Posts Tagged: Beer Stores and Beer Shopping
Finally, A Trip To A CNY Beer Store Planned
Posted by on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 in - 3 comments
It has been brutal recently. Having little kids around can really trip up your plans to get some fine beer shopping in while traveling to foreign countries. It's hard on me not to have a foolish amount of corked bottles in the stash. You know how it is. Fortunately, the stars have aligned and we …
Road Stories: A Tale Of Two Liquor Commissions
Posted by on Monday, October 20, 2008 in - 4 comments
So it was not quite the same trip I had imagined. Not only did I not get across the bridge at Sarnia last weekend but, as if this weekend, I officially encourage you to think very carefully next time you get that feeling that it would good to travel from Levis, Quebec to PEI. There are nicely …
There Is A Limit To What I Will Do For Great Beer
Posted by on Monday, October 13, 2008 in - 4 comments
I had no idea such a limit existed. But there it was. Last Friday afternoon, I was heading to the Ontario-Michigan border with that plan to hit up nearby a shop or two for at least three cases of various craft beers when, whammo, traffic stopped. Almost two miles from the border, everything stood …
Beer Hunting in Michigan and Quebec
Posted by on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 in - 5 comments
I have a couple of big trips coming up in October. Circumstances place me to the west in London, Ontario relieved of duties before noon on a Friday which means I have an hour to head further west still to the border at Sarnia and the afternoon to shop in Michigan. Having been there before, I have … read more »
Maine: Shopping At Allagash Brewing Co., Portland
Posted by on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 in - 3 comments
We stopped in at Allagash to pick up some supplies yesterday, three hours early for the tour but that was fine. I was really looking just to shop on the one rainy morning during our week in southern Maine. I plan to be on the beach most days at 3 pm. Not that I usually mention landscaping but …
Maine Update: The Grocery Store Question
Posted by on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 in - 1 comment
One of the many great things about Maine is you can buy beer at a grocery store - and wine and what they call "haaaard liqaaaah" around here. So far I have only hit two stores in South Portland, Shaw's and Hannaford, but it is interesting to note the different treatment. At clean and bright and …
Scratch Bakery, South Portland, Maine
Posted by on Sunday, August 17, 2008 in - leave a comment
I should get a photo later this week (here is a good wintery one on Flickr) but just a note that it's nice to find a rental house five blocks from Scratch Bakery in South Portland Maine where you can buy fine cheese, fine wines, a whole whack of great breads and other backed goods - not to mention …
Heading To Maine And Not Stopping For Vermont Beer
Posted by on Saturday, August 16, 2008 in - 2 comments
I must be a homebody. A homer. A slug-a-bed. But, after a six hour drive from the east of Lake Ontario to beyond Lake Champlain, the last thing I want most times is a beer. Driving around Burlington at 9:30 pm last night trying to find a grocery store to lay in some breakfast, I passed any number …
Josh Freed On His Favorite Dep
Posted by on Saturday, July 26, 2008 in - 1 comment
Dep? Make that dépanneur. One of the great elements of eastern Canadian beerness is the Quebec dépanneur, the corner store that sells beer like the ever excellent Marche Jovi in Gatineau. To someone in many of the United States this may seem like nothing much but to an eastern Ontarian or Maritime …
All We Want Is A Free Beer Market...
Posted by on Tuesday, July 8, 2008 in - 13 comments
...or is it a beer free market? Not so sure. But one Ontario man - the interestingly named Mr. Forward - is. He has started a petition to free Ontarians from the two-headed monster that is the government owned LCBO and the macro-brewery owned Beer Store: • His petition says: "We the people of …
