Posts Tagged: Pubs and Tavs
Why Do You Drink at a Pub?
Posted by on Thursday, April 5, 2007 in - 9 comments
“ • "You can get just so much out of bars and they won't go down anymore. They come up. People in bars were like people in 5 and dime stores: they were killing time and everything else." • -- Charles Bukowski in "Would You Suggest Writing as a Career?" • ” • Last year I heard a story on …
Bartalk and Other Games at Callahan's
Posted by on Friday, March 30, 2007 in - leave a comment
I'd have to agree that proximity to one's house is very important for "a local." I'm at the age where I don't fit in at the college hang-outs (which in general do have a better beer selection) and at Callahan's I'm ten to fifteen years younger than the rest of the pub-goers (well, most of them …
Boston Beer Travels - The Publick House and Bukowski
Posted by on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 in - leave a comment
With the beer gone and no buzz to speak of after leaving the Night of the Barrels, it wasn't a hard decision to agree to head to a beer bar for an impromptu after party. We climbed into a couple of cabs and went over to Brookline to invade The Publick House near Washington Square on Beacon St …
Drinking in One Place - Blue Point
Posted by on Friday, March 23, 2007 in - leave a comment
Last year I spent my time driving (sometimes vast distances) in order to drink microbrewed beer. I spent a lot of time at brewpubs. Basically, I did a lot of beer chasing, and dare I say, beer hunting? This year I'm trying something different; I'm drinking in one place, a place I'm calling …
Brodie Visits Pub Italia, Ottawa, Ontario
Posted by on Thursday, March 15, 2007 in - 7 comments
In this post we introduce sometime comment maker, full time lurker Brodie as a writer here on A Good Beer Blog. He wrote me an email that started like this: • “Hey Al - I wanted to drop you a note and a few pics of my recent field trip to Pub Italia in Ottawa. The restaurant is located in …
Bier Markt, Toronto, Ontario
Posted by on Friday, February 23, 2007 in - 2 comments
Just a short note. Last night, I visited Bier Markt in the Big Smoke for the second time, the first being a short stop waiting to jump on a train at nearby Union Station with nothing but a Rochefort 6 to keep me company. The gathering was a small bloggy get together hanging out with these three …
Smoking Bans And Beer
Posted by on Thursday, February 22, 2007 in - 10 comments
Scottish & Newcastle, the UK's biggest brewer, is reporting that it will suffer because of the ban on smoking in pubs - but is that really the case? • “The ban on smoking in public places in England this summer will contribute to falling beer sales across the country, with the number of pints of …
Paul Goes to Two Cambridge Pubs
Posted by on Friday, February 16, 2007 in - 1 comment
“[Alan here. Before we get into this post, the third of Paul's series this week, I just have to point out my gratitude for these contributions as well as all those of all those who get to post here - Knut, Gary, Donavan and the rest. And I have to say that I had a hard time cropping Paul's …
Paul Goes To The Laxfield Low House, Suffolk, England
Posted by on Monday, February 12, 2007 in - 6 comments
I’ve never been to a pub quite like the Laxfield Low House. First up that’s not its proper name, but it’s what the locals call it. Its official name is The Kings Head, an Adnams pub now, but it is the stuff of legend. I’ve known of it for a number of years but have never managed to get to it …
What Makes a Good Local?
Posted by on Saturday, February 3, 2007 in - 5 comments
I was recently down in Baltimore revisiting the beer scene that I covered last year during Saint Patrick's Day or actually Saint Patrick's week. I discovered a bar or taproom called Max's. As a certified beer nerd I took one look at Max's beer selection and was suitably impressed. They have 70 …
