Last week I wrote about a treat provided to me by an acquaintance recently returned from Vermont (read here). Well, Heady Topper was not their only surprise for me. They also brought back a bottle from Hill Farmstead Brewery, the… Continue Reading →
Want to own part of a brewery? Now you can for as little as $150. Better yet, want to be a part of the Temperance movement? No, the two aren’t contradictions, at least not in Saskatoon these days. You see,… Continue Reading →
Last week someone brought me back a little gift from Vermont, and what a great one it was! It was none other than a can of Heady Topper from small and elusive brewery The Alchemist, based in Waterbury, Vermont. Like… Continue Reading →
I have written about Black Bridge Brewing a couple of times since they hit the radar on Saskatchewan’s beer scene (like here and here). I will readily admit the Swift Current brewery has impressed me in the early going. No… Continue Reading →
The current issue of Vue Weekly is their annual Adventure Issue. As it was a beer column week, I was asked to think about some kind of beer-related adventure, especially indoors (so winter backyard homebrewing was out). I opted for… Continue Reading →
Would you believe me if I told you that soon Whitehorse will have one of the highest number of craft breweries per capita anywhere in North America? I wouldn’t blame you for thinking I had been drinking too much Lead… Continue Reading →
A few months back I wrote a series in Planet S/Prairie Dog looking at how to transition to craft beer, taking newbies one step at a time from pale lager to the accessible zones of craft to the more challenging…. Continue Reading →
Collaboration brews – where two or more breweries cooperate to create a special, one-off beer – have become commonplace. A few years ago they were a rare item, but the practice has taken off recently and we see collaborations from… Continue Reading →
In this day and age full of hopped-up IP-Everythings, it can be very easy to forget the origins of the style India Pale Ale. Before the Americans brought their big and brash to IPAs, the British had long been taking… Continue Reading →