I am now looking at an empty calendar box. The final beer is opened and nothing more to anticipate (until next year). And so without further ado, here is the review of the last Craft Beer Advent Calendar beer for… Continue Reading →
First off, Merry Xmas Eve, everyone. Sitting here on the last day, the final bottle in the fridge. I contemplated saving this entry until I had opened it, but have decided instead to follow the lead of Hollywood blockbuster movie… Continue Reading →
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 →
Alley Kat’s latest Big Bottle series beer is a Scotch ale called Darn Tartan. It has been out for a a month or so already, but I finally got around to trying it (all those damned Advent beer are getting… Continue Reading →
According to Canadian Beer News, last week Canada’s first Belgian Beer Cafe location had its grand opening in the Edmonton International Airport. Belgian Beer Cafe is an ABInbev-owned international chain of beer cafes, specializing in Belgian offerings, with the new… Continue Reading →
Ah, another week, another seven beer from the Advent Santa. Clearly moved to the lighter side (colour-wise) this past week, as all the beer were gold or lighter. Saw some breweries make their second appearance in the box this week.And… Continue Reading →
Yesterday the U.S. Brewers Association released a statement, entitled Craft vs. Crafty, outlining its position on craft beer and the incursions into craft by the multinational corporate brewers (which you can read in full here). A couple of key things… Continue Reading →
Over the past few months, Calgary pioneering craft brewery Big Rock has clearly been trying to re-establish some of its craft credentials, after many years of relying more on pale lagers and private label brewing. They have a few initiatives,… Continue Reading →
The first full week of the Beer Advent Calendar samplings is complete (read the Introduction and Part One if you wish to get caught up), and it was an interesting week that potentially brings out some potential common threads across… Continue Reading →
Christmas is coming and most of us are spending far too much time in malls and stores desperately looking for the perfect present, rather than sitting on our couch sipping the perfect beer. Such is life. In acknowledgement of that… Continue Reading →