You might be forgiven for getting a bit confused if someone offers you a beer made theoretically. How can a beer be theoretical? But then, that confusion might be because you hadn’t yet heard of Theoretically Brewing, Lethbridge’s newest (and… Continue Reading →
Village Brewing and Dandy Brewing Company are clearly hanging out a lot these days. Last fall the two Calgary breweries released a Saison, called the Village Dandy, brewed in collaboration at the Dandy brewhouse in northeast Calgary. I didn’t get… Continue Reading →
It has only been a couple of weeks since my last news round up (read here), but the news has been flowing fast and furious so I felt I should put out another news roundup before I drown in all… Continue Reading →
I find it hard to know what to do with contract brewers in the region (breweries without their own brewhouse who contract other breweries to make their beer for them). I am happy to profile them and discuss what their… Continue Reading →
It’s not often when a brewery can pay homage to a local landmark. But Polar Park Brewing (no website yet) intends to do exactly that. Polar Park (originally called Alberta Game Farm) was an exotic animal destination. They housed a… Continue Reading →
Over the past couple weeks a huge amount of beer news has piled, not even counting the ongoing debate about Alberta’s mark-up policy (read here if you have missed it). So here is the latest rundown of what is happening… Continue Reading →
Yesterday at the Court of Queen’s Bench, Steam Whistle Brewing out of Toronto was granted a temporary injunction against the new Alberta mark-up policy established in the fall provincial budget (read about the policy here). Here is the Canadian Beer… Continue Reading →
One of the highlights of popping into Brewsters during the winter is a chance to sip on a glass of their annual seasonal barley wine, Blue Monk. I always find it at its best in October (when I am told… Continue Reading →
As readers nurse their New Years’ Eve hangovers, I thought it might help get your mind off your headache to give you the latest news from breweries around the prairies. Another new round of beer you can try as hair… Continue Reading →
I don’t normally review meads. It is not that I don’t enjoy them. I do. In fact I have tried my hand a couple of times to brew my own at home (fairly unsuccessfully). But Chase at Alley Kat recently… Continue Reading →