Also available in the print edition and on Mondaymag.com People often ask me what my favourite beer is, and to be honest, unless they specify a timeframe, the answer usually involves many questions and an answer that is longer than I can fit in this column. Craft Beer is a passion for me. I drink …
Whole Foods’ Brewmasters’ Corner a great time out
Also appears at Monday Magazine Whole Foods held their first Craft Beer event at the Fin & Pearl restaurant inside the Uptown store. Thirty guests were treated to two tasting flights of the finest local craft beer in town, a selection of their seafood dishes and some artisan cheeses. Organized by Sarah Wagstaff, marketing and …
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Christmas Craft Beer Show Review #2 – The Beer
44 Booths, 106 Beers, 15 Ciders, and one 4 oz. cup. So many great beers to try, but only 4 hours and one mouth to fit them in. I made a list, I checked it twice, and now I'm going to try to say which ones were naughty and nice. Nice List: Salt Spring …
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Christmas Craft Beer Show Review #1 – The Event
December 2nd and 3rd were the first annual Christmas Craft Beer Show. Having already written up a preview, I figured it only appropriate to come back and do a post-mortem to see what went well, what could be improved, and what was missing. To be fair, I only attended the Saturday, but in a way, …
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Why Your Growler Isn’t Always Your Friend
We've all been there: There's a new beer released from a brewery, or a new brewery opening up, so we rush down and fill up a growler. We then go home where we pour out the first glass. So good. Second glass? Not bad. Third? Passable. Fourth? Flat and kinda off. When you think about …
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Bottled On vs. Best Before
As a follow up to my post on beer expiry, it got me thinking about a lack of industry standards as to how to communicate the freshness of a beer. Some beers will put a clear best before date, some will put the bottling date, some will use a convoluted date coding system you need …
Matter of Beer 