It is not often that a marketing icon comes to the prairies, but yesterday the famous Budweiser Clydesdales came to town. These majestic, six foot, 1,000-kilogram, flare-panted horses have been a symbol of Budweiser for generations. I remember as a… Continue Reading →
My latest monthly Beer 101 column was posted last week (I gotta check that site more often…). I continue the “Not Barley” series – a look at the other grains that can be used for beer. This month I look… Continue Reading →
Planet S Magazine in Saskatoon has just put out its “Summer Drinks” issue looking at liquid libations of all forms and the tools we need to sip them. My contribution was two-fold. First, I explored how people could kick the… Continue Reading →
The latest Sugar Bowl/Alley Kat cask ale event went off this evening, and it hit new heights in beery-ness. By my watch, the cask ran out in exactly 1 hour 4 minutes, which is unquestioningly the fastest ever in Edmonton…. Continue Reading →
My latest CBC column, which ran last Friday, was put on the website yesterday. It was an overview of my recent trip to Quebec City. What I found – and this becomes the theme of the column – was a… Continue Reading →
My good friends at the CBC Radioactive are a busy lot. It takes a lot to put a 3-hour show on five days a week, often short-handed (especially in the summer). So, I understand that a bi-weekly beer column may… Continue Reading →
So, my latest Vue Weekly column is on news stands now, and it is a bit out of the ordinary. I decided to take a look at a beer that most beer folks in town take for granted. Alley Kat’s… Continue Reading →
One of my favourite beer writers is English beer guy Pete Brown (not to be confused with Edmonton’s monstrously creative Peter Brown– whom I also love immensely – host of CBC’s RadioActive,). The British Brown is the author of some… Continue Reading →
Just a quick note to let whoever of you out there cares that the informal beer tasting event hosted by me at the Sugar Bowl, planned for this Wednesday, has been rescheduled. We apologize for the inconvenience if you were… Continue Reading →