Judging has wrapped up for the first annual Alberta Beer Awards. Over two weekends some of Alberta’s most experienced judges and industry representatives judged over 300 Alberta craft beer from 57 breweries. I couldn’t participate every day due to life,… Continue Reading →
There are different reasons why I try a beer. Maybe it is something I have been looking forward to. Maybe it is a rare offering that I can’t pass up, or something brand new to the market. Or, sometimes, I… Continue Reading →
It will come as no surprise to any of my readers that I am a huge fan of Trappist Beer. The complex, subtle offerings from what I lovingly call The Drunk Monks are some of the most carefully crafted beer… Continue Reading →
I lost one of my best friends last week. I know this is a site about beer (which has been a bit dormant the last few weeks), but I feel compelled to write about her. Plus I promise there is… Continue Reading →
So I have an unexpected admission. Starting in January I will be taking a step back from my beer work for a year or so. I am choosing to take a rare and temporary job opportunity of which one of… Continue Reading →
It’s funny, when you tell people you are going to Anaheim their first question is always “are you going to Disneyland?” That question makes sense to me if I said we were taking the kids to Anaheim. But in my… Continue Reading →
A CBC news article posted yesterday (read it here) looking at Alberta’s booming craft beer industry offers the take that Canada might be reaching the limits to its market reach. It quotes a business professor, Dr. Larry Plummer, who hints… Continue Reading →
Barrel-aging can no longer be called the sexy new thing in beer. Almost every new brewery is trying their hands at it at least once in a while. But that doesn’t mean all are making the kind of quality consumers… Continue Reading →
Every Ahab has a Moby Dick. That extends to the beer world. My recent elusive target likely does not rate the tragedy of Captain Ahab, in particular because I was fine waiting, but this is a nice way to start… Continue Reading →
My CBC column last Friday deviated from the usual and looked at the odd beverage that is Gruit. You can listen to the column here. Today we generally know Gruit as a beer made with a mixture of herbs and… Continue Reading →