Recently, I was sent a copy of Tom Acitelli’s new book, The Audacity Of Hops, for review purposes. I finished it last week and I can tell you that it’s well worth reading. The prose is engaging and the story that it tells of craft beer’s rise to prominence is […]
Shameless Plugs
5 In this week’s column, I answered one of the most frequently asked questions that I get, which is “What do YOU drink.” I imagine that anyone with a beer blog or column gets that question quite a bit. Most people go with the tried and tested answer “a lot of […]
The Twisted Kilt
I’m sitting here and I’m trying to come up with an interesting and insightful way to plug The Brewer’s Plate. I mean, you could go with “It’s one of the premiere events of the Toronto beer scene!” or “It just keeps getting bigger and better!” or “I know $125.00 seems […]
In Which I Plug The Brewer’s Plate
7 When I was in Calgary last month, there was one place I visited that didn’t really fit into the overarching narrative of the beer halls that are springing up there, and this is because it doesn’t really do North American craft beers in the same way that the other beer […]
WURST Calgary
2 There are advantages to writing a book with a guy. For instance, it’s a good bet that you’re going to get the first samples of his brewery’s new beer. I’m talking of course about Mark Murphy, co-author of How To Make Your Own Brewskis: The Go To Guide For Craft […]
Left Field Brewery
3 I’m always happy to receive beer from Grand River Brewing. I got to know Bob Hannenberg a little bit during a stopover in Philadelphia on the way to the craft brewing conference in San Diego last year. I like Bob, and generally speaking, I like much of the beer that […]
They Send Me Beer: Grand River Brewing
7 I’m always interested when something I’m not expecting happens. For instance, I didn’t expect the brewers at Black Oak to start up their own label. They’ve been a bit cagey about it as the thing has developed and I don’t think that anyone knew quite what to expect. It was […]
They Send Me Beer: Radical Road Brewing Canny Man
6 I would like to apologize in advance. ‘Twas the month before Christmas and in my apartment, The beers overflowed from the storage compartment The fridge had no room left for soy sauce or jelly On the bright side, no leftovers rendered it smelly This infrequently happens to your […]
The Craft Beer Advent Calendar
1 A large number of people like Pumpkin beer, and this is very largely because it tastes like fall. It has those pumpkin pies spices in it that make it reminiscent of coming in from raking leaves before Sunday dinner. That being said, it can be a little difficult to find […]
Beer And Food: Jamaican Curry Chicken and Nightmare on Mill ...
5 There’s a story they tell about Robert The Bruce, which may or may not be apocryphal. It goes like this: While he was on the run from the English at some point in 1306, he was hiding out in a cave somewhere near Ireland, which at the time was not […]