I don’t get out much, so I am not the best guide to Edmonton’s restaurant scene. Like many, I have a handful of places I enjoy and stick to them. However, walking down Whyte Avenue the other day, I saw… Continue Reading →
While in San Francisco for the American Craft Brewers Conference, I wrote about my awe at the size of both the event and the American craft brewing industry, remarking at the time how much farther we need to go in… Continue Reading →
I mentioned the other day that last week I attended the American Craft Brewers Conference in San Francisco. This is not something I do every day. However, I learned a few weeks ago that a group of people involved in… Continue Reading →
So you may not know that I am currently in San Francisco attending the American Craft Brewing Conference. I am. Really. How I got here I will save for another day – as I owe thanks to some people. My… Continue Reading →
I have been ruminating on the announcement earlier this week that the beer industry will be exempt from new food labeling rules coming into effect next year. As usual people are quickly lining up on either side of the issue… Continue Reading →
Onbeer.org has just learned that Camrose, the small city of 16,000 about an hour southeast of Edmonton, will soon be getting its own brewpub. Called Norsemen Brewing Company, it location is particularly fascinating. On the surface Camrose would not seem… Continue Reading →
I was reading the new issue of MacLean’s magazine today (dentists’ waiting offices are useful for something – it was his copy), and there was an editorial titled “Why Is Your Government Standing in the Way of Cheaper Beer?”. It… Continue Reading →
Over the past week or so, in each of my regular columns I did a 2010 Review/2011 Preview kind of thing. I realize mid-January is a bit late to be rolling out one’s new year pieces, but I wanted to… Continue Reading →
Earlier this week I read a little news item on the Guardian website (here) about the British government relaxing serving beer measure rules to permit publicans to offer “schooner” size glasses, alongside the traditional (and until now mandatory) half pint… Continue Reading →
Yesterday the paper ran an article (which you can read here) about a pair of French researchers who have discovered that the best way to preserve the bubbles when pouring champagne is to keep it cold and pour gently down… Continue Reading →