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SCENE: Beerguy’s basement home office, a room with overfilled bookcases, scattered papers and commemorative beer glasses, bottles and other beer-related paraphernalia. Beerguy sits at his desk deleting Don Tse Tweet-puns and plotting revenge against JVR. A can of the 2023… Continue Reading →
Onbeer has been a rather quiet place in the past year or two. I hope to change that this fall, with a return to semi-regular posts. Starting with this post. Over the past couple years my day job and other… Continue Reading →
As I look through some of my past headlines reporting on the results of the Canadian Brewing Awards (CBAs) – you can read some of them here and here – I realize they at times got a bit breathy. Although… Continue Reading →
I am here to mourn the passing of Alley Kat Full Moon Pale Ale. A few weeks ago Edmonton’s oldest craft brewery announced a series of line-up changes which included a decision to remove the iconic beer that played a… Continue Reading →
So Beer Canada got its way, partially. In yesterday’s federal budget, the government announced that for this year it was capping the increase of the federal excise duties on beer at 2%, rather than the planned 6.2%. This comes after… Continue Reading →
I knew it was a mistake when I did it. I found a four-pack of tall boys from a B.C. brewery (whom I won’t name) selling for a couple of bucks under the average price at Sherbrooke. It was on… Continue Reading →
I always prefer to announce the opening of new breweries on the prairies. Alas that has been a bit thin recently (although there are a handful in the final stages of preparation). But sometimes I have to announce closures. In… Continue Reading →
These days it seems like Artificial Intelligence (AI) is invading every human activity, from self-driving trucks, to apps that can write your history essay and imitate the work of famous artists. But craft beer must surely be immune, right? Right?… Continue Reading →
New radio ads began airing last week featuring the voices of Bob and Doug McKenzie, the iconic fictional beer-loving duo played by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas. The two hosers are demanding the federal government “freeze the beer tax”. The… Continue Reading →
One of the under-reported stories of 2022 was that a handful of 7-Eleven convenience stores were granted licenses to sell beer and wine for both in-store consumption and take away (they have also set up delivery through online delivery apps)…. Continue Reading →
