I learned yesterday from beer industry insiders that the AGLC has quietly changed a regulation that prohibited beer sales at brewery locations. Under the former/existing rules a brewery was restricted to only offering free samples for visitors to their brewery…. Continue Reading →
So in my round-up earlier this week (here) it appears I missed more announcements than usual. And then another new release was announced today. So here is a VERY quick update, along with a mea culpa or two: As the… Continue Reading →
I mentioned in my recent round-up (here) that Village Brewing’s latest seasonal release is Village Gardener, a community-collaboration beer where the ingredients, including hops, honey and lavender, were grown by local communities and farmers. They called Community Involved Ale. No… Continue Reading →
When I wrote up the latest beer news roundup less than two weeks ago. I predicted that within days a whole bunch of new releases would be announced. Well, I was right. Last week was a busy one for announcements… Continue Reading →
The Saskatchewan government has launched a public consultation around the future of liquor retail in that province. The consultation paper (found here) walks through the history of liquor retail in the province, outlines the current system and compares it to… Continue Reading →
You gotta love the folks at Yukon Brewing! I am amazed at how willing they can be to accommodate my crazy beer experiments. They have facilitated a number of my efforts to explore how beer changes and morphs under different… Continue Reading →
I have always found Duvel to be a fascinating beer. I find it rather unique among Belgian strong ales. Its light body, delicate fruitiness and soft palate are really quite special. I find in comparison to other Belgian beer, the… Continue Reading →
My lastest Vue Weekly column is a review of Le Cheval Blanc – the White Horse. On the various beer rating websites, the beer is fairly well regarded. It recently arrived in Alberta, so I thought I would give it… Continue Reading →
Everything in my instincts tells me I should hold off one more week before doing another news roundup. Yet, the balancing act is the beer that have been released stop being “news” while I wait for more new releases. So,… Continue Reading →
One of my pick ups from my trip to San Diego was Sierra Nevada’s Narwhal Russian Imperial Stout. (Yeah, I know they are not a San Diego brewery, but you get while the gettings good). I actually had never had… Continue Reading →