An article by Noah Forrest This past weekend was Foudre Unis. We survived. If you are not aware, Foudre Unis 2018 was the first in a hopefully long series of beer festivals hosted by Brasserie […]
Ottawa’s Tooth and Nail Brewing Company Releases Barrel Reserve Series
An article by Noah Forrest I’m excited to write this post. Tooth and Nail Brewing Company is a gem of a brewery that I always recommend to people when they are visiting Ottawa. There is […]
Flora Hall and Brasserie du Bas-Canada Create a New Kind of Collaboration
An Article by Noah Forrest Gerald Comeau (a new Brut IPA from Brasserie du Bas-Canada and Flora Hall Brewing) was named after the man who’s been fighting inter-provincial Canadian alcohol restrictions for the last few […]
Avant-Garde Releases a Rainbow of Barrel-Aged Funk
An Article by Noah Forrest 2017 was great for Avant-Garde – Artisans Brasseurs. They definitely stepped up their game from previous years, hosting two separate bottle releases and dropping a ton of barrel-aged beers for […]
Microbrasserie 4 Origines Opens in Pointe-Saint-Charles
An article by Noah Forrest Microbrasserie 4 Origines opened its doors in April this year, but they are already starting to garner a reputation for quality beer. Located at the eastern tip of Point-St-Charles, patrons […]
Brasserie Distillerie Champ Libre Hosts Their First Bottle Release!
An article by Noah Forrest Hey! Guess what? Brasserie Distillerie Champ Libre is having a bottle release tomorrow, Saturday, July 14th, 2018! I provided some details about this a few weeks back, so I decided […]
Champ Libre – An Interview with Alex Ganivet, A Review of their Core Line-up, and an Exclusive Look at their Upcoming Bottle Release
An article by Noah Forrest Do you ever just find yourself rooting for someone to succeed and prosper? That’s how I’ve felt about Alex Ganivet-Boileau pretty much the second I met him four years ago (as he […]
Boreale Continues to Step Up Their Hop Game
An article by Noah Forrest There is just so much to say about Boreale these days. Les Brasseurs du Nord, Boreale’s parent company, has been making quality beer for decades. The Boreale brand is a […]
Brasserie Artisanale Maltstrom Starts Barrel Aging – Yes Please!
An article by Noah Forrest Brasserie Artisanale Maltstrom may have only been around a couple of years, but they are already on their way to becoming one of the most sought after breweries in the […]
A Preview of Brasserie Dunham’s May 2018 Bottle Release
An article by Noah Forrest With the approaching summer weather just around the corner, it also means that the infamous Brasserie Dunham May bottle release party is arriving! And this year is as sexy as […]
Sutton Brouërie Brews Some Big and Burly Brett Beers to Finish off the Winter
An Article by Noah Forrest Most of the time when we think about the illustrious wild yeast genus brettanomyces (or brett for short), we picture sours, lambic, American wild ales, brett IPAs, or maybe bretted saisons. […]
Microbrasserie La Memphré Continues to Bottle Some Brilliantly Balanced Beer
An article by Noah Forrest The folks at Microbrasserie La Memphré have been busy over the last few months, delivering several brand new beers to the public as well as some returning classics. This Magog-based […]
Half Hour on Earth is Releasing a Steady Flow of Barrel-Aged Sours
An article by Noah Forrest Back in November 2016, I was fortunate to get my hands on a slew of bottles from Half Hours on Earth. This small brewery from Seaforth Ontario was creating beautifully […]
Brasserie Harricana Nailed 2017 – An Interview with Head-Brewer Francis Richer
An Article by Noah Forrest Brasserie Harricana is becoming more and more known for their deliciously tart barrel-aged blends. They just released the forth and fifth bottle from their 7205 series and more are coming […]
I think I have Survived La Cuvée 2018
An article byNoah Forrest Have you ever wondered if you could die from a hangover? Well, I had some time on Saturday morning to ponder this, as I hovered over my toilet bowl. The night […]
Finally Discovering Microbrasserie Ras L’Bock
An article by Noah Forrest Microbrasserie Ras L’Bock hit the Quebec beer scene in 2015. This charismatic bunch is located Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, which is about 3 and a half hours north west of Montreal. Self-proclaimed as having […]
Microbrasserie Riverbend Releases Three Barrel-aged Beers
An article by Noah Forrest Microbrasserie Riverbend is a brewery based out of Alma, QC (about 5hrs from Montreal). The brewery has been on the scene for about three years now and exclusively can all […]
Brasserie Dunham Hosts Winter Bottle Release and Foudres Unis Ticket Sale on Same Day!
