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Reminder: Tonight- Edmonton Beer Geeks Anonymous
Edmonton Beer Geeks Anonymous is holding its inaugural meeting on June 29th at 7:30 p.m. at the Wunderbar Hofbrauhaus, 8210 – 101 St. The new club aims to increase awareness of craft beer. For your...
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Shabam! – Date set for Edmonton beer, art & music fest
On September 24, Edmonton’s Sherbrooke Liquor presents a unique festival that raises money for the Kidney Foundation and involves beer. It’s the second year for shabam, a craft beer, art and music...
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Some Edmonton Labour Day weekend brews
It looks like there are some fine, fine brews available here in Edmonton for your weekend sipping pleasure. Big news for me and many IPA fans I know is that Vinomania has tweeted that it has some much...
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Awesome documentary: How Beer saved the World
Here’s a totally awesome doc from the Discovery Channel on beer, the greatest invention of all time. Thanks to Jarrod The Journal security guard and Heavy Metal reviewer. Cheers
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Huge cask event to mark beer geeks birthday
Edmonton Beer Geeks Anonymous will turn one year old in June and to commemorate this milestone Shane Groendahl from Beer Geeks has organized a cask ale day featuring casks from six different breweries....
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Edmonton craft beer taphouse set to open with 72 taps
New Edmonton craft beer destination, The Underground, has announced their beer list and said the doors will open soon – I hear July is the target. The Underground boasts 72 craft beer taps and will be...
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Edmonton’s Amber’s Brewing looking for new digs
Edmonton’s booming commercial real estate market is causing rents to go up and has priced Amber’s Brewing out of their space on 99th Street and 78th. The forced move presents some head-scratching...
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Edmonton beers geeks set for second anniversary cask day
Edmonton Beer Geeks Anonymous are getting set to celebrate their second year of sending out the craft and local beer love. The EBGA is hosting its second cask day on June 29th at the Wunderbar,...
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Two new brews pour into Edmonton
A couple of very different beers have appeared on Edmonton liquor store shelves. Big Rock’s Life of Chai and Phillips Brewing’s 12th anniversary ale with the handle, Monkey Drummer and the Incomplete...
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CRAFT Beer Market set to open Dec. 19
Craft and draft beer lovers can rejoice as the long-delayed opening of the CRAFT Beer Market on Ric Howard Way is just around the corner. The bar-restaurant will open on Dec. 19th with more than 100...
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Gallery: 12 Days of Beermas
This was was one of the best Christmas presents that I’ve received in a long time. Twelve craft beers selected by the fine and knowledgable folks at Sherbrooke Liquor. Here’s a gallery of the 12 fine...
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Alley Kat Cascadian Ale pours onto store shelves
Alley Kat’s first Big Bottle release of 2014 sees a break from the Dragon Double IPA series, but not a break from the hops with New Moon Cascadian Dark Ale – a black IPA. Here’s bumph on the brew from...
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Get your lips down to Beer Revolution for a hop revolution festival
February is a happy, hoppy month for Edmonton beer lovers at Beer Revolution. Until Feb. 22, the downtown craft beer and pizza joint at 11736 104 Avenue is featuring hopped-up beer from around the...
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Mark Suits: Beer advent calendars are a festive way to discover new brews
It’s become a holiday tradition for beer-lovers. The calendars are great gifts and an excellent way to sample a wide variety of beer styles that you wouldn’t normally have a chance to sip. The beers...
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Mark Suits: Give in to your wild (yeast) side with a Beard Beer
What would you say to sipping a beer brewed with yeast cultivated from a beard? “Ew, gross”? Or, “Sure, I’ll give it a try”? If you’re in the latter group, here’s your chance. Portland’s Rogue Ales...
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Mark Suits: Alberta brewing scene taking a turn for the sour
In what appears to be a growing trend toward sour beers in the craft beer industry, two Alberta brewers have released sours. Calgary’s Wild Rose Brewery is offering Cowbell kettle sour ale (4.5 per...
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Mark Suits: Alberta breweries win big at Canadian Brewing Awards
Let’s raise a glass to Alberta’s brewers as six of the province’s craft breweries took home some hardware at the Canadian Brewing Awards held last Saturday in Vancouver. Alberta’s only gold medal...
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Mark Suits: Alley Kat hits the back alley with experimental brews
Edmonton’s Alley Kat Brewing is preparing to launch a new series of experimental beers called Back Alley Brews and I am excited about it. Experimentation and creativity are hallmarks of craft brewing...
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Mark Suits: Edmonton's Bent Stick Brewing launches its first two beers
Edmonton beer-lovers have two more locally brewed beers to sample now that Bent Stick Brewing has released its first two brews, Brick is Red and Swap the Hops. The brewery is small and will only be...
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Mark Suits: A tasty brown ale that is a beer with a back story
Lacombe’s Blindman Brewing recently released its latest offering called American Brown Ale (5.8 per cent alcohol by volume). It’s a beer with an interesting backstory where a brewing mixup turned into...
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