Porter, Okanagan Spring, BC

OK Spring was the first craft beer I remember in BC that was sold by the bottle. It was also the beer of choice for many treeplanters in the late 80s, early 90s. So much so that I once walked into a BCLD store in Vernon, and the woman behind the counter said "sorry, we're out of okanagan springs. where are you planting?".

Anyhow, at that time craft breweries were called microbreweries, because they were, and they all had enough pride to make a range of beers that actually TASTED different (no honey brown, brown lager, pale ale, crystal ale, gold lager, etc.). Granville Island Hotel, I'm talking to you!

So, OK's was the first porter I drank. I found it a bit thick and soupy at the time and preferred their stout, but when chilled to mountain stream temperature out back of the tent, it was perfect. Not refrigerator cold, not room temperature either. Good at the end of a hot dirty day.

Anyhow, they have a porter again. Its pretty tasty, but 8.5%ABV, and you can feel that!