Brewery: Yukon Brewing Company
Location: Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
The Yukon is a vast and sparsely populated place. Its bigger than California with a total population of just over 31,000 hearty souls. Its home to Canada's highest mountain, one hell of gold rush and the grueling Yukon Quest dogsled race. In Yukon's capital, Whitehorse, you'll also find the territory's one and only brewery, the Yukon Brewing Company.
Whitehorse gets its name from the White Horse Rapids, which were said to look like the mane of a white horse. The rapids have since disappeared under Schwatka Lake due to a dam which was completed in 1958. Nonetheless, Whitehorse maintains its name and with a total population of around 20,000, it accounts for two-thirds of the entire population of the territory.
The Yukon Brewing Company brews eleven different beers, seven of which you can find outside the territory and four just available in Whitehorse. One beer of note is their Discovery Ale, a honey pale ale brewed with local fireweed honey.
If you are ever in the area be sure to go by for a tour and some samples. One day I'll drive the Alaskan Highway and stop by...one day.
Check out all of Yukon Brewing's beers HERE!
I'll take some of the Midnight Sun Espresso Stout please!
Yukon Brewing's Yukon Red, I love the packaging
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