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. […]
Add Some Wit to Your Winter
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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Skagway Craft Brew Festival Debrief
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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Beer Trivia
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
Drop that Corskcrew
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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The Joy of Yeast
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
Beer personalities
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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Eight Men in a Canoe
Uncover the intriguing tale of Maudite beer. Learn how this brew connects to a legendary pact with the devil.
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To Gas or Not to Gas?
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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A Happy Accident
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
Beer Saves
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
Tropical Beer
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
The Hot and Cold of It
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 Cocktail, Anyone?
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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A Beer Snob Confesses
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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Great Beer, and a Star Sighting to Boot
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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Near Beer Part 2: Faux Phobia
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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Near Beer: Part 1
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
Flavour Starts with Adam’s Ale
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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Respect in a Tall Glass
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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Cool Tunes, Swell Suds
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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Extreme Beer
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
Iron Chef Beer Pairing
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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Too Much Like Funkytown
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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Awash in Brew
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
Best Beer in Food
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
We Have Your Beer
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
Hey! My lager is clear, light and fizzy!
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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Beer drinkers, get your wine glasses ready
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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Words Aren’t What They Used To Be
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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