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A Bit of a Beer Tasting 23 Aug 2013 | 02:46 am
I hosted a small beer tasting with some drinks writing colleagues last night. These were the stand-outs: Allagash Coolship Resurgam: A product of the brewery’s spontaneous fermentation program, this b...
Calling Out Top Restaurants on Beer Selection 1 Aug 2013 | 06:07 pm
No, I’m not going to waste your time or mine whinging about the lack of decent beer selection at fine dining restaurants. That situation is improving by the day, at least in major North American citie...
On Stella Artois, the English Beat and a Unique Bottle of Lambic 25 Jul 2013 | 08:24 pm
(Fair dues: This post was inspired by this post. Cheers, Adrian.) Many years ago, when I was a much younger man, I had the good fortune to see a band called the English Beat play a show in Toronto. It...
On Cider (Briefly) 12 Jul 2013 | 06:12 pm
I notice that Carling (MolsonCoors) is poised to unveil a new cider in the UK. This, of course, follows that company’s lead in Canada and also Labatt (Anheuser-Busch InBev) with its Keith’s brand of c...
3 Bottles + a Book: Wheats from Canada, the US and Brazil, Plus a Literary Twist 20 Jun 2013 | 07:59 pm
I got wrapped up in the development of what will henceforth be calls ‘Special Project 3b’ and thus missed posting yesterday’s 3 Bottles + a Book. So, in the spirit of ‘better late than never,’ here it...
Oh No! A Future with Fewer Cheap MillerCoors Beers! 19 Jun 2013 | 06:53 pm
The US-based bastard stepchild of SABMiller and MolsonCoors, MillerCoors, has announced plans to streamline its portfolio by discontinuing some of its “economy” brand line-up. (Read: Ditching some of ...
Worldofbeer.com is for Sale 19 Jun 2013 | 03:38 am
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this and have decided to sell the URL I’ve owned since the 1990s, worldofbeer.com. I’m still working out the details of the sale, but anyone who might be intere...
Would the Aspen Food & Wine Classic Feature Yellow Tail in a Food & Wine Pairing? 14 Jun 2013 | 07:21 pm
I’ve never attended the celebrated foodie festival, but judging from a quick run-through of the wine seminar schedule – Showstopping Champagne, Single Vineyard Pinot Noir, Bordeaux’s Extraordinary 200...
Tasted!: Molson Canadian Wheat 14 Jun 2013 | 03:33 am
Molson has jumped into the wheat beer racket! Okay everyone, simmer down, I know that you’re all excited by this momentous development, but we need to evaluate this beer first. So let’s get started. I...
3 Bottles + a Book: Harrington’s “India Style” Lager, “Secret” Altbier and Literary Cocktails 13 Jun 2013 | 02:33 am
Today has gotten away from me and time is a-wasting, so let us leap straight into the bottles. Harrington’s East Indies Lager, a 5% alcohol “Indian style” lager from New Zealand, presents itself in wh...
