Discover the world of beer with Beerologist Allen Winn Sneath. You can even ask your own questions online.

I believe that ordinary drugstore medicines contain alcohol.

- Florence Alan

Many over-the-counter commonplace drugs have a higher alcohol content than most standard beers. Vicks Nyquil, for example, contains 25% alcohol by volume compared to Labatt Blue, which has 5% abv.

- The Beerologist

Allen knows his subject matter well. As an ad agency executive for over 25 years, he developed some of the Canadian beer industry's most memorable campaigns. He was a founding partner in the Algonquin Brewing Company, one of the country's first generation microbreweries. Allen is the author of Brewed In Canada, the only book documenting Canada's colourful 350-year-old brewing industry. The work was awarded the Quill & Tankard Trophy by the North American Guild of Beer Writers. Allen is available for informal and entertaining speaking engagements. You can contact him direct via email at ad-vantage@rogers.com.