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Yesterday the Alberta Court of Appeal issued its long awaited decision (at least by guys like me) on the appeal of Steam Whistle’s and Great Western Brewing’s lawsuit over the former beer mark-up policies. In short, the justices uphold the… Continue Reading →
I woke up this morning to the annual Edmonton Journal Readers’ Choice Awards choking up the space in my Monday paper. (Yes, I still subscribe to the hard copy edition – call me old because, well, I’m old.) Normally I… Continue Reading →
I recently in the same night got to try two celebrity beer. (Well one is definitely a celebrity, the other just among us Alberta beer geeks). It was an interesting contrast. Everyone knows Wayne Gretzky. Best hockey player that ever… Continue Reading →
In the explosion that has been the Alberta beer scene in the last four years, Edmonton has been a bit of a library nook, i.e., rather quiet. While Calgary exploded with dozens of new breweries, Edmonton picked up one or… Continue Reading →
News popped into the public yesterday that Two Sergeants Brewing has closed its doors permanently. They had previously announced in mid-September a temporary closure to “restructure”. This marks the second Alberta brewery closure in the past few weeks, following on… Continue Reading →
I stumbled across a fascinating collaboration the other day. Apparently (I must have missed the memo), Banded Peak Brewing and Blind Enthusiasm Brewing recently got together to do a collaboration. Now collaborations are all well and good. At worst it… Continue Reading →
So on Saturday I spent a couple hours at a ballpark and there wasn’t a baseball game going on. Instead I went to the Mashing (Edmonton), which bravely sets itself outside on the grounds of John Ducey Park (not its… Continue Reading →
When I first saw the bottle on the shelf a few weeks back I laughed. I, out loud, laughed. The bottle was Annex Ale Project Deuce Malt Liquor. Yes you read that right – Malt Liquor. It has been literally… Continue Reading →
Sometimes beer experiences start in the most unexpected of ways. Take a couple weekends ago for example. Somehow my family talked me into going to the Shady Acres Bluegrass Music Festival outside Nanton. You see, I hate bluegrass, being more… Continue Reading →
A couple weeks back on the cusp of the August long weekend, I focussed my CBC beer column on some options for long weekend beer drinking. My goal was not to present the standard summer fare, such as fruit beer,… Continue Reading →
