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The results of the 2020 Canadian Brewing Awards came out this past weekend, and the big surprise of the night was the number of medals scooped up by Alberta breweries. Alberta-based breweries won 38 medals, including 17 golds, and Calgary’s… Continue Reading →
The 2020 World Beer Awards were announced today and, in a bit of a surprise, Alberta’s Brauerei Fahr won Best Bavarian-Style Hefeweisse for its flagship Fahr Hefe. It is less shocking for those of us who have tried the Fahr… Continue Reading →
I am not really doing beer reviews on the site any more. But I loved the concept of Grain Bin Brewing’s Summer Chores mixed pack so much I am driven to write about it. Four beer named after dreaded yard… Continue Reading →
Parallel to the judging of the 2020 Alberta Beer Awards back in February, which seems like forever ago, Raft Beer Labs ran some analytical tests on a portion of the competition entries. While I was holidaying a couple weeks back,… Continue Reading →
Over the past few years provincial governments across the country of various partisan stripes have happily gathered the local media to proclaim grand “loosening” of liquor laws. Most of the time these announcements end up being pretty thin gruel –… Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago we were on our way to a socially-distanced visit in a friend’s backyard and my spouse needed some wine. So I dropped into a strip mall mom-and-pop liquor store on the way to pick up whatever… Continue Reading →
Since the arrival of COVID-19, all of my various beer events have been put on hold. I fully believe that is the right decision and am confident they will return when it is safe to do so, even if that… Continue Reading →
Starting up a small, local craft brewery is hard enough. Licensing and permit bureaucracies to navigate. Tons of technical issues to tackle. And then there is the money. It requires tonnes of work with a big question that hangs over… Continue Reading →
It is not the mega-trend that is hazy, or Kviek, or fruited sour beer, but I am certain there are more tea beer around these days, and more diversity in the types of teas being used. I am so certain… Continue Reading →
Happy Canada Day! It may be one of the most half-baked and amateurishly implemented marketing campaigns in recent memory, but it got people talking, I guess. I am referring to the campaign launched a couple weeks ago by Molson Coors… Continue Reading →