An article by Noah Forrest A couple of months ago, Brasserie Dunham announced that they will be hosting a spectacular beer event near the end of the summer. It’s called Foudres Unis. This event is […]
Péché Day 2018 – Another Péché Mortel Mixed Case to Excite us!
An article by Noah Forrest It’s February, and the cold has been around so long now that my anger has transformed into a form of cold-complacency. It’s depressing, demoralizing, and I want it done with! Luckily, it […]
Small Pony Barrel Works – Ottawa’s Beer Scene Just got More Exciting
An article by Noah Forrest Small Pony Barrel Works opened its doors to the public at the tail end of 2017. Located in Kanata (just west of Ottawa), this new and innovative brewery focuses solely […]
Dieu du Ciel!’s Winter 2018 Bottle Release Yields Several New Barrel-Aged Variants!
An article by Noah Forrest 2018 is upon us. And before we can even scratch the surface of amazing beers to come, Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! is about to release a plethora of new variants […]
Never Ending Barrel-Aged Sours From Microbrasserie Pit Caribou
An article by Noah Forrest In 2017, Microbrasserie Pit Caribou had a spectacular year, and that’s probably putting it lightly. Early on, they released an ambitious, extremely well received barrel-aged sour blend called Neuvin, and […]
Beerism’s Top 13 New Quebec beers of 2017!
An article by Noah Forrest 2017 has been a pretty momentous year for the Quebec beer scene. Several new breweries opened their doors, all kinds of new and amazing products hit the shelves, and for […]
Microbrasserie À La Fût – Still Brewing Quality
An article by Noah Forrest Microbrasserie À La Fût is one of the those quality Quebec breweries that has been around forever while at the same time being a brewery that is often taken for […]
Avant-Garde Returns with Their Second Bottle Release This Year
An article by Noah Forrest A few weeks back, Avant-Garde Artisans Brasseurs hosted their second ever barrel-aged bottle release at their home inside the Oshlag brewery in Montréal. This contract brewery, with Renaud Gouin and […]
The Wild Shack 3: This Time It’s Personal
An article by Noah Forrest About two years ago I wrote about The Wild Shack for the first time. Back then, you probably had no idea who they were. That has changed. The talented and […]
Microbrasserie Kruhnen Changes Their Look
An article by Noah Forrest As much as one can say that label art shouldn’t effect how we choose a given bottle of beer, it certainly still does. This is especially true for individuals who […]
Microbrasserie Dieu du Ciel! Releases “Caisse d’hiver” for the Holidays
An article by Noah Forrest This week, Dieu du Ciel! is releasing a new winter mix pack called Caisse d’hiver! Starting this week, it will be available for purchase in stores all across the province. […]
Merit Brewing – Modern Beer with Traditional Inspiration
An article by Noah Forrest The Toronto brewing scene is blowing up more and more every year. Bellwoods is quickly becoming one of the best in the country, while countless other Toronto-based breweries produce some […]
Oshlag Releases Whiskey Fortified Imperial Stout Called “Fort Noir”
An Article by Noah Forrest Barrel-aging beer is nothing new at this point. Whether it’s bourbon and whiskey barrels, or even wine barrels, it seems that at this point most breweries have dabbled in the […]
Tasting Pit Caribou’s Perséides Spontanée no. 1 – Quebec’s First Spontaneously Fermented Beer
An Article by Noah Forrest Spontaneous fermentation has come to Québec. Microbrasserie Pit Caribou will be the first to showcase this process with a brand new beer called Perséides Spontanée no. 1. It will be […]
Brasserie Auval Continues to Impress Throughout 2017
An article by Noah Forrest In the span of less than three years, Brasserie Auval has become one of the most sought after and hyped breweries in Canada. Whenever a new beer drops, the online […]
A Look at Brasserie Dunham’s 2017 Fall Bottle Release
An article by Noah Forrest Two Saturday’s ago marked the 2017 Brasserie Dunham Fall bottle release, an event that helps one cope with the impending winter doom that awaits us. As usual, many incredible barrel-aged […]
Dieu du Ciel! Releases Two New Fruited Sours: Symbiose No9 & Été Indien.
