Posts Tagged: Beer Stores and Beer Shopping
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 »
Beer Shop + Beer Club + Local Brewery = Good Idea
Posted by on Saturday, February 28, 2009 in - 1 comment
What a great concept! This article that popped up on Google news this evening shows how an imaginative beer shopkeeper can connect fans of great beer with the local brewers who make it. Here is how the deal works at the Sherbrooke Liquor Store in Edmonton Alberta: • ...Customers can sign up for …
When Best Before Is Just Not Good Enough
Posted by on Saturday, February 14, 2009 in - 1 comment
I don't know what you were doing last night but I was watching six episodes of Doctor Who with the boy. The 1978 version. As we watched Sontarans come this close to taking out the Time Lords and marveled at the state of British dental care of thrity years ago, I sipped a Kerst Pater Special Winter …
More On The State Of Beer In Ithaca, New York
Posted by on Monday, January 26, 2009 in - 4 comments
You have to realize that I do not really get out to bars that much. Having three little kids in tow as well as an agenda that makes as much time for Purity Dairy as beer shopping provides little opportunity for spending hours in a tap room. We were even staying across a parking lot from the Scale …
Is That A Spark Of Revolution In New Brunswick?
Posted by on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 in - 3 comments
Backlash. That is what the world is really fueled by. People get so ticked off with this or that that they lift themselves out of their comfortable chairs, their offices without the view or their garden rows and say no way, enough is enough. Is this maybe what we are witnessing in Canada's eastern …
Finally, A Trip To A CNY Beer Store Planned
Posted by on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 in - 3 comments
It has been brutal recently. Having little kids around can really trip up your plans to get some fine beer shopping in while traveling to foreign countries. It's hard on me not to have a foolish amount of corked bottles in the stash. You know how it is. Fortunately, the stars have aligned and we …
Road Stories: A Tale Of Two Liquor Commissions
Posted by on Monday, October 20, 2008 in - 4 comments
So it was not quite the same trip I had imagined. Not only did I not get across the bridge at Sarnia last weekend but, as if this weekend, I officially encourage you to think very carefully next time you get that feeling that it would good to travel from Levis, Quebec to PEI. There are nicely …
There Is A Limit To What I Will Do For Great Beer
Posted by on Monday, October 13, 2008 in - 4 comments
I had no idea such a limit existed. But there it was. Last Friday afternoon, I was heading to the Ontario-Michigan border with that plan to hit up nearby a shop or two for at least three cases of various craft beers when, whammo, traffic stopped. Almost two miles from the border, everything stood …
