As a valuable public service, we taste the latest in Lower Mainland beers and then give you a highly opinionated, pocket-sized review.

Their Words: This beautifully crafted and wonderfully subtle German style hefeweizen has muted notes of clove and banana and is balanced with the perfect amount of pineapple. Checking in at 4.75%, this refreshing beer is perfect to be enjoyed anywhere, by anyone, now or long after the sun’s gone down.

Taste Test: Here’s the weird things about beach vacations in exotic sun-soaked climes: more often than not they lead to a weird case of sensory overload. Ask anyone who’s ever had their minds blown by the coal-black-sands of Punalu’u Beach on Hawaii’s Big Island. Or who’s spent 20 minutes figuring out how to rent a beach umbrella and then order a rum punch and flying fish sandwich on bustling Enterprise Beach in Barbados. The label-art for Seas the Day Pineapple Hefeweizen paints a pleasantly sedate picture of beach life, with a red pickup truck, complete with surfboard, parked on tantalizingly deserted palm-tree-adorned beach. That pretty much says low-key, which is a great way to describe the beer inside. If you’re looking for a pineapple-radler like swift Hawaiian punch, you’re in the wrong place. This is a pleasingly subtle wheat beer where, if anything, the banana notes almost cross the finish line first with pineapple off in the distance, especially after it warms up a bit.

Deep Thoughts: Let’s face, whether it’s the sun-baked beaches of the Caribbean or the swaying wheat fields of Germany, we’d all rather be somewhere else right about now. With it’s name alone, Seas the Day will take you to your happy place, flying fish and black sand optional.