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Just as my website was getting hijacked, my latest Vue Weekly column was published. It was an unusual choice for me, on a number of levels. First, I am not a big fan of fruit beer generally. Second, I abhor efforts to dilute beer with tomato juice or other such non-beer beverages. So why review [...] Just one of the pseudo-craft culprits A few weeks ago, as I mentioned here,I took aim in my CBC column at what I call pseudo-craft breweries. After doing the piece, I realized that I needed to keep talking about this trend, because no one else was. So, I decided to write up similar pieces [...] Everyone knows what respect I have for the Montreal beer scene. Some fabulous brewpubs and some first rate breweries, including the famous Dieu Du Ciel. I think Montreal has developed a global reputation for its craft beer (which may have overgrown the actual beer). So I can see why someone would want to associate themselves [...] You are all well aware at this point that I spent much of the spring in Halifax. I tried to post some of the highlights while there, and even did a CBC column live from the Hart and Thistle pub on the harbourfront. It will come as no surprise, then, that I have also turned [...] This isn't the beer tent, but it does give you a sense of scale What good is having a blog if you can’t write excessively about things of marginal or no interest to the bulk of the population? Or a beer column in a city weekly paper for that matter? Isn’t “lifestyle journalism” supposed [...] Pretty well everyone here knows my opinion of Lime Beer. So, needless to say, you can imagine my dread when I heard about the Canadian exclusive release of Miller Chill Lemon. Is no fruit safe from their marketing machetes? When the range of Lime beer came out, I felt some moral obligation to inform the [...] Graphic Courtesy of Vue Weekly Last week Edmonton’s Vue Weekly offered its first ever Beer Issue – an extensive look at the state of Edmonton’s beer scene. (I suspect most Edmontonians have seen it already – I have been out of town and hadn’t got my hands on a copy until today). It is, [...] Funny thing about my latest Vue Weekly column, an overview of Garrison Brewing and a review their Hopyard Pale Ale. Before I left for Halifax, I wrote a bunch of columns to keep the paper supplied in copy during my absence. This particular piece was one of those pre-prepared pieces. It was originally scheduled to [...] I have a thing for a particular Duchess No, I am not talking about the new Duchess of Cambridge. The British royal family leave me decidedly bored. No, I am talking about a Duchess I first met four years ago in Belgium. She was sparkling and toned, sweet but with a noted sharp tongue about [...] I have been writing about beer in Edmonton for a number of years now. At first, the pickings were slim in town, and I found myself highlighting good imports, simply because that was the best on offer in most places. That has been changing. The last couple years have been a remarkably optimistic time for [...] |
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