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Globe and Mail
Posted March 16, 2012 | 3:11 pm, by Mirella
If the thought of a pub crawl leaves you cold, celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a new kind of gathering: a tasting party centred on premium beers…Globe Style outlines how it’s all done with the help of Mirella Amato, a certified beer sommelier and the first woman in Canada to hold the designation…
Beerology Off-Flavour Workshop featured in the Grid!
Posted February 23, 2012 | 1:53 pm, by Mirella
There’s a fun write-up in the Grid about the Off-Flavour Beer Tasting Workshops that I’ve been running since last fall. As I mentioned in a previous post, these off-flavour sessions are a great way for beer enthusiasts, brewers, homebrewers and people who work with or around beer to learn about off-flavours. What is an off-flavour? An off-flavour is an aroma or flavour in beer that should not be there. Sometimes it is one that would be alright if it wasn’t […]
The Grid
Posted February 23, 2012 | 1:22 pm, by Mirella
“I brought along something that makes beer taste like dirty draught lines, in case people want to geek out later,” Mirella Amato tells her class of nine students on an early February night. A few of them look up, nod, then return their noses to the small plastic cups they’re cradling in their hands…
Ladies Love Beer Too!
Posted February 22, 2012 | 2:00 pm, by Mirella
Do you live near Fredericton NB?… Join me for this fun tasting that explores the relationship of women with beer throughout history: For more information, you can call: 506-457-9082 ext. 1
Do we really want to see beer gain the same “status” as wine & spirits?
Posted February 3, 2012 | 10:00 am, by Mirella
Stephen Beaumont tweeted out an interesting blog entry last week. Written by a gentleman named Ben McFarland in the UK, this article is about beer glassware and how the nonic pint (see image on the left) needs to be eliminated and replaced with smaller glasses that better enhance beer’s flavours and aromas. The beginning of the article is quite interesting, listing some of the other shapes of glasses that were used in the UK before the nonic pint came along. […]
Let’s celebrate St. Brigid’s Day!
Posted February 1, 2012 | 10:00 am, by Mirella
Are you looking for an excuse to break your post-holiday, guilt-driven “drinking break”? Do you need an excuse to get off the couch and out to the pub this evening? Well, guess what? It’s St. Brigid of Kildare’s Day!… Let’s all head out to the pub and CELEBRATE! Right now, some of you might be wondering who St. Brigid of Kildare was. Well, like St. Patrick (who we celebrate at the pub every year) she is one of the patron […]
Is it okay to send a beer back if it doesn’t taste right?…
Posted January 9, 2012 | 5:58 pm, by Mirella
I just came across this great article called “When Craft Beer Goes Bad: A Guide to Refusing a Beer” on the American BA website. It includes a handy chart that details common issues with beer service, what causes them, and how they can be resolved. It’s certainly got me thinking… The article is saying that: “Ultimately, you should be able to send back any beer that you are unsatisfied with…but consumers seem to have hang-ups about doing this.” I would […]
A Holiday Treat!
Posted December 11, 2011 | 2:00 pm, by Mirella
Beer Nog (a.k.a. Royal Posset) A fun treat to share over the Holiday Season… I was researching a holiday beer ideas CBC radio segment last year and came across this delicious recipe for Royal Posset. Posset is a warm drink and it is thought to have been the pre-decessor to Egg Nog. It can be made with either beer or wine but because the recipe originated in Britain, many people theorize that Posset would originally have been made with beer… As part of […]
Ending the year with a bang!
Posted December 2, 2011 | 11:00 am, by Mirella
Our last Cask! social this year is running in conjunction with the Victory Cafe Winter Cask Festival this weekend. Come on by and sample a wide range of delicious cask-conditioned ales!
Yum!
Posted November 29, 2011 | 3:03 pm, by Mirella
I had to take a moment to share these fantastic recipes that chef Matt Kantor created for the latest Ontario Brewer Podcast. Beet Salad with the Red Leaf Lager Squash and Mushroom Salad with the Winter Ale Chocolate Cake with Winter Ale Caramel As I mentioned in a previous post, this whole season of Ontario Brewer is about pairing beer with food. This month, the feature was on Great Lakes brewery and Matt came in to talk about his experience […]