Posts Tagged: Canada
Jack Frost Takes On Innis + Gunn Blonde And Wins
Posted by on Monday, January 24, 2011 in - 1 comment
Not my finest artwork but that is an image of Jack Frost as a Union General saving the day by clearing out malaria as an avenging weapon in the great cause. No such luck in the present case. See, UPS delivered two parcels today both marked for me, each including two bottles of Scotland's Innis …
Speaking of Money, Let's Hear It For Price Fluctuations!
Posted by on Thursday, January 20, 2011 in - leave a comment
An interesting story in the Guelph Mercury about the implications of the strong Canadian dollar on the domestic booze marketplace. And there is good news for beer lovers: • Last year, six-packs of Southern Tier IPA saw their price at the LCBO pared from $13.75 to $12.75. The LCBO approached …
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 …
Canada: A 1970s Newfoundland Tavern
Posted by on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 in - 3 comments
From a Facebook page for Port Aux Choix, Newfoundland. Dobernette Lounge. The next picture in the series shows just the gas pumps at the other end of the building, alone in the white blur of snow. That, in case you were wondering, is what Canada really looks like. It's a colour photo, too.
Question: Is "Open Beer" Bad Where You Are?
Posted by on Saturday, October 2, 2010 in - 10 comments
We up here - the people of the north - like out generalities, our ways of saying something that looks benign when we are really saying something else. As with the odd phrase "visible minorities", Canada has some unique euphemisms like "open beer": • A 30-year-old man has been arrested after … read more »
Book Review: Brew North, by Ian Coutts
Posted by on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 in - 1 comment
I had lunch with author Ian Coutts at the Kingston Brew Pub today after finding out we lived in the same town. He provided me with a review copy of his new book, Brew North as well as an invite to the book launch a couple of Sundays from now. It was all like living in Toronto - the Big Smoke … read more »
Is Giving Up Imported Beer A Good Thing?
Posted by on Thursday, August 19, 2010 in - 9 comments
My old desk top Dell gave up yesterday. I am a couple of days away from a vacation and I feel like doing much the same. But what about giving up imported beer not for the cause of slackerdom but for a higher cause? • A majority of Canadians would give up imported beer or wine to reduce shipping …
Politics, Pubs, Leadership and Density
Posted by on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 in - leave a comment
Interesting observation in the Montreal Gazette today about why it is that the two-dimensional Pub Minister and other cynical forms of political band wagoning over the pub trade has gotten such attention in UK election: • Few commentators question the need to help out a sector of the economy … read more »
The Women Every Real Canadian Male Has A Crush On...
Posted by on Friday, February 26, 2010 in - 4 comments
Truth be told, every Canadian male has a deep and abiding crush on every member of the woman's hockey team and photos of them drinking beer just feed the flame. We have commercials where the players kick doltish men like us all on the ice. They sell us social networking tech. While we have to work …
