So you may not know that I am currently in San Francisco attending the American Craft Brewing Conference. I am. Really. How I got here I will save for another day – as I owe thanks to some people. My… Continue Reading →
I completed my CBC three-part series on Stouts last Friday, and they just posted the mp3 here. I look at the biggest, baddest, meanest of stouts – Tropical Stouts and Russian Imperial Stouts. As usual, I walk through the history… Continue Reading →
I recently drank the oldest beer in the world. No, it is not some dusty bottle of Uncle Ben’s or Red Cap found buried in my father-in-law’s basement. I am talking about Dogfish Head’s Chateau Jiahu, which is a recreation… Continue Reading →
Alberta craft beer importer Soltice Trading International has announced that they will be donating all profits from the sale of Hitachino Nest products toward Japanese earthquake/tsunami relief. A new shipment of Hitachino Nest, Brewed by Kiuchi Brewery in Ibaraki, has… Continue Reading →
So this may be my most outrageous procrastination yet. Before Xmas our good friends at Yukon gave me a bottle of their very rare and now completely gone Solstice, their first distillation release. Last year they constructed a still that… Continue Reading →
The latest in my Beer 101 education series was posted this week over at sherbrookeliquor.com. It is the final installment of my look at serving vessels and how it affects flavour. Naturally I finish the unit with a look at… Continue Reading →
Last week I got a package in the mail. It was one of those packages I like – beer! I opened it and found, wrapped in burlap, a bottle of Alexander Keith’s Tartan Ale. For those of you not in… Continue Reading →
The second part of my CBC series on stouts ran last Friday (listen to it here). The first part laid out the history of stout, described the basic flavours and aromas and broke down the basic sub-styles (Dry, Sweet and… Continue Reading →
I am not much of a St. Patrick’s Day fan, as I find it over-hyped, focused too much on over-consumption rather than appreciating good beer, and subtly sectarian (it is only the Catholic Irish that wear green; Protestants wear orange)…. Continue Reading →
Urban Diner on 109 Street has secured its second Yukon exclusive (the first was the Lead Dog on tap at its opening). This Friday at 4:00, the first of two kegs of Yukon’s latest seasonal, Porter, will be tapped. This… Continue Reading →