As the summer nears, it is nearly time to start tasting again, but first I would like to acknowledge my best and fairest for 2009: BEST BREWERY: Nelson Brewing, Nelson British Columbia By providing consistently great beer and setting an example for other breweries, but using only organic ingredients, Nelson Brewery has earned the title [...]

My respect to Lion Nathan who in December of 2008 unveiled that they are releasing a line of beers free of additives and preservatives. By doing this they will be the provider (believe it or not) of about half of the known natural beers produced in Australia. Ironically, it was James Boag’s Beer, produced by [...]

Coming up is my long-awaited trip to Taiwan, and there are a few things I like to discover when I travel: the people, the culture, the transit systems, and the beer. As it turns out, in most places we really choose our beer based on the media input. They are, indeed, selling a feeling. Products [...]

I was fortunate enough to be invited to Canada Day Pub Crawl last Wednesday with a group of friends. Despite my love of beer, I am known by this group as “Tequila Gary” because of one legendary night when I forced tequila down the throats of party goers, especially my own. Alas I would not [...]