Regular readers of onbeer.org will know that I have over the years been exploring the taste differences between keg and bottle (and can). It has been an interesting journey without any firm or solid conclusions so far. You can read… Continue Reading →
This week the annual “Drinks Issue” of the Saskatchewan magazines I write for, Planet S and Prairie Dog, came out (you can read it here – although you need to scroll down past the short blurb stuff to find my… Continue Reading →
In my post last week trying to get everyone caught up on beer news on the prairies, I missed a couple of updates – as usual. So, in a brief update just to get everything covered, here is what I… Continue Reading →
Saison really is the latest sexy thing in beer. The whole Farmhouse Ale rage is really becoming quite noticeable. You know a trend is popular when beer that don’t resemble the style try to use the name anyway (sorry, Olds… Continue Reading →
I like it when I get pleasantly surprised. We can all fall into the trap of thinking we know what is going on with a particular brewery. That is because, like people, breweries do have a personality. We come to… Continue Reading →
The new releases and other news have not stopped rolling with the coming of summer. Most of the prairie brewers have been trying to offer up something new and interesting for the summer quaffing season. So without further ado, and… Continue Reading →
Okay, that headline is a bit of a dumb question. Of course craft beer goes well with sports. In my mind craft beer goes well with everything. However, one does not normally hear serious talk about beer on the various… Continue Reading →
In the grand debates about climate change and the state of the earth’s environment, beer rarely comes up. Why would it when much bigger culprits like tar/oil sands, automobiles and coal-fired electricity are around? Beer, on the whole, is a… Continue Reading →
By now everyone knows I am a huge fan of Aecht Schlenkerla (for proof read here and here). The classic Bamberg rauchbier brewery turned me on to smoked beer a few years ago. Where I find most smoked beer either… Continue Reading →
I suspect it won’t be as shocking and disturbing as the Regina Riots of the On To Ottawa Trek in the 1930s, but Saskatchewan’s capital city is about to witness a new kind of rebellion. Rebellion Brewing, that is. Rebellion… Continue Reading →