If international diplomacy is this intense, the Hans Island dispute may never be solved. Sometime ago I wrote about a new beer commissioned by Sherbrooke Liquor, Hans Across the Water, which aimed, in part, to try to help resolve the… Continue Reading →
I just can’t seem to help myself but regularly ponder how to best define “craft beer” – or more accurately how to distinguish real craft from faux craft. It is, I admit, a fairly unresolvable matter. This particular round of… Continue Reading →
Most of the time, when consumers stumble across a sour beer – be it a lambic, a Flanders or some other interpretation – the brewer intended it that way. They wanted to sour the beer so used one of the… Continue Reading →
The Capital Region suburbs seem to be the place to be over the next couple of weeks, as there are a couple of different food and beverage festivals happening. I though a quick note on them might be useful. Tonight… Continue Reading →
A reader of this website was in Red Deer recently and stopped in at a new restaurant, State and Main (which also has a location in Lethbridge and soon in Winnipeg and Saskatoon). Having not been there myself, I am… Continue Reading →
Two beer-related stories ran on CBC last week. They differ in their focus and even their heftiness, but each demonstrates that maybe, just maybe, Alberta is turning a corner on craft beer. The more significant of the stories comes from… Continue Reading →
In August I spent a few days hanging out in Boston. Mostly I was there to attend a conference for work, but I did find a way to sneak in some beer time while there. I think Boston has a… Continue Reading →
A collection of beer news has hit the wire in the last few days, so I thought I would put together a quick post outlining them all to get you caught up. In digest style here they are, in no… Continue Reading →
Headed to Medicine Hat (home of the in-laws) for the Giving of Thanks weekend. Took some homebrew down, as did my newly-into-homebrewing brother-in-law (well, sort of – he lives in B.C. and uses a brew-on-premises, but it’s a start). However,… Continue Reading →
In today’s Edmonton Journal, a story ran about the current beer policy review examining mark-up rates. The story was sparked by a news release issued by the Liberal caucus releasing the joint recommendations of Alberta’s breweries and calling on the… Continue Reading →