Posts Tagged: Nova Scotia
"Trucks Were Backing Up To Get The Stuff In"
Posted by on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 in - 4 comments
Good article at OpenFile Halifax today touching on a few points of my old home town of Halifax's drinking history. Most neato of all is the click-able photo above of the 1948 version of the Sea Horse Tavern. The name of the place has continued in the underground bar that was my home away from home …
Outdoor Skating Causes Haligonians To Lose Control
Posted by on Thursday, December 15, 2011 in - leave a comment
I had no idea that residents of my former home town of Halifax, Nova Scotia have such a problem with the drink... and ice skating: • Selling beer at the oval was not part of the sponsorship deal or any of the discussions leading up to it, Mayor Peter Kelly said Wednesday. “I wouldn’t think (we …
Beer Cocktails: The Classic Red Eye Or "Two And Juice"
Posted by on Saturday, July 16, 2011 in - 9 comments
A long time ago when the Earth was green... there was a pub in Halifax called the Midtown Tavern and it had a gentle soul of a waiter named Jerry. It could have been Gerry but I am not sure. It was not Gary. The Midtown is gone after a long going but, I understand, lives on in another shared space …
Is This An Anti-"Pairing" Movement Starting?
Posted by on Monday, October 25, 2010 in - 2 comments
Well, maybe it's an anti-mandatory pairing movement going on in my old home province of Nova Scotia: • Restaurants on Quinpool Road in Halifax are being allowed to serve alcohol without food. Regional council agreed Tuesday to change the zoning law so restaurants can have lounges. Each business …
Nova Scotia: Revisiting Garrison's Imperial IPA
Posted by on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 in - 2 comments
I reviewed this beer already, just sixteen months ago. Why mention it again? Because Cass Enright, as part of his examination of the weird system of beer in Ontario called "Free Our Beer" has imported it into the province. Yee-umm. • See, the FOB project is sort of like a business meets …
A Beer Can Nerd In 360 Degree Wrap Around Vision
Posted by on Saturday, January 30, 2010 in - 1 comment
An interesting use of panoramic digital photography... if a neat and tidy basement full of beer cans is your thing. Spot the Old Scotia can, a short lived Nova Scotian favorite. Spot the thrilled patient spouse.
Nova Scotians Suddenly Back Away From The Pub
Posted by on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 in - 4 comments
I hadn't heard this before but a sudden drop in bar attendance was discussed in today's Chronicle Herald: • It could be fear of catching H1N1 or perhaps it’s a sign of the recession, but whatever the reason, pub-goers aren’t drinking beer in the quantities they used to. In general, beer sales by …
Nova Scotia: Imperial Pale Ale Unfiltered, Garrison
Posted by on Thursday, June 25, 2009 in - 1 comment
As a Haligonian ex-pat, I learned a lot about craft beer from Garrison in its early years in the mid-90s when it was one of the most reliable Maritime craft brewers that bottled. There was a more obviously Halifax centric naming of the brands back then. I seem to recall that I had a lot of their …
Session 25: All Hail Our Macro-Lager Overlords!!!
Posted by on Friday, March 6, 2009 in - 5 comments
I didn't say it was going to be fun or interesting. Just get out there and have what the next guy's having. • The Beer Nut, 9 February 2009 • Once when I was in undergrad, I was in a line-up, slightly bleary from the night before, signing up for seminar topics in English lit when the girl in …
Nova Scotia: Brewing Staff At Garrison Quits Or Fired
Posted by on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 in - 2 comments
It's been years since I have had a Garrison Brewing beer from Halifax. I liked them fine when I lived out east and in the late 90s and early 2000s they were certainly a leader in Maritime Canadian brewing. And, as Troy (another expat Haligonian) has been telling us all for a while now, Garrison …
