A Tale of Two Beer Guys: A Pint-Sized Play about Unity Brew 2023

SCENE: Beerguy’s basement home office, a room with overfilled bookcases, scattered papers and commemorative beer glasses, bottles and other beer-related paraphernalia. Beerguy sits at his desk deleting Don Tse Tweet-puns and plotting revenge against JVR. A can of the 2023… Continue Reading →

Is Superflux Really So Super?

Like many I heard the buzz around Superflux’s arrival in Alberta. I know they had many demands of local retailers. They picked who got the beer. The store had to keep the beer in cold storage at all times. They… Continue Reading →

Aged Orval: Tasting the Sublime

Sometimes my cellar hoarding works out well. I am quick to put new beer into my personal cellar to age them out for a while. But I really struggle to find appropriate moments when I can justify pulling them out… Continue Reading →

Cracking Open the Cronk Mystery

I know I am more than a little late to the Cronk party. It is long gone from the shelves But I thought I would weigh in on Cold Garden Brewery’s internationally famous Cronk beer, anyway. Over the holidays I… Continue Reading →

Make No Mistake, Trial and Ale Is a New Kind of Brewery

Edmonton’s newest brewery, Trial and Ale Brewing, is something you likely haven’t seen before. You have seen elements of what they do, but never put together quite in this particular form. Not in this part of the world, anyway. What… Continue Reading →

Doing Chores, Ugh! Drinking Chores, Awesome!

I am not really doing beer reviews on the site any more. But I loved the concept of Grain Bin Brewing’s Summer Chores mixed pack so much I am driven to write about it. Four beer named after dreaded yard… Continue Reading →

A Tale of Two Celebrity Beer (Kinda)

I recently in the same night got to try two celebrity beer. (Well one is definitely a celebrity, the other just among us Alberta beer geeks). It was an interesting contrast. Everyone knows Wayne Gretzky. Best hockey player that ever… Continue Reading →

Did I Just Drink a Malt Liquor?

When I first saw the bottle on the shelf a few weeks back I laughed. I, out loud, laughed. The bottle was Annex Ale Project Deuce Malt Liquor. Yes you read that right – Malt Liquor. It has been literally… Continue Reading →

Okay, I Know Why I Did This!

Last week I reported my rather undesirable experience of trying an old bottle of Tactical Nuclear Penguin (read here if you haven’t) . The experience, plus some of the comments to the post, inspired me to pull out my bottle… Continue Reading →

Why, Oh Why, Did I Do That?

Sometimes you can only look at yourself in the mirror and say “you are an idiot”. In this particular story, I am not sure who was the bigger idiot, 2019 Jason or 2010 Jason. What am I talking about? I… Continue Reading →

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YEG Hidden Gems Beer Pairing Dinner

November 7. The craft beer scene in Edmonton has been exploding in recent years with many new breweries and interesting beer being created. Come try a few of the city’s hidden beer gems, curated by beer writer and educator Jason Foster. Each beer will be paired with a dish specifically designed for the beer by Underground’s executive chef. It will be an evening of exploration, education and enjoyment!

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