Jason Foster

My 2025 State of the Craft Beer Industry in Canada is out! I have crunched the latest numbers to assess the health of craft beer. I find that we are fully in a period of contraction, albeit it moderate. Read my post: onbeer.org/2025/12/treadi…

Today on my CBC Radioactive beer column we introduced Nodding Donkey Brewing, Drayton Valley’s first brewery. And we tried one of their yummy winter/spring offerings. ⁦@MinDhariwal⁩ ⁦@JessicaNgCBC⁩

@BrianMason23847 Funny! We could try to recreate the scene if you want.

@ABbeerguy So it’s a picture of a truck, not actually a truck?

Recently bought this in a silent auction at a fundraiser. A great little snippet of Edmonton beer history. Going on a walk in my office

Today on my CBC Radioactive beer column we explained what the heck English Pub Ale is. And we tried this banger from Ale Architect. (Hint: it is really just a Best Bitter.) ⁦@JessicaNgCBC⁩ ⁦@MinDhariwal⁩

Wrote up some thoughts about the announcements about closures at Paddock Wood, Black Bridge and Olds College Breweries. What it says about the state of prairie craft beer and where we go from here. Give it a read: onbeer.org/2026/02/closur…

AND I had to show you why the @alleykat beer is so weird. It is a milkis/soju homage and it is so, so very green.

Today on my CBC beer column we talked Weird Beer. Or Wyrd Bier, the January celebration of off-the-wall beer in Edmonton. 19 area breweries participating. Check them out. We tried the crazy creation from ⁦@alley_kat_beer⁩. ⁦@MinDhariwal⁩ ⁦@JessicaNgCBC⁩

Today on my CBC Radioactive beer column we talked beer advent calendars; what options are out there and how to organize your own. And we opened the first day - a couple days early - from the hand curated one from ⁦@SherbrookeLiq⁩. ⁦@JessicaNgCBC⁩ ⁦@MinDhariwal⁩

Last night I got to indulge my ‘80s big hair, synth pop nostalgia by seeing Spoons live for the first time in ages. Arias and Symphonies was a brilliant album. Prove me wrong.

Today on my CBC Radioactive beer column we talked about the results of the ⁦@CdnCraftBrewers⁩ Canada Beer Cup. We tasted the silver BOS winning beer from ⁦@blindmanbrewery⁩. ⁦@JessicaNgCBC⁩ ⁦@MinDhariwal⁩

Today on my CBC beer column we paired Halloween candy with beer! Some great suggestions including this combo of Analog Brewing’s cream ale and candy corn. ⁦@JessicaNgCBC⁩ ⁦@MinDhariwal⁩

@JessicaNgCBC I know where you are. 😁

Applause around the bar for Vladdy's 2-run 💣 to take the lead 2-1 over Dodgers. #worldseries #jays

Salsa making/canning day!! 18 jars from our homegrown tomatoes and garlic and farmers’ market peppers and onions. (Plus two jars of pickled jalapenos because we had extra). Should get us through.

And here is the link to the column. @MinDhariwal cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

My CBC Radioactive beer column today walked through the results of the Alberta Beer Awards. We sampled the Best of Show winner from ⁦@SeaChangeBeer⁩, their Nevermore Barrel Aged Imperial Stout.

Last night the winners of the 2025 Alberta Beer Awards were announced. Some fun surprises and some familiar names topped the podium. Read my rundown of the awards: onbeer.org/2025/10/albert…

Today on my CBC Radioactive beer column we discussed pumpkin beer. But not ordinary pumpkin pie spice beer but the more creative and out there interpretations. Including this barrel-aged monster from ⁦@BornBrewingCo⁩. ⁦@JessicaNgCBC⁩ ⁦@MinDhariwal⁩

Sneaky! Underhanded! Undemocratic! My latest post on the new radio campaign by @BeerCanada targeting federal excise duties. I take exception with their overheated rhetoric and fast and loose use of statistics. Read it: onbeer.org/2025/09/sneaky…