In Defence of Bock and Other Underloved Beer Styles
By Stephen Beaumont Growing up in Montréal in the 1970s, I quite vividly recall a springtime ritual in which my father would annually engage….
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Of Course Craft is Elitist, That’s What We Like About It!
by Stephen Beaumont Several years ago, while attending a Blue Jays game at the Skydome (it will always be the Skydome to me!) my…
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Meet Your New Beer Destination: Quito, Ecuador
By Stephen Beaumont You can credit Nathan Keffer for this column. Nathan is the American ex-pat who is one half of Quito’s Bandido Brewing,…
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Welcome to #FlagshipFebruary
by Stephen Beaumont It all started with a tweet. Or, to be more precise, a pair of tweets. I had just read a much-linked…
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HOLIDAY PANEL – PART 2 –ONTARIO AND QUEBEC
By: Stephen Beaumont Great Lakes Brewery, Toronto, Ontario Grandpa’s Ol’ White Eggnog Stout 5%ABV 10 IBU Not being much of a fan of so-called…
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What I’m Happy for…and Worried About
by Stephen Beaumont Well, it’s getting to the end of the year, which means it’s time for every writer worth their printer ink…
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Where is Canada’s Beer Style?
by Stephen Beaumont Over the past several years, I have presented numerous seminars in mostly up-and-coming beer countries like Brazil and Chile, China and…
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The Good and Bad of Hops
by Stephen Beaumont Pssst, hey you, brewer, over here! I’ve got a hot tip for you, something that is not only going to save…
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The View from the Middle (of Italy)
by Stephen Beaumont I have been quietly fascinated by the Italian craft beer scene ever since I was invited to help judge the inaugural…
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In Praise of Cask – with a Caveat
by Stephen Beaumont When they first opened in 1985, the founders of Guelph, Ontario’s Wellington County Brewery figured that if they devoted themselves to…
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