All posts by Nick Jeffrey
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Gin & Juice
I have been counting down the days on my calendar for months, waiting for that one special day that is like a combined Christmas and...
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Negronis and Nibbles
Some people spend the month of June waiting for the lake to get warm enough for a swim, or putter away in the garden whenever...
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Rural Alberta Advantage
Long time readers will recall that our fair province is teeming with craft breweries, with new ones opening every week. While breweries have historically been...
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Local Winners
Summer is my favourite time of year. We can drink beer on patios. We can drink beer out on the dock. We can drink beer...
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Origin-al Recipe
Faithful readers may recall that my weekends are often spent making day trips to the veritable cornucopia of new craft breweries in our fair province,...
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Coul Your Jets
As part of my ongoing quest to visit all the new craft breweries popping up in Alberta, I made an overnight trip to Lethbridge this...
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Roll Out The Barrel
Oak barrels and booze have a long and intimate relationship. Prior to the 3rd century CE, the storage vessel of choice for storage and transport...
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Incredible Italians
In the spirit of research for this weekly column, I subscribe to a few of those wine-of-the-month clubs. I was giddy as a schoolgirl last...
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Spirits of Italy
I was enjoying an evening at a fancy Italian restaurant with a large group last week, and I noticed several people ordering spirits instead of...
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Brother Can You Spare A Wine?
Brothers can get a lot done when they work together. Romulus and Remus founded the city of Rome. Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the airplane....
