When I was a kid old O.H. Armstrong in our church called it the "Government Store". In the South Shore of Nova Scotia apparently it is called the "Power House". What ever you call them, there is a little left over from prohibition in every province in the country - the need to control...which also leads to the inability to shop around much. We are lucky here in eastern Ontario with the shops of Quebec and New York state not that far away, so that an hour and a half or two gets you into another world with another set of wacky regulations. If you are looking for something different when you travel, you can plan ahead with the web...but just don't get too depressed from what you read:
- Newfoundland
- Nova Scotia
- Prince Edward Island
- New Brunswick
- Quebec
- Ontario
- Manitoba
- Saskatchewan
- Alberta
- British Coumbia
So - what do you do with a country that cannot organize itself better than a cornerstore in a suburb of a small US city or a pub in Halifax?
Comments
Derek - November 9, 2004 6:40 AM
On PEI, we called it the "government dairy", the "Lick" or "the warm beer store". Times have changed. They now sell cold beer, wine and coolers. and the main store sells bottle-your-own tanker wine that is quite palatable. If you are looking for a decent beer, though, you have to go elsewhere. The Gahan House brewery, behind the Queen St. "Lick" sells a decent variety of brewed-on-site beer. I recommend the Sydney Street Stout.
Mike - November 9, 2004 8:30 AM
As per the Sloan song, we always called it "the L.C." in Halifax (as in 'Nova Scotia Liquor Commission'; although now I see it's corporation, maybe it was 'corporation' back then as well).
Alan - November 9, 2004 8:48 AM
You are spot on with that Sydney Street Stout, Derek - that was my favorite. And PEI makes up for itself with the excellent moonshine which appears magically in every kitchen cabinet out near my old home in Rustico.
Knut Albert Solem - September 5, 2005 4:11 AM
Waht is kookoo juice, Alan?