I finished off the Craft Beer Advent Calendar a couple days ago, but this year Craft Beer Importers added a Xmas gift to the line up. As a separate gift pack, they offer a bottle of a special label beer… Continue Reading →
Past half way and the Craft Beer Importers Advent Calendar box gets lighter and lighter (you can read Part I and Part II as well). Didn’t get to Sunday’s beer, so it will have to wait until the final installment… Continue Reading →
So, with a little determination I got caught up with the Craft Beer Advent Calendar over the weekend. It was an interesting week of beer, although I do note (as was observed by Ernie in the comments section of the… Continue Reading →
Beer Advent calendars are now a fairly big thing. I think there are four or five versions currently available in Alberta. And then there is the burgeoning trend of DIY beer advent calendars, where groups of people get together to… Continue Reading →
Every fall, Alberta’s brewers get together to make a batch of beer together. They set aside competition, grievances and differences in brewing approaches to make one beer together. They call it Unity Brew and it truly includes every Alberta brewer…. Continue Reading →
I find I have a problem. When I set a beer aside in my cellar for aging, I have a hard time finding the right moment to drink it. The off-shoot is that sometimes and I can over-age the beer… Continue Reading →
John Labatt would be embarrassed. He may well be rolling in his grave as I write this. When I was in Montreal the last few days, I had a bottle of Labatt Porter. Don’t ask me how or why –… Continue Reading →
I am in Montreal for a couple of days. Mostly meetings, so there will be very little time for beer exploration. However, I did have the evening to myself before things get going today. I used it to hit two… Continue Reading →
It will come as no surprise to regular readers of this website that I bring a bit of social conscience to my passion for good beer. I believe beer is a product that can be made with an eye to… Continue Reading →
I have noticed recently that a few of the latest wave of B.C. breweries have snuck their way into the Alberta market. I have been sampling them in dribs and drabs, just to get a sense of things. One that… Continue Reading →