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 →
Well, the calendar has flipped over to February and winter keeps hammering the prairies, as usual. Just as reliable are the region’s craft breweries, who continue to release new beer at a good clip even during the cold months. Here… Continue Reading →
In the third of what has become my week of new brewery profiles is Bench Creek Brewery, founded by Andrew Kulynych. Bench Creek is planning to be a “rural destination brewery”, meaning they hope to collect not only locals but… Continue Reading →
For a number of years I have extolled Yukon Brewing as Canada’s most northern brewery. So much so I made them an honorary Prairie brewery, even though there are no prairies to be found in the northern territory. The Northwest… Continue Reading →
After 23 years in the military, what does one do with their spare time and energy post-retirement? If you are Kevin Moore and his partner, you open a brewery. Kevin spent 23-years in the Canadian Armed Forces and his partner… Continue Reading →
One of the last remaining bottles I picked up on my San Diego sojourn back in August (story here) was Lost Abbey’s Saison Blanc, one of their annual seasonals. I left that beer for a while for a reason, to… Continue Reading →
My latest Planet S/Prairie Dog column delves into the world of politics a little bit, taking another look at the consequences for consumers of liquor retail privatization. I have discussed privatization before (such as here and here) but given that… Continue Reading →
In a pique of stats geekiness the other day I decided to run some numbers on how Canada and the U.S. compare in terms of craft the craft beer scene. And while I was at it, I decided to look… Continue Reading →
Over the past couple of years, the cask event scene in Edmonton has quietly plugged away. The number of events has grown (the original 2 monthly events at Sugar Bowl and Next Act joined by weekly casks at Beer Revolution… Continue Reading →