.13)
Haulin’ Oats Oatmeal Stout by Main Street Brewing (No.14)
Naughty and Spiced Porter by Russell Brewing Company (No.15)
The Crawl Stout by Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers (No.16)
1709 Whiskey Barrel Aged Stout by Brewhall and Egan’s Whiskey (No.17)
Holiday Jam Cranberry Sour by Electric Bicycle Brewing (No.18)
Nitro Vanilla Stout by 33 Acres Brewing Company (No.19)