As we (or at least those of us who doggedly stick to analog date keepers) poise to toss our old calendar in the recycling bin and replace it with a new collection of 12 wildlife scenes / political posters /… Continue Reading →
So Minhas Brewing, whom I recently took to task for their claim to be craft, seems to have earned the ire of a prominent political columnist. In the Canadian edition of the Huffington Post and in MacLean’s , David Menzies… Continue Reading →
Earlier this week, Molson-Coors Canada announced that it is re-launching Calgary Beer in Calgary for the first time in years. This announcement may be of fleeting interest to anyone not from Calgary (and even to those in Calgary), but I… Continue Reading →
My teenage daughter has talked us into watching a new sitcom, New Girl. We have seen a few episodes and I am still on the fence about it (but this isn’t a TV review site so I will refrain from… Continue Reading →
During my hacker-imposed lock-out I started a new series on my CBC column. I am doing a four-part discussion of the different beer personalities in Canada’s regions. A year or so ago I first raised my thesis that each region… Continue Reading →
This morning regular CBC Radio listeners would have heard my not-so-dulcet tones on the early side of noon for a change. A reporter for Edmonton AM noticed my post a couple weeks back analyzing why many local independent pubs were… Continue Reading →
The other day I needed to take my car into the shop for servicing. I had an hour or so to kill, so I wandered into a nearby pub for a pint to bide my time. I won’t name the… Continue Reading →
I somehow missed it last week – I guess my invitation got lost in the mail – but the Molson brothers hit Edmonton and Calgary for luncheon events celebrating the Molson family’s 225 years in brewing (thanks to Canadian Beer… Continue Reading →
The Calgary Herald reported late last week (thanks to Chad for drawing my attention to the story!) that a new microbrewery is about to open in southeast Calgary. The men behind it include two former Big Rock heavies – former… Continue Reading →
On my CBC column last Friday, I did something a bit out of the ordinary for me. It is something I have been contemplating for a while, and have done in little bits and snippets while discussing other topics. I… Continue Reading →