Category Archives: Beer

Sometimes Dr Booze writes about beer

Hopping Right Along

For those of you who spend more time drinking and less time wondering about why, hops is the ingredient that gives beer it’s astringent taste. It is also a preservative that keeps beer from going bad. Prior to hops various … Continue reading

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Wine and Asian food

Asian food in general, and Thai in particular is murderously difficult to pair with wine. My fave with spicy food is Amontillado sherry served ice cold, but I’ve never yet found that on a menu. Jammy Australian wine works well. … Continue reading

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Lime Beer… Summer’s latest greatest

I Imagine the folks at Budweiser are dancing around the office throwing money in the air this year.  From LA to St. John’s the flavour of the summer is BL Lime AKA Bud Light Lime.  To give you some idea … Continue reading

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beers for summer

Here’s the beers featured on Rogstad. I’m a Pilsner Urquell guy myself, liking the clean sharp taste. Cracked Canoe is aimed at light and American beer drinkers.  (No surprise there.  Moosehead clearly sees their future as south of 49.) Great … Continue reading

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Wine Selling in Saskatchewan

The Minister wants to make the SLGA more user friendly. This is a good goal, but truthfully I don’t have any trouble with the SLGA retail side. The staff is very helpful, and I’ve worked out how to get what I want. Continue reading

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