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Something Few Beer Can Claim I have been ruminating on the announcement earlier this week that the beer industry will be exempt from new food labeling rules coming into effect next year. As usual people are quickly lining up on either side of the issue and making black and white arguments. In reality, I [...] In a news release today (which you can read here) the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC) announced it is lifting the ban on beer higher than 11.9% alcohol, which was imposed just 20 days ago. Once again beer of any alcohol content can be sold in Alberta liquor stores. Instead, the AGLC will tax [...] My CBC column last Friday, posted online yesterday, took another look at the new AGLC policy prohibiting beer above 11.9%. The column mostly summarizes the research and interpretation I laid out in two posts when it first hit. However, it still might be worth a listen as it offers a good overview of the situation, [...] Yellowhead Brewing's Gene Dub in front of their tanks. Photo courtesy of Alberta Venture Over the summer, Alberta Venture, a monthly business magazine in the province, asked me to write a feature article on the state of craft brewing in Alberta with a particular focus on why Alberta’s microbrewing scene is so much smaller [...] Reported in the Edmonton Sun today: Alberta has the highest beer prices in the country; Manitoba has the lowest. This surprises me not in the least, but it gives me a good opportunity to muse about beer pricing. First, what the article says (the author’s methodology was not well spelled out) is that a 12-pack [...] A story in this morning’s Edmonton Journal, connected to a larger piece talking about a new poll showing Canadians are increasingly concerned about our health, publishes numbers showing 2 out of 3 Canadians would give up imported beer to reduce their carbon footprint (don’t ask me why the Journal editors thought to put those things [...] I just realized my latest Beer 101 column was posted last week. I continue my multi-part look at beer freshness and aging by tackling the unbelievably daunting task of “best before” date codes on beer. The indecipherable nature of date codes on beer packaging has long been a source of frustration for me. There is [...] Apparently today is the beginning of Cask Ale Week in Britain. There are competitions, specials in pubs, and the Independent newspaper is publishing a special supplement. There is even an app for the I-Phone to help you locate the pub closest to you that is serving cask ale. How cool is that? It makes me [...] Today’s topic in my monthly Beer 101 series is one of my favourite things to talk about because it both educates beer drinkers AND reveals how corporate brewers sometimes put marketing before quality. In the column I discuss how beer is actually quite light sensitive and if not packaged properly quickly produces one of the [...] What the Beer Market Should Be A few days ago, I stumbled across a tiny digest piece in the local paper’s business section. The headline read “Big 4 Brew Half World’s Beer” and it talked about how the four biggest mega-breweries last year surpassed an important threshold and now control more than half of [...] |
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