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The Metropolis Pavilions You will all be forgiven – even you Edmontonians – for not knowing about the Edmonton Metropolis Winter Festival. This new six-week long event was designed to draw people downtown during the cold winter months. Its big draw is supposed to be the pavilions designed by renowned Edmonton architects (including one [...] The current issue of Vue Weekly is running my review of Bruton Bianca (sorry, no link yet – you will have to go analog and pick up a paper copy). As I have mentioned earlier, it is a nice interpretation of a Witbier, a bit too spicy and could be a bit softer, but I [...] 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 [...] After missing an issue due to a lack of space (January can be lean times for alt weeklies), Vue Weekly has finally run a piece this week that was originally slated for late December. Most of you know that Victoria’s Phillip’s Brewing entered the Alberta market in the fall, which is a nice thing. As [...] I know that half the world has already reviewed the Oxford Companion to Beer, the voluminous tome edited by Garrett Oliver supposedly about everything beer. It is organized more like an encyclopedia (alphabetic entries) than a coherent book. A review at such a late date may seem pathetic – but I have my reasons. You [...] In addition to ensuring I have a few special holiday beer (like a barley wine or a nice tripel) for sipping at pristine moments, in the lead up to Xmas I also try to pick up some general drinking beer as well. Something more accessible that I can serve visitors if homebrew doesn’t suit and [...] It may only be January 2, but it is not too early to offer some thanksgiving for the bounty the prairies provide. I had an opportunity over the holiday season to crack open a bottle of Half Pints’ Demeter’s Harvest, their new Wheat Wine. Demeter, of course, was (is??) the Greek goddess of the harvest. [...] Got a pleasant surprise in the liquor store the other day while shopping for some holiday beverages and candidates for future columns. I found in the new release section some six-packs of Paddock Wood’s Red Hammer. I had heard that the folks at PW had made it a part of their regular line-up after a [...] I gotta say, this whole cleaning out the beer cellar thing has been a bit of a roller coaster. For every gorgeous gem I have found (read here), there has been a dud (here) or at least not quite what I was hoping for (here). I got the latter this weekend with a bottle of [...] A few months ago I received a gift of one bottle of Charlevois’s Dominus Vobiscum Brut.As part of my cellar cleaning project, I decided to open it and see what I found. Before engaging the review directly, I thought I should offer some background on the beer. Charlevoix is a creative craft brewer from outside [...] |
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