It is official. After months of rumours, I have received confirmation that Granville Island is returning to Alberta. In fact three of their beer hit liquor store shelves last weekend or will sometime this week. This is actually pretty interesting… Continue Reading →
Reported in the Edmonton Sun today: Alberta has the highest beer prices in the country; Manitoba has the lowest. This surprises me not in the least, but it gives me a good opportunity to muse about beer pricing. First, what… Continue Reading →
In Calgary today to do some family related stuff. Consequently I wasn’t planning any beer business. However, as it worked out I was near the Calgary Farmer’s Market this afternoon and was able to finagle a short visit to the… Continue Reading →
A story in this morning’s Edmonton Journal, connected to a larger piece talking about a new poll showing Canadians are increasingly concerned about our health, publishes numbers showing 2 out of 3 Canadians would give up imported beer to reduce… Continue Reading →
A common sport among beer geeks is to bash the big boys for their ubiquitous use of “adjuncts” in their beer – corn, rice and even glucose-fructose syrup. The reason for the derision is, so the story goes, the corporate… Continue Reading →
Edmonton’s Amber’s Brewing Co. today launched a new label and name for its former Bub Lunch Pail Ale. Gone is the portly, hard hat clad plumber Edmonton cartoon icon Bub, replaced by a still solidly working person lunch pail. The… Continue Reading →
Most beer fans know all about Anchor Steam Beer and Fritz Maytag’s key role in resurrecting that classic California Common beer style (which is really Steam Beer, but Maytag – on a less helpful day – patented the term). Fewer… Continue Reading →
Hi folks. For those of you who care about these things, my regular Friday CBC column, slated for tomorrow, is temporarily changing time slots – just for this Friday only. The reason is RadioActive is doing their show live at… Continue Reading →
Another Planet S column appeared this week (much to my surprise – as it was supposed to be the issue without me). It was a piece written for the Summer Drinks issue but got bumped for lack of space. It… Continue Reading →
You are all well aware of Alley Kat’s 15th Anniversary series, where they are releasing one-time runs of special beers to celebrate the fact that they have survived this long in a hostile industry. I sampled a bottle of the… Continue Reading →