24 Oct, 2009
Posted by: j3r3my In: Beer
According to Draftmag, Michele Lowney, Brewmaster at the Grizzly Paw Brewery in Canmore Alberta thought of the (brilliant) idea of gathering the craft-brewers in Alberta together to create a “unified” beer with which the proceeds would go to a variety of charities. Today (Saturday, October 24) – representatives of each of Alberta’s premier micro-breweries all [...]
As I was trolling through my RSS feeds this morning, I came across an entry on thedieline.com about Big Boss Brewing Company down in Raleigh, NC. This is quite possibly some of the coolest packaging I’ve seen on a micro-brewery’s brands and the beers have some pretty unique names too such as “Bad Penny Brown [...]
10 Jun, 2009
Posted by: j3r3my In: Beer
Yesterday, a colleague and I decided to check out the new St. James Corner pub just one block west of our beloved patio hang-out the Drum & Monkey here in Calgary. It turns out that it is a beautifully decorated Irish Style pub with awesome dark oak furnishings and old world touches. The food we [...]
29 Apr, 2009
Posted by: j3r3my In: Beer
Photo: mfajardo Great post – I think I have to grab my passport and my favorite stein and go traveling! A few of these I’ve heard of and even sampled but most of them are new and by the looks of things very interesting. Of note for me would be “Lewis and Clark Brewing Company” [...]
The Premier line of Sleeman Beers namely the Indian Pale Ale and the Fine Porter were re-designed by Dossier Creative. The rebranding was featured on the Lovely Package blog and shows off how great this creative really is. The truly great thing is that the beauty of the packaging helps accentuate the awesomeness of this [...]
21 Apr, 2009
Posted by: j3r3my In: Beer
My Dad mentioned that he’d had an incredible pint of beer from “Driftwood Brewing” – a new brewery making small-batch brewed beers in Victoria. I did a little research and Driftwood indeed has some very interesting beers in their line-up such as the Farmhand Ale, the Blackstone Porter and the Brother Bart’s Brown Ale. Unfortunately [...]