What Biera’s Closure Says About Alberta’s Beer Industry

Most of you will have heard the news last week that Edmonton’s Blind Enthusiasm is closing its highly regarded restaurant Biera and Market brewery, at the end of December (you can read their statement here). Many expressed surprise at the… Continue Reading →

Where in Alberta Do You Find the Most Breweries?

The other day I randomly got curious about where in Alberta has the most breweries. The cities? Small towns? And where are their the biggest holes? So I jumped on the google machine and pulled out my calculator and starting… Continue Reading →

Beer in 7-Eleven: Bad Drinking Experience, Even Worse Public Policy

One of the under-reported stories of 2022 was that a handful of 7-Eleven convenience stores were granted licenses to sell beer and wine for both in-store consumption and take away (they have also set up delivery through online delivery apps)…. Continue Reading →

Alberta Beer Industry Past, Present and Future

I appreciate my last couple posts have been, well, a bit depressing. Highlighting brewery closures is not my favourite part of the job. In the new year I hope to offer up the flipside and talk about some of the… Continue Reading →

The Fall of our Discontent: More Brewery Closures in Alberta

A couple weeks ago I published a post that offered up the comings and goings in Alberta craft beer over the summer (which you can read here). Alas, things have been moving very quickly this fall and there is enough… Continue Reading →

A Summer of Comings and Goings in Alberta Beer

I gave up three or four years ago trying to write a profile for every new brewery on the prairies and generally keep people apprised of the news. It became too big a job as the industry exploded across the… Continue Reading →

Presenting the Winners of the 2021 Alberta Beer Awards

After a seven-month delay caused by COVID, we were able to finally move forward with the 2021 edition of the Alberta Beer Awards in September, and results were announced at the Awards Gala in Red Deer last night. 465 entries… Continue Reading →

70 Acre to Sow More Space for Craft Beer in Sherwood Park

In what seems to be a series of firsts around the Edmonton area in the last few months, Sherwood Park has just added its name to the list of towns who have their first-ever brewery. 70 Acre Brewing opened its… Continue Reading →

Calgary Beer Rises from the Dead, and with a New Purpose

Alberta’s first homegrown big beer brand was not Trad, or Drummond, or Uncle Ben’s, or even Lethbridge Pils or Bohemian Maid. It was Calgary Beer, formally known as Calgary Export Lager, which was first brewed in 1892. Alas Calgary Beer… Continue Reading →

After the Boom: What’s Next for Alberta’s Craft Beer Industry?

I get a lot of questions from craft beer consumers in Alberta about the future of the industry in the province. Many fear that the market is “saturated” – especially in Calgary – and worry we will see a fallback…. Continue Reading →

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