The City of Edmonton has good ideas sometimes. The new LRT extension plans? Fantastic! Funding an amazing range of festivals and summer events to make summer enjoyable? Great! Spending hundreds of millions on a new hockey arena? Well, okay, I… Continue Reading →
So, I think Edmontonians are liking the idea of cask ale. The Sugar Bowl was hopping again last night for the second monthly cask event. The cask – the Steam beer without dry hopping – disappeared in 90 minutes once… Continue Reading →
This week’s issue of Vue Weekly is their Hot Summer Guide special issue, which has dozens of pages of summer activities and events to keep even the most mosquito-phobic reader outside through the warm months. For the Guide I did… Continue Reading →
The Cantillon Tasting evening promoted on this website was held this past Thursday to a sold-out room of curious beer drinkers. On the whole I think it went quite well.For those of you who were thinking of coming, but didn’t,… Continue Reading →
Calgary’s take at an International Beer Festival hits this weekend at the Stampede Grounds, on Friday and Saturday. I am less familiar with Calgary’s Festival, and am unable to attend as it conflicts with the Aurora Brewing Challenge, Edmonton’s homebrewing… Continue Reading →
I just got back from the cask night hosted by the Sugar Bowl and Alley Kat Brewing. What a blast! I think all the way around it was a big success. The cask disappeared in about 90 minutes – and… Continue Reading →
This afternoon was the official opening of Yellowhead Brewing Company, located on 105 Street in downtown Edmonton. They launched themselves with a media event highlighted by an official blessing by the local priest (blessing brewhouses is a German tradition). I… Continue Reading →
Edmontonians don’t know how lucky they are. First, Alberta has recently been blessed with the arrival one of the Seven Wonders of the Beer World. A shipment of 10 different beers from traditional Belgian brewer Cantillon recently hit select liquor… Continue Reading →
So, as I mentioned the other day, I dropped by the Edmonton International Beer Festival this afternoon. I spent an hour or so observing the goings-on and sampling a few beer. These kind of events are useful for someone who… Continue Reading →
The fourth annual Edmonton International Beer Fest revs up tomorrow and Saturday at the Shaw Conference Centre. Most Canadian cities have a beer festival of some kind, and for a number of years Edmonton had two competing festivals. However, not… Continue Reading →