Due to my life pre-occupations I have fallen a bit out of the loop about the goings-on with the prairie breweries outside Alberta. So I thought I would make up for it with a bit of a run-down on some… Continue Reading →
I know I missed a lot during my absence. Funny how the prairie brewers didn’t close up shop upon my departure eastside. Instead they kept brewing, the presumptuous imps. What do they think they are – entrepreneurs? At any rate,… Continue Reading →
Okay, the title New Beer Wednesday doesn’t mean much more than it is Wednesday and I am going to talk about some new beer releases. I got tired of “roundup” and other such phrases. I really need to figure out… Continue Reading →
It appears that Great Western Brewing’s new commemorative beer, Original 16, is creating some controversy in the beer world. A week or so ago, the Calgary Herald’s Jason Van Rassel reviewed the beer (find it here), and on his way… Continue Reading →
Great Western Brewing, in Saskatoon, is releasing a beer to celebrate the founding of this unique brewing operation. The beer is called Original 16 and Great Western is calling it a Canadian Pale Ale. It is described as all-barley “double… Continue Reading →
Wow! Am I really that old? I remember when it was just a young pup, barely taller than a grasshopper’s knee. Well, maybe not, but it is true that the best brewpub on the prairies, Bushwakker, is 20 years old… Continue Reading →
No one could ever accuse Paddock Wood of cutting corners. No bland lagers or meekly hopped pale ales from this microbrewery. It is one of my favourite things about Saskatchewan’s best brewer. They understand that even in a province of… Continue Reading →
Jim at Sherbrooke Liquor Store has made a hobby in the last couple of years of collaborating on creative, challenging, well-crafted beer that become almost-exclusives in his store. I have talked about the Sherbrooke series before, so won’t now, but… Continue Reading →
This has been a crazy month for beer on the prairies. I feel like I have been moving from one event to another and from one new beer arrival to another. And it seems to keep going. So I thought… Continue Reading →
A couple weeks ago I posted a review (here) of the test batch of witbier from soon-to-be-Saskatoon-brewpub Shiny Penny. In the review I lamented only getting one bottle of it try – as it had excessive yeast cake which I… Continue Reading →