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Last week I offered some thoughts about what breweries could learn from those that came before and failed. I offered up 8 lessons to learn (there may be others, this was just a start). You can read that post here…. Continue Reading →
The prairie provinces now have over 150 operating breweries and have been growing at a mindblowing pace in the past five years. The industry is remarkably different from when I first took on being an industry observer a decade or… Continue Reading →
The Alberta Small Brewers Association (ASBA) announced in their newsletter last week that Manjit Minhas, the sister half of the sibling duo behind Minhas Brewing, has joined the ASBA Board of Directors. I would be lying to you if I… Continue Reading →
As I have been slowly working my way back into the beer world (and real life), I have been asked two questions countless times. “Why do you think Alberta beer is exploding?” And, “Are we going to max out?” The… Continue Reading →
Last night was the awards ceremony for the first annual Alberta Beer Awards. And what a night it was! The Alberta Small Brewers Association really went all out, turning the event into an Oscars-style gala. The venue, the historic and… Continue Reading →
Judging has wrapped up for the first annual Alberta Beer Awards. Over two weekends some of Alberta’s most experienced judges and industry representatives judged over 300 Alberta craft beer from 57 breweries. I couldn’t participate every day due to life,… Continue Reading →
It’s funny, when you tell people you are going to Anaheim their first question is always “are you going to Disneyland?” That question makes sense to me if I said we were taking the kids to Anaheim. But in my… Continue Reading →
A CBC news article posted yesterday (read it here) looking at Alberta’s booming craft beer industry offers the take that Canada might be reaching the limits to its market reach. It quotes a business professor, Dr. Larry Plummer, who hints… Continue Reading →
My CBC column last Friday deviated from the usual and looked at the odd beverage that is Gruit. You can listen to the column here. Today we generally know Gruit as a beer made with a mixture of herbs and… Continue Reading →
I made my first kit beer in years this past weekend. And it got me thinking. As many readers know, I have been a homebrewer for 26 years, 23 of those as an all-grain brewer. Like most homebrewers of my… Continue Reading →
