All posts by Nick Jeffrey
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Temper Temper Tempranillo
Your intrepid liquor reporter was enjoying the half-price pizza night at the Wildfire Saloon in Langdon last Sunday. Unfortunately, the night didn’t begin well, as...
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Calgary Beer
Lost in the beer-soaked mists of time, Calgary’s historic Inglewood neighbourhood once held an iconic brewery. The empty shell still sits on the eastern end...
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Chick Beer
The life of a beer marketing executive must be a rough one. There is the need to appeal to the male demographic, which makes up...
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Santa Beer
Christmas was a very special day for your intrepid liquor reporter. No, gentle reader, it’s not because I was a good little boy and Santa...
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The Lion In Winter
After our unseasonably warm November, your intrepid liquor reporter was beginning to think that his barley sacrifices to the beer gods over the summer had...
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Yuletide Cheer
It’s that time of year again. The Thanksgiving and Halloween holidays are long behind us, but Christmas, Hannukah, Kwaanza, and Festivus are just around the...
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Hopping Mad
Your intrepid liquor report is hopping mad this week. No, gentle reader, not in the occupy city hall in a tent kind of hopping mad,...
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Grape Escape
In an odd twist of fate, one of the best-stocked beer merchants in Southern Alberta is the Calgary Co-Op liquor stores. These are usually a...
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Picaroons Will Be My Ruin
Faithful readers may recall that your globetrotting liquor reporter is travelling in Eastern Canada. Since last week’s column, I have travelled from Halifax to Fredericton,...
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Propeller Heads
Electric Avenue. George Street. Charing Cross Road. Yonge Street. Spring Garden Road. Anyone who has ever set foot on any of the above streets will...
