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Half Pints’ Dave has a very punk attitude to life. And to beer. Relaxed,generous, self-confident, good humoured, a bit irreverent and not afraid to be in your face if the moment requires it. And he proves it time and time again with his impressive line of beer, which seems to reflect his personality. So when [...] Okay, the title New Beer Wednesday doesn’t mean much more than it is Wednesday and I am going to talk about some new beer releases. I got tired of “roundup” and other such phrases. I really need to figure out a good headline for newsy items… At any rate, on to the new beer releases: [...] Winnipeg’s brewing anchor, Half Pints Brewing, is having their annual Open House on December 4. This is a MUST GO-TO event for Winnipeg beeries, as it has samplings, food pairings, raffles of cool stuff, free access to the brewery and her staff PLUS it is the launch of Burly Wine each year. Well, for now. [...] This has been a crazy month for beer on the prairies. I feel like I have been moving from one event to another and from one new beer arrival to another. And it seems to keep going. So I thought I should pause briefly and update you on the new beer releases in the region [...] Regular readers will remember that I was in Winnipeg last month and spent some time hanging out out with Dave from Half Pints. Well, one of the burdens of being a beer writer is that you actually have to write up your travel experiences to edify interested readers. Such a So I did up a [...] I mentioned the other day that I picked up a couple bottles of Half Pints’ Humulus Ludicrous at the brewery on the day of its release. HL is Half Pints’ annual double IPA seasonal, claiming to be 100 IBUs (which is a lot by the way – IBUs stands for International Bittering Units and is [...] I was in Winnipeg last week attending a conference for my day job, and, of course, I HAD to stop by Half Pints Brewing for a visit. I headed there straight from the airport (as it was a five minute cab ride) and got a personalized, grand tour of the brewery by owner/brewmaster Dave Rudge. [...] Dave Rudge, the owner and Brewmaster of Winnipeg’s Half Pints brewery, is hitting the road at the end of September to do a bit of a promotional tour of the other prairie provinces. He will be hitting five cities to do a bit of beer business and in each city host a public event. Here [...] In Calgary today to do some family related stuff. Consequently I wasn’t planning any beer business. However, as it worked out I was near the Calgary Farmer’s Market this afternoon and was able to finagle a short visit to the Wild Rose Tap Room. I got in a short visit with brewer Dave Neilly and [...] And a little more beer news for you folks. New Saskatoon Brewpub: The big story is that a new brewpub is on the verge of opening in Saskatoon! Chloe Smith and Cédric Dauchot are putting together the financing to allow them to open Shiny Penny Brewery. They are looking for an appropriate space to build [...] |
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