All posts by Nick Jeffrey
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Blessed Bourbon
We are living in the golden age of whisky. Gone are the days of pounding cheap rye & ginger ale highballs while rockin’ out to...
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Tipples and Turkey
October is a big month for indulging, with not one, but two separate holidays that revolve around eating and drinking with family and friends. Halloween...
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Sweet Syrah
The time has come again for the changing of the seasons. The first snowfall of the year has come and gone, much to the chagrin...
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Onwards To Oktoberfest
As the leaves start to fall from the trees, most people start clamouring for pumpkin spice latte at their local coffee shop, or even the...
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25 Years of Beers
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Alberta government getting out of the liquor retailing business. Newcomers to Alberta may not remember the naughty...
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Lakeside Libations
We are lucky enough to live in a lakeside community, and even luckier to have Township 24 Brewing as our neighbourhood brewery, serving up delicious...
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Prairie Doggin’
I popped into the big city to run some errands on the weekend, and rewarded myself for a productive day by stopping at Prairie Dog...
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Passion for Passchendaele
Many Chestermerians are recovering Calgarians, or at least have a passing familiarity with the big city to the west. As a transplanted Maritimer, the first...
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88 To Life
1988 was a very good year. The Olympics were in Calgary. I had an awesome 80s proto-pompadour hairdo, and was swaddled in the day-glo fabrics...
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Alberta Rum
Canada is not particularly famous for producing rum, and Alberta even less so. I’m not even sure that we can lay claim to the Screech...
