Posts Tagged: Pubs and Tavs
Doctor Who On Life In The Pub Then And Now
Posted by on Sunday, October 4, 2009 in - 7 comments
Being a modernly moderate drinker with a writing problem is not my only odd habit you know. While being a beer nerd is all very well and good, among other things I have this little itsy-bitsy thing about 1960s and 70s TV sci-fi shows. I have all the Space: 1999 episodes on DVD as well as the …
The "Church in the Pub" Sounds Not So Bad
Posted by on Saturday, September 19, 2009 in - 2 comments
I am a PK - preacher's kid. There. Now you know. That meant that events of the week in my teen life sometimes showed up in sermons. I expect you can guess the outcome. But I like church now even if it took me a couple of decades to get back. If there had been this sort of thing I wonder if it … read more »
The Private Thoughts Of Maine's Bartenders
Posted by on Monday, August 31, 2009 in - 4 comments
I have no beer in hand. Not I. I have a Manhattan. More than once in a while in the summer - and it still is summer - I like the clink of ice in glass. So it was with some interest that I read an article from Portland Maine's community web news site, Switch, that a pal had sent me. It was about … read more »
Hoist One For Angelo Cammarata
Posted by on Saturday, August 29, 2009 in - 2 comments
I really like this image from Associated Press photographer Ross Mantle of Angelo Cammarata, who is retiring after a bartending career that began in 1933. It conveys the cool and dark of a neighbourhood US bar, the sort of place that urban planning did away with in Canada for the most part over … read more »
A Beer Please - Don't Bother With The Swanky Food
Posted by on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 in - 24 comments
In the days back when I traveled in Eastern Europe, I had a guidebook that explained the grades of drinking establishment I might expect to find and learned there was a class of bar in Poland called a pivarnia or some such thing that catered to their manly but odd working hours - there was a gap …
Session 28: Too Many Questions About Past Travels!
Posted by on Sunday, June 7, 2009 in - 5 comments
Stan made me feel a little guilty for not posting on Friday for this month's version of the Session. I was on the road Friday evening and guess that is my excuse - though I did pick up a mixed 12 of both Magic Hat and Harpoon and even got a wave through from customs so had another victory for beer …
I Might Well Like A Local That Wasn't So Local
Posted by on Sunday, May 31, 2009 in - 18 comments
Sure, we all moan and groan about the fake relocated British and Irish taverns. But its not because of the relocation so much as they are bad fakes. Once in a while they work just fine like the Old Triangle in Halifax. So why isn't there more of that? Why not a Norwegian fisherman's bar in Texas … read more »
Another Gratuitous Photo From the Past
Posted by on Friday, May 22, 2009 in - leave a comment
The best looking tavern porch upon which I never had a beer.
My Week In Beer... Or "I Travelled For No Beer"
Posted by on Friday, May 15, 2009 in - leave a comment
Well, at least I did have a beer today - a Sacket's Harbor IPA at the brewpub with lunch. I was at a thinking session so I won't get into it but suffice it to say that Sackets Harbor Brewing Co. on a warm spring day is one of the nicest spots to have a beer I have ever come across. • But the …
Book Review: "Everyday Drinking - The Distilled Kingsley Amis"
Posted by on Sunday, April 19, 2009 in - 1 comment
There are days and there are days. Some days you have club soda instead. You go for walks. You have a salad and are good to yourself. And other days you do not. That is the way things go in these times of the general awareness of the need to be healthy. But not so long ago there were not these …
