The latest in my Beer 101 education series was posted this week over at sherbrookeliquor.com. It is the final installment of my look at serving vessels and how it affects flavour. Naturally I finish the unit with a look at… Continue Reading →
For hardy rustlers and wranglers in the wild west, a dirty mug was all they required to appreciate the frothy goodness of beer. In today’s urban and increasingly cosmopolitan west, we have access to dozens of different shapes, sizes and… Continue Reading →
After my last post about the single hop experiment, a number of readers corrected me by accurately pointed out that Mikkeller is not the only brewery doing a series of single hop IPAs. I had neglected Brasserie Charlevoix and their… Continue Reading →
Nothing gets me hot under the collar like beer served too cold. That near freezing in a frosted mug thing that north Americans seem to like bugs me. I know on a hot summer day an ice cold beer seems… Continue Reading →
Over the summer, Alberta Venture, a monthly business magazine in the province, asked me to write a feature article on the state of craft brewing in Alberta with a particular focus on why Alberta’s microbrewing scene is so much smaller… Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago the beer blog world was afire with a heated debate about the usefulness of beer styles. The commotion was started by one of my favourite beer writers, Pete Brown, with this post and this post. This… Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago I wrote a post discussing how beer flavour and aroma can be transformed simply by its serving method. I got a second opportunity recently to contemplate the effects of dispensation mode, in this case the keg… Continue Reading →
Last weekend I got a ticket to attend the Rocky Mountain Wine and Food Festival, Liquor Depot’s effort at a wine festival. I decided to attend, in part because there are always a handful of breweries present to talk with…. Continue Reading →
I have been around beer for a long time. I have judged it, sampled it, quaffed it, paired it, compared it, even dumped it occasionally. I have definitely been brewing it for 20 years. But this week I learned something.I… Continue Reading →