Posts Tagged: Pubs and Tavs
Good Pub Working Hard
Posted by on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 in - leave a comment
I've never been there but once every once in a while I get an email from Troy R. Kirkby, Publican of The Spitfire Arms Alehouse in Windsor in my old home province of Nova Scotia telling me what is going on - and this one is too good not to share. Look at how they are working hard to help their …
Paul Goes To Dublin
Posted by on Monday, November 20, 2006 in - leave a comment
Dublin is a fantastic city. Founded on the banks of the Liffey by the Vikings in about 841, further developed by the Normans after the conquest of the English in 1066, made even grander during the days of the British Empire, before finally returning to the Irish in 1922. Sadly the beer in Dublin …
BeerBistro!, Toronto, Ontario
Posted by on Thursday, November 9, 2006 in - 3 comments
I had the occasion to visit BeerBistro! near the corner of King and Yonge Streets in Toronto today...ok, twice today...which in itself tells you something. I had to meet a friend for a quick lunch in that area of town and later took the time to have another beer as I waited for the train back home …
Paul Visits Beerhouse in Funchal, Madeira
Posted by on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 in - 7 comments
Madeira is a jewel of an emerald isle set equidistant from Portugal (the territory that it’s part of) and Morocco. It’s famous for its fortified wine, most of which is sweet and sticky. It’s generally not a particularly palatable desert wine, although if you look hard enough there are some very …
Mill Street Brewpub, Toronto, Ontario
Posted by on Monday, October 30, 2006 in - 8 comments
The picture above is the best of this set. We visited the Mill Street Brewery's new brewpub which has just opened last week in Toronto's Distillery District and were very impressed, first of all with the facility - one of the nicest laid out bars I have been in. It was pretty dark so the photos … read more »
Tap Handles As Art
Posted by on Sunday, October 29, 2006 in - 5 comments
Here is an interesting story about the growth of tap handle art concurrent to the growth in US craft beer sales: • “Breweries have tried for decades to attract attention by making tap handles larger and more colorful, but the microbrewery movement has brought a proliferation of artsy and exotic …
West 50 Pour House and Grille, Mississauga, Ontario
Posted by on Sunday, September 17, 2006 in - 7 comments
I do not think I have ever reviewed a picture of a bar before...especially a bar that has yet to open but following Greg's links from his story at the Bar Towel to the unfortunately URLed website "hiprestaurants.com" I found this great design for a tap house sitting right there on my computer …
Save the Riser!!!
Posted by on Monday, June 5, 2006 in - leave a comment
I get emails all the time for this cause or that but this one seems more interesting than the Nigerian scams or amazing offers from others to repost this blog's content to make them big bucks at their sites: • “This is probably WAY off topic for the normal articles that are covered on 'A Good …
The <i>NYT</i> on McSorley's Old Ale House
Posted by on Sunday, May 21, 2006 in - leave a comment
The New York Times ran a great article today on McSorley's Old Ale House in that good city that has run for 152 years and a group of friends who meet there there: • “ON a chilly Friday night, outlined against a blue-gray cloud of cigarette smoke in front of McSorley's Old Ale House, the Five …
Festival Fiasco and the Great Long Island Beer Tour
Posted by on Friday, May 19, 2006 in - 1 comment
Two weeks ago in this space I mentioned that I would be attending the Long Island Beer Festival and gave you a preview of some of the attractions of the festival. In addition to great beers from New York, the other mid-Atlanic states, and from the rest of the world, Garrett Oliver and Phil …
