The March issue of Alberta Venture magazine features an article from me about the proliferation of discount beer in Alberta. Most of you will remember the small kerfuffle last fall around revelations that Minhas Brewing was receiving Alberta’s “transitional” mark… Continue Reading →
Last week Big Rock announced (and reported on Canadian Beer News over the weekend) that Ed McNally has stepped down as CEO of the company he founded in 1985. I suspect that “stepping down” in this case is a euphemism… Continue Reading →
I think I my posts this weekend have had a grumpy tone. I am not feeling particularly grumpy this week, but both topics so far this week have taken shots at things that make me mad. So, allow me to… Continue Reading →
In my most recent post (found here), I reviewed a new pub in town, called the Public House. You can read that missive to see my opinions of the place. However, it was the first location in town where I… Continue Reading →
A couple of years ago I was feeling pretty heady about where Edmonton’s pub scene was headed. Sure, at the time it fully qualified for “sucks” status, but there were very hopeful signs – new pubs with modest but decent… Continue Reading →
I like talking about the effects of different ingredients on the flavour and aroma of beer. Most people are so used to pale lagers that introducing them to some kind of unusual or different ingredient can be quite the eye… Continue Reading →
Time for another quick beer news roundup before it all gets away on me. Some new beer, word of a new brewery and more beer events fill up this edition. So, let’s get right to it. First up, tomorrow Alley… Continue Reading →
In my opinion Innis and Gunn are beer pioneers. I realize that the recent phenomenon of oak-aged beer has left I&G eating dust as other more assertive examples blow by them, but in all of our enthusiasm for the bold… Continue Reading →
Rarely do I ask a beer to represent more than itself. It is too much to ask (except in the marketing world) to expect a beer to symbolize something bigger than a good-tasting beer. I know the ad-crazy PR people… Continue Reading →
So, this post might be a little late to be of any assistance, since the beer in question is rapidly disappearing and may already be gone. I speak of Alley Kat’s latest Dragon Double IPA, Green Dragon. My lateness is… Continue Reading →