So after the unprecedented decision to allow bars to open at 4:30 am to facilitate early morning hockey watching, apparently a couple of Alberta ministers took to the Twitterverse to opine that later closing times and liquor in grocery stores… Continue Reading →
Buried in the mountains of paper of the federal budget the other day were two small announcements that will positively affect craft beer fans. First, the government announced that it would remove restrictions on inter-provincial transportation of beer and liquor…. Continue Reading →
The past few days have been ones filled with much debate in other parts of Canada around the pros and cons of selling liquor in grocery or convenience stores. In B.C., the government recently accepted all of the recommendations of… Continue Reading →
In my Beer 101 column in December (which you can find here) I started a series on serving beer. Last month it was the heated subject of temperature. This month – pouring etiquette. The column itself (which you can read… Continue Reading →
For some time now I have been only dabbling around the edges of the influx of Europe’s boundary pushing breweries. The grandaddy is, of course, Mikkeller but we have seen a handful of others over the past year or so,… Continue Reading →
On my CBC column later this afternoon (Friday, January 10, 2014) – CBC Radio One (740 AM, 93.9 FM) at 4:45 – I will be looking at Edmonton’s rapidly expanding market for craft beer bars. These are larger pubs that… Continue Reading →
Today (December 19) marks the much-delayed and much-anticipated opening of the Edmonton location of Craft Beer Market. Craft claims to have “Canada’s largest selection of draft [sic] beer”. (Of course, good Canadians know we spell it “draught” around here, but… Continue Reading →
Recently I reported about the spate of new breweries popping up in Saskatchewan. I did a profile on three – District Brewing (here), Black Bridge Brewing (here) and Prairie Sun Brewing (here). At the time I also mentioned a fourth, Bin… Continue Reading →
Following in Alberta’s footsteps, the B.C. government announced yesterday a series of small changes to its liquor policy. And they look eerily similar to Alberta’s announcement last week (summarized here). Some of the beer-related highlights include allowing breweries to have… Continue Reading →
As the last of what I have taken to calling my Summer Travels Series, my latest Vue Weekly column does a bit of brewery comparison (read the article here). I look at the brewing practices, philosophy and interpretations of two… Continue Reading →