I took some time last night to give Alley Kat’s latest release (just discussed in the latest news digest), Bearded Dragon Imperial Red IPA. Of course, the first thing I and many people note is that they have the gumption… Continue Reading →
This is one of those rare moments when I actually don’t know what to think. India Session Ales (ISA), or Light IPAs. They are a thing now. A growing number of craft breweries in North America have been brewing up… Continue Reading →
My most recent Vue Weekly review (which you can read here) is of Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale. I did a onbeer post when the beer first arrived on tap in Alberta (found here), anchored around a bit of a… 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 →
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 →
In my latest Beer 101 column (I don’t say new because, to my embarrassment, it has been up for almost a month) I re-visit, from a slightly different angle, a topic about which I often muse. I examine the dynamic… 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 →
My most recent Planet S Magazine column (which you can read in its entirety here) was inspired by Paddock Wood’s summer release Black Friars. They bill it a “17th century porter” and I am told by the good folks there… Continue Reading →
The “hot” beer of the summer has to be White IPA. It went from nowhere a couple of years ago to everywhere this year. It’s growth in popularity really is something else. It shouldn’t be too surprising. It has a… Continue Reading →