Posts Tagged: Beer Stores and Beer Shopping
If Gov't Liquor Stores Are Better...Why A Monopoly?
Posted by on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 in - 4 comments
This article in the Ottawa Citizen begs a certain question: • ...the recent Drummond report on the province’s fiscal woes reveals the LCBO only has about $400 million in assets. However Drummond shows that in 2010-’11, the LCBO had a net income of $1.6 billion. Obviously the profit at the board …
California: Union Jack IPA, Firestone Walker Brewing
Posted by on Saturday, February 18, 2012 in - 9 comments
A short flip across the border nabbed me a six of this new New York offered Firestone Walker. There were three others, their DIPA, porter and 15 were there, too at $8.99, $6.99 and a whopping $21.99 respectively. The last one was in a cardboard box. I had no idea a cardboard box added so much cost …
Travel Advice Needed For Mid-March In Montreal
Posted by on Sunday, February 12, 2012 in - 5 comments
Where could I go? Where should I shop? Any new breweries to check out? I got some good advice last August when we were there but late winter has got to be fundamentally different from the dog days of summer. Veux-tu une bière looks good. But it's not just the beer, either. I want a freezer full of …
Day 23+7: Which Means The Contest Ended Last Weekend
Posted by on Sunday, December 18, 2011 in - 4 comments
I feel a bit bad as three good beer boys and girls have entered photos for the contest but days after it has closed. I hope I was not unclear in some way. But I have to be firm and, really, it was in the rules - photos had to be in a week ago. So... sorry. • I don't feel really really bad …
Shipping Beer May Save US Constitutional Provision!
Posted by on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 in - leave a comment
Change is tough. The toothbrush that is always and ratty blue suddenly is new and green. Throws me off. So much more disruptive is the shock of the new information and communications technologies. And no one knows that better than the US Postal Service - but a bipartisan set of US Senators are to …
Beer Shopping Ethics - How Many Do You Buy?
Posted by on Monday, November 14, 2011 in - 18 comments
Finally! An ethical question that is not about the ethics of beer writing. I ask because, as I mentioned, Fuller's XX Strong Ale came to town on Saturday. Bought three, had two, gave away one. Then I noticed I was out. So I went back today. I had noticed 17 bottles were listed on the LCBO web site …
Stuff Delivered By Mail, By Email, By Courier And By Hand
Posted by on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 in - 3 comments
It's been mad. Mad as in nutty crazy, not angry. Well, a bit of anger. And saucy retorts. How did it come to be that mild mannered beer fans had all this pent up emotion. I had no idea. Me, I'm not so much like that. Evan has it right. I'm just all about the whimsy. But its been busy and, you know …
How Many Forms Of A Beer Leave It Still One Beer?
Posted by on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 in - 8 comments
Josh Rubin wrote a great review of Les Trois Mousquetaires Porter Baltique in the Toronto Star today. It's a beer I love, having had my first in May 2010 after a beer run to La Belle Province. But I noticed something on the bottle that accompanied Josh' article. The bottle said "Automne 2010" and …
When There Is Too Much Going On Even For A Beer...
Posted by on Sunday, October 16, 2011 in - 9 comments
Between have a cold, having five kids and helping out with the fledgling North American Beer Writers Guild reincarnation... in addition to thinking about next year's Oktoberfest speakers series... in addition to the bright idea to start a web based concordance to The Oxford Companion to Beer …
Some Beery Links For The Dog Days Of Summer
Posted by on Thursday, August 18, 2011 in - 6 comments
Notice there isn't much going on? I know I have. It is slow. Then I realized it's because everyone is on vacation. I am just back and, I have to admit, my brain is still in patio "yes, I will have some more" mode. I blame waiters. And waitresses. They bring you stuff you want and all they want in …
