TAPS Magazine just released the winners of the 2010 Canadian Brewing Awards (Find the full list here). The only Prairie beer on the list are Yukon Brewing’s Red Ale (gold), Bushwakker Brewpub’s Summer Wheat (bronze) and two light beer from… Continue Reading →
Yukon Brewing (onbeer.org’s honourary prairie brewery) was profiled last week on craftcans.com, a website devoted discussing and reviewing craft beer found in cans (yes, you can find a website devoted to almost anything on the inter-web…). The site does a… Continue Reading →
A quick reminder to all Edmonton-area readers of the two upcoming cask nights in the next few days. First up is the monthly Alley Kat cask evening at the Sugar Bowl – TONIGHT (Thursday September 23). This month returns to… Continue Reading →
I was in Winnipeg last week attending a conference for my day job, and, of course, I HAD to stop by Half Pints Brewing for a visit. I headed there straight from the airport (as it was a five minute… Continue Reading →
My latest Vue Weekly column came out the other day. I discuss those little wedges of citrus fruit – lemon, lime or orange – stuck onto the edge of your glass. Why are they there? Do they enhance the flavour… Continue Reading →
Calmar’s Roughneck Brewing has just announced the release of a new line of beer – Brewmaster’s Choice. Two new beer are available in Alberta under the new branding – a brown ale and an IPA. The brewery says the brown… Continue Reading →
A couple weeks ago I posted a review (here) of the test batch of witbier from soon-to-be-Saskatoon-brewpub Shiny Penny. In the review I lamented only getting one bottle of it try – as it had excessive yeast cake which I… Continue Reading →
My latest Beer 101 is now live, and it takes a look at growing trend toward gluten-free beer. It was a scant few years ago when such a concept was a virtual impossibility in the beer world. Barley is the… Continue Reading →
Edmonton appears to be bursting with beer events in the next few weeks. It is kind of stunning, actually. I am encouraged that there is such life happening around beer in this town. It is quite the difference from a… Continue Reading →
I accidentally slipped past my latest Vue Weekly missive last week, which was a written version of my Quebec City report. The reality is that when I go on a beer-related trip, everyone gets two, three or even four versions… Continue Reading →