CANADA moving away from Beer?

What would Doug and Bob Mckenzie think? A newly released report from Statistics Canada, a government data collector, determined overall alcohol sales dropped in the Great White North for the first time in a decade, by 1.2%. Although beer remains the county’s most popular alcoholic beverage its sales have slipped by 8.8% over the past 10 years. Not surprisingly the beneficiary was Cider and Seltzers which claimed the majority of that drop by gaining 5 percent. Mark your calendars, Mountain Brewers Beer Fest –June 3rd, Idaho Falls, ID – TICKETS

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Old Speckled Hen

Old Speckled Hen, Green King Brewery, Bury St. Edmunds, England – An ESB, it pours amber\light reddish brown with a creamy head. Aroma is floral hops, and a low note of butter typical of many ESB’s. Flavors are malty, toffee, nutty, biscuit-like, fruity, and low citric. Mouthfeel is medium\full with medium carbonation. It finishes with medium bitterness of earthy English hops. Old Speckled Hen offers a classic rendition of an ESB. Copyright Gregg Smith Mark your calendars, Mountain Brewers Beer Fest –June 3rd, Idaho Falls, ID – TICKETS on sale

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Daybreak Pale Ale

Daybreak Pale Ale – Bale Breaker Brewing; Yakima, Washington – From the heart of Washington’s Hop Country Bale Breaker celebrates its tenth anniversary with the release of Daybreak Pale Ale. In their signature Hop-forward style Daybreak follows the lead of the brewery’s other beers, but does so while using just two hops, Simcoe and Mosaic. The result is a crisp beer with notes of grapefruit (of course) along with apricot, berries, melon and a bit of resin-like character. All that comes in a reasonable ABV of 5.5%. Look for it

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La Trappe Dubbel

La Trappe Dubbel Abdij O.L.V. Koningshoeven, Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands – Deep orange-brown with a foamy light brown head, at times the bottle conditioning provides a slight haze\turbidity. The head diminishes in a moderate amount of time, but lacing remains along the glass. Aromas of dark fruit, distinctive Belgian-style yeast and caramel make up the nose with no discernable hops. A nice beer to sip and savor. © Gregg Smith Beer Fest Tickets – Mountain Brewers Beer Fest –June 3rd, Idaho Falls, ID – TICKETS on sale now at https://myidahotix.com/events/mountain-brewers-beer-fest-2023-6-3-2023 Copyright Gregg

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Beers of the World – Sakara Weizen

Sakara Weizen – This self-styled wheat beer of the Al Ahram company has a medium gold hazy appearance common in a Weizen beer topped by a fairly thick and frothy but short lived white head. Body is medium; the flavor is light and spicy with low banana flavors and aromas expected in a wheat beer with a faint citric bitterness. The finish is fruity, watery and lightly sweet. © Gregg Smith Mountain Brewers Beer Fest –June 3rd, Idaho Falls, ID – TICKETS on sale now at https://myidahotix.com/events/mountain-brewers-beer-fest-2023-6-3-2023 Mark your calendars,

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Beer in Art

This painting of a sailing ship certainly qualifies as art but what does it have to do with Beer? To find out come to The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho – for…. Beer in ART: A Walk Through Art (and Beer) History Presented by: Gregg Smith  SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2023, 4 – 5 PM Beer has been around for millennia and Art as well; if Art depicts life shouldn’t Beer have a place in Art? It does, and it can be seen over and over, but sometimes we need to

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Beer in Art

Who created the man in this painting and what is he drinking? To find out come to….. The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho – for…. Beer in ART: A Walk Through Art (and Beer) History Presented by: Gregg Smith SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2023, 4 – 5 PM   Beer has been around for millennia and Art as well; if Art depicts life shouldn’t Beer have a place in Art? It does, and it can be seen over and over, but sometimes we need to know where to look. Explore where

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Santa Crawl a Success !

Thanks to all who participated in Saturday’s 11th annual Santa Crawl. A large amount of food was donated and the Food Bank has expressed its appreciation of the event. Several of the eateries and pubs were frequented by joyous Santa’s, Elves, and ugly sweaters and we observed quite a few that had standing room only! A special shout-out to those who joined the crawl for the first time. We hope you’ll join us again next year (and bring a few friends) ! Reminder Beer Fest Tickets are on sale at

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Reminder Santa Crawl: Forecast is for Fun

December 10th between noon and two drop off a donation of non-perishable food at Idaho Brewing to receive your coupon sheet for Pub and Eatery specials. Discounts include Idaho Brewing 1/2 price draft beer (2), Frosty Gator, buy one draft and get one free and 25% off eatables; Marcellars $ 3 off beer or wine; Black Rock $1 off Beer and Wine; Snow Eagle 1/2 off draft (2); Tap N Fill 1/2 off draft (2);  Celt $1 off Draft, wine or well drink plus 25% off any one food item; 

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