#8 Shaft Black Lager

It doesn't get any blacker than the cold, damp, depths of a coal mine. You can't tell night from day, and the light on your helmet is the the only distinction between a coal mine and an early grave.

The #8 Shaft, produced coal for export in the Comox Valley until it's closure in 1953.

A tribute to the hard work and sacrifice of thousands of Vancouver Island men and women who toiled beneath the ground... #8 Shaft Black Lager