Posts Tagged: Pubs and Tavs
Long Island Beer Update
Posted by on Thursday, April 6, 2006 in - leave a comment
I finally made my first (long overdue) trip of the year out to the Southampton Publick House. I found a wonderfully refreshing Abbey Single on tap. It was a luminous yellow, hazy, and grassy tartness---a perfect way to welcome the arrival of Spring. I usually have two different pints when I head …
St Paddy's Season at the Half Penny Pub, Sayville, NY
Posted by on Monday, March 27, 2006 in - leave a comment
While researching Irish beers and Irish pubs prior to St Patrick's Day, I started to think of this holiday not as just a day but a season. Then I noticed that in the beer company advertising for St Patrick's Day that the corporations too appear to have adopted this notion of the week prior to the …
Volo, Toronto, Ontario
Posted by on Saturday, March 18, 2006 in - 3 comments
The other day, when I did rock, we headed up Yonge Street in Toronto to finish the evening at Volo, a much discussed beer bar amongst the Bar Towelling set. With very good reason as well. While I wasn't able to take my camera and get some shots, I can tell you that the place seats about 40, is …
Obituary For A Landlord
Posted by on Friday, February 24, 2006 in - leave a comment
A very good read is this obituary for the landlord of a pub: • “Mrs Martin continued: "I'm a Londoner and he was a country man. The green trees of the Heath suited him. He wouldn't have gone anywhere else in London. • "Once you were barred you stayed barred. One barred customer went to Spain …
Kisz Bier, Prazske Pivovary, Czech Republic
Posted by on Sunday, February 12, 2006 in - 4 comments
A new guest writer joins us today. Donavan Hall lives on Long Island in New York, USA. He is an editor and freelance writer. He writes a weekly column about beer for The Spirit World. He also writes a blog called Catch & Release. • “I am a beer writer and I live right on the border of Long … read more »
Quick Note: Figgy Pudding Ale, Kingston Brewing Co., ON
Posted by on Thursday, December 29, 2005 in - 3 comments
If I have a local the Kingston Brewing Company is likely it. The merest merriest wee half-pint this day to whisk away the cold along with a bowl of curried soup. • This Figgy Pudding Ale is one of their best ales for the KBC's signature but quite pronounced apple-fruity yeast. Using soft water …
Knut's Day Out In Cambridge
Posted by on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 in - 1 comment
With a large student and academic population, I figured out that this could be the goal of a day trip from London – focused on beer, but not exclusively so. So the plan was to catch a few pubs and sample a few rare beers as well as taking in the more famous sights. The ordeal of navigating the …
Slopping Buckets Of Ale
Posted by on Thursday, November 10, 2005 in - leave a comment
One of my favorite web sites in the whole world is Forgotten New York run by Kevin Walsh who is a fan of all things utilitarian in architecture in the Big Apple. He has changed the way I see any city I visit. Last summer he wrote about a former bar and included the picture to the right …
Knut Travels South to Freising, Bavaria
Posted by on Saturday, October 29, 2005 in - 5 comments
Freising, Bavaria, Germany. A quiet little town dozing on a crisp Sunday morning, an excellent place for a stroll – and a few beers. Why Freising? For a beer lover, it has the obvious advantage of being the home of Weihenstephan, which claims to be the oldest brewery in the world, and that …
Life Of A Bouncer
Posted by on Wednesday, October 19, 2005 in - leave a comment
Here is a really good article from the University of Washington's UW Daily Online on an evening in the life of a bar bouncer: • “There is no specific training that Opie received; only through learning from the other bouncers did he pick up on the process, including the typical protocol … read more »
