Steel & Oak and Four Winds Smoke & Sour Gratzer

Name: 4th annual Flannel Fest-Bend
Start: 2026-01-31T12:00:00-08:00
End: 2026-01-31T18:00:00-08:00
Location: Midtown Yacht Club

by Treve Ring | May 28, 2015

This special collab of two hot BC brewers (Steel & Oak and Four Winds) may have just broken the record for beer name length with the Smoke & Sour Gratzer. But it’s worth seeking out for more than that feat alone. This punchy Polish-styled wheat beer is oak-smoked, resulting in a spicy, subtly smoky and crisp pour—pleasantly sour, and a hint of sweet from a lacto ferment. Not for the faint of heart, but certainly to pair with your charcoal grilled ribs.

Treve Ring

TREVE RING is a wine journalist, judge and certified sommelier based in British Columbia. In addition to duties as national managing editor at WineAlign and executive editor at Gismondi On Wine, she is an editor for MONTECRISTO Magazine, Scout Magazine, EAT Magazine and co-founder of Cru Consultancy.

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