Traditionally, saison is a rustic, artisanal ale made with local farm-grown ingredients, brewed for consumption during the active farming season in the French-speaking area of Belgium. Because these beers were made from whatever happened to be on hand, it was not unusual to have grains such as wheat, rye, oats, or spelt in the grist bill.
Oh Beautiful Beer, publishers of an amazing book about beer labels, design and artwork, have profiled Chemainus BC’s Riot Brewing on their website.
After the winter we’ve had, it probably seemed impossible that there would ever be warm weather again, but it’s coming. If it’s not, this issue’s Fruit Beer Spotlight feature will be pointless, and here at What’s Brewing we don’t do pointless stuff. Much.
International beer website RateBeer.com has published a “Best Of” list for 2016, broken down by geographic subregion. British Columbia is included in its listing.
Frank Appleton’s new book Brewing Revolution has immediately become a must-read for fans of BC craft beer. Aside from the simple…
Any book about Canadian beer history would naturally be of interest to What’s Brewing, but this one has a subtle BC connection….
New to What’s Brewing: our Tasting Panel! In concert with our partner, Legacy Liquor Store, we’ve selected products from five breweries…
Reading Fiction #1: The Misfortunates The front cover of The Misfortunates, written by Belgian Dimitri Verhulst, depicts four small, indistinct men…
Vintage Beer, by Patrick Dawson, came along at the perfect time for me, with a half dozen or so of my cellared beers getting close to the year-old stage.
I had a great New Year’s Eve. I got to spend time with some friends I haven’t seen in a while,…
That's All There Was!
That's All There Was!