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Just over the creek is where it all began roughly 135 years ago. Standing over a sea of some 11,000 chalky white clonal tombstones in uniform rows, the indistinct buzzes and hums from the...

It may be impossible to positively establish a statistically significant link between drinking and produc­ing great writing. However, a sizable enough sample of what many would consider the absolute pinnacle—the best of the best...

I’ll be 22 years old in November, and I don’t drink. No, I’m not allergic, religious, a recovering alcoholic, or traumatized by some event from my childhood. I’ve actually never had a drink in my life,...

Twenty per cent of Canadians experience mental illness dur­ing their lifetime, and 20 per cent of those Canadians will at one time or another develop problematic self-medication and substance abuse. After 20 years of living...

Even in the gift shop, adjacent to the room where the action actu­ally goes down, Winnipeg’s Half Pints brewery has its own distinctive smell. It is the first thing you notice when you walk...

Whether you enjoy a glass of wine with dinner, you’re a Friday night kegger fan, or you’re abstinent and happy, here’s the rundown on what liquor can do to your body. Let’s begin with a...

My footsteps in the arena of local beer lore are child-sized compared to those of Bill Wright and Dave Craig. Their recent book 300 Years of Beer: An Illustrated History of Brewing in Manitoba...