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One of my favourite dark beer My latest Planet S column is out (you can read it here) and in honour of the ever-shortening daylight hours, I decided to focus on dark beer. But I didn’t want to do the usual winter-y sit by the fire beer. I wanted to open up pale beer [...] Last month in Beer 101 I started a series on big beer. I wanted to take a closer look at the weighty end of the beer world because I believe these beer are misunderstood. Most of us know they are beer not to be trifled with, but I think we don’t spend enough time considering [...] There is something special about a big barley wine or an imposing Russian Imperial Stout. They are beer you just have to respect, not just for their heft, but for their complexity and subtlety. As a homebrewer my respect is enhanced because I have a sense of just how difficult these beer are to make [...] This is actually Gabriel Sedlmayr Sr. I failed to find a digital image of Sedlmayr the younger. My CBC column last Friday happened to land on the eve of this year’s Oktoberfest in Munich. It seemed an appropriate time to pull out my books and offer a bit of a history lesson. No, not [...] I seem to have a theme going these days. Apparently I have a need to admit embarrassing things and re-think long held views on things. My most recent CBC column is a case in point. I, like many beer fans, don’t spend a lot of energy on blonde ales. Yes, they can be very nice [...] I have been writing about oak-aged beer a fair bit lately. That is because certain brewers we know and love have started releasing their own wood-y versions to supplement the growing list of oak-soaked imports available in the west. With the latest influx of creative oak beer from Mikkeller hitting Alberta, I thought it might [...] I just realized the last CBC column I did before coming to Halifax is on their website (don’t worry, I will be returning to my regular slot upon my return). It was a piece a new look at fruit beer. I have long said that I am not a big fruit beer fan – too [...] A few months ago one of the world’s most revered hefeweizens hit Alberta. It didn’t last long, but those of us quick on the draw got to sample a bottle or two (it may be back, I am not sure). The beer was Weihenstephaner and it is both one of the oldest beer still in [...] I have been on a bit of a Stout kick lately. I have been sampling new stouts, tweaking my homebrew recipe for the spring brewing season start-up (I brew outside), and generally renewing my love affair with the blackest of beer. That has naturally led to some spill-over into my beer columns. My last CBC [...] I don’t know about you, but I have noticed a new trend among the pseudo-craft beer brands lately. A couple of years ago, they were all about the White – Rickard’s White, Keith’s White. They were trying to emulate the refreshing taste of original witbier like Hoegaarden and Blanche de Chambly. Of course, they did [...] |
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