My latest monthly Beer 101 column was posted last week (I gotta check that site more often…). I continue the “Not Barley” series – a look at the other grains that can be used for beer. This month I look… Continue Reading →
My latest CBC column, which ran last Friday, was put on the website yesterday. It was an overview of my recent trip to Quebec City. What I found – and this becomes the theme of the column – was a… Continue Reading →
My good friends at the CBC Radioactive are a busy lot. It takes a lot to put a 3-hour show on five days a week, often short-handed (especially in the summer). So, I understand that a bi-weekly beer column may… Continue Reading →
One of my favourite beer writers is English beer guy Pete Brown (not to be confused with Edmonton’s monstrously creative Peter Brown– whom I also love immensely – host of CBC’s RadioActive,). The British Brown is the author of some… Continue Reading →
With all my travels to Quebec (on which I do promise to post soon – there has just been so much else to catch up on) and other life busy-ness, it slipped past me that the latest Beer 101 column… Continue Reading →
So, Onbeer.org has been quite quiet this week. That is because I have been in Quebec City all week attending a Conference. What with the business of the conference, the socializing of the conference and trying to get some sleep… Continue Reading →
I suspect you are growing tired of my ongoing talk of Cantillon and its new arrival in Edmonton, but bear with me one more time. CBC just posted my last column (which aired on May 28) in time for my… Continue Reading →
I am a man who loves a good beer (obviously). But I am also someone who adores a well-made butter tart. Do they go together? Definitely. I would match a butter tart with a rich Scotch Ale, like Traquair House… Continue Reading →
I just realized my latest Beer 101 column was posted last week. I continue my multi-part look at beer freshness and aging by tackling the unbelievably daunting task of “best before” date codes on beer. The indecipherable nature of date… Continue Reading →