Lost in the beer-soaked mists of time, Calgary’s historic Inglewood neighbourhood once held an iconic brewery. The empty shell still sits on the eastern...
Tag - Food & Drink
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Chick Beer
The life of a beer marketing executive must be a rough one. There is the need to appeal to the male demographic, which makes up 75% of beer consumption...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Santa Beer
Christmas was a very special day for your intrepid liquor reporter. No, gentle reader, it’s not because I was a good little boy and Santa was good to me...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
The Lion In Winter
After our unseasonably warm November, your intrepid liquor reporter was beginning to think that his barley sacrifices to the beer gods over the summer had...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Yuletide Cheer
It’s that time of year again. The Thanksgiving and Halloween holidays are long behind us, but Christmas, Hannukah, Kwaanza, and Festivus are just around...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Hopping Mad
Your intrepid liquor report is hopping mad this week. No, gentle reader, not in the occupy city hall in a tent kind of hopping mad, but mad for the fabulous...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Grape Escape
In an odd twist of fate, one of the best-stocked beer merchants in Southern Alberta is the Calgary Co-Op liquor stores. These are usually a freestanding...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Picaroons Will Be My Ruin
Faithful readers may recall that your globetrotting liquor reporter is travelling in Eastern Canada. Since last week’s column, I have travelled from...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Propeller Heads
Electric Avenue. George Street. Charing Cross Road. Yonge Street. Spring Garden Road. Anyone who has ever set foot on any of the above streets will know they...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Zweigelicious
Faithful readers may recall your intrepid liquor reporter’s long appreciation of both beer and the fairer sex. As you can imagine, last month’s...