Last year I wrote a post querying whether Stone Brewing’s Enjoy By… IPA series was a legitimate attempt to have their product consumed at peak flavour or a bit of marketing spin. I offered a fairly positive review of the… Continue Reading →
So ladies and gents, get ready for Alberta’s first official Alberta Beer Week (my preference would be to call it Alberta Craft Beer Week, but I will let go of that for now). The fun begins this Friday in Calgary… Continue Reading →
Last night I popped in on the official launch of a new collaboration beer at Craft Beer Market. Soon-to-open Two Sergeants Brewing partnered up with D Woodall Family Fund to produce Patrolman’s ESB. A dollar of every pint sold will… Continue Reading →
The 4th Annual Edmonton Beer Geeks Anonymous Real Ale Festival took place on Saturday. This edition was bigger (double the attendees) and held outdoors in a skating rink (sans ice). With some weather luck, the festival had an even more… Continue Reading →
As I have mentioned in previous posts, my summer travels included stops in Ottawa and Montreal. My Ottawa beer adventures were chronicled here. Meanwhile, while I had highlighted one Montreal place in this post, I hadn’t yet written up my… Continue Reading →
In the midst of all the new IPAs and barrel-aged beer being promised by the prairies’ new breweries, it is a noticeable change of pace to talk to about a proposed brewery that is going to stick to traditional styles…. Continue Reading →
It has been a long time since I have had a true Berliner Weisse from Berlin. So long I am not entirely sure I remember exactly what a classic version should taste like. No German versions are exported to Canada… Continue Reading →
Witbier has long been one of my favourite styles. I brew it often at home, and even a Hoegaarden can be a nice falback for me, despite that I believe it is a shadow of what it was 10 years… Continue Reading →
I have been in the beer business for many years. That doesn’t mean I still don’t learn things from time to time. One of those things recently was the historic style Grisette. Even though the name was vaguely familiar, until… Continue Reading →
It has been a fairly quiet few weeks on the prairie beer front, but I figured it was time for a quick round-up to get us all caught up. The most noteworthy bit of news is likely the 4th Annual… Continue Reading →