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Ten Reasons Why Beer is Better Than Wine 10 Jun 2012 | 01:39 am
10 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than Wine mmm…beer. It’s all about wine. Not this column, but seemingly everything else. Wine seminars, wine tasting events, winery tours- wining is rampant. The Van...
Tenaya Creek Red Ryder 3 Jun 2012 | 11:33 pm
What happens in Vegas is now exported to Canada… I’ve never been very good at gambling. But for some reason I felt I should roll the dice on the latest seasonal from the Las Vegas brewers Tenaya Cre...
A Few Enjoyable Beers From The Past Year 28 Apr 2012 | 09:25 am
We’re well in to the new year now, and the Christmas/ New Years stress has subsided. This has allowed a little bit of time for perusing tasting notes from this past year, and sorting out some thought...
Awards I Would Hand Out For 2011 16 Jan 2012 | 07:24 am
In the spirit of offering something other than a “best of ” list for the previous year, I present my list of what I consider to be the highlights of the B.C. craft beer industry in 2011. Just to be a...
The Twelve Beers of Christmas- XII 3 Jan 2012 | 06:51 pm
37th edition from Anchor Brewing San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing can trace its roots back to 1849, making it one of the oldest breweries in America. They have been leaders in the craft brewing moveme...
The Twelve Beers of Christmas- XI 1 Jan 2012 | 08:13 am
St. Nick’s Oak Spiced Porter A few days before Christmas an early present arrived on my desk: a couple of bottles of Christmas beer that I had not been expecting or had even heard of. The mystery be...
The Twelve Beers of Christmas- X 26 Dec 2011 | 11:41 am
From Santa’s fridge to yours Christmas beer number 10 sees us visiting Newport, Oregon. The hardworking crew at Rogue Ales has been supplying the thirsty masses with quality craft brews since 1988....
The Twelve Beers of Christmas- IX 22 Dec 2011 | 06:21 am
Winterbraun For Christmas beer number 9 we find ourselves seaside in Eureka, California which is home to the Lost Coast Brewery. At this time each year the brewing staff conspire to make Winterbraun...
The Twelve Beers of Christmas- VIII 19 Dec 2011 | 01:41 pm
Holiday Cheer From Belgium Back to Belgium for our number eight Christmas beer (as it turns out they brew a lot of good beer there). Brasserie Silenrieux is again a relatively new brewery (1995) wh...
The Twelve Beers of Christmas- VII 15 Dec 2011 | 05:50 am
Tree Brewing Spiced Ale For Christmas beer number seven, we make our way to the fair city of Kelowna, British Columbia. The brewers at Tree Brewing release their Spiced Reserve Ale each year in limi...