I know I am supposed to be in Halifax right now, but I made a short side trip to speak at a conference in Calgary last week (okay, “sidetrip” doesn’t really describe a cross-continent flight, but it was short time-wise)…. Continue Reading →
I don’t talk about Fort Garry much. The reason is that the Winnipeg brewer, owned by Vancouver’s Russell Brewing, offers fairly mediocre beer. The Fort Garry Dark is not a bad brown ale (although it sells itself as a lager),… Continue Reading →
One of the advantages of spending some time in a city different than your own is that you get to try beer normally not available at home. That normally means local and regional craft beer and the occasional import only… Continue Reading →
An item on my beer bucket list is the opportunity to drink a pint (or three) of Weihenstephaner FRESH from the brewery in Weihenstephan, Germany. This 1000-year-old brewery really knows how to brew wheat beer. Most of you will know… Continue Reading →
Well, it took far too long, but I finally got into print a full accounting of my Canada’s beer personality series. In Planet S Magazine I have been running a series about how each of Canada’s regions display unique personalities,… Continue Reading →
Last year when I was in Halifax, I wrote – and not flatteringly – about the Rock Bottom Brewpub (read the review here). Quite simply, it didn’t offer real beer made locally, and it showed. They shipped wort from B.C…. Continue Reading →
Last month in my Beer 101 column, I started a conversation about the joys of small beer (read the first part here). Despite their rarity these days, I believe quite strongly they can still play an important role in the… Continue Reading →
Summer is (almost) here and that means we can unwrap our BBQs from their wintery cloak. And it also means it is time for Vue Weekly’s BBQ issue. All grilling all the time. I was asked to write a piece… Continue Reading →
It feels like there has been a bit of a new beer lull in the last few weeks. After the initial rush of spring seasonals, things got all quiet on the prairie for a bit there. Well, in one day,… Continue Reading →