TAPS Magazine just released the winners of the 2010 Canadian Brewing Awards (Find the full list here). The only Prairie beer on the list are Yukon Brewing’s Red Ale (gold), Bushwakker Brewpub’s Summer Wheat (bronze) and two light beer from… Continue Reading →
Yukon Brewing (onbeer.org’s honourary prairie brewery) was profiled last week on craftcans.com, a website devoted discussing and reviewing craft beer found in cans (yes, you can find a website devoted to almost anything on the inter-web…). The site does a… Continue Reading →
Reported in the Edmonton Sun today: Alberta has the highest beer prices in the country; Manitoba has the lowest. This surprises me not in the least, but it gives me a good opportunity to muse about beer pricing. First, what… Continue Reading →
A story in this morning’s Edmonton Journal, connected to a larger piece talking about a new poll showing Canadians are increasingly concerned about our health, publishes numbers showing 2 out of 3 Canadians would give up imported beer to reduce… Continue Reading →
It is not often that a marketing icon comes to the prairies, but yesterday the famous Budweiser Clydesdales came to town. These majestic, six foot, 1,000-kilogram, flare-panted horses have been a symbol of Budweiser for generations. I remember as a… Continue Reading →
One of my favourite beer writers is English beer guy Pete Brown (not to be confused with Edmonton’s monstrously creative Peter Brown– whom I also love immensely – host of CBC’s RadioActive,). The British Brown is the author of some… Continue Reading →
Many people envy my job. I get to drink beer and get paid for it. Most of the time it really is a dream gig. However, there are times when I must do what most of you can avoid. A… Continue Reading →
My latest Planet S column is up. It highlights the arrival of boutique beer stores in Saskatoon and Regina, meaning that Saskatchewan residents will now finally get access to some quality craft beer. It is a mini-form of privatization, where… Continue Reading →
I just realized my latest Beer 101 column was posted last week. I continue my multi-part look at beer freshness and aging by tackling the unbelievably daunting task of “best before” date codes on beer. The indecipherable nature of date… Continue Reading →