By Tony Forder I knew that cider is popular in Quebec, having attended this year's Soif du Cidre (Thirst for Cider) festival in Montreal. I have discovered that mead is quite popular also.  At the recent OKTO fest in Repentigny (30 mins north of Montreal), I spent some time sampling at the Miel Nature booth. All kinds of sweet, strong liqeur-ish meads, definitely high end. Monsieur Ali Agougou with a selection of Miel Nature's specialty meads. The ancient beverage of mead is

There's been quite a lot of chit-chat regarding the new direction of the Great American Beer Festival. The old guys don't like it,

What It's All About Blog – By Tony Forder Quebec City for the microbewers conference – bit of a squeeze on now. With 333 breweries...