Professor Matthew Bellamy recorded an interview on the making of Canada as a beer-drinking nation. The 30 minute interview was aired on the TVO show, The Agenda in the Summer with Nam Kiwanuka on July 15, 2016. His work on brewing has been published in The Walrus, Canada’s History Magazine, Legion Magazine, the CHR and the international journal of Brewery History. He is also a regular contributor to Taps: The Beer Magazine. Professor Bellamy contends that no industry is more revealing about Canadian culture, history and attitudes. He is currently working on a book-length history of the Labatt’s brewery.
About the Pour Me Another Pint, Please Video
For a long time, beer was not the drink of choice for Canadians – spirits were consumed in egregious quantities to cope with frontier life. The close tie between beer and Canadian identity is a recent phenomenon, with beer commercials, Canadian athletes, musicians and politicians perpetuating this idea.