Next Review friday

For reasons that ought to be obvious by now, getting beer to review is difficult in the current climate. As such, until May or so, I'll be doing one review per week again. To compensate, I'll start doing some different articles on Sundays, which I haven't done in a long while. This blog has a …

Saskatoons

For today's quick review, I'm going to take you all on a brief tour of local history. You see, in North America, the lands are vast and much of it is empty. Native People here had to figure out what sorts of plants and animals made good food of millennium. Everybody needs to eat, after …

Mint and Mead

Surprisingly enough, mead goes really well with mint. You may not think that at first glance; would beeswax tannins and sharp mint actually work, or would it turn into something bitter and unpalatable? I can say with some certainty that the two work, from two different experiences. One is an example of how different flowers …

Rose of Home

Alberta's flower is the wild rose. That's an odd sentence to start a mead review on, at first glance. The fuchsia flower is one of the many symbols of the province, besides ears of barley and dinosaurs. What does that have to do with honey wine? Well, all honey comes from flowers. Alberta's biggest flower population is …

Sweeter

Another day, another mead review. I have some plans going forward for beer-related articles for next weekend, namely something to do with history and the time of year. Until then, enjoy another look at Alberta mead, and another bottle from Fallentimber. It's a good one. Meads vary in terms of their flavours and textures. They …