Dave Rudge, the owner and Brewmaster of Winnipeg’s Half Pints brewery, is hitting the road at the end of September to do a bit of a promotional tour of the other prairie provinces. He will be hitting five cities to do a bit of beer business and in each city host a public event.

Here is the public itinerary so far:

September 28 – Edmonton Cask Night @ The Sugar Bowl
September 29 – Calgary Beer Tasting @ Kawa
September 30 – Lethbridge Tasting @ the Andrew Hilton store
October 1- Medicine Hat Booth @ Medicine Hat Beer Fest
October 2 – Regina Brewer’s Dinner @ Beer Bros

The quickest of you will have already noticed TWO special things in that list. The first is that Half Pints will be doing a CASK NIGHT at the Sugar Bowl while in Edmonton. Should be fantastic. A little birdie (one that would fit in a 250 ml glass) tells me that it will likely be their Oktoberfest seasonal with a bit of dry hopping. YUM!!

The second is Dave will be at the Medicine Hat beer festival. Huh? This, I must sheepishly admit, was news to me (and my in-laws live there, for heaven’s sake!). It appears to be hosted by the Medicine Hat Lodge and Trackside Liquor Store (whom I posted about here), and is promising 50 different breweries with NO crap beer). I am not sure I can be in the Hat that weekend, but I would love a report about it from someone.

I realize the schedule has no times yet, but call the local event location and they will be able to tell you. Or I may get around to telling you if you bug me enough. In all likelihood Edmonton’s will be at 5:00.

In other Half Pints news, the latest Phil’s Pils is out and available in Winnipeg and (I think) in Alberta as well (at least I hope those bottles I saw on the shelves the other day are the new batch…). Also, the Humulus Ludicrous is being released on September 15, same day as the Oktoberfest. Oh to be in Winnipeg that day…