beernesday

woohoo! i'm off to mexico! time to celebrate the birth of one of my favourite humans, with excessive margaritas and sunshine and some craft beer too i'm looking forward to seeing how los muertos brewing is fairing a couple of years since opening i was last there 18 months ago (watching the seahawks win the superbowl) and they were settling in nicely, having solved their wort cooling issues i see they've brewed some ipas since then - hopefully at least one will be on tap this week for me to try and then there's cerveceria union, who brew that lovely minerva lager on-site, as well as carrying many different mexican craft beers it's gonna be a really great trip!

well that's it i'm off to mexico for a couple of weeks i'll be searching for craft beer fingers crossed it's not all going to be macro lagers everywhere i go! i will be spending time at this joint in playa del carmen club de la cerveza and these places in puerto vallarta los muertos brewing la cerveceria union so i'm not too worried about those stops on my tour it's cancun, sayulita and nuevo vallarta that may prove to be macro only

my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast I am winging my way to Mexico tomorrow which I can guarantee you means that I have Mexican beer on my mind! But, why would a self-identified beer geek go to Mexico?   Is there such a thing as Mexican craft beer? Poor Mexico!   It does have craft beer, but the fact that very few people have heard of it is testament to how much further behind Mexico is in the craft beer revolution than a country like Canada.   Mexico would be pretty far down the list of world craft beer destinations.   But it's not their fault!  First of all, most of the great beer brewing countries in the world have colder climates, which are more conducive to brewing beer in the first place, and to being able to easily store and ship it after the fact. Also creating a roadblock in Mexico is the fact that the government has not traditionally legislated against monopolies.   So two companies...