When I was in Portland a few weeks ago, I picked up a handful of bottles to bring home with me, which is a standard procedure for me. The usual rule is to buy only local or regional breweries, however… Continue Reading →
It is an annual rite of passage on the prairies, the indication that spring has finally come. Pothole repair season. When the crews come out with their buckets of tar, shovels and work their way through the tens of thousands… Continue Reading →
A recent Vue Weekly review (I am a bit behind due to my recent travels) looked at the Brooklyn-Schneider collaboration beer Hopfenweisse, a hopped up weizenbock. I am fairly bullish on the beer (you can read the review here). I… Continue Reading →
Work found me in Fort McMurray last week (does anyone go to McMurray for reasons other than work?). In a fortuitous turn of events, the Wood Buffalo brewpub was a block away from my hotel. I had planned a visit… Continue Reading →
I took some time last night to give Alley Kat’s latest release (just discussed in the latest news digest), Bearded Dragon Imperial Red IPA. Of course, the first thing I and many people note is that they have the gumption… Continue Reading →
A couple of years ago I openly embraced the sharpness that is rauchbier, after many years of shying away. As I report here, the beer that did it for me was Aecht Schenkerla Marzen. I found it had just the… Continue Reading →
I remember when I first started writing my beer columns, from time to time I struggled to find something new and interesting to write about. That particular problem is long gone. There have been so many new entrants to the… Continue Reading →
My most recent Vue Weekly review (which you can read here) is a study in complex simplicity. Yes, I am aware that is an oxymoron, but bear with me. The article is a review of Bernard Dark Lager, a relatively… Continue Reading →
Lots of dark, rich beer connect their branding to the colour black. Fair enough. It is accurate, evocative and simple as a drawing card. The only thing is that lots of different things can be going on inside the bottle… Continue Reading →
On a recent family trip to Monteral, I brought back a few bottles of interesting things, as I am wont to do. Over the weekend I opened up an Eisbock made by L’Alchimiste in Joliette, Quebec. I don’t know much… Continue Reading →