Posts Tagged: Regional Scenes
Ontario Politician Wins Amazingly Poor Beer Policy Award
Posted by on Monday, September 24, 2007 in - 2 comments
The votes are in and the results have been tallied. And Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, in the middle of an election campaign, has won the prize for the dumbest statement about beer and law for at least this year: • “While Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory believes Ontarians should be …
Chinese Beer Brand Called Snow Now #2
Posted by on Friday, September 21, 2007 in - 6 comments
I have never tasted it, seen it or heard of it but apparently Snow brand beer may very well be the second most popular beer in the world, if a business news article in the Kansas City Star is to be believed: • “Snow, the Chinese beer brand partly owned by London-based brewer SABMiller, is set to …
Being Drunk Under The Law of Australia
Posted by on Monday, September 17, 2007 in - leave a comment
Australian politics and law are a gold mine for most any topic you wish to compare and contrast. I have mentioned more than a few things antipodean hereabouts but today I came across a story with a number of new cultural points of difference: • “A total ban on takeaway alcohol in Fitzroy …
Has A Glass Tipped Over? There's A Beer Story in Time!
Posted by on Thursday, September 13, 2007 in - 2 comments
If there are two concepts I hate they are tipping point and paradigm shift. Two pretty much overlapping ideas that boil down to over simplification. Real change, even when it appears sudden, develops over time and is based on a lot of factors. Well, I saw something today, while trolling Google for …
Paul Goes To Brasserie La Saint Pierre, Alsace, France
Posted by on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 in - leave a comment
The village of Saint-Pierre is a stones throw from Barr. They are on the crease where the mountains meet the plain on the west bank of the Rhine in Alsace. Barr is at an angle while Saint-Pierre is horizontal. Horizontal, but not totally laid back, as an enterprising soul has established a modern …
So Is There A New Organization In Ghana Called MABBF?
Posted by on Monday, September 10, 2007 in - leave a comment
Mothers Against Beer as Brake Fluid, that is: • “The forum was conducted on the theme of "Maximising the benefits of your motor policy". It attracted members from the various transport unions and insurance companies in the country. Mr. Asaam said drivers are the most important in the motor …
Paul Goes To Alsace
Posted by on Saturday, September 8, 2007 in - 2 comments
We've recently been on holiday to the Alsace, a very fine part of France. Having decided not to rush to get to our destination we took the over-night ferry to Holland, followed by a planned stop in Liege, Belgium the next night. When looking for a place to stop on our journey we ignored the advice …
Beer Sales Collapse In UK For Now
Posted by on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 in - 2 comments
It is difficult to pick the right verb sometimes. Have UK beer sales truly collapsed? Do they merely reflect short term forces of nature? Or are this year's beer sales in the UK merely a blip in a bigger picture? • “The beer market is in decline in the UK as Britons turn their back on what is …
Knut Goes To Scotland
Posted by on Monday, September 3, 2007 in - 3 comments
The trend of splitting up European nations into smaller units seems to be over for the time being. There is Kosovo, of course. And then, possibly, a part of a union that has lasted for centuries, and where nationalism seemed to us outsiders to be mostly a joke. Scotland. I've been in Scotland …
Where The Law Is A Better Friend To Food Than Beer
Posted by on Monday, August 27, 2007 in - 1 comment
In my disorganized way over time, I am building up something between a partial inventory and a bad scrapbook of some of the nuttier beer legislation in the world. This week I came across another one in the regulation of drinking establishments in the Australian state of New South Wales. I am not …
