Well, Xmas is almost here and the Advent Calendar box sits empty, lonely and just about forgotten. Good thing its contents will live on in our memories (and floating around the interweb). For those just joining me, this is my… Continue Reading →
Past half way and the Craft Beer Importers Advent Calendar box gets lighter and lighter (you can read Part I and Part II as well). Didn’t get to Sunday’s beer, so it will have to wait until the final installment… Continue Reading →
Matt Knight really appreciates a quality craft beer. Porters and other dark styles are his favourite. But he knows he can’t brew them – he doesn’t know enough. His strength is business development. He works with small companies to improve… Continue Reading →
So, with a little determination I got caught up with the Craft Beer Advent Calendar over the weekend. It was an interesting week of beer, although I do note (as was observed by Ernie in the comments section of the… Continue Reading →
A few weeks back I reported that the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC) had ruled that tap line cleaning was considered an inducement and therefore a prohibited activity by breweries and agents (read post for full details). I learned… Continue Reading →
Beer Advent calendars are now a fairly big thing. I think there are four or five versions currently available in Alberta. And then there is the burgeoning trend of DIY beer advent calendars, where groups of people get together to… Continue Reading →
Every fall, Alberta’s brewers get together to make a batch of beer together. They set aside competition, grievances and differences in brewing approaches to make one beer together. They call it Unity Brew and it truly includes every Alberta brewer…. Continue Reading →
It has been less than a month since my last news round-up, but with the list of updates and news I have to cover today, you would think it was months since my last news post. And I suspect we… Continue Reading →
I reported last week about an impending project in Grande Prairie (GP Brewing – which you can read about here), which was the first brewery in that city to being the planning process. As it works out, in what is… Continue Reading →
When going on a hike or a ski day, who hasn’t wished their favourite craft beer came in something other than a heavy glass bottle? The reality is that an increasing number of outdoors buffs are fans of craft beer…. Continue Reading →