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Getting Sweet on Sour

What do you do when sour beer goes mainstream? It is not a question that is immediately before us, as sour beer is not yet mainstream. But how much longer will it be before we see Rickards Sour or Coors… Continue Reading →

2016/03/30

More on the Drunk Monks

I know I have written before on what I like to affectionately call the Drunk Monks (like here and here), who are more accurately called Trappists. Most beer fans know all about the Trappists and how high quality their Belgian… Continue Reading →

2016/03/11

One Man’s (Late) Take on the New BJCP Guidelines

As I mentioned a week ago (in this post), I have been spending a bit of time studying the new BJCP 2015 Style Guidelines. I know I am totally late to the game on this as the new guidelines came… Continue Reading →

2016/02/29

The Challenges of Style-izing

Over the past few weeks I have quietly been studying and reflecting on the new 2015 BJCP Guidelines, which by all accounts is something of a sea change in the beer judging world. Longstanding groupings of styles and even the… Continue Reading →

2016/02/22

An Homage to the Drunk Monks

My latest Beer 101 column (read here) offers a look at the monks who brew beer. The Trappists. I know I have written about them before and many, if not most, of you are well familiar with their history, approach… Continue Reading →

2016/02/04

Sour Beer the Easy Way

Kettle souring is a thing. It has gone from nowhere to relatively common in the U.S. in relatively short order. And now it has come home to Alberta. Wild Rose just released Cow Bell, their first kettle soured beer, and… Continue Reading →

2016/01/27

The Historic Beer Thought Experiment, Part Three

I have fallen a bit behind in posting my regular columns recently – life has been noticeably hectic and things like the Advent Calendar took up a fair bit of oxygen. One thing I was working on in the fall… Continue Reading →

2016/01/07

Another Lead Dog Vertical Tasting

A couple weeks back, Yukon Brewing held a tap takeover at the Underground Tap and Grill in downtown Edmonton. As part of the line-up, Yukon offered up three editions of its Lead Dog Ale to allow for a vertical tasting…. Continue Reading →

2015/11/23

What Your Beer Tasted Like 100 Years Ago, Part Two

In September I started a series in my Beer 101 column exploring what some beer styles today might have tasted a couple hundred years ago. It is intended as a kind of thought experiment, using what historical knowledge I have… Continue Reading →

2015/11/03

Some History with Your Pints

One of the cool things from my late spring trip to Montreal and Ottawa (see posts here and here) that didn’t get reported right away was my side trip to Gatineau (formerly Hull) one afternoon. The Capital Region city on… Continue Reading →

2015/10/19