Make No Mistake, Trial and Ale Is a New Kind of Brewery
Edmonton’s newest brewery, Trial and Ale Brewing, is something you likely haven’t seen before. You have seen elements of what they do, but never put together quite in this particular form. Not in this...
View ArticleGo Ahead, Crush a SMaSH
Breweries are always trying something new. New hop varieties. New brewing techniques. New ways to name something IPA that is not an IPA. So one of the more interesting trends recently is SMaSH beer....
View ArticleUnity Brew, COVID-Style
The latest Unity Brew is out! And due to COVID-19 it is quite different this year. No, I don’t mean the choice of style or anything like that. Because of COVID there are actually FIVE Unity Brews now...
View ArticleUnder the Radar: Nano-brewing in the Capital Region
Most followers of craft beer know about nano-breweries, the ultra-small one-person operations producing homebrew-size batches. How many of you knew that for the past two years there have been, not one,...
View ArticleA Commonwealth is Formed
There is a new empire in the province and it is one that I think most craft beer consumers will be happy to obey. Craft Beer Commonwealth (CBC) is a new and creative beer project that both shows the...
View ArticleArcadia Forges Ahead in Challenging Times
It is hard to open a new brewery at the best of times. How about opening a brewpub during the COVID-19 pandemic? That is exactly what Darren McGeown found himself doing last fall with the opening of...
View ArticleTake Your Stupid Lentils and Put Them … In Your Beer
What on earth would inspire someone to put lentils in beer? Who would do such a crazy thing? It turns out Regina’s Rebellion Brewing, that’s who. When I first heard about their lentil beer I was...
View ArticleRavenWolf Is on the Hunt for Good Beer and Better Community
“A raven and a wolf walk into a bar…” It might sound like the beginning of a good joke, but actually RavenWolf is serious business. Specifically RavenWolf Brewing is the newest brewery in the town of...
View ArticleCalgary Beer Rises from the Dead, and with a New Purpose
Alberta’s first homegrown big beer brand was not Trad, or Drummond, or Uncle Ben’s, or even Lethbridge Pils or Bohemian Maid. It was Calgary Beer, formally known as Calgary Export Lager, which was...
View Article70 Acre to Sow More Space for Craft Beer in Sherwood Park
In what seems to be a series of firsts around the Edmonton area in the last few months, Sherwood Park has just added its name to the list of towns who have their first-ever brewery. 70 Acre Brewing...
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