Could another court challenge be in the works? The day following the Alberta government’s announcement to scrap a tiered mark-up system and establish a grant program for Alberta-based breweries (read my analysis here), B.C. and Saskatchewan breweries have started complaining… Continue Reading →
Yesterday afternoon the Alberta government put out a short media release regarding a change to the beer mark-up policy. I will quote it in its entirety: “The President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance, Joe Ceci, has directed the… Continue Reading →
When you are an established brewery one of the things you have to get used to is your highly skilled brewers leaving you to go start their own project. That is something Village Brewing is dealing with these days as… Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago as part of my efforts to get caught up on all the new Alberta breweries opening (as I report here), I asked the AGLC for a list of the existing active licenses. Mostly, I wasn’t surprised… Continue Reading →
I am on a three-day mission to hit some of the new breweries around the province that I don’t normally get to visit given my grounding in Edmonton. The stop on day 1? Lethbridge! One city but a tale of… Continue Reading →
I always like the end of June. In part because that is Vue Weekly’s annual Beer Issue. Sure, I like the fact that the issue gives me a fair bit of column inches (usually I write 3 different pieces), but… Continue Reading →
All I have to say is be prepared for the Armageddon. Because, I, Jason Foster, operator of onbeer.org, passionate beer guy and Luddite of the decade, have just signed up to Twitter. I don’t quite know what I am going… Continue Reading →
I was challenged the other day by a representative of a unnamed brewing corporation. They claimed that my columns were biased against the big brewers and that I was providing distorted and misleading information about them. Specifically they took offense… Continue Reading →
I will admit when I first heard the name, I was perplexed. Goat Locker Brewing is not what I would consider a traditional brewery name. The name initially invokes thoughts of less-than-appealing aromas in confined spaces. Then I read about… Continue Reading →
I will say right up front I picked up this beer because I was curious as to what they were up to with this beer. The beer is one of Wild Rose’s Rare Series (I can’t say the latest since… Continue Reading →
