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Some Info on the Saskatchewan Beer Regime

Since Premier Brad Wall decided to go public with his concerns about Alberta’s recent policy change (read here and here for background), and since the premiers are going to meet today to talk about this stuff, I thought I would… Continue Reading →

2016/07/21

Wall Government Makes Mark-ups Political

A story published on the Edmonton Journal website yesterday afternoon (read here) reports that the Saskatchewan government of Brad Wall is speaking out against the new Alberta mark-up policy announced last week (read my overview of it here). In particular… Continue Reading →

2016/07/19

B.C., Sask Brewers Howl Over Mark-Up Changes

Could another court challenge be in the works? The day following the Alberta government’s announcement to scrap a tiered mark-up system and establish a grant program for Alberta-based breweries (read my analysis here), B.C. and Saskatchewan breweries have started complaining… Continue Reading →

2016/07/15

Alberta Re-Vamps Mark-Up Policy Again

Yesterday afternoon the Alberta government put out a short media release regarding a change to the beer mark-up policy. I will quote it in its entirety: “The President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance, Joe Ceci, has directed the… Continue Reading →

2016/07/13

Annex Ales About to Take Centre Stage

When you are an established brewery one of the things you have to get used to is your highly skilled brewers leaving you to go start their own project. That is something Village Brewing is dealing with these days as… Continue Reading →

2016/07/11

Beer Myths, Beer Trends and More

I always like the end of June. In part because that is Vue Weekly’s annual Beer Issue. Sure, I like the fact that the issue gives me a fair bit of column inches (usually I write 3 different pieces), but… Continue Reading →

2016/07/04

Onbeer Joins the 21st Century

All I have to say is be prepared for the Armageddon. Because, I, Jason Foster, operator of onbeer.org, passionate beer guy and Luddite of the decade, have just signed up to Twitter. I don’t quite know what I am going… Continue Reading →

2016/06/30

Get Ready for the Goat (Locker)

I will admit when I first heard the name, I was perplexed. Goat Locker Brewing is not what I would consider a traditional brewery name. The name initially invokes thoughts of less-than-appealing aromas in confined spaces. Then I read about… Continue Reading →

2016/06/27

Alberta in Midst of Brewery Boom

Things are changing in Alberta. For the last few years, the province was a laggard in terms of craft beer. It had among the fewest breweries per capita in the country (see here), existing breweries faced significant hurdles (e.g., privatized… Continue Reading →

2016/06/20

Cask-Aid Raised Glasses & Dollars for Fort Mac

Yesterday afternoon at Yellowhead Brewing in Edmonton dozens of thirsty patrons sipped on one-of-a-kind cask ales and raised money for the Red Cross Fort McMurray Relief fund at the same time. Dubbed Cask-Aid (Cascasde – get it?), it was the… Continue Reading →

2016/06/13