Sometimes beer experiences start in the most unexpected of ways. Take a couple weekends ago for example. Somehow my family talked me into going to the Shady Acres Bluegrass Music Festival outside Nanton. You see, I hate bluegrass, being more… Continue Reading →
My most recent CBC column took a long look at the world of sour beer. Sours are very popular these days – in particular various versions of Kettle Sours. This is all very cool and I am intrigued that beer… Continue Reading →
My good friends at CBC seem to be doing a better job at posting my columns since my return. Not always right away, but at least they make it up at some point. Something that makes me quite happy. One… Continue Reading →
Yesterday, a sleepy Thursday afternoon in August, the Alberta government put out a press release announcing new changes to Alberta’s beer markup program, as reported by Canadian Beer News (here). They are yet to post the release on the government… Continue Reading →
Last week I was in Hamilton for a few days, where I lived for a year while doing my Masters degree 15 years or so ago (God, I am old!). On this trip I was doing family stuff, so there… Continue Reading →
A couple weeks back on the cusp of the August long weekend, I focussed my CBC beer column on some options for long weekend beer drinking. My goal was not to present the standard summer fare, such as fruit beer,… Continue Reading →
I had a conversation recently with a well-known wine expert (I won’t name them as I didn’t ask for permission). We were talking about the restaurant culture in Western Canada. Both of us noted that one of the things that… Continue Reading →
I have been spending a fair bit of time recently thinking a lot about hazy beer. Why is it becoming such a thing? What makes for a good one? Where did it come from? My musings have resulted in a… Continue Reading →
Regular followers of this website will know that I was and am again the CBC Edmonton RadioActive beer columnist. Following my hiatus I picked my columns back up in early June. Why am I telling you almost two months later?… Continue Reading →
Last week I reported my rather undesirable experience of trying an old bottle of Tactical Nuclear Penguin (read here if you haven’t) . The experience, plus some of the comments to the post, inspired me to pull out my bottle… Continue Reading →