Author - Nick Jeffrey

Nick Jeffrey

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An Apple A Day

Having been ensconced in my windowless basement home office for nigh on six weeks of isolation now, I am beginning to feel like Sméagol transforming into...

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Easter Beer

Easter weekend has just passed us by, marking the end of the season of Lent.   The more devout readers in the audience may have spent the 40 days of Lent...

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International Whisk(e)y Day

This past March 27 was a day filled with both solemnity and mirth, as well as no small amount of whisky. For those not in the know, March 27 was the 12th...

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Quaran-tinis

Dear diary, today is the 25th day of isolation at home, and the keg of homebrew I started on day 1 is almost ready to be tapped.  And to think they called...

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Hard Seltzer For Hard Times

While battening down the hatches to prepare for the possibility of an extended stay at home in isolation, I made a resupply run to my friendly neighbourhood...

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Pink Boots & Beer

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

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Side By Side

I drove up the QE2 to Edmonton last weekend to visit some friends, and made sure to make a few stops on the so-called Alberta Ale Trail to visit a few of the...

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Dinosaur Beer

I had out-of-town guests last week, so made the rounds of the usual tourist destinations.  One of our stops was the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller, so...

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Albeerta Advantage

Faithful readers may recall tales of me crying tears into my beer last year, with the announcement of the closure of Fort McMurray’s Wood Buffalo Brewing last...

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Up Your Alley

Change is afoot in the Alberta beer scene.  Faithful readers may recall that Calgary-based Wild Rose Brewery was acquired by megabrewer Sleeman Brewing last...


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