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I think this photo says it all… Late on Friday, Molson announced that it was de-listing Carling Black Label Big Ten from Alberta. For those of you unfamiliar with this beer (and I expect that is most of you) this is a cheap, high alcohol (10.1%) beer that comes in a 1.18 litre bottle. [...] For a number of years now, Alberta liquor stores have had a a good selection of craft beer from B.C. (Howe Sound, Central City, Cannery, Nelson and, recently, Phillips) and Quebec (Dieu Du Ciel, Charlevoix, Trois Mousquetaires). Of course there are lots of breweries in those provinces Albertans would love to have as well. My [...] A year or so ago, I was feeling rather hopeful about the state of craft beer in western Canada’s pub chains (as evidenced by this post). I was particularly bullish on Hudson’s Canadian Tap House, who had just initiated “Beer Across Canada”, a selection of 13 bottled beer from craft brewers across the country. At [...] Photo Credit: Planet S Magazine My column in the current issue of Planet S Magazine revisits a longstanding beef of mine – date codes. I have never understood why breweries feel the need to mask the production/best before date in a jumble of letters and numbers. Telling the consumer how old their beer is [...] So, this is a day late and a few dollars short, but this morning CBC posted my most recent column online. In honour of Super Bowl weekend, I humbly offered an alternative to the oceans of Bud and Bud Light that flood north American bars in early February every year. Of course the game is [...] The intrepid folks up at Yukon Brewing have for many years produced a variety of seasonal and one-off beer. Alas, they have always been reserved for their loyal local customers in the Territory. Which means those of us South of 60 could only read the press release and pine. Which is fair enough, I say. [...] Quietly over Xmas, Calgary’s newest microbrewery, Village Brewery (which launched this past fall), launched its first beer, Village Blonde Ale. Now this week, I just learned that a second beer is heading out the brewery door. Blacksmith India Black Ale is, clearly, their take on the growing Cascadian/Dark India Pale Ale style. I haven’t got [...] 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 [...] What Beer Ads Can Be Like This will come as no surprise to any of you, but it is a real pet peeve of mine to see ads that over-hype a beer, or, worse, come up with complete pretend concepts just to sell beer (microcarbonation, anyone?). I have written about this frustration in the [...] For the past couple of months, my CBC columns have not been posted on their website. This is due mostly to RadioActive being a bit shorthanded. It is a bit of a shame, as the rest of my beer personality series got lost as a result. Alas! What can a humble beer columnist do? However, [...] |
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