Posts Tagged: Pubs and Tavs
Ottawa Brew Pub Reviewed... But Not Its Beer
Posted by on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 in - 2 comments
A rather odd review of a brew pub in the Ottawa Citizen whose only value from a brew point of view is the brief introductory comments on the state of the competition in town: • How to tell apart the national capital region’s numerous and newish beer-themed eateries? Lord knows I’ve struggled …
Maryland: Max's Taphouse, Fells Point, Baltimore
Posted by on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 in - leave a comment
Baltimore has given me a very good argument for its place as a beer destination and no other spot has made the case as clearly as Max's Taphouse. We stopped in with the kids after taking the tour of Fort McHenry and crossing back across the harbor all by water taxi. The Fells Point area is a bit …
Session 65: Being Alone With Yourself And Beer
Posted by on Friday, July 6, 2012 in - 6 comments
This month's edition of The Session is being hosted by Engerlander Nathaniel Southwood of Booze, Beats and Bites. It's a fairly new blog which is surprising as I thought blogging had been declared dead. Nate asks us to consider this question: • Am I weird for going to the pub alone? How do you …
My New Favorite Drinks Guy Is Fred Dell, Gardener, 94
Posted by on Monday, April 23, 2012 in - 6 comments
What is not to love about this story? • A man from Lancashire has been offered free beer for life at the pub where he has been a regular for 76 years. Fred Dell, 94, has been popping round to the Strawberry Gardens on Poulton Road in Fleetwood for a "swift half of mild", since he was 18 … read more »
New York: Freedom Wright's Inn, Denmark
Posted by on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in - 1 comment
Going through old blog posts at the sister station for this here blog, Gen X at 40, to reference something to Craig after yesterday's post, I realized that in 2005 I took photos of Denmark, NY, a village at the north end of Tug Hill. And in those where a couple of images related to Freedom … read more »
Albany Ale: Big News And An Old Tavern
Posted by on Friday, April 13, 2012 in - 4 comments
That's a 1937 photo found at the US Library of Congress online of 1937 entitled "Old Tavern, Feura Bush Vicinity, Houcks Corners, Albany County, NY." Sitting at a crossroad to the south west of Albany, the old tavern was built around 1845. Whatever Albany ale was, it's likely they served it here …
What's In A Beer's Name? Fun Or Suffering Or Both?
Posted by on Monday, March 26, 2012 in - 7 comments
We have seen government interventions when beers take on brand characters like Santa or the Easter Bunny. People throw up their hands in a combination of libertarian outrage and laughter. But what happens when the images are more directly hurtful even if the message presented is quite dislocated …
So Do We Now View Good Beer Drinkers As The Rock Stars?
Posted by on Saturday, March 24, 2012 in - 2 comments
Fortunately, the brewer as "rock star" stuff appears to have passed after much well deserved pointing at laughing at those who suggest it or, worse, accept it. But apparently the beer drinker might be legitimately treated like one if KISS bassist Gene Simmons has his way: • ...when the bar …
Quebec: Brasserie Le Reservoir, Rue Duluth, Montreal
Posted by on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 in - 5 comments
Had a great lunch with friends at this spot at the western fringe of the plateau near the corner of Duluth and Saint-Laurent. Le Reservoir is one of the smaller brew pubs I have ever been in, seating maybe 25 or 30 in a space of maybe 20 by 50 feet between the heavy wood bar and floor to ceiling …
Ontario: The Red Lion Inn, Yonge Street, Toronto
Posted by on Sunday, March 4, 2012 in - 12 comments
Came across this image of the Red Lion Inn in Toronto at the Archives of Ontario. The photo is from 1886 and shows a building well into its eighth decade according to this blog post of just a few months ago. Built in what was then the country, it was the first stage coach destination on the … read more »
