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Longest Night? Time for a Beer

Appropriately enough, the good folks over at Yukon Brewing are marking the Winter Solstice today – the longest night of the year (and I can only imagine how long their night will be up in Whitehorse) – by offering some… Continue Reading →

2012/12/21

Bitter Darkness, Indeed

If you come from Yukon you likely know a thing or two about how bitter the dark can be. Weeks on end without sunlight (or almost any), freezing cold, isolation. It might anyone bitter. Even their beer. Which is why… Continue Reading →

2012/12/05

A Little Package of Trouble

One of the downsides of being away from home is missing out on the local seasonals – like the new Alley Kat Yellow Dragon (see Canadian Beer News story). All I can do is hope there are a few bottles… Continue Reading →

2012/06/13

Three New Beer on Their Way

It feels like there has been a bit of a new beer lull in the last few weeks. After the initial rush of spring seasonals, things got all quiet on the prairie for a bit there. Well, in one day,… Continue Reading →

2012/05/11

Yukon Imperial Red a New Kind of Emperor

On Monday night I was the first paying customer to sample a pint of Yukon’s The Megalomaniac Imperial Red on tap at the Sugar Bowl – the only place outside Whitehorse to have it (and, given that Whitehorse ran out… Continue Reading →

2012/04/18

The Bitter Truth, Bad Spelling and Other Beer News

Time for another quick beer news roundup before it all gets away on me. Some new beer, word of a new brewery and more beer events fill up this edition. So, let’s get right to it. First up, tomorrow Alley… Continue Reading →

2012/03/07

The Yukon Keg Rush

The intrepid folks up at Yukon Brewing have for many years produced a variety of seasonal and one-off beer. Alas, they have always been reserved for their loyal local customers in the Territory. Which means those of us South of… Continue Reading →

2012/02/01

What Beer Goes With Minus 30?

So after a disturbingly warm season to date, Alberta was smacked with full frontal winter last week. Some complain, but I see it as just part of the price of living in the ungodly north. Bundle up and you are… Continue Reading →

2012/01/24

A Late Xmas Addition

After some unintended delays, the latest in Yukon Brewing‘s playful A.D.D. Series will be on Alberta store shelves in the (Saint) Nick of time for Xmas. The second release in the series is a Spiced Winter Ale, so it will… Continue Reading →

2011/12/23

What’s Brewing in November

So in my absence there were a few new beer developments on the prairies. So, as I re-start things around here, let’s do a quick run-down on beer news. Alley Kat Brewing had three, count ’em, three new releases last… Continue Reading →

2011/11/07