Okay, it is not a bug, it’s a fungus, but you can’t have beer without it. I am talking about yeast – the single celled miracle creature that turns boring barley juice into an elixir worthy of the Gods. My… Continue Reading →
How many Albertabrewers does it take to stir a mash tun? Well one day a couple weekends ago it was 12: one to stir and 11 to hold glasses of beer and offer suggestions. Well, not really. But it is… Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago when I visited Half Pints, Dave gave me a can of a beer that he said I simply must try. I had vaguely heard of the brewery and knew nothing of the beer, but since… Continue Reading →
The good folks at CBC Edmonton got a bit behind over the summer with posting my columns to their website. They got around to posting a trio of my summer missives the other day. They offer a range of topics,… Continue Reading →
So, Munich’s Oktoberfest is coming to a close this weekend. It is one of those events I have always wanted to attend, even if it might be a bit too over-hyped for its own good. Something about attending a 200-year-old… Continue Reading →
Wild Rose has three, count ’em, three new one-time beer out now and in the coming weeks. Busy folks they are. The sad part is that only one of them will get distribution outside Calgary. So, Calgary readers, drink up,… Continue Reading →
I mentioned the other day that I picked up a couple bottles of Half Pints’ Humulus Ludicrous at the brewery on the day of its release. HL is Half Pints’ annual double IPA seasonal, claiming to be 100 IBUs (which… Continue Reading →
In my latest Planet S column, I offer some advice on how to get into homebrewing. As I have said before, I have been a homebrewer for 20 years so openly admit that am a proselytizer for the hobby. With… Continue Reading →
TAPS Magazine just released the winners of the 2010 Canadian Brewing Awards (Find the full list here). The only Prairie beer on the list are Yukon Brewing’s Red Ale (gold), Bushwakker Brewpub’s Summer Wheat (bronze) and two light beer from… Continue Reading →
Yukon Brewing (onbeer.org’s honourary prairie brewery) was profiled last week on craftcans.com, a website devoted discussing and reviewing craft beer found in cans (yes, you can find a website devoted to almost anything on the inter-web…). The site does a… Continue Reading →