A couple of years ago I openly embraced the sharpness that is rauchbier, after many years of shying away. As I report here, the beer that did it for me was Aecht Schenkerla Marzen. I found it had just the… Continue Reading →
I remember when I first started writing my beer columns, from time to time I struggled to find something new and interesting to write about. That particular problem is long gone. There have been so many new entrants to the… Continue Reading →
My most recent Vue Weekly review (which you can read here) is a study in complex simplicity. Yes, I am aware that is an oxymoron, but bear with me. The article is a review of Bernard Dark Lager, a relatively… Continue Reading →
Lots of dark, rich beer connect their branding to the colour black. Fair enough. It is accurate, evocative and simple as a drawing card. The only thing is that lots of different things can be going on inside the bottle… Continue Reading →
On a recent family trip to Monteral, I brought back a few bottles of interesting things, as I am wont to do. Over the weekend I opened up an Eisbock made by L’Alchimiste in Joliette, Quebec. I don’t know much… Continue Reading →
For some time now I have been only dabbling around the edges of the influx of Europe’s boundary pushing breweries. The grandaddy is, of course, Mikkeller but we have seen a handful of others over the past year or so,… Continue Reading →
Alley Kat’s latest beer in its Big Bottle Series hit store shelves last week. New Moon Cascadian Dark Ale is a Black IPA/Cascadian Dark Ale/Black IPA/pick your name of this new style. Generally speaking I am a big fan of… Continue Reading →
My most recent Vue Weekly column, which is now more than a few days ago (I got distracted by tap list number crunching), I take my first look at Tool Shed Brewing. Initially I wanted to wait until they had… Continue Reading →
Yet another in my series of late reviews, although in this case I am confident the beer is still available in stores. I got the Big Rock Lumberjack Pack in November, but with Xmas and other general busy-ness I couldn’t… Continue Reading →
There are certain breweries that seem like they can do no wrong. While I know that is impossible – breweries are run by humans, so mistakes get made. Yet, for me there are a handful of breweries with whom I… Continue Reading →