Did a Robot Make Your Beer?

These days it seems like Artificial Intelligence (AI) is invading every human activity, from self-driving trucks, to apps that can write your history essay and imitate the work of famous artists. But craft beer must surely be immune, right? Right?… Continue Reading →

Cheers From Afar: A Socially Distant Beer Conversation

A couple weeks ago I sat down (virtually) with Dalen Landis of Grain Bin Brewing in Grande Prairie. During the COVID crisis, he has been doing a series of informal conversations with various local personalities (including the Mayor!), people with… Continue Reading →

Yes, There are Breweries in Northern Alberta

As I mentioned recently, on my CBC column I have been doing something of a series on the smaller, rural breweries in Alberta and their impact on the overall beer scene in the province. I started with the rural breweries… Continue Reading →

Ale Spruced Up And Nowhere To Go But In My Glass

Grande Prairie’s Grain Bin Brewing is a small outfit (as I have explained here). Yet someone seems to be making an effort to try to get at least a few bottles of their product down to Edmonton, as it pops… Continue Reading →

Highway 666 is One Devil of a Beer

I visited Grande Prairie a couple of weeks ago to attend a music festival (first ever Bear Creek Folk Festival – great time!). Being who I am I took some time out to visit the two new breweries in town,… Continue Reading →

Beer News for the Ides of March

March 15 is a dire day if your name is Caesar. However, if you are a craft beer lover then it is a day with another edition of the prairie news round up. Today we have an interesting mixture of… Continue Reading →

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