JUNE 1998

VOL.3 NO.6

An unapologetically opinionated view of what's brewing across the continent and around the globe.

Note: Due to summer vacation schedules, July's edition of World of Beer will be delayed a few days. Come back on or after Monday July 6th to read the new issue.

GABF in Baltimore -- What If We Gave a Beer Fest and Nobody Came?

Take one of the world's largest and most successful beer festivals on the road. Plan it for the springtime, so as to not conflict with the original fall main event, and plunk it down on the other side of the country. And schedule it for a weekend when a lot of tourists will already be in town for other events.

It's Time to Bring Fruit Out of the Craft Beer Closet

"So what's the deal with these fruit beers?"

This question was posed to me at a beer and cigar event I recently I hosted in the town of Orillia, located about an hour-and-a-half drive north of Toronto. It got me thinking: What really is the deal with these things?

Kitchen Table Tasting -- The Long-Awaited Hermannator Vertical

A few years back, when Wine Enthusiast magazine asked me to include a list of my ten favourite brews as part of a "Year in Beer" story, I responded with an itemization of what I called the Ten Most Notable Beers of the Year. These were the brews that had really caught my attention during the previous twelve months, forcing me and my palate to sit up and take notice. Included in the list was a limited edition winter doppelbock called the Hermannator, from Vancouver Island Brewing of British Columbia, Canada.

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