Posts Tagged: Ontario
When To Have That Beer In Zimbabwe In 2012?
Posted by on Monday, August 15, 2011 in - 3 comments
Laws around beer reflect cultural norms both in how they regulate and how they express norms that are unregulated. Consider this proposed reform to the hours of sale law of Zimbabwe: • The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare is crafting its own alcohol policy, which might alter the tough …
Canada: Get A Bit Here, Another Bit There And A Bit More...
Posted by on Thursday, August 11, 2011 in - 1 comment
About 600 km farther westward later now. I have driven from an area of Canada first settled in the 1640s by Baroque explorers to one that came under the Victorian British plow around two hundred years later. When I was at the museum that sits on the spot where the French founded Montreal, standing …
OK, But If We Call It A "Listing Fee" I Bet They'll Pay!!!
Posted by on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 in - 11 comments
You can hear the giggles in the accounts receivable department management meetings at Ontario's dynamically named "Beer Store," can't you. Imagine having someone pay you to make a profit off of their product. As Josh Rubin explains in the Toronto Star that is how things work when craft brewers … read more »
The Guy In Rochester Said "Good Call" And It Was
Posted by on Saturday, July 2, 2011 in - 7 comments
It's not that hard. Getting the word about good beer is simple. It's not about so many of the things people who like good beer fret about, talk about. It is about putting good honest beer in the hands of people in a simple way at an honest price. I reached for the Brooklyn 1 and placed it next to …
So, If You Were Looking For A Good Employer...
Posted by on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 in - 4 comments
While the little debate about whether Rogue has let craft brewing fans down by letting their employees down still simmers, one post from by own personal adopted man crush on a brewery, Beau's, points out exactly what I am looking for in a standard that I frankly do expect other brewers to try to …
Ontario: Pan-Ontario, BeausFlyMonkGrandGreat Brewing
Posted by on Friday, June 24, 2011 in - 4 comments
They are still at it over at the Kingston Brew Pub as I write. Steve is to the left and Dave to the right, both Beauchesnes and both of Beau's All Natural Brewing of Vankleek Hill in the furthest eastern edge of the province, roughly east of the eastern tip of Cuba if you must know. The release of …
Ontarians Apparently Find Returning Bottles Offensive
Posted by on Sunday, June 19, 2011 in - 2 comments
Out of all the many confused messages that Ontarians are subject to about beer and booze consumption, this has to be the stupidest: • The policy at the Liberty Village outlet is specific to that location, said Jeff Newton, a spokesman for The Beer Store. “This is a very unique store. It is an …
Found A Place I'd Never Found But Didn't Have A Beer
Posted by on Saturday, June 11, 2011 in - 2 comments
Squeezed in between leaving the Sox's thrashing of the Jays and retrieving the family from a showing of The Lion King in time for a three hour drive home, I walked around the block near Adelaide and John only to come across Smokeless Joe. I stepped through the door at the tiny dark bar, balanced …
Royal Military College's Arch Ceremony 2011
Posted by on Friday, May 20, 2011 in - leave a comment
A bit of a change today as I thought you might like something local. You will recall the other week, I played old school base ball and then went for a pitcher of beer with some great guests from the USA as well as cadets from Canada's Royal Military College. The fourth year cadets organize the …
All That Base Ball Was Really About That Pitcher
Posted by on Sunday, May 8, 2011 in - 3 comments
I indulged in my other odd hobby yesterday. 1860s - 70s base ball. Two words. No gloves. No sliding. The ball springs off the bat with about as much zip as an Edam cheese would. Underhand pitching and bats that are like swinging a 2 x 4 fresh from the lumber yard. I put the thing together with …
