Well, thank goodness I worked ahead before coming to Halifax, as my regular columns are providing me with ready content. The latest is May’s Beer 101 at sherbrookeliquor.com. This month I start a two-part series on beer flaws – the… Continue Reading →
Jon Stott may have just written the book I should have if I had got my butt in gear. If you haven’t heard yet, he has just published Beer Quest West, a new book that offers a comprehensive overview of… Continue Reading →
In my latest Beer 101 I venture into the world of the controversial and unproven. I make an assertive and unapologetic claim that beer experiences travel shock (sometimes called bottle shock). I have very little proof for such a grandiose… Continue Reading →
The latest in my Beer 101 education series was posted this week over at sherbrookeliquor.com. It is the final installment of my look at serving vessels and how it affects flavour. Naturally I finish the unit with a look at… Continue Reading →
After my last post about the single hop experiment, a number of readers corrected me by accurately pointed out that Mikkeller is not the only brewery doing a series of single hop IPAs. I had neglected Brasserie Charlevoix and their… Continue Reading →
I have been writing a fair bit lately here at onbeer.org about the effect of packaging, in particular about bottle vs. can. It is an issue that has captured my inquisitive nature. No matter at what level you discuss the… Continue Reading →
Nothing gets me hot under the collar like beer served too cold. That near freezing in a frosted mug thing that north Americans seem to like bugs me. I know on a hot summer day an ice cold beer seems… Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago the beer blog world was afire with a heated debate about the usefulness of beer styles. The commotion was started by one of my favourite beer writers, Pete Brown, with this post and this post. This… Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago I wrote a post discussing how beer flavour and aroma can be transformed simply by its serving method. I got a second opportunity recently to contemplate the effects of dispensation mode, in this case the keg… Continue Reading →
I have been around beer for a long time. I have judged it, sampled it, quaffed it, paired it, compared it, even dumped it occasionally. I have definitely been brewing it for 20 years. But this week I learned something.I… Continue Reading →