The weather outside is frightful but a beer could be delightful — even if it’s not the first drink that comes to mind after a brisk day in a wintery wonderland.Most people don’t crave beer after freezing their...
Read MoreOne of the perks of spewing your beer brain onto a white page every couple of weeks is that people occasionally give you beer and suggest you write a column about it. One of my colleagues came back from a trip to Alaska in...
Read MoreIt’s empty calories, I know.If you are on a diet, beer kills—one imperial pint (20 ounces) of Yukon Red could be a tenth of your allowable intake of calories for the day.But beer also heals. If you drink bottle-conditioned...
Read MoreBeer adulteration. It sounds dirty. But it’s a way to make an otherwise pedestrian beer seem wildly exotic.So-so wine can be made into sangria. So-so beer can be mixed with clamato for a great hangover remedy and an...
Read MoreI blame my current state of beer obsession on Christmas of 1995 when I bought my partner a beer kit as a present.It somehow took hold and made beer a part of the family. We now have two converted freezers full of craft beer and...
Read MoreI must be getting old: asleep in my hotel room by 10 p.m. the night of Haines Beer Fest this year. A poor display of anti-beerfest behaviour.The first year I went to the Great Alaskan Craft Beer and Home Brew Festival it was...
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