Author - Nick Jeffrey

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Bock And A Hard Place

As the third wave of the pandemic continues to rock Alberta, we are enjoying the dubious honour of being the COVID hotspot of North America for the third week...

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YOLO Bordeaux

As Alberta continues to reach new heights in the third wave of the pandemic, I have remained cloistered away in the dusty solitude of my wine cellar, emerging...

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Mad About Marselan

As the third wave of the pandemic becomes increasingly apocalyptic, I have remained isolated like a crazed hermit, emerging wild-eyed and unshaven from my cave...

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Malbec Marathon

I have spent the early days of the third wave of the pandemic cloistered in my wine cellar like a medieval monk, surviving on fermented grains and grapes...

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International Whisk(e)y Day

I have remained sequestered in my wine cellar while the third wave of the pandemic rocks Alberta, emerging only to accept the grocery and booze orders from the...

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Bock To The Future

Faithful readers may recall that I have sequestered myself away in the wine cellar to wait out the third wave of the pandemic, surviving on the regular...

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Beware the Ales of March

The month of March always gets me pining away for a Märzenbier.  For those in the audience that do not speak German, that translates directly to March...

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Good Old Saint Paddy

While I wait out the 3rd wave of the pandemic from the safety of my windowless basement, the annual St. Patrick’s Day bacchanalia last week was the most sedate...

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Big Boots Brew Day

Last weekend marked International Women’s Day, which I observed in years past by visiting a few of the dozen or so craft breweries in Calgary that were...

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Canadian Whisky

Canadian Whisky has come a long way since the days of Mad Men, Prohibition, and the Napoleonic Wars.  With the 11th annual Canadian Whisky Awards...


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