To Be a Cicerone
When I grow up I want to be a cicerone. Sigh. The above statement is true. A cicerone is the sommelier of the beer world. […]
When I grow up I want to be a cicerone. Sigh. The above statement is true. A cicerone is the sommelier of the beer world. […]
One of the perks of spewing your beer brain onto a white page every couple of weeks is that people occasionally give you beer and
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It’s official: Skagwegians know how to have a good time. We just got back from the second annual Skagway Craft Brew Festival, and it was awesome.
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Delight your friends and family with a couple of beer-themed tidbits this week, or just look incredibly smart while getting your growler filled. The world’s
You are NOT going to eat that burrito with a glass of merlot. There are just some foods that were meant to be diluted by
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That Louis Pasteur was onto something. Seriously. People were harnessing the power of yeast to make beer for thousands of years before they actually knew
I bumped into an old Alexander Keith’s beer commercial on YouTube this week—you might remember the series. It involved a crusty Scotsman with spindly legs,
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Uncover the intriguing tale of Maudite beer. Learn how this brew connects to a legendary pact with the devil.
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We here at Beer Cache have just returned from a three-week brewery tour of the great craft brew state of Alaska. We were lucky enough
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I can understand how they discovered wine. You squash grapes. Wild yeast on grape skins devours the sugary liquid and voila! Sociables. But how on
It’s empty calories, I know. If you are on a diet, beer kills—one imperial pint (20 ounces) of Yukon Red could be a tenth of
While most of you poor sods were busy clothing and sheltering yourselves during the month of February, I was deciding how best to hydrate myself
Beer should be served cold… Or should it? The traditional rule is that ales should be served at cellar temperature (12-16 degrees C) and lagers
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Beer adulteration. It sounds dirty. But it’s a way to make an otherwise pedestrian beer seem wildly exotic. So-so wine can be made into sangria.
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I admit it, I’m a beerist. Not quite so harsh a thing as being a nihilist or a sexist, but I have high expectations for
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Phew! After two columns dedicated to near beer, I’m so glad I can trade in my Holsten 0.0% for a beverage that doesn’t make me
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Did you Read Part One? In my last article I slagged the North American breweries for slacking off in the non-alcoholic beer department. The non-alcoholic
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Perhaps the most unspeakable adulteration of beer is the complete, or near-complete, removal of alcohol to make those sad, non-alcoholic shadows-of-their-former-selves near beers that men
Why do the Irish drink stouts? Why did the pilsner style develop in the Czech region? The type of water flowing through a region was
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If you’ve ever been to a Belgian beer bar you know that those Belgians have a different glass for every type of beer, bless their
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Dawson Music Festival (DCMF) is billed as a music event, but there happens to be a lot of beer action in the midst of it.
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I blame my current state of beer obsession on Christmas of 1995 when I bought my partner a beer kit as a present. It somehow
I am a non-reciprocator—people invite me to their houses for fabulous meals. I eat, and weeks later I think about having them over… and then
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If your beer tastes like cardboard, you might want to reconsider drinking it. It was probably stored in a heated room, which accelerated the oxidation
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I must be getting old: asleep in my hotel room by 10 p.m. the night of Haines Beer Fest this year. A poor display of
My partner likes to separate his beer and his food. I’m in favour of mixing them. One day we will find common ground. In the
When I travelled to Toronto for work in March, my first impression was how I desperately needed new shoes and maybe a decent city coat
So this week, Beer Cache is brewing a Marzen. Märzenbier is the beer style that is served at Oktoberfest in Germany. It’s usually begun in
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For most folk, it’ll be a crisp lager after a hot summer paddle and a full-bodied ale after a ski. So what if someone told
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Do you find that words somehow start cropping up all over the place? Words that you never really ever heard before … at least not in
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