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Alberta Beer Week Is Coming!

So ladies and gents, get ready for Alberta’s first official Alberta Beer Week (my preference would be to call it Alberta Craft Beer Week, but I will let go of that for now). The fun begins this Friday in Calgary… Continue Reading →

2015/09/21

New ESB Commemorates Fallen Police Officer

Last night I popped in on the official launch of a new collaboration beer at Craft Beer Market. Soon-to-open Two Sergeants Brewing partnered up with D Woodall Family Fund to produce Patrolman’s ESB. A dollar of every pint sold will… Continue Reading →

2015/09/16

Another Year of Casking Festivities

The 4th Annual Edmonton Beer Geeks Anonymous Real Ale Festival took place on Saturday. This edition was bigger (double the attendees) and held outdoors in a skating rink (sans ice). With some weather luck, the festival had an even more… Continue Reading →

2015/09/14

ASBA to Hold First Annual Alberta Craft Beer Week

Alberta will finally have a Craft Beer Week. The Alberta Small Brewers’ Association announced yesterday the launch of the province’s first official Beer Week from September 25 to October 3. It will be bookended by the Alberta Beer Festival’s Calgary… Continue Reading →

2015/08/13

More Beer News in Time for Canada Day

Canada Day is just around the corner and while it is strangely in the very middle of the week, there will likely be a few beer consumed. So, just in time for the grand day I offer the latest prairie… Continue Reading →

2015/06/29

Alley Kat: 20 Years of Scratching out Good Beer

Under mostly sunny skies (plus a short hailstorm) on Saturday afternoon, 350 of Alley Kat Brewing’s closest friends celebrated the 20th Anniversary of Edmonton’s longest standing craft brewer. The Alley Kat folks turned their light industrial area parking lot into… Continue Reading →

2015/06/22

Tour Edmonton’s Beer History

Traditionally the prairies have not been particularly good at preserving and honouring our history. Historic buildings are razed for strip malls and mega-stores. Our public spaces focus more on looking forward than back. Things are getting better. We are slowly… Continue Reading →

2015/04/07

DIY Beer Tastings

The current issue of Vue Weekly is their annual Adventure Issue. As it was a beer column week, I was asked to think about some kind of beer-related adventure, especially indoors (so winter backyard homebrewing was out). I opted for… Continue Reading →

2015/02/23

Reflections on a DIY Advent Calendar

As I have mentioned in previous posts (and on CBC) I took part this year in a Do-It-Yourself Beer Advent Calendar, organized by homebrewer, loyal onbeer.org reader and friend Chad Heinz. The idea behind a DIY Advent Calendar is to… Continue Reading →

2014/12/29

A “State of The Cask” Address

It has been four-and-a-half years (May 2010) since Edmonton got its first cask night, which was at the Sugar Bowl (see article here). The first few events were high energy, anticipated and joyful. They were something a beer geek made… Continue Reading →

2014/10/07