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Who Brews What in Canada? Regional Style Differences

Canadian craft beer fans have long had pet theories about regional differences in the craft beer industry. B.C. is reputed to be a province of hopheads, while Atlantic Canada is supposedly more influenced by traditional British styles. And so on…. Continue Reading →

Beer School for Everyone! More UofA Courses Coming Your Way

Having just wrapped up our latest beer education course through the University of Alberta Faculty of Extension last week, I am thrilled to announce we will be hosting not one, but TWO, new courses in the new year. And the… Continue Reading →

Under the Radar: Nano-brewing in the Capital Region

Most followers of craft beer know about nano-breweries, the ultra-small one-person operations producing homebrew-size batches. How many of you knew that for the past two years there have been, not one, but two nano-breweries quietly operating in the Edmonton area?… Continue Reading →

Does a Canadian Beer Style Exist?

Recently I came across a presentation by Victor North, who is a Beer Judge Certification Program Director and instructor at the Niagara College Brewmaster Program (follow the links to the presentation and Powerpoint slides found here). North makes the bold… Continue Reading →

Unity Brew, COVID-Style

The latest Unity Brew is out! And due to COVID-19 it is quite different this year. No, I don’t mean the choice of style or anything like that. Because of COVID there are actually FIVE Unity Brews now roaming our… Continue Reading →

You Asked, You Got: Another UofA Beer Course Coming in November

In August we had a fabulous uptake on my online course with the University of Alberta Faculty of Extension, selling out both sections of the course (I estimate about 140 people attended in total). We enjoyed the experience so much… Continue Reading →

Is Canada’s Craft Beer Industry Larger than the U.S.?

The whole world sees the American craft beer industry as both the pioneers of the movement and as the most dominant player. It is the largest, most influential and most boundary-pushing industry. It is the vanguard of craft beer around… Continue Reading →

Atlantic Provinces Jump, Ontario Sags: A Statistical Look at Breweries Across Canada

Take a bow New Brunswick. You officially (according to me) have the most breweries (per capita) in Canada. New Brunswick and its neighbouring Atlantic provinces have witnessed the biggest brewery boom in the country over the last two years. The… Continue Reading →

Go Ahead, Crush a SMaSH

Breweries are always trying something new. New hop varieties. New brewing techniques. New ways to name something IPA that is not an IPA. So one of the more interesting trends recently is SMaSH beer. SMaSH stands for Single Malt and… Continue Reading →

Make No Mistake, Trial and Ale Is a New Kind of Brewery

Edmonton’s newest brewery, Trial and Ale Brewing, is something you likely haven’t seen before. You have seen elements of what they do, but never put together quite in this particular form. Not in this part of the world, anyway. What… Continue Reading →

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