I know I am a little late with this. The mystery has already been solved (so my headline is a bit misleading). But while in Halifax I got a chance to get a bottle of La Vache Folle Mystery Hop… Continue Reading →
Funny thing about my latest Vue Weekly column, an overview of Garrison Brewing and a review their Hopyard Pale Ale. Before I left for Halifax, I wrote a bunch of columns to keep the paper supplied in copy during my… Continue Reading →
I know I missed a lot during my absence. Funny how the prairie brewers didn’t close up shop upon my departure eastside. Instead they kept brewing, the presumptuous imps. What do they think they are – entrepreneurs? At any rate,… Continue Reading →
Okay, it isn’t really a wrap up, but it does seem a fitting closure to my adventures on the east coast. I have returned to the flatlands of Alberta and just before I flew back, I did a live CBC… Continue Reading →
Most of the time, it is pretty easy to feel discouraged about the continuing sad state of the North American beer industry. If they are not buying each other out or cascading the public with ads linking watery beer with… Continue Reading →
I have a thing for a particular Duchess No, I am not talking about the new Duchess of Cambridge. The British royal family leave me decidedly bored. No, I am talking about a Duchess I first met four years ago… Continue Reading →
Last month my Beer 101 column introduced some of themore common beer faults, described how you can identify them and discussed their most likely causes.The latest Beer 101, which actually came out a week ago, offers a second look at… Continue Reading →
A kind (and now my favourite) onbeer.org reader generously mailed a bottle of Glenda Sherbrooke my way a couple of weeks ago (before the postal strike). Thanks Martin! This, of course is the latest Sherbrooke/Alley Kat oak-aged beer. This one… Continue Reading →
I have been writing about beer in Edmonton for a number of years now. At first, the pickings were slim in town, and I found myself highlighting good imports, simply because that was the best on offer in most places…. Continue Reading →
I know I can blame the fact that it is my job, but somehow that doesn’t seem to let me off the hook. How many times do I need to be burned by the latest “new thing” from one of… Continue Reading →