I know. I know. Regular readers of my website might be growing tired of my ongoing homages to Cantillon, but spare me one last post – as my latest Vue Weekly column highlights the sweet tartness of these Lambic gems…. Continue Reading →
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 →