Posts Tagged: Beer Stores and Beer Shopping
Canada: Get A Bit Here, Another Bit There And A Bit More...
Posted by on Thursday, August 11, 2011 in - 1 comment
About 600 km farther westward later now. I have driven from an area of Canada first settled in the 1640s by Baroque explorers to one that came under the Victorian British plow around two hundred years later. When I was at the museum that sits on the spot where the French founded Montreal, standing …
I Knew I Was In Montreal When I Saw Port From 1963...
Posted by on Monday, August 8, 2011 in - 8 comments
One sign that you are someplace is when you see a wine from the year you were born on a shelf in a retail store. Not like I was going to buy it at over $500 a bottle (oddly, compare) but I was happy to contemplate one of the younger bottles from one of my kids' years of birth even as the Earth's …
OK, But If We Call It A "Listing Fee" I Bet They'll Pay!!!
Posted by on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 in - 11 comments
You can hear the giggles in the accounts receivable department management meetings at Ontario's dynamically named "Beer Store," can't you. Imagine having someone pay you to make a profit off of their product. As Josh Rubin explains in the Toronto Star that is how things work when craft brewers … read more »
Oregon: LTD 5, Full Sail Brewing, Port Hood
Posted by on Monday, July 25, 2011 in - 10 comments
I bought this the other day over there but it does raise questions about whether I should have been able to buy it. All of a sudden, Full Sail's beers are in grocery stores and specialty shops in northern NY - tasty and at a good price. I've had this one, a six of pale ale as well as a bomber of …
A Stinking Hot Day in Sackets Harbor And Watertown
Posted by on Sunday, July 17, 2011 in - 5 comments
A great day in nearby northern New York as I hit both two recently opened good beer spots while also managing the Kingston St. Lawrence Vintage Base Ball Club to a double header victory in the Can-Am tournament. Lest I be charged with bigging myself up, be assured that it was a cheery and well …
The Guy In Rochester Said "Good Call" And It Was
Posted by on Saturday, July 2, 2011 in - 7 comments
It's not that hard. Getting the word about good beer is simple. It's not about so many of the things people who like good beer fret about, talk about. It is about putting good honest beer in the hands of people in a simple way at an honest price. I reached for the Brooklyn 1 and placed it next to …
Two Cautionary Tales Of Good Beer Bad Behaviour
Posted by on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 in - 16 comments
We like to ascribe so many positive things to good beer and those who love it we often forget that we make most of it up. We pretend brewers are rock stars. We pretend thinking about beer began (and sorta stopped) in the 1970s. But most of all we pretend people who make and enjoy craft beer are … read more »
Ontarians Apparently Find Returning Bottles Offensive
Posted by on Sunday, June 19, 2011 in - 2 comments
Out of all the many confused messages that Ontarians are subject to about beer and booze consumption, this has to be the stupidest: • The policy at the Liberty Village outlet is specific to that location, said Jeff Newton, a spokesman for The Beer Store. “This is a very unique store. It is an …
There Is No Good Beer Blogging During Game Seven
Posted by on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 in - 1 comment
I shouldn't be posting. It's game seven in the Stanley Cup. This means nothing to Knut. Nothing to The Beer Nut. But driving back from the kid's after supper softball game the empty streets were eerie. These guys in fifth century B.C. France? Probably Habs fans. Habs are the last Canadian team to …
Internet Based Bootlegging In Australia
Posted by on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 in - leave a comment
Bootlegging is a word that gets a lot of different meanings. In some cases, it is running an illegal bar... sometimes quite glibly ignoring the law. In others, it is about getting after hour deliveries. My summer job painting a house when I was 17 gave me a real education on that sort when I … read more »
