Posts Tagged: Beer Stores and Beer Shopping
Quebec: Rang Dix, MB Du Lac Saint-Jean, St-Gedeon
Posted by on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in - 1 comment
Happy was I - on the last stop in Quebec on return trip except maybe for the half tank of gas because it was 1.41 a liter - to realize that not only did I already have bags full of good stuff from Marché Atwater but, after getting the squeak causing curds, to also realize that La Fromagerie … read more »
Illinois: Sofie 2012, Goose Island Beer, Chicago
Posted by on Friday, February 22, 2013 in - 20 comments
The beer that proves craft v. crafty is a big sloppy fib - and well within the range of possible futures for brewing generally. $8.99 last weekend just across the border. I look for it and its siblings whenever I cross over as it is one of the best values in good beer. • Lemon, pears and fine …
Alberta: St.P. Baltic Porter, Alley Kat Brewing, Edmonton
Posted by on Saturday, February 16, 2013 in - leave a comment
The good people of Alley Kat Brewing forwarded me this sample a few days ago. The brewery was named as Canada's best for 2012 by Mr. B a few weeks ago and I can't disagree from what samples I am fortunate enough to receive. See, under our system in Canada, it is easier to get a can of …
What Do You Call It When A Beer Style Bullies?
Posted by on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in - 18 comments
An interesting flurry of ideas on Twitter this afternoon triggered originally by this statement by Halifax, Nova Scotia's Propeller Brewing Co.: • It was a tough decision. We can only sustain 1 brand (full time) at the @lcbo-Our IPA is our best selling brew... • It was part of a conversation …
New Brunswick Sends Beer Police To Borders
Posted by on Monday, January 28, 2013 in - 2 comments
It is fun having a giggle at the expense of New Brunswick. It's sort of a cultural requirements for Nova Scotians like me. But this news today seems to be pointed stick to any fun one might find in the beery border war taking place in eastern Canada: • A northern New Brunswick lawyer is …
Considering The Value Of Good Wine V. Good Beer
Posted by on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in - 4 comments
While the LCBO, this province's monopoly, may be still a bit of a head scratcher when it comes to good beer there is no question that it is certainly getting better. There is no doubt about that. Even so, popping in a main outlet just now on a Saturday night an hour before close I was a bit … read more »
Please Treat Your Beer Only As You Are Told
Posted by on Monday, January 7, 2013 in - 4 comments
It's like a new sort of temperance - making sure you treat good beer with the deference we are told is clearly due... and only the deference we are told it is due - as this article preciously represents in any number of ways: • Brewers spend a great deal of time labeling, even hand-numbering …
Kerala Court Favours Mild Beer. Government? Toddy!
Posted by on Thursday, October 4, 2012 in - 2 comments
One of the wonderful things about the English language is the variety of ways it is used. At the risk of being patronizing and colonial - though can one of one ex-colony actually be colonial in relation to another ex-colony's post colonial path in life? - I offer you these opening sentences in a …
Sharing Beer On A Quick Trip To Central New York
Posted by on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 in - 6 comments
Nothing convinces me more that my decision never to go beyond the playboy gentleman amateur beery lifestyle that I have achieved through beer blogging than spending too much time on the road convinces. That is, by the way, what was said at the beer writers panel at Beau's Oktoberfest - beer …
Maine: XXXX IPA, Shipyard, Portland
Posted by on Saturday, September 22, 2012 in - 3 comments
In 2008, the very good people at Shipyard forwarded me samples of their new Pugsley Signature series beers and I reviewed the imperial porter. Like so many examples of Canadian consumer selection, the local state monopoly has flexed its cat-like reflexes and, four years later, we are able to buy …
