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I am the beer columnist for CBC Radio One's Edmonton afternoon show, Radioactive, for Vue Weekly magazine in Edmonton and for Planet S magazine in Saskatoon. Despite being a rather non-tech savvy guy, I realized the natural extension of my beer writing is to go online in some fashion. So onbeer.org is my attempt to offer my observations about beer, brewing and the beer industry to the world of the internet (whoever you are).
Recent Blog Posts
Beer Canada Brings Back Bob & Doug to Fan Faux Flames of Beer Tax Ire
Beer Canada has once again employed Bob and Doug McKenzie, Canada’s most famous fictional hosers, to tell Canadians about all the bad things the federal government is doing to their beer. A new set of radio and web-only ads have... Continue Reading →
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Beer Canada has once again employed Bob and Doug McKenzie, Canada’s most famous fictional hosers, to tell Canadians about all the bad things the federal government is doing to their beer. A new set of radio and web-only ads have... Continue Reading →
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Counting Quebec: An Addendum to 2023 State of the Industry
As I mentioned in my recent post about the state of craft beer in Canada, the number of Quebec breweries in the database of Canadian breweries I keep has always been the shakiest. This is mostly because of my limitations... Continue Reading →
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As I mentioned in my recent post about the state of craft beer in Canada, the number of Quebec breweries in the database of Canadian breweries I keep has always been the shakiest. This is mostly because of my limitations... Continue Reading →
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The Party’s Over: The State of Canadian Craft Beer, 2023
Craft beer in Canada has been on a pretty good ride in the last decade or so. Across most of the country we have seen big increases in the number of breweries and the size of market share they earn.... Continue Reading →
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Craft beer in Canada has been on a pretty good ride in the last decade or so. Across most of the country we have seen big increases in the number of breweries and the size of market share they earn.... Continue Reading →
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Where in Alberta Do You Find the Most Breweries?
The other day I randomly got curious about where in Alberta has the most breweries. The cities? Small towns? And where are their the biggest holes? So I jumped on the google machine and pulled out my calculator and starting... Continue Reading →
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The other day I randomly got curious about where in Alberta has the most breweries. The cities? Small towns? And where are their the biggest holes? So I jumped on the google machine and pulled out my calculator and starting... Continue Reading →
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It Was Raining Medals at the 2023 Canada Beer Cup
It was raining medals as the results of the 2023 Canada Beer Cup were released last week. The second edition of this new competition, sponsored by the Canadian Craft Brewers Association, offered an interesting peak into the state of Canada’s... Continue Reading →
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It was raining medals as the results of the 2023 Canada Beer Cup were released last week. The second edition of this new competition, sponsored by the Canadian Craft Brewers Association, offered an interesting peak into the state of Canada’s... Continue Reading →
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Enjoy Edmonton Beer? Come to My Latest Beer Pairing at Underground
COVID killed my event calendar. I had gotten into a groove around monthly tastings at Sugar Bowl, regular beer dinners at Underground and the occasional pop-up event somewhere else. Most of that has been blown away. However, I have re-started... Continue Reading →
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COVID killed my event calendar. I had gotten into a groove around monthly tastings at Sugar Bowl, regular beer dinners at Underground and the occasional pop-up event somewhere else. Most of that has been blown away. However, I have re-started... Continue Reading →
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Familiar Names, New Faces Among Alberta Beer Award Winners
Last night the winners of the 2023 Alberta Beer Awards were announced. The list of winners includes breweries who have become very accustomed to the medal podium and some impressive accomplishments by some newbies to the Alberta beer scene. The... Continue Reading →
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Last night the winners of the 2023 Alberta Beer Awards were announced. The list of winners includes breweries who have become very accustomed to the medal podium and some impressive accomplishments by some newbies to the Alberta beer scene. The... Continue Reading →
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A Tale of Two Beer Guys: A Pint-Sized Play about Unity Brew 2023
SCENE: Beerguy’s basement home office, a room with overfilled bookcases, scattered papers and commemorative beer glasses, bottles and other beer-related paraphernalia. Beerguy sits at his desk deleting Don Tse Tweet-puns and plotting revenge against JVR. A can of the 2023... Continue Readin...
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SCENE: Beerguy’s basement home office, a room with overfilled bookcases, scattered papers and commemorative beer glasses, bottles and other beer-related paraphernalia. Beerguy sits at his desk deleting Don Tse Tweet-puns and plotting revenge against JVR. A can of the 2023... Continue Readin...
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A Summer of Brewing Tragedies and The Return of Onbeer.org
Onbeer has been a rather quiet place in the past year or two. I hope to change that this fall, with a return to semi-regular posts. Starting with this post. Over the past couple years my day job and other... Continue Reading →
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Onbeer has been a rather quiet place in the past year or two. I hope to change that this fall, with a return to semi-regular posts. Starting with this post. Over the past couple years my day job and other... Continue Reading →
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Talking Dog Makes Some Noise in Spruce Grove
It is hard to open a brewery. Imagine opening one during a pandemic. There have been a few brave souls in Alberta who have done just that in the past year or so. One of them is Spruce Grove’s first... Continue Reading →
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It is hard to open a brewery. Imagine opening one during a pandemic. There have been a few brave souls in Alberta who have done just that in the past year or so. One of them is Spruce Grove’s first... Continue Reading →
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