Tapping the West: How Alberta's Craft Beer Industry Bubbled Out of an Economy Gone Flat

"When Alberta eliminated its laws around mandatory minimum brewing capacity in 2013, the industry suddenly opened to the possibility of small-batch craft breweries. From roughly a dozen in operation before deregulation, there are now more than a hundred today. Messenger takes readers on the road with him to investigate artifacts left behind by Alberta brewers dating to the late-1800s, to farms responsible for the provinces unrivalled malt, and into the brewhouses and backstories of some of Canadas best new beer makers. It is an insiders look at history in the making."--