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One Rye-itous Experiment

A year ago, my homebrewing friend, Chad, gave me a sample of his 100% wheat beer experiment (the results of which you can read about here). It was a really cool lesson in the effects of wheat on beer. Well,… Continue Reading →

2012/11/21

Around Again on Defining “Craft”

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 →

2012/10/24

An Experiment With Unintentional Souring

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 →

2012/10/22

A Can vs. Bottle Taste Test

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 →

2012/10/09

The Sweetness of Being Sour

Some beer fans consider themselves “hopheads” – where they seek out ever more interesting and intense hop experiences in their beer. Some might be called “Belgo-philes” – those who seek out the wonderful, bizarro flavours of Belgian Abbey-style ales. There… Continue Reading →

2012/09/17

The Art of Pouring Beer

After last month’s Beer 101 column on why you should always use a glass (found here), I got to thinking. I had overlooked a crucial aspect to putting beer in a glass – HOW to properly pour it. Now, I… Continue Reading →

2012/08/29

No Bottle Swillin’ ‘Round Here

One of my pet peeves is when I go to a pub or restaurant, and I see people sitting near me happily swigging their beer directly from the bottle. I am well aware that bottle-drinking is the norm for the… Continue Reading →

2012/07/16

Takin’ Over Vue!

The current issue of Vue Weekly in Edmonton is their “Beer Issue” where beer gets its special place in the sun. I can’t take credit for this wonderful turn of events – it was the editors’ idea. But Vue had… Continue Reading →

2012/07/09

Ode to the Humulus

I have mentioned before (like here and here, for example) that I am a big fan of the whole “single hop” thing – where a beer is brewed with only one variety of hop for all additions. I have come… Continue Reading →

2012/06/28

Alberta’s Beer System, Part II

Last time (here), I started a rather stupidly ambitious plan to look at Alberta’s liquor system and offer something of an analysis – at the risk of losing readers either through boredom or political disagreeement. But mostly it has just… Continue Reading →

2012/06/20