I am usually a bit tardy getting around to sampling new releases, what with life busy-ness, being too lazy to trek to the liquor store and wanting to watch consumption levels. Often I don’t get to a new beer until… Continue Reading →
I have fallen behind in my reviews of recent prairie beer. It is a consequence of my busy life, I am afraid. So, in an attempt to catch up quickly, I am going to offer a post with a handful… Continue Reading →
I just looked at my watch and realized it has been weeks since I have offered a beer news update. With my life distractions, contests and other goings on around these parts, I simply haven’t thought to put together a… 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 →
The beer news keeps coming fast and furious in recent weeks. Must be spring! (And it is finally feeling like it!) First, a couple of interesting events: In what may be one of the more creative and unique approaches to… Continue Reading →
It is a rare opportunity when I get to sample a beer before it is officially released, but that was the case this past week with Alley Kat’s latest release in their Big Bottle Series, Full Moon Belgian Pale Ale… Continue Reading →
It is not often when one accidentally stumbles across a beer that is regarded as one of the best of its breed. The other day I had a meeting at the Underground and, as usual, quickly perused their daily rotational… Continue Reading →
It may not feel or look like spring around the prairies quite yet. The blanket of snow and iffy temperatures have completely stymied my plans to do a March brew session, for example. However, beer people less weather dependent than… Continue Reading →
A few things have snuck past me (well, not snuck past me so much as I chose not to write a post about them yet) in the past month, so I thought I should put together a quick news update… Continue Reading →
While in general January is a slow month for beer in Canada, there are a few new beer hitting store shelves and pub tap lines in the coming weeks. I thought I might as well offer a quick run-down of… Continue Reading →