Posts Tagged: Pubs and Tavs
Beer Shop: Beers Of The World, Henrietta, New York
Posted by on Sunday, January 9, 2011 in - 6 comments
A long drive into western and central and then northern New York saw me complete the loop of Lake Ontario over the weekend. We had a memorial service to attend and as I had done the 401 the weekend before, I was not eager to see the Big Apple four times in eight days. So, it was Lockport …
Ontario: Fryfogel's Tavern, Near New Hamburg, Perth Co.
Posted by on Monday, January 3, 2011 in - 5 comments
Ever since I opened my copy of Julia Robert's In Mixed Company, a history of the taverns of Upper Canada from the 1780s to the 1850s, I have wondered how many of our Upper Canadian pioneer taverns there might be left out there. Well, I passed one today - the Fryfogel Tavern - and thought I would …
Ontario: My Peeps Seek The Land Of Beer Liberty
Posted by on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 in - 8 comments
Note: I did not write "lib-beer-ty" because I have standards. Nevertheless, good to see that so many of my brothers and sisters are crossing the border like me to exercise their right to a reasonable personal retail relationship with craft beer: • Two Saturdays ago, Troy Burtch settled into a …
Discussing Science Down At Your Local Brew Pub?
Posted by on Sunday, October 31, 2010 in - 7 comments
I have noticed a few stories from time to time about churches and other faiths getting into the pub to spread the good word... but now the scientists are up to it, too: • Wouldn’t it be nice to just knock back a beer with an egghead at your local watering hole? Welcome to Tacoma Science Caf … read more »
Canada: A 1970s Newfoundland Tavern
Posted by on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 in - 3 comments
From a Facebook page for Port Aux Choix, Newfoundland. Dobernette Lounge. The next picture in the series shows just the gas pumps at the other end of the building, alone in the white blur of snow. That, in case you were wondering, is what Canada really looks like. It's a colour photo, too.
New York: A Restaurant In Albany With A Beer List
Posted by on Saturday, August 28, 2010 in - leave a comment
OK, sure there are 700 wines at the subtitled restaurant dp, An American Brasserie - but they have Blue Point Lager, Dogfish 60 and Ommegang's Hennepin and others on tap as well as ten or twelve well selected bottles. The stash in the back of van might be better today at the end of our trip but I …
New Hampshire: The Portsmouth Brewery, Portsmouth
Posted by on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 in - 3 comments
Happy to have gotten the chance to have supper at The Portsmouth Brewery this evening here where Maine meets New Hampshire on the Atlantic shore. It's still cloudy and damp but at least the sheets of rain from earlier in the week are gone. Piling into a pub was just the thing. • I got the …
"...The Proposal Would Help Tourism To The Area"
Posted by on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 in - leave a comment
You know, we say a lot of good things about beer and pubs. We like to think good things, too. Think that our little hobby, our habit is not something that should be a bother to others. Sure there is plenty of evidence to the contrary but this one little tale of one little pub just sticks with me …
The Origins Of Ontario's Good Beer Tradition
Posted by on Saturday, June 19, 2010 in - 20 comments
Beer. It only gets to you in so many ways. You make beer and provide it to your community. You make beer and ship it to another community. You ship beer in and provide it to your community. There are not too many other options for the beer trade whether you are talking about 1810 or 2010. Today we …
The Joy Of The Pub To One Who May Well Hate It
Posted by on Sunday, June 13, 2010 in - leave a comment
We beer geeks can be a bit too precious. We can forget that the joy of being in a bar is that you are in a place with other rules. Watching France v. Uruguay Friday in a neighbourhood pub, I was reminded of the din and the confusion, the sideshow of bar staff and the human churn that is a packed …
