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Blindman’s Anniversary Beer Something to Celebrate

I like it when breweries have birthdays because it usually is the consumer who gets a present. And with the brewery boom taking place on the prairies, beer drinkers in the region can look forward to a raft of beer… Continue Reading →

2016/11/10

Workhorse IPA Works For Me

Portland is truly beer heaven (as I attest to here). I went a couple years back and spent a few days dipping my toe in the amazing beer culture they have built. I tried many amazing beer, the range of… Continue Reading →

2016/11/07

Alley Kat’s High Wire Act with High Level IPA

With all the young, flirtatious upstarts popping up around Alberta, gathering the attentions of the wandering-eye beer consumer, one wonders what the established craft breweries need to do to re-capture some of the attention that used to go their way…. Continue Reading →

2016/09/06

Highway 666 is One Devil of a Beer

I visited Grande Prairie a couple of weeks ago to attend a music festival (first ever Bear Creek Folk Festival – great time!). Being who I am I took some time out to visit the two new breweries in town,… Continue Reading →

2016/08/29

Getting Bent Down on the Farm

Following their launch a couple months ago, Edmonton’s new tiny brewery, Bent Stick, has followed up their initial releases with a “farmhouse series”, a collection of three interpretations of the earthy, spicy style. I must say going with a farmhouse… Continue Reading →

2016/08/16

Better Beer Through Blending

In a brewery, sometimes stuff (use whichever synonym for that you wish) happens. The question is what you do with it. In the case of Lacombe’s Blindman Brewing had to answer that very question a little while ago. When brewing… Continue Reading →

2016/08/08

Black and White?

I am going to start this post by admitting I don’t buy it. Regular readers will know that I am a bit old school when it comes to beer styles and how to identify what a beer is. If you… Continue Reading →

2016/07/18

Wild Rose’s Wild, Unexplained Beer

I will say right up front I picked up this beer because I was curious as to what they were up to with this beer. The beer is one of Wild Rose’s Rare Series (I can’t say the latest since… Continue Reading →

2016/06/23

Fasten or Slow-en, This is One Great Beer

By now most of you know I am a huge fan of Aecht Schlenkerla, the Bamberg rauchbier brewery. You can find evidence of that here, here, here and here. Well, I am here again to review yet another beer from… Continue Reading →

2016/06/08

Alley Kat Gives us a Full, Prideful Squeeze

Yesterday Alley Kat officially announced the release of a special, one-time beer to support the Edmonton Pride Festival, the annual GLBTQ community’s annual celebration, which officially starts today and runs through the 12th. Called Full Squeeze, the beer is a… Continue Reading →

2016/06/03