If your humble narrator could ever marry a specific day of the year, that day would be the first Friday in August, also known as International Beer Day. Yes...
Tag - Food & Drink
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Sipping on Sémillon
With the dog days of summer upon us, your intrepid liquor reporter has been swapping out room temperature red wines for chilled whites at garden parties...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Fruity Beers
Your intrepid liquor reporter usually eschews gimmicks like an orange twist in his beer, but the recent heat wave has left me gasping for refreshment, and...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Portuguese Wines
The face of Portuguese wines has been changing over the past decade, with fortified Port wines falling out of favour in world markets, leaving the winemakers...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Stampede Boozin’
Your intrepid liquor reporter has once more survived the annual bacchanalia known as the Calgary Stampede, despite regular forays of early-morning boozing in...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Bandy About
Your intrepid liquor reporter has been giddy with anticipation for months, waiting for a new craft brewery in Calgary to finally throw open its doors. It all...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Vinho Verde
The face of Portuguese wines has been changing over the past decade, with fortified Port wines falling out of favour in world markets, leaving the winemakers...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Summer Sparklers
The arrival of summer has brought with it the dog days of summer, with extended hours for outdoor drinking. While chugging beer on a sunny patio is a time...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Mac Beer
Let’s talk about Mac Beer. No, gentle reader, I’m not referring to the PBR swill that is enjoyed by hipsters while writing poetry on their fruit...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Bargain Brews
Your intrepid liquor reporter was not always the unrepentant beer snob that he is today. No, gentle reader, in the bygone days of youth, your humble...