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Pink Boots Society Meets at CBC
Posted September 13, 2011 | 12:10 am, by nadine
When Tonya Cornett stepped up to the stage and accepted her award for 2008 Champion Brewery: Small Brewpub Category, at the World Beer Cup in San Diego, I felt myself jump up to my feet as I began to cheer. Behind me, Laura Ulrich called out “she’s a pink-booter”. I could tell, in that moment, that we were both thinking the same thing: She’s a very talented brewer and she’s one of us! As of 1pm that day, I too […]
A Taste of the ‘American Renaissance’
Posted September 13, 2011 | 12:08 am, by nadine
On April 17th this year, a hundred and thirty of us piled onto a bus from the Craft Brewers’ Conference in San Diego to attend a dinner that featured The Lost Abbey beers. Created by Port Brewing Co, The Lost Abbey is a brand it reserves for Belgian-style beers. The dinner that evening would also celebrate the launch of Isabelle Proximus ale, apparently brewed by “Allaverdogportrush”… We arrived at the brewery around seven, to find rows of candle-lit tables, impeccably […]
Let it Flow
Posted September 12, 2011 | 11:56 pm, by nadine
As the snow begins to melt after a long winter and the days become warmer, sap begins to flow from the Canadian sugar maple. It is sugar-season in Canada! Sap isn’t the only maple product flowing in Ontario this spring. For a few years now, three Ontario Craft Brewers have been releasing maple beers to celebrate the thaw… A quirky little adjunct Canada produces 83% of the world’s maple syrup. This quintessentially Canadian ingredient is used to flavour a […]
A World of Beer
Posted September 12, 2011 | 11:46 pm, by nadine
I thought I’d beat the crowd by arriving at the Montréal ‘Mondial de la Bière’ festival at noon on a Friday. Imagine my surprise when I opened the doors that lead from Métro Bonaventure to Gare Windsor and heard the rumble of a crowd: the festival was already in full swing! Climbing the stairs up to the festival, I thought: oh, great! Now I’m going to be elbowing through a crowd of drunken people, and trying not to trip over […]