Author - Nick Jeffrey

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BC Bourbon

Every country has their own style of whisk(e)y.  Scotland has their single malts.  Ireland triple-distills in column stills.  Canada makes...

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Dreamy Martini

National Martini Day has just recently passed us by, taking place on June 19 every year.  In past years, I would usually get all gussied up in my fanciest...

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Summertime Blues

We are rapidly approaching the month of July, the first truly good month for outdoor boozing in Alberta.  June is sorta-ok for outdoor boozing, except for...

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Best Of Burgundy

One of the things I did to pass the time during the long months of quarantine was binge-watch the new Star Trek series, starring Captain Picard as a...

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No Groanies For Negronis

I spent the first week of June cautiously venturing outside the house, rediscovering simple pleasures like my first patio burger and beer in ten weeks...

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Day For Chardonnay

After ten weeks in isolation, the lockdowns are slowly being relaxed, and I have already shown my support for local businesses by visiting the brewery tap...

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Taproom Time

It has been a crazy 2 months.  Livelihoods and loved ones have been lost.  Mother Nature had a brief respite from humanity, and we saw political...

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Ready For Radler

The month of May has been pretty lousy so far.  I have been quarantined at home for ten weeks now, and the first half of May brought us cold and gloomy...

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Bock On The Dock

Just when I thought that 2020 could not get any worse, I see the news of the giant murder hornets causing mayhem and destruction.  Maybe I will just make...

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Cabin Fever

I can no longer remember life before COVID-19.  As my self-isolation stretches into its eighth week, cabin fever has normalized behaviour like wearing a...


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