I'm off to Edmonton next week.

Any ideas of bars worth visiting for micro-brewery beers, please?
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Regards

Mike

Mike Roebuck wrote:
I'm off to Edmonton next week.

Any ideas of bars worth visiting for micro-brewery beers, please?

Well, got as far as Jasper, and no obvious micros so far. There's a
place in Edmonton called Brewsters, which looks as though it may brew
on the premises (will bec checked out at the weekend), and there's an
Albertan brewery called Big Rock, which I don't recall from my last
visit 10 years ago. They brew a "Trad Ale", a "Honey Brown Lager", and
"Grasshopper" (a "wheat lager", clear and served with a wedge of
lemon). None of them worth writing home about though.

Cheers

Mike
in the Rockies

wrote:
Mike Roebuck wrote:
I'm off to Edmonton next week.

Any ideas of bars worth visiting for micro-brewery beers, please?

Well, got as far as Jasper, and no obvious micros so far. There's a
place in Edmonton called Brewsters, which looks as though it may brew
on the premises (will bec checked out at the weekend), and there's an
Albertan brewery called Big Rock, which I don't recall from my last
visit 10 years ago. They brew a "Trad Ale", a "Honey Brown Lager", and
"Grasshopper" (a "wheat lager", clear and served with a wedge of
lemon). None of them worth writing home about though.

Cheers

Mike
in the Rockies



Grasshopper is a wheat ale--a "delicately hopped wheat ale", according
to the Big Rock website. See if you can get them to serve it without
the lemon slice (or a frosted glass)--I think it's better that way.

I've had Traditional Ale only from bottles only, and never the Honey Brown.

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Bruce Weaver

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In article .com,
says...

Mike Roebuck wrote:
I'm off to Edmonton next week.

Any ideas of bars worth visiting for micro-brewery beers, please?

Well, got as far as Jasper, and no obvious micros so far. There's a
place in Edmonton called Brewsters, which looks as though it may brew
on the premises (will bec checked out at the weekend), and there's an
Albertan brewery called Big Rock, which I don't recall from my last
visit 10 years ago. They brew a "Trad Ale", a "Honey Brown Lager", and
"Grasshopper" (a "wheat lager", clear and served with a wedge of
lemon). None of them worth writing home about though.

Sorry if this is too late to be useful, but anyway...

In general, I find most of Alberta to be a bit of a beer wasteland,
though there are a couple of good beer pubs in Calgary.

Big Rock is what I would call a 2nd tier Micro - generally better than
the majors, but not particularly interesting. Brewsters is OK - they are
a small chain of brewpubs with outlets in Calgary and Edmonton (and
possibly elsewhere).

Probably the best brewery in Edmonton is Alley Kat. They're pretty small
and their beers can be a bit tough to find, but they have some
interesting products, including a very nice barleywine.

Often, your best bet in the Rockies is to see if you can find some of
the better BC products (notably Tree brewing). I've found Tree Hophead
in the most surprising places, and it's a lifesaver!

Cheers,

Bill

On Wed, 17 May 2006 08:15:40 -0700, Bill Riel wrote:

In article .com,
says...

Mike Roebuck wrote:
I'm off to Edmonton next week.

Any ideas of bars worth visiting for micro-brewery beers, please?

Well, got as far as Jasper, and no obvious micros so far. There's a
place in Edmonton called Brewsters, which looks as though it may brew
on the premises (will bec checked out at the weekend), and there's an
Albertan brewery called Big Rock, which I don't recall from my last
visit 10 years ago. They brew a "Trad Ale", a "Honey Brown Lager", and
"Grasshopper" (a "wheat lager", clear and served with a wedge of
lemon). None of them worth writing home about though.

Sorry if this is too late to be useful, but anyway...

It's OK - I'll keep this for my next trip :-)


In general, I find most of Alberta to be a bit of a beer wasteland,
though there are a couple of good beer pubs in Calgary.

Big Rock is what I would call a 2nd tier Micro - generally better than
the majors, but not particularly interesting. Brewsters is OK - they are
a small chain of brewpubs with outlets in Calgary and Edmonton (and
possibly elsewhere).

Found one of the Brewsters outlets and tried 7 of the 12 beers on the
menu. There were actually only 11 on offer, as I was a bit too late
for the winter-only barley wine.

Of the 7 I tried, the Stout was pretty good, and the raspberry wheat
beer (with a handful of fresh raspberries immersed in it) too. The
other beers were pretty average. The Pale Ale was overhopped with
Cascades to the point where it was only just palatable.


Probably the best brewery in Edmonton is Alley Kat. They're pretty small
and their beers can be a bit tough to find, but they have some
interesting products, including a very nice barleywine.

Saw that in the phone book, but unfortunately had no time to visit it.


Often, your best bet in the Rockies is to see if you can find some of
the better BC products (notably Tree brewing). I've found Tree Hophead
in the most surprising places, and it's a lifesaver!

I don't recall seeing that one at all. There's an Irish pub in Banff
which has 32 draught beers. It may have been on there, I don't
remember. What I do remember is the Yukon Arctic Red, which was the
best beer I drank all trip.

Thanks for the tips.


Cheers,

Bill
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Regards

Mike

mikedotroebuckatgmxdotnet

On Wed, 17 May 2006 07:42:35 -0400, Bruce Weaver
wrote:

wrote:
Mike Roebuck wrote:
I'm off to Edmonton next week.

Any ideas of bars worth visiting for micro-brewery beers, please?

Well, got as far as Jasper, and no obvious micros so far. There's a
place in Edmonton called Brewsters, which looks as though it may brew
on the premises (will bec checked out at the weekend), and there's an
Albertan brewery called Big Rock, which I don't recall from my last
visit 10 years ago. They brew a "Trad Ale", a "Honey Brown Lager", and
"Grasshopper" (a "wheat lager", clear and served with a wedge of
lemon). None of them worth writing home about though.

Cheers

Mike
in the Rockies



Grasshopper is a wheat ale--a "delicately hopped wheat ale", according
to the Big Rock website. See if you can get them to serve it without
the lemon slice (or a frosted glass)--I think it's better that way.

I discarded the lemon :-) The barkeeper described it as a wheat lager
though, contradicting what the brewer says on the website.


I've had Traditional Ale only from bottles only, and never the Honey Brown.

I may have been wrong about the honey brown ale. Sleemans brew one,
and it may have been that which I saw (I didn't drink it).

Big Rock beers were on offer in most of the bars I visited in
Edmonton, Jasper and Banff.

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Regards

Mike

mikedotroebuckatgmxdotnet