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Ladies in Liquor

Last week marked International Women’s Day, which our local craft brewers observe by organizing collaborative brews with the female staff across different...

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Nibbles and Nebbiolo

With the relaxation of pandemic restrictions last week, I have emerged from the solitude of my windowless wine cellar for a long-awaited evening of noshing and...

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Que Syrah Syrah

As we near the relaxation of pandemic restrictions in Alberta, my thoughts turn to in-person meetups with my regular tippling crowd, instead of the weekly Zoom...

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Blame It On Rio

While commiserating over missed vacations and travel during a Zoom call with my regular drinking companions, one person announced that they booked a trip to...

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Fun With Furmint

One of my regular drinking companions grew up in the former Eastern Bloc, coming of age in the final days of the Cold War, when booze from decadent capitalist...

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High Time for Haggis

I had high hopes for 2022, but they have already been dashed, thanks to the extra-contagious fifth wave.  All my revelry has been solitary, locked away in...

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High Time for Haggis

I had high hopes for 2022, but they have already been dashed, thanks to the extra-contagious fifth wave.  All my revelry has been solitary, locked away in...

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Happy Beer-thday

While I am happy to finally see the year 2021 in the rearview mirror, not much has changed in the early days of January.  For the third year in a row, I spent...

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Top of the Chart-reuse

As the fourth wave fizzled out, I was looking forward to holiday tippling with friends and family, but the rapid onset of the fifth wave of the pandemic put an...

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Fugg-ettaboutit

This month marks the 150th anniversary of the Fuggle hop varietal, perhaps the most quintessential strain of hops in British ales.  Much like grape...


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