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What Your Beer Tasted Like a Century Ago

My Beer 101 column for September takes a look at three fairly well known styles and contemplates what they might have tasted like in the time of their origin. You can read the colmun here. The impetus for the article… Continue Reading →

2015/09/28

Testing Stone’s “Enjoy By” Theory

Last year I wrote a post querying whether Stone Brewing’s Enjoy By… IPA series was a legitimate attempt to have their product consumed at peak flavour or a bit of marketing spin. I offered a fairly positive review of the… Continue Reading →

2015/09/24

Cans are the New Black

The trend is unmistakable, even for someone as thick as I am. Cans are in, big time. Beer cans, of course, have been around for decades. But for most of that time, they have been the sole domain of mainstream… Continue Reading →

2015/08/21

Lifting the Lid on an Old Kilt Lifter

A few weeks ago a beer friend gave me a box of beer that had been sitting in his basement for a few years. The beer went unconsumed because, unfortunately, he had developed Celiac Disease. He was moving and realized… Continue Reading →

2015/08/07

In Praise of Pale Lager (and Other “Boring” Beer)

In my Beer 101 column this month, I start a two-part series looking at under-appreciated styles – beer that often get overlooked by beer aficionados (which you can read here). In my various beer travels and beer conversations, I find… Continue Reading →

2015/06/19

So Many Beer, So Little Time

I have found recently that trips to the beer store have been more stressful than they used to be. It is simply an issue of possibilities. There are just so many more beer on good store shelves these days than… Continue Reading →

2015/05/05

Old World, New World

I hosted a beer tasting a couple months back where one of the beer was Fuller’s IPA. I find it is a quality English-style IPA. We can debate where it ranks in the style, but I think there is no… Continue Reading →

2015/03/25

DIY Beer Tastings

The current issue of Vue Weekly is their annual Adventure Issue. As it was a beer column week, I was asked to think about some kind of beer-related adventure, especially indoors (so winter backyard homebrewing was out). I opted for… Continue Reading →

2015/02/23

A Three-Way Mortal Sin

Over the Xmas holidays I decided it was time to rummage through my ever-expanding beer cellar (I am good at collecting, bad at drinking). In doing so I came across two bottles Peche Mortel I had been holding on to…. Continue Reading →

2015/01/08

Paths to Craft, Part Three

To close out 2014 my Beer 101 column at the Sherbrooke Liquor website took a look at how to transition non-craft beer friends into the vast world of craft beer. The first couple installments (here and here) looked at the… Continue Reading →

2015/01/05