Posts Tagged: Beer Stores and Beer Shopping
Hair Of The Dog: A Couple of Difficult Cases
Posted by on Thursday, December 21, 2006 in - 12 comments
This may turn out to be an epic. It may end in tears. Whatever it is you can click on each picture for a bigger image. • In the early fall - actually on September 28th 2006 just after noon - I jumped into my first LCBO private order, two cases from Hair of the Dog brewery in Portland Oregon … read more »
Review: Homebrew 4U
Posted by on Sunday, December 10, 2006 in - leave a comment
I received as nice email this weekend from Dave, who is involved with a new British homebrew supply shop on the internet, Homebrew 4U: • “Thanks for accepting to write a review of my site, www.homebrew4u.co.uk. We are a new site (5 weeks old) and are starting out with a small range of products …
Stash Renewal Mission Accomplished
Posted by on Saturday, December 9, 2006 in - 3 comments
The things I do for beer. Yet by doing so, the stash grows. • Yesterday, I drove down to Ithaca New York to hit Finger Lake Beverages and hit it hard with all that good sponsorship funding the good people to the left forwarded recently. I hope that the direct relationship between that and this …
Northwest North Country Beer Update
Posted by on Saturday, October 21, 2006 in - 8 comments
I headed over to Canton New York yesterday and popped in a few shops to make sure I have Baby Ruth Halloween bars and I was quite pleased to note an advance in beer availability in the North Country. • First, at the Alex Bay Mart on highway 12 near the main cross roads there were Ithaca and … read more »
Beer Shop: Marché Jovi, Gatineau, Quebec
Posted by on Sunday, September 24, 2006 in - 4 comments
Directions to Marché Jovi. • A run to Ottawa to see the Billy Bragg show on Saturday meant the opportunity to do a Sunday morning run to one of the better shops in Western Quebec for craft beer, Marché Jovi in Gatineau, Quebec. The shop is handy for anyone near Ottawa's Island Park Drive and the …
Stash Renewal...Expansion...Whatever...
Posted by on Monday, September 4, 2006 in - 9 comments
I heard somewhere it was International Be Good To Yourself Day...so I was. I visited the fine folk at Finger Lake Beverages with Gary of Ithaca, sometimes posting author around these parts, and went on a small spree. The sort of spree you go on when you realize winter is coming and a quick zip …
Beer Store Reviews From A Reader Called Dave
Posted by on Monday, June 12, 2006 in - 1 comment
Directions to Half Time Beverages • Behind the scenes here at A Good Beer Blog things can get a little more hectic than you might imagine. Even though this is an amateur piece of work, folks write from here and there asking for advice, say, about where to get a particular beer or seeking a …
Update: Party Source, Syracuse, NY
Posted by on Monday, May 15, 2006 in - leave a comment
I have written about Party Source in the east end of Syracuse before, last time noting that I thought the shelves were a bit thin. Well, I am happy to say that when I popped in this evening I was very pleased. While the soda pop section is now cleared out, there was lots of excellent stock in the …
Belhaven Scottish Ale And The Ithaca Coffee Co.
Posted by on Sunday, May 14, 2006 in - 4 comments
Directions to the Ithaca Coffee Company. • As Mike Myers memorably stated "if it's no Scottish, it's crap". I will be spending time this week with some Scots, and so I decided to choose a beer that fit the bill, as it were, to get in the mood. Living now by Ithaca, I can shop at the rather …
Beer Shop: Tully's Beer and Wine, Wells, Maine, USA
Posted by on Sunday, April 23, 2006 in - 6 comments
[Update about Tully's new location] • I've mentioned a couple of time recently my trip to Tully's Beer and Wine in beautiful Wells Maine down by the sea shore, the source of the renewal of the stash. • More than one commentator has mentioned it does not look like much sitting modestly at the …
