This is a slightly awkward post to write. Earlier this week the Edmonton Homebrewers’ Guild (EHG), long my homebrewing home base, bestowed on me a lifetime membership. It, surprisingly, came with an etched glass award to commemorate the occasion. I… Continue Reading →
Onbeer has been a rather quiet place in the past year or two. I hope to change that this fall, with a return to semi-regular posts. Starting with this post. Over the past couple years my day job and other… Continue Reading →
I made my first kit beer in years this past weekend. And it got me thinking. As many readers know, I have been a homebrewer for 26 years, 23 of those as an all-grain brewer. Like most homebrewers of my… Continue Reading →
2016 marks my 25th year of homebrewing. It is an odd admission mostly because it makes me admit that I am older, balder and fatter than I would like. But, still, I feel like it is an anniversary worth marking…. Continue Reading →
Onbeer.org is an all-purpose beer website. I try hard to make it both accessible to a wide range of beer drinkers and interesting for those who have more knowledge about this wonderful elixir. I also, from time to time, mention… Continue Reading →
Last week the Manitoba government announced that it is legalizing U-Brews, sometimes known as Brew-on-Premises. The idea behind U-Brews is to allow people to make their own beer and wine on the site of a commercial operation. They get access… Continue Reading →
As I mentioned here, last month the Edmonton Heritage Council hosted a beer history tour of Edmonton. One of the cooler aspects of the tour was an heritage beer made exclusively for the tour. The organizers rather cheekily dubbed the… Continue Reading →
So things have been slower on the beer news front the past few weeks as I imagine most breweries in the region are busy trying to keep up with summer beer sales. But a few straggled bits of news have… Continue Reading →
In July the Beer Judge Certification Program, the leading amateur beer education and style defining organization, released the draft of its 2014 Style Guidelines (you can find a link to the PDF here). The changes are huge. Massive. Dis-orienting. So, … Continue Reading →
In my latest Planet S column this week, I take a look at the role yeast plays in beer’s flavour and aroma. You can read the whole article here, but be aware the article is aimed at the average beer… Continue Reading →
