Posts Tagged: Canada
Canada's Dirty Secret: Buying Beer In Another Province
Posted by on Friday, May 13, 2011 in - 10 comments
Of all the reasons to call in the cops, buying beer in one province and taking to another has to be one of the most important, as this story shows: • "Our intelligence gathering revealed that we believe there was a large quantity of alcohol being brought in to the province from other provinces …
Session 51: Nothing Says Weekend Like Cheese!!!
Posted by on Friday, May 6, 2011 in - 1 comment
Jay declared it some time ago but I was only reminded this morning when the Beer Nut posted his submission for this month's version of The Session. Jay's instructions are too complex for me to repeat at this cusp of weekend so check out his link yourself. • I had originally meant to bitch and …
A Fantastic Beer Law Canadians Too Backward To Want
Posted by on Thursday, May 5, 2011 in - 5 comments
Is that unkind? Have a look: • ...Mr. VanGlad’s Tundra Brewery will be the first to sell beer at the Greenmarket, under a law passed in 2009 that allows small-scale breweries in New York to sell at markets. The hops in the ale are among the first to be grown in New York — which once produced … read more »
Election Night Beer In Canada? Something From Quebec!
Posted by on Monday, May 2, 2011 in - 3 comments
I pulled out a Blanche De Chambly because it was handy. The results look polarized but they are also federalized in that the Quebec separatists have been rejected. Not nationalists... just separatists. And after 7 years of minority governments, well, the Prime Minister for the last five years …
What The Heck Do All Those StatsCan Numbers Mean?
Posted by on Thursday, April 21, 2011 in - 2 comments
I don't know if there is an organization called Statistics Belgium or if there is another called StatsBraz but we have a thing called Statistics Canada that issues all sorts of information all the time. Yesterday, it issued a report titled "Control and Sale of Alcoholic Beverages" which, observing …
Again, In Canada No Politician Refuses The Beer Vote
Posted by on Thursday, March 31, 2011 in - 4 comments
Even though we are freakish in our cultural fear of untamed beer and booze flowing through the land, beer is big in Canada. So big, as noted before, that no Canadian politician in his right mind would fail to support it. Up there, that's Prime Minister Harper in the middle of this Federal election …
I Blush Yet Brag... I Brag And Yet I Blush...
Posted by on Monday, January 31, 2011 in - 3 comments
Sure, I nominated myself - but I didn't do the judging so it is with some sense of residual self respect that I learned today that I got voted Best Beer Blog for Canada 2010 as part of the Canadian Food Blog Awards. Rather than go on about me, however, I would have you have a good look at the … read more »
Beer Cocktails: Why Am I Still Uneasy?
Posted by on Friday, January 28, 2011 in - 7 comments
Is it because Canadians are jumping on board? Does that make me uneasy about an article about Canadians and beer cocktails? Canadians have this way of making any movement, you know, both earnest and bland at the same time. I worry about these things. It is tough enough dealing with messing around …
Should I Like Beer Labeling Or Not Like Beer Labeling
Posted by on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 in - 7 comments
Here is the thing. I am allergic to sulphites. Monosodium bisuphite is a killer to me. Gives me a respiratory reaction, like asthma. It's in some beers. Apparently proposals for beer labeling in Canada would include declarations that sulphites are in the beer: • The labelling changes, first …
