Amidst my holiday celebrations, one of the things I planned to do was catch up a bit on some of the beer that have come out in recent weeks and I simply haven’t had the time to properly sample and… Continue Reading →
I may or may not be the first person in Alberta to try the latest version of Paddock Wood’s Winter Ale. I tried it last night, after picking it up earlier in the afternoon. Likely someone else bought and opened… Continue Reading →
My Vue Weekly column this week offers up a review of Shawinigan Handshake from Quebec brewer, Le Trou du Diable. Handshake is an interesting weizenbock, but the real story is the name and label. It harkens back to an incident… Continue Reading →
I posted last week about some of the experimental, style-bending beer I sampled from Hopfenstark while in Montreal a couple weeks back (read the post here). Clearly I admire the push-the-envelope approach to brewing they and others are displaying. However,… Continue Reading →
I appreciate fresh hop beer, often called wet hopped, as in general these beer bring out hop characteristics I enjoy. I find the hop flavour to be fuller, less harsh and the bitterness more rounded. In a well-made fresh hop… Continue Reading →
My most recent Vue Weekly column is a review of Hog’s Head’s (hmm, two possessives – that can’t be right) Hop Slayer. I reviewed their flagship IPA shortly after its release, but thought I should offer it a bit more space… Continue Reading →
I flew home last night after a few days in Montreal. Mostly a family trip, so minimal beer opportunities. Although I did partake in a couple new things on which I will report in upcoming posts. For now, though, I… Continue Reading →
Almost ten years ago, I tried a bottle of something called Fraoch Ale, from Scottish Brewer Williams Brothers, who specialized in traditional Celtic ales. They made beer with gooseberry, pine needles and various other ancient beer ingredients. Fraoch, of course,… Continue Reading →
As I mentioned in my most recent news round-up (here), Hog’s Head Brewing has begun supplying a house beer for the Sherlock Holmes pub chain, which includes local Sherlock Holmes, Rose and Crown, and the newly renamed Duggan’s Boundary. Now,… Continue Reading →
The year 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of Edmonton’s Labatt plant, the only of the big boy breweries still operating in the province. The Edmonton plant isn’t much to look at – it is a great example… Continue Reading →