Year: 2014 | Page 2

AGLC Policy Changes, One Year Later

Exactly one year ago today, the AGLC announced a package of policy changes coming out of a wide-scale policy review. At the time (you can read the post here) I opined that it was a mixture of small steps with… Continue Reading →

2014/12/05

RIP Full Moon Pale Ale, Long Live Full Moon IPA and Other News

Normally when I do a news roundup I try to give the various breweries involved relatively equal billing. However this week it is a bit different. Upon hearing the news that Alley Kat is re-formulating its flagship Full Moon Pale… Continue Reading →

2014/12/03

GBD is Just Dandy

On my recent trip to Calgary, I was able to get my hands on one of the beer made by nano upstart The Dandy Brewing Company. They have only been selling beer for a few weeks now, so it was… Continue Reading →

2014/12/01

Next Steps to Craft

Last month I started a series with my Beer 101 column looking at how to introduce newly beer-interested people to the range of craft beer flavours. The first part (whch you can read here) took those initial baby steps with… Continue Reading →

2014/11/28

The Happenin’s at Hog’s Head

Some of the more keen-eyed of you may have noticed that over the past few months my news roundups have rarely included Hog’s Head Brewing out of St. Albert. It is not that they haven’t been putting out new beer… Continue Reading →

2014/11/26

Niagara For Beer Lovers

Early this year I spent a few days in the Niagara Region (it took me a while to get around to writing up a column about it). The region, of course is famous for its fertile soil and rapidly expanding… Continue Reading →

2014/11/24

Sometimes Good Things Come from Toronto

The object of my latest Vue Weekly review (read here) may be one of the most unheralded beer I have ever come across. A fact made especially weird since it is brewed in the Centre of the Universe (Toronto) and… Continue Reading →

2014/11/20

Real Tasting Rooms Coming to Alberta

I learned yesterday from beer industry insiders that the AGLC has quietly changed a regulation that prohibited beer sales at brewery locations. Under the former/existing rules a brewery was restricted to only offering free samples for visitors to their brewery…. Continue Reading →

2014/11/18

Oversights R Us, and Other Beer News

So in my round-up earlier this week (here) it appears I missed more announcements than usual. And then another new release was announced today. So here is a VERY quick update, along with a mea culpa or two: As the… Continue Reading →

2014/11/14

Gardening a Pretty Interesting Beer

I mentioned in my recent round-up (here) that Village Brewing’s latest seasonal release is Village Gardener, a community-collaboration beer where the ingredients, including hops, honey and lavender, were grown by local communities and farmers. They called Community Involved Ale. No… Continue Reading →

2014/11/13