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The Ichorous Trinity Compared

I love side-by-side tastings. They really isolate the effects of a manipulation to a beer. Some are more challenging to operationalize than others. Blindman Brewing recently released not one, but two barrel-aged versions of its imperial stout, Ichorous. Not long… Continue Reading →

2017/05/03

RAOB: The “Why Didn’t I Get to This Sooner?” Edition

It has been a while since I have gotten to a Random Acts of Beerness (now with a hip acronym – RAOB!). Not that there hasn’t been beer news that has caught my attention. It is more that I have… Continue Reading →

2017/03/06

A Delightful Patch of Troubled Waters

Who knew Alberta brewers were into three-ways? Collaborations, that is. To celebrate their first anniversaries – which came within a few weeks of each other – Bench Creek Brewing, Blindman Brewing and Troubled Monk Brewing got together to brew a… Continue Reading →

2017/01/27

Random Acts of Beerness: Celebration Time!

I know the Xmas season is soon upon us, but it seems like prairie breweries are getting a head start on the festivities. There seem to be a lot of celebrations of various shapes and sizes happening, along with some… Continue Reading →

2016/11/14

Blindman’s Anniversary Beer Something to Celebrate

I like it when breweries have birthdays because it usually is the consumer who gets a present. And with the brewery boom taking place on the prairies, beer drinkers in the region can look forward to a raft of beer… Continue Reading →

2016/11/10

Better Beer Through Blending

In a brewery, sometimes stuff (use whichever synonym for that you wish) happens. The question is what you do with it. In the case of Lacombe’s Blindman Brewing had to answer that very question a little while ago. When brewing… Continue Reading →

2016/08/08

Kettle Sour the Sequel

Fresh off their medal win at the CBAs last week for their Kettle Sour #1 (read here), what do you know but the folks at Blindman Brewing go and release Kettle Sour #2. In the movie world the sequel is… Continue Reading →

2016/06/01

Prairie Breweries Score Modestly at CBAs

The results of the 2016 Canadian Brewing Awards were announced Saturday night in Vancouver (see the full results here). As usual, B.C. breweries won an disproportionate number of medals, with Ontario falling second. However, perusing the list I was pleasantly… Continue Reading →

2016/05/30

April Showers Bring May New Beer

Someone really should tell prairie breweries to chill their heels and stop being so darned busy and productive. Just kidding. But I am constantly amazed these days at just how much stuff is going on with craft beer in the… Continue Reading →

2016/05/16

The Beer Keeps Flowing

It has only been a couple of weeks since my last news round up (read here), but the news has been flowing fast and furious so I felt I should put out another news roundup before I drown in all… Continue Reading →

2016/02/10