Posts Tagged: Beer Stores and Beer Shopping
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 - 14 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 …
Following My Bliss In Oswego, New York
Posted by on Sunday, June 29, 2008 in - 6 comments
Have I mentioned I really dislike the idea of following your passion? It's so much based on the immediate and the result. "Follow your passion" is what people are told to entice them into entry position IT jobs that never pan out or pull out the credit card to act on the next spontaneous urge. And …
By The Beer Cooler of Wegmans I Laid Myself Down And Cried
Posted by on Sunday, March 30, 2008 in - 3 comments
A fantastically bad shot of the actual Wegmans from GooglePlex • Not really but there was a moment of near tears - of joy and frustration, that is. What else, after a sensible visit to Fort Stanwix, could make me feel this way other than a beer cooler room in a not particularly recently …
My Night As A Guest Roadie For Beau's All Natural Beer
Posted by on Thursday, March 6, 2008 in - 3 comments
The call came at 7:45 pm. For weeks I had been exchanging emails with Steve about Beau's All Natural Brewing's move into the Kingston market and the prospect of another great Ontario made craft beer showing up in my favorite pubs as well as the LCBO. Being the man of mortgage as well as offspring …
