You had me at “Real Ale”. The annual Edmonton Beer Geek’s Anonymous Real Ale Festival took place last Saturday. After missing last year’s it was nice to make it back to my favourite party in a rink. (Really, it is… Continue Reading →
A few days ago I attended a cask vs. cask event at Accent Lounge where Alley Kat and Blindman each had a cask tapped at the same time and customers encouraged to vote for which was their favourite. The two… Continue Reading →
This past Saturday was the fifth annual installment of the Edmonton Beer Geeks Anonymous Real Ale Festival, held in the skating rink of Ritchie Community Hall. As usual a few hundred thirsty folks attended to sample some of the best,… Continue Reading →
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 →
The 4th Annual Edmonton Beer Geeks Anonymous Real Ale Festival took place on Saturday. This edition was bigger (double the attendees) and held outdoors in a skating rink (sans ice). With some weather luck, the festival had an even more… Continue Reading →
Over the past couple of years, the cask event scene in Edmonton has quietly plugged away. The number of events has grown (the original 2 monthly events at Sugar Bowl and Next Act joined by weekly casks at Beer Revolution… Continue Reading →
It has been four-and-a-half years (May 2010) since Edmonton got its first cask night, which was at the Sugar Bowl (see article here). The first few events were high energy, anticipated and joyful. They were something a beer geek made… Continue Reading →
Saturday was the 2014 Edmonton Beer Geeks Anonymous Real Ale Festival. Due to scheduling conflicts I had not been able to make previous incarnations of this unique event, but was pleased to finally have darkened its doors this year. For… Continue Reading →
It is hard to believe that the Edmonton Beer Geeks Anonymous is turning one year old in June. On one level it feels like they have only been around a short time, but on the other it seems like they… Continue Reading →
More Taps May Be On Tap So, that is what I get for being grumpy. A couple weeks ago, I let out some of my frustrations about the Edmonton beer scene after a visit to the Public House (read it… Continue Reading →