I was in Winnipeg last week attending a conference for my day job, and, of course, I HAD to stop by Half Pints Brewing for a visit. I headed there straight from the airport (as it was a five minute… Continue Reading →
Dave Rudge, the owner and Brewmaster of Winnipeg’s Half Pints brewery, is hitting the road at the end of September to do a bit of a promotional tour of the other prairie provinces. He will be hitting five cities to… Continue Reading →
And a little more beer news for you folks. New Saskatoon Brewpub: The big story is that a new brewpub is on the verge of opening in Saskatoon! Chloe Smith and Cédric Dauchot are putting together the financing to allow… Continue Reading →
So, I am clearly falling behind in Prairie beer news. There is just too much going on and I have been rather distracted. So, allow me a post that updates folks on various goings on around the flatlands. In alphabetical… Continue Reading →
After months of snow, cold and icy roads, prairie drivers look forward to the arrival of spring and the beginning of pothole season, where we can test our evasion skills as we try to swerve around the cavalcade of suspension-killing… Continue Reading →
My latest CBC column, which ran April 30, popped up on the CBC site yesterday. In this edition I look at Imperial India Pale Ale (Double ‘I’ PA) and why they have gone from almost unheard of in western Canada… Continue Reading →
There are a lot of beer events coming up in the next few weeks around the prairies. So I thought I would put them into one quick post to encourage all of you to attend one in your area. Some… Continue Reading →