A few months back I reported that Belgian Beer Cafe opened in the Edmonton International Airport. This corporate-owned Belgian themed restaurant was a mildly interesting announcement at the time, but it hardly seemed worth making a beeline for it, especially… Continue Reading →
One of the things most observers predicted when Molson (via Creemore) bought up Granville Island back in 2009 is that the brand’s distribution would increase, as it would be able to take advantage of Molson’s intricate national networks. Granville returned… Continue Reading →
During my trip to T.O. a couple weeks back, I made a point of visiting Beer Academy, the brewpub/restaurant/beer tasting room opened last year by Six Pints Specialty Beer Company, the Molson spin-off that houses Granville Island and Creemore Springs. … Continue Reading →
My Vue Weekly column, which ran last week in the Hot Summer Guide (plus you can read here), was a profile of some summer-y fruit beer. As I have said before, I am generally not a big fruit beer fan,… Continue Reading →
As promised, I have selected the winners for the Edmonton Craft Beer Festival contest (see rules and prizes here). I have to say, you didn’t make it easy on me. I had lots of entries, most carefully considered and persuasive…. Continue Reading →
I am in Toronto for a conference related to my day job (usually the only way I get out of town). I flew in Tuesday and the conference didn’t start until Wednesday, meaning I had a few hours of classic… Continue Reading →
The Edmonton location of Beer Revolution officially opens its doors today. I was fortunate to be invited to a “soft launch” on Saturday to get a sneak peak and sample a pint or two. Beer Revolution, for the uninitiated is… Continue Reading →
A couple weeks back, word leaked out of a new brewery opening in Calgary. Tool Shed Brewing is hoping to launch this summer. After hearing about its impending launch, I decided to get in touch with the owners. A couple… Continue Reading →
Further to a recent post updating matters around the Alberta government’s review of beer mark-up policy (found here), yesterday I received a press release from a new interlocutor. This increases the number of distinct positions being advocated to four, which… Continue Reading →
Much to my surprise, my last CBC Radio column has been posted on line. They haven’t been posting my columns on the website very much (the last one before this was January) so I haven’t been checking it regularly. Anyway,… Continue Reading →