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There is something special about a big barley wine or an imposing Russian Imperial Stout. They are beer you just have to respect, not just for their heft, but for their complexity and subtlety. As a homebrewer my respect is enhanced because I have a sense of just how difficult these beer are to make [...] Long-time readers will know that I am fascinated by the flavour and aroma effects of beer packaging. Does beer taste differently in a keg vs. a bottle vs. a can? I have explored this issue a couple of times here (I did a Beer 101 on it and also did a comparison taste test of [...] Due to my life pre-occupations I have fallen a bit out of the loop about the goings-on with the prairie breweries outside Alberta. So I thought I would make up for it with a bit of a run-down on some of their latest releases and news, going west to east. Yukon Brewing are launching a [...] This is actually Gabriel Sedlmayr Sr. I failed to find a digital image of Sedlmayr the younger. My CBC column last Friday happened to land on the eve of this year’s Oktoberfest in Munich. It seemed an appropriate time to pull out my books and offer a bit of a history lesson. No, not [...] Calgary's beer scene is about to get a little bigger. The Calgary Herald reported late last week (thanks to Chad for drawing my attention to the story!) that a new microbrewery is about to open in southeast Calgary. The men behind it include two former Big Rock heavies – former VP Jim Button and [...] The family fall project is to clean out what has become our somewhat chaotic basement. Too much stuff, not enough space. You know the scene. So we have been sorting through boxes stacked under the stairs and tucked into various nooks and crannies. We are being quite disciplined at retaining only that which is necessary. [...] My latest Beer 101 came out, like, a month ago (in fact the next one is due in a few days). How is it I keep forgetting to post about it? I need some kind of alarm cl0ck for beer columns. At any rate, August’s Beer 101 continued my examination of gas in beer (as [...] I can’t really keep up with all the beer happenings on the prairies these days. That must be a very, very good thing. But I will try as best I can to relay what news I hear. Here is some of the latest: September 17: Autumn Harvest Tasting. Little Guy Liquor in Sherwood Park – [...] I often feel a bit sorry for myself in the latter part of September. The weather is crumbling, the days are getting shorter, and I am in Edmonton, not Munich. Was I in Munich I could partake in the world’s largest beer party. Don’t get me wrong, I am not romanticizing Munich’s Oktoberfest. I know [...] I mentioned a few weeks back that Sherbrooke Liquor Store in Edmonton has found a way to one-up itself with a new 12-part series honouring the various beer gods in world cultures. The first one, Ragutiene – a Lithuanian beer goddess of some stature, hit the shelves a few weeks ago. Brewed by Saskatoon’s Paddock [...] |
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