Calgary is experiencing a surge in craft beer, much to the giddy delight of your intrepid liquor reporter. With dedicated beer bars like The Bottle House...
Tag - Food & Drink
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Beer: The Motion Picture
Located approximately 100km south of Chestermere is quite possibly the nerdiest town in the province. Yes, gentle reader, I am speaking of the Town of Vulcan...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
International Whisky Day
A very special day has just slipped by on the calendar. No, gentle reader, it’s not my two-week anniversary with that young lady with Pinot-soluble...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
You Don’t Have The Stones
Readers in the audience with an archeological bent may wonder how beer was made before the availability of metal brewing vessels. Students of history will...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
How Merlot Can You Go?
When wandering the aisles of a well-stocked wine merchant, the vast diversity of choices can leave even the most seasoned of wine drinkers in a state of...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Ohmygosh for Ommegang
Your globetrotting liquor reporter is penning this week’s column from a hip and happening boutique hotel in midtown Manhattan. After flying into NYC for...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Spring into Spring
Your intrepid liquor reporter is hopeful that the warmer days of spring have finally arrived, and that Mother Nature is not planning to cruelly unleash the...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Alexander Keith Hops To It
Faithful readers of this column may recall that North America is experiencing a decade-long surge in the popularity of craft beer, as the unwashed masses throw...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
English Spirits
The Right Honourable Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady herself, shuffled off this mortal coil last week. Readers in the audience that were of school...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
California Dreamin’
Your globetrotting liquor reporter took a quick trip to California last month, and naturally, my thoughts turned quickly to booze. Flying into San Francisco, I...