Posts Tagged: Beer Stores and Beer Shopping
The Canadian Christmas Dipsomaniacs' Shopping Guide
Posted by on Saturday, November 13, 2010 in - 4 comments
I have always sorta thought booze does not make for much of a Christmas gift. Don't get me wrong. I like to hand them around with the support of any Christmas excuses going but are they really the gift or part of the event, the gathering itself? It's the latter for me. That being said, consider …
After My Lunch With The Guy Hauling The Kegs
Posted by on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 in - 2 comments
[This blog post has become a bit of performance art because of Andy's comment. Having edited again, I find my point of view oddly Jacksonian. So, please response either as to form or substance (or both... or neither) as you deem appropriate. Note: post-comments underlined and even the monkey head …
CJ's And Big M: Beer Shopping in Potsdam, New York
Posted by on Friday, October 29, 2010 in - 5 comments
The shore road running southeast along the St. Lawrence between Ogdensburg and Alexandria Bay New York is a pretty quiet time on a Friday evening in mid-autumn. Bottles clinked in the back. They and I were unaware that we were minutes from a duty free customs wave through. Joy. Bliss. Forty bucks …
Nova Scotia: Revisiting Garrison's Imperial IPA
Posted by on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 in - 2 comments
I reviewed this beer already, just sixteen months ago. Why mention it again? Because Cass Enright, as part of his examination of the weird system of beer in Ontario called "Free Our Beer" has imported it into the province. Yee-umm. • See, the FOB project is sort of like a business meets …
Back From The Road And Did I Really Learn Anything?
Posted by on Sunday, August 29, 2010 in - leave a comment
I don't know if you can draw conclusions from a trip just a couple of hours and laundry loads after hitting the driveway. Especially when you haven't even pulled out the digital camera to pretty up the post or to see if there are are any ideas in the images. So far these come to what I might still …
What Beer Goes With Non-Stop Rain?
Posted by on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 in - 6 comments
There are summer beers for cooling you off in the sunshine. There are Octoberfest beers. There are imperial stouts for sipping as the winter weather howls beyond the doors. But what beer to have when the holiday is awash with rain? • I had a Mayflower porter last night which made a reasonable …
Massachusetts: Kappy's Liquors, East Falmouth
Posted by on Monday, August 23, 2010 in - 2 comments
Not a full report yet but stopped at Kappy's in East Falmouth, Cape Cod yesterday to have a look. It gets good word of mouth on the review websites like RateBeer and certain deserves the attention. I had to ask at a grocery store about the rules for beer buying in Massachusetts. Unlike New York …
More Travel Advice Needed - Any Perry Or Cider?
Posted by on Saturday, August 14, 2010 in - 6 comments
The advice so far has been great. Now we are working on the route - it looks like we are heading from Binghamton NY to Cape Cod through Connecticut and Rhode Island. Looking for real makers of apple cider or pear perry. Pete got me thinking. Any ideas?
Summer RI, MA, CT Travel Advice Needed
Posted by on Sunday, August 8, 2010 in - 19 comments
We have a ten day stretch coming up hanging out with family at Cape Cod. This means snack shacks, maybe a brewpub or two and definitely beer shopping. But this is largely unknown territory for us. We are northern New England travelers. A few years ago we tried to find Connecticut for a few days … read more »
The Best Way To Teach Folk About Good Beer?
Posted by on Monday, August 2, 2010 in - 8 comments
The backyard BBQ. It has to be. Likely because of Pete's daydreaming about his English garden, I got the urge to have a smoky BBQ yesterday. Well, it was the day before really as I had to put the ribs into an overnight soak of Sierra Nevada pale ale, a bunch of ends of BBQ sauce bottles from …
