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The Case of Herr Sedlmayr, Oktoberfest and the Stolen Wort
This is actually Gabriel Sedlmayr Sr. I failed to find a digital image of Sedlmayr the younger. My CBC column last Friday happened to land on the eve of this year’s Oktoberfest in Munich. It seemed an...
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“Local Supporting Local” Debate Hits the Airwaves
This morning regular CBC Radio listeners would have heard my not-so-dulcet tones on the early side of noon for a change. A reporter for Edmonton AM noticed my post a couple weeks back analyzing why...
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Canada’s Regional Beer Personality
During my hacker-imposed lock-out I started a new series on my CBC column. I am doing a four-part discussion of the different beer personalities in Canada’s regions. A year or so ago I first raised my...
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Exploring the World of Italian Beer
For the past couple of months, my CBC columns have not been posted on their website. This is due mostly to RadioActive being a bit shorthanded. It is a bit of a shame, as the rest of my beer...
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What Beer Goes With Minus 30?
So after a disturbingly warm season to date, Alberta was smacked with full frontal winter last week. Some complain, but I see it as just part of the price of living in the ungodly north. Bundle up and...
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Nothing Super About the Budweiser Bowl
So, this is a day late and a few dollars short, but this morning CBC posted my most recent column online. In honour of Super Bowl weekend, I humbly offered an alternative to the oceans of Bud and Bud...
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Doing the Wave for Wheat
I like talking about the effects of different ingredients on the flavour and aroma of beer. Most people are so used to pale lagers that introducing them to some kind of unusual or different ingredient...
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An Alt-ernative to German Lagers
Last Friday I used my CBC column to highlight a style that has long been one of my favourites, but only recently did I get a taste of just HOW good the beer can be. Of course, I am not able to post the...
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Valentine’s and Beer
… well, as much as anyway So tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. Hopefully you have something romantic planned with your sweetheart (or, if you don’t have one currently are planning on treating yourself...
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A Rare CBC Sighting (Listening?)
Much to my surprise, my last CBC Radio column has been posted on line. They haven’t been posting my columns on the website very much (the last one before this was January) so I haven’t been checking it...
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Comparing Edmonton’s Craft Beer Bars
On my CBC column later this afternoon (Friday, January 10, 2014) – CBC Radio One (740 AM, 93.9 FM) at 4:45 – I will be looking at Edmonton’s rapidly expanding market for craft beer bars. These are...
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Big Rock’s Transformation: A Work In Progress
So, I think I admitted earlier I spent much of last week in Calgary. While I was there for non-beer reasons, I found some time to do a bit of beer-related work. As a result there will be a few posts...
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AGLC Policy Changes, One Year Later
Exactly one year ago today, the AGLC announced a package of policy changes coming out of a wide-scale policy review. At the time (you can read the post here) I opined that it was a mixture of small...
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Take a Sip of History
In this day and age full of hopped-up IP-Everythings, it can be very easy to forget the origins of the style India Pale Ale. Before the Americans brought their big and brash to IPAs, the British had...
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Brewing Up an Ethical Brewery
It will come as no surprise to regular readers of this website that I bring a bit of social conscience to my passion for good beer. I believe beer is a product that can be made with an eye to the...
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Sour Beer the Easy Way
Kettle souring is a thing. It has gone from nowhere to relatively common in the U.S. in relatively short order. And now it has come home to Alberta. Wild Rose just released Cow Bell, their first kettle...
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Have a Beer, Save some Land
An interesting beer on Alberta store shelves this month is the Edmonton and Area Land Trust Oatmeal Brown Ale. This beer is a charity beer produced by Phillip’s to support the Edmonton and Area Land...
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The British (Columbia) Invasion
Over the past couple months I have noticed a fascinating trend on Alberta liquor store shelves. There has been a rather large increase in the number of B.C.-based breweries arriving in the province. I...
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More on the Drunk Monks
I know I have written before on what I like to affectionately call the Drunk Monks (like here and here), who are more accurately called Trappists. Most beer fans know all about the Trappists and how...
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What IBUs Are and Aren’t
Recently I have had a couple of odd interactions with customers at one of my beer tasting events. I would be chatting about a beer and the person (so far always male, but not making any...
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