Posts Tagged: Beer Stores and Beer Shopping
Ontario: We Got Your Beer... Just Not Here
Posted by on Sunday, August 9, 2009 in - 6 comments
This was one of those don't know whether to laugh or cry moments in my life with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. As I holiday migrated slowly across the south of this great province from east to west, planning and daydreaming of the wealth of unknown beers that I might encounter in the week … read more »
Gas Station Saison, Utica Club And Fireworks
Posted by on Sunday, July 5, 2009 in - 2 comments
Apparently wherever I go I pack an extra 5 kilopascals or whatever atmospheric pressure is measured in. The weather has cracked from a month of wet to sunny and dry. Ran into a pal on a CNY backroad gas station three hours from either of our homes and was inspired to grab a 7 puck twelve pack of …
Session #29: Traveling For Beer And Other Things
Posted by on Thursday, July 2, 2009 in - 6 comments
An early entry for tomorrow's version of The Session as I am preparing to go on a special assignment. The Session is a monthly mass blog-in where folks around the globe face the same beery question and come up with a vast range of answers. The question this time as posed by Beer by Bart is … read more »
Zero Minus Five Hours... Then... PANIC!!!
Posted by on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 in - 5 comments
More weird news as LCBO shelves in Ontario are getting bare a few hours before the impending strike. Favorite panicky line so far: "...people left with their arms laden with bottles and cartons as if preparing for doomsday." Sure, it's dooooom when you can only get domestic beer, right. See, the …
Strike! Panic!! Monopoly On Strike!! Panic!!!
Posted by on Monday, June 22, 2009 in - 7 comments
Well, the LCBO is not quite yet on strike but when you are in a monopoly market these things can catch you unaware or, worse, unprepared. What's this all about you ask? • A trend toward part-time and casual jobs, and a management proposal to be able to issue 90-day layoff notices at any time … read more »
Oh, To Be As Ridiculous and Hapless As Delaware
Posted by on Saturday, June 6, 2009 in - 3 comments
At the end of the day, it really is pretty sad when one can't aspire to achieve what is arguable in Delaware: • Every few years, some lone and well-meaning soul in the Legislature comes forward with a bill to allow beer and wine sales in grocery stores. And every few years, a mob of lobbyists … read more »
My Week In Beer... Or "I Travelled For No Beer"
Posted by on Friday, May 15, 2009 in - leave a comment
Well, at least I did have a beer today - a Sacket's Harbor IPA at the brewpub with lunch. I was at a thinking session so I won't get into it but suffice it to say that Sackets Harbor Brewing Co. on a warm spring day is one of the nicest spots to have a beer I have ever come across. • But the …
Ontario's Opposition Might Deregulate If Elected Maybe
Posted by on Monday, April 27, 2009 in - 3 comments
One day. Maybe. Perhaps. It is sort of a cyclical thing but something tells me Progressive Conservative Leadership Candidate Randy Hillier might be a little more adamant on this promise than past politicians in opposition: • “Dalton McGuinty is costing local Ontario businesses millions of …
Two Hours In Quebec And A Chat At Marche Jovi
Posted by on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 in - 4 comments
So, instead of my usual zip down Interstate 81, I headed up the 401 and the 416 and took in an hour of beer shopping at Marche Jovi and the SAQ. All my puritanical Ontarian prejudices about Canadian beer shops melt away at the sight of a store that has both beer and fresh meat, one that is both …
A Run To Northern New York On The First Warm Evening
Posted by on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 in - 3 comments
I saw two shooting stars last night • I wished on them but they were only satellites • Is it wrong to wish on space hardware • I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care... • Billy Bragg, 1983 • On the way back from the three-hour round trip beer run, I stopped at Gananoque in the Thousand … read more »
