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A Quick Look at Edmonton’s New Breweries

Regular followers of this website will know that I was and am again the CBC Edmonton RadioActive beer columnist. Following my hiatus I picked my columns back up in early June. Why am I telling you almost two months later?… Continue Reading →

The Times They Are a Changin’: Minhas Joins ASBA Board

The Alberta Small Brewers Association (ASBA) announced in their newsletter last week that Manjit Minhas, the sister half of the sibling duo behind Minhas Brewing, has joined the ASBA Board of Directors. I would be lying to you if I… Continue Reading →

Dueling Liquor Store Videos Tell Half Truths

You may have seen or heard about the recent The Beer Store (TBS) campaign arguing against selling beer in grocery and convenience stores. A website (here) and a series of videos featuring world curling champion Glen Howard claim to present… Continue Reading →

What’s Happening In Alberta’s Beer Industry?

As I have been slowly working my way back into the beer world (and real life), I have been asked two questions countless times. “Why do you think Alberta beer is exploding?” And, “Are we going to max out?” The… Continue Reading →

I’m Back Beer Fans!

Well, lookee here – who is long back from the dead? Okay maybe not dead, but this website has been pretty dormant for quite a while. The last post was over 15 months ago, long enough to make most regular… Continue Reading →

Alberta Beer Awards Full of Surprises

Last night was the awards ceremony for the first annual Alberta Beer Awards. And what a night it was! The Alberta Small Brewers Association really went all out, turning the event into an Oscars-style gala. The venue, the historic and… Continue Reading →

Observations on the First Alberta Beer Awards

Judging has wrapped up for the first annual Alberta Beer Awards. Over two weekends some of Alberta’s most experienced judges and industry representatives judged over 300 Alberta craft beer from 57 breweries. I couldn’t participate every day due to life,… Continue Reading →

Blinded by the Barrel Aging

Barrel-aging can no longer be called the sexy new thing in beer. Almost every new brewery is trying their hands at it at least once in a while. But that doesn’t mean all are making the kind of quality consumers… Continue Reading →

Beer Policy Matters, It Really Does

It is well-known that the Alberta beer industry is in the midst of a huge explosion. We now have over 60 breweries (almost 70 licenses, but I count independent operations, not AGLC licenses). Of which 46 have opened their doors… Continue Reading →

Take an Alberta Beer Trip This Weekend

My last Vue Weekly column offered up a theoretical beer trip down Highway 2 (which you can read here). In an afternoon you could hit a half a dozen or so breweries without really venturing off Alberta’s busiest highway –… Continue Reading →

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