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Winters are supposed to be the slow season for beer. Sales are down due to the weather. It is a chance for craft brewers to catch their breath, do some maintenance and clear out the backlog of paper work. Apparently not this winter on the prairies. It seems like every week breweries in the three [...] Last year, Alley Kat in a couple of moments of fancy, released two single hop Double IPAs, Red Dragon (with Simcoe) and Blue Dragon (with Columbus). They were surprising one-offs, not a part of any planned series or seasonals (which is why I describe them as moments of fancy). The brewing folks just felt like [...] I mentioned a while back that two of Alberta’s breweries in the same week each released a Belgian-inspired seasonal. I have had an opportunity to give them each a try, and am intrigued at how different they are. As a quick refresher, Edmonton’s Alley Kat put out a Quadrupel as their latest Big Bottle, while [...] Quietly over Xmas, Calgary’s newest microbrewery, Village Brewery (which launched this past fall), launched its first beer, Village Blonde Ale. Now this week, I just learned that a second beer is heading out the brewery door. Blacksmith India Black Ale is, clearly, their take on the growing Cascadian/Dark India Pale Ale style. I haven’t got [...] Mainstay craft brewers in each of Alberta’s cities are releasing their new seasonals within days of one another, and both are Belgian-inspired. Belgian-style beer are rare in Alberta, as the province’s brewers seem to dabble in the complex style infrequently. There have been examples, like Alley Kat’s Big Bottle Tripel 18 months ago and Wild [...] As most of you are aware, Sherbrooke Liquor and Paddock Wood Brewing have partnered to create the Beer God Series. Twelve beer honouring the beer-related gods of yore. One to be released each quarter – so three years of good beer-y fun. The first was earlier this fall with Ragutiene, a rich Baltic Porter (reviewed [...] This brewery is not located in Alberta. Nor was it founded in 1845. So Minhas Brewing, whom I recently took to task for their claim to be craft, seems to have earned the ire of a prominent political columnist. In the Canadian edition of the Huffington Post and in MacLean’s , David Menzies takes [...] Earlier this week, Molson-Coors Canada announced that it is re-launching Calgary Beer in Calgary for the first time in years. This announcement may be of fleeting interest to anyone not from Calgary (and even to those in Calgary), but I think it has some significance. But before I discuss its significance, I need to explain [...] I thought I had caught up with the beer releases this month. Each of the prairie breweries had rolled out, or announced, their fall/winter seasonals. But then Alley Kat and Half Pints go along and surprise us with a couple more offerings. First up Alley Kat, unexpectedly, announced it was releasing Blue Dragon Double IPA, [...] This review may be controversial. Many beer aficionados have given up on Big Rock. I can understand why. Their flagship beer don’t seem as solid as they used to be. Most of their special releases in recent years have been very disappointing. The additions to the regular product line have been downright embarrassing (Jack Rabbit [...] |
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