Brewing a Better Future: Spinnakers and Maple Leaf Adventures in the Great Bear Rainforest

BEER CONNOISSEUR - My heart leapt against my ribs as the first dorsal fin sliced through the dark waters of Whale Channel along the north coast of British Columbia. Another followed. Then another. The pod of transient killer whales moved like shadows beneath the surface, their sleek black and white bodies cutting through the coastal waters with predatory grace.

I stood frozen on the deck of Maple Leaf Adventures’ newest ship Cascadia, a glass of Spinnakers’ Cascadia Pilsner suspended halfway to my lips, watching nature’s most efficient hunters patrol their ancient territory.