Posts Tagged: Brewery Info
Hooray - I Love Being Told I Am Stupid - So Should You
Posted by on Sunday, July 25, 2010 in - 6 comments
Update: To be fair, when I heard about their tattoo promotion I immediately thought "damn, you have to be at the pub on opening night...." • Am I supposed to cheer along with the giving of the finger to 99.998% of customers for the sake of marketing? Or is this supposed to be Dada beer? Who …
The Origins Of Ontario's Good Beer Tradition
Posted by on Saturday, June 19, 2010 in - 20 comments
Beer. It only gets to you in so many ways. You make beer and provide it to your community. You make beer and ship it to another community. You ship beer in and provide it to your community. There are not too many other options for the beer trade whether you are talking about 1810 or 2010. Today we …
Your X-tremely Prudent Micro Brewer Of The Day
Posted by on Thursday, October 22, 2009 in - 3 comments
I wish I was handy. I can do many things. I do laundry well, for example. But there is no money in doing laundry. And no beer. I am unlike the guy behind Aviator Brewing located in North Carolina USA. He is handy: • He launched his craft brewery in November. A detailed plan, a thrifty mind and …
How Good Beer Gets Main Stream Media's Attention?
Posted by on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 in - 2 comments
In Canada, apparently, invite Norm from Cheers to pop by. • Well done, Steve.
Session #32 Announced... And Then Amended
Posted by on Saturday, September 12, 2009 in - 1 comment
There has been a lot of buzz the last few days over the next topic for the next monthly version of The Session to be hosted at Girl Likes Beer: • I would like you to pick your favorite beer made east form your hometown but east enough that it is already in a different country. It can be from the …
Canada's Biggest Independent Brewery Likes Your Money
Posted by on Thursday, January 15, 2009 in - 7 comments
Update: Joel Levesque of Moosehead has left a wonderful response to this post. Please have a look. He makes good points which I do not necessarily agree with entirely but his input is certainly indicative of an interested and engaged brewery. • I find this article in the Times Transcript from …
Quebec: One Nation Founded Upon... A Beer Brand?
Posted by on Monday, December 29, 2008 in - 3 comments
I am not against Quebec separatism. Heck, I am not against separatism anywhere as long as the people actually want to separate. I have tartan clothes, you know. Just saying these things can happen. But this news today in the National Post (but noted by Rick Lyke weeks ago) seems to hint strongly …
Day 9: A Few Updates On A Crazy Beer Filled Monday
Posted by on Monday, November 24, 2008 in - 6 comments
The contest is on! The contest is on! Entries are pouring on but there has been a bunch of other stuff keeping me from posting a semi-gallery so far. It is really a hemi-semi-demi-gallery so far but you get the point. Here is some stuff I have notice over the last few days: • I brewed yesterday …
News Flash: Mongolian Beer News Update News
Posted by on Thursday, September 4, 2008 in - 2 comments
Not so much news about the Mongolian brewing industry but the fact that I have found a bit of news about beer in Mongolia at all. Last January, the news was not happy: police corruption, breweries shutting and a questionable reporter. Today's update in the Ulan Bator Post about the Chinggis …
West End Brewing Company As Seen In Utica
Posted by on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 in - 2 comments
Reader and prize-winner Chad forwarded me some pictures from a visit to F.X. Matt in Utica to check out the place and give the brewery some support after their near calamitous fire in late May. I like this one the best. The brewery was called the West End Brewing Company in 1888 and appears to be …
