Author - Nick Jeffrey

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BBQ and Beer

Some things just go together, like PB&J, Gilligan and the Skipper, fish and chips, wine and cheese. A trend I have observed with the rise of craft brewing...

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Rum Dinger

Always looking for the opportunity to enjoy a night out with my regular posse of drinking companions, I gathered them all together last week, for the 3rd...

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Distilling Discoveries

The history of booze is murky at best, with different tipples discovered independently in different parts of the ancient world. Beer and mead are perhaps the...

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Wine Time

The world of wine is mourning the loss of Harry McWatters, the larger-than-life godfather of BC wine, who passed away last month after more than 50 years in...

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House Beer?  I’ll Take 2

I was trawling the socials for news of craft brewers in our fair province last week, when I heard through the grapevine (or hopvine) that a new brewery and...

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National Scotch Day

It is getting harder every year to keep up with all the celebrations for the official day of celebration for every conceivable type of hooch. Even if we ignore...

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Gluten Free Beer

Anyone reading a restaurant menu this decade will have noticed the growing availability of gluten free options. Increased awareness of Celiac disease and other...

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Stampede Beer

This might have been the best Calgary Stampede ever. Sure, I still had to wear those uncomfortable boots, and squeeze into the faded blue wranglers that seem...

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Our Home and Native Beer

A solemn and wise philosopher named Frank Zappa once remarked that you can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline.  It helps if you...

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Gin Is In

Alberta used to be a rather dreary province for distilled spirits.  Sure, we had the Alberta Premium Rye Whisky your dad mixed with coke down the local...


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