Posts Tagged: Not Beer

New Years Eve 2012: Indiana Jones, Cava And White Hots

Posted by Alan McLeod on Monday, December 31, 2012 in Beer Cocktails, Not Beer, Winter and Christmas Ales, Festivals and Gatherings - 8 comments

Surprising how well a reasonable Segura Viudas Brut Reserva Cava goes with Rochester NNY's finest - the white hot. A Snappy Griller to be precise. All of Iberia may weep at the thought but I tell you it is a match... a pair even. Just the thing for Raiders of the Lost Ark, too. Makes sense. Cava … read more »

Attribution, Copyright Infringement And Plagiarism!!!

Posted by Alan McLeod on Friday, December 28, 2012 in Not Beer, Ontario, Beer Art, Language and Writing - 2 comments

Yike-ee doodles. Hot stuff going on in the wine world. Long knives, too. And it is all centered around the otherwise dull and a little frowsy province of Ontario... where I live. What is it all about? Here is the original salvo from the website Palate Press from 15 December 2012: • The core of …

Not Beer: Cherry Tree Hard Cider, Original Sin

Posted by Alan McLeod on Monday, November 26, 2012 in Cider and Perry, Not Beer, New York - 1 comment

Still sick. When you are sick you can skip taking your own photo when blogging about something. I found this NY state product over at Bear World in Watertown, NY a month or so ago. There's a definite move towards plenty of hard ciders if their shelves are anything to go by. Seeing as they serve a …

Not Beer: Swapping NZ Kids For Kiwi Soda Pop

Posted by Alan McLeod on Saturday, October 20, 2012 in New Zealand, Not Beer, Beer Industry Marketing, Thinking About Beer - leave a comment

Being a strawberry blond with a lapsed red beard as well as young Santa Claus tendencies, by nature I am not inclined to find this ad from a New Zealand ginger beer manufacturer's marketing campaign. Here is a bit of the initial press release: • ...children are a blessing, but it’s fair to say … read more »

Not Beer: Unfiltered Rosé 2011, Closson Chase, Ontario

Posted by Alan McLeod on Saturday, August 25, 2012 in Prince Edward County wine, Not Beer, Ontario - leave a comment

Another day with nothing to do. Another summer run into nearby Prince Edward County, Ontario, to hit a few wineries and pad what we like to call the Christmas stash. See, I like good beer just fine and all but when you have big gatherings around roasts and twenty types of root vegetable when the …

Not Beer: A Short Drive Into Prince Edward County

Posted by Alan McLeod on Monday, July 2, 2012 in Prince Edward County wine, Not Beer, Ontario - 2 comments

A holiday Monday. After all the frothing at the mouth madness of rabid Canadian nationalism stoked the day before, I found myself needing to clear out the house so that badly needed napping by others might occur. Given this was the weekend of our national holiday, the bridges to the USA were, by …

Not Beer: Ginger Beer, Crabbie's, Glasgow, Scotland

Posted by Alan McLeod on Sunday, July 1, 2012 in Not Beer, Scotland and Scots Styles - 1 comment

I say this is not beer but I am not sure. The label says both "Original Alcoholic Ginger Beer" and "Flavoured Alcoholic Beverage". Which is not quite saying beer, right? My Scots mother, the minister's wife who bartended as a girl, said something to the effect that with a little more power behind …

Tending To The Stash Is Each Beer Nerd's Duty

Posted by Alan McLeod on Saturday, June 23, 2012 in Not Beer, Aged Beer, Beer Stores and Beer Shopping - leave a comment

What is that? Duty? We don't like duties much these days. But as we get into the first muggier days of summer, I like to haul out the musty cardboard, rearrange and rebox as I check how this bottle or that case is doing. Gotta see and if there are any bottles that need moving up on deck for … read more »

Not Beer: Spirit Tree Estate Cidery, Caledon, Ontario

Posted by Alan McLeod on Friday, May 25, 2012 in Cider and Perry, Not Beer, Ontario, Beer Stores and Beer Shopping - 1 comment

It was a bit of a haul today. A drive of 500 or 600 km from the eastern end of the fifth Great Lake to the south of the third. We made a point of finding better stops along the way. Chatterpaul's Trinidadian influenced bistro in suburban Whitby was a bit of a happy surprise. As was the traffic, a …

Your Monday Evening Short Beery Observations

Posted by Alan McLeod on Monday, April 2, 2012 in Beer Cocktails, The Session, Not Beer, Beer Industry Marketing, Ontario, Web Resources - leave a comment

Some short stories to begin a short week. We Canadians mostly have a 4 day weekend coming up for Good Friday, Passover, Easter and Easter Monday. I think the last of the four is to make up for the rest. Or maybe it's the day for the non-believers thrown into the Judeo-Christian mix. Lew will be … read more »