An Article by Noah Forrest Dieu du Ciel! spoiled us last year. They released so many new beers that it was actually hard to keep up – especially for a fanboy blogger like myself. This […]
Examining Beer Glassware Part 2: Lehmann Oenomust at Alambika
An article by Noah Forrest A few months ago, I tested some handmade beer glasses from the Pretentious Glass Co. in order to examine how different craft beer styles work in conjunction with craft glassware. […]
Brasserie Harricana Dives Head First Into the Barrel Aging Game
An article by Noah Forrest Last June I spend several hours wandering through Mondial de la Bière (Montréal’s largest beer festival), trying beer after beer from some of Quebec’s best. When I arrived at the […]
The Trillium Brewing Company Basically Owns the IPA Scene
An article by Noah Forrest Most of my writing efforts center around the Quebec and Ontario brewing scene within Canada. That said, I’m changing directions today so that I can talk for a moment about […]
Microbrasserie Trou du Diable Further Refines Their Barrel Aging Skills
An article by Noah Forrest Barrel-aged wild ales and sours have taken Québec by storm over the last few years, and I for one am more than happy to be one of this province’s guinea […]
A Look at Brasserie Vrooden’s Take on German Beer styles.
An article by Noah Forrest Let’s be honest, for the most part, the modern craft beer enthusiast isn’t particularly excited about traditional German-styled lagers and ales (with the exception of the hyper-trendy Berliner Weisse). This […]
Microbrasserie Labrosse – The West Island Finally has Beer
An article by Noah Forrest Like so many Montreal “Anglos,” I grew up in the West Island. I lived there for a good portion of my life. As a people, I don’t think we are […]
Brasserie Dunham Throws Surprise Summer Bottle Release
An article by Noah Forrest Summer is finally taking hold of Montréal, or at least we can hope. I was recently on vacation and the weather was garbage for the most part. That said, the […]
Ultra Mosaika from Dieu du Ciel! is Here to Save Us
An article by Noah Forrest “Beer geek” is a popular term within the craft beer community. A lot of people (including those who label themselves as one) consider beer geeks to be an individual who […]
The Best Beer I Had at Mondial de la Biere 2017
An article by Noah Forrest Well, another Mondial de la bière has come and gone. However, this year I was able to make it out to the event for a few hours in order to […]
The Wild Shack Collaborates with Sutton Brouerie to Create “Sutton Goes Wild”
An Article by Noah Forrest Not only is craft beer refreshing in a literal sense, but also from an entrepreneurial perspective. Countless breweries learn from each other, exchange ideas, and actually work on collaborative products. […]
New Sauvignon Barrel Aged Genèse with Brett from Dieu du Ciel! Launches This Saturday
An article by Noah Forrest Last year I blasted you all with an onslaught of articles about Dieu Du Ciel! Pretty much every month I had a new beer to talk about. It wasn’t my […]
Surviving 15 bottles of Dieu du Ciel’s Équinoxe du Printemps – Verticals & Variants: Part 5
An article by Noah Forrest After drinking eleven different vintages (and variants) of Dieu du Ciel!‘s Solstice Hiver in one sitting last year, I really didn’t think we’d be able to top it, but we […]
Microbrasserie La Memphré Releases Two New Barrel Aged Beers
An article by Noah Forrest With two very young children, it’s needless to say that it can be quite a challenge to go anywhere. Like, ever. However, once in a while my in-laws will take […]
A Look at Brasserie Dunham’s May 2017 Bottle Release
An article by Noah Forrest In the past, when writing about the various Brasserie Dunham releases, I always felt kind of bad because the bottles were only available upon pre-order, and at the point when […]
Build That Wall! Libertine Brewing Collaborates with Brasserie Dunham
An article by Noah Forrest Sometimes when you meet someone new, you instantly click. That was certainly the case when the guys from Brasserie Dunham met the folks behind California’s The Libertine Brewing Company during […]
Microbrasserie Pit Caribou Launches an Array of Barrel Aged Sours
An article by Noah Forrest I’ve been a fan of Microbrasserie Pit Caribou for years. However, for some odd reason, this is the first post I’ve written about them. I remember the first time drinking […]
