Posts Tagged: Regional Scenes
Beer At The Movies
Posted by on Sunday, June 10, 2007 in - 6 comments
When I was just out of undergrad, I worked in Holland for a while and recall going to the movies where a very nice waitress came to the seats and asked to take our drinks orders. I found it quite shockingly different - mixing alcohol and films. Such a quiet Canadian upbringing I had had. Well it …
Ontario Good Beer Sales Up
Posted by on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 in - leave a comment
News from the LCBO, Canada's largest province's government owned alcohol retailer, came through the beer blog's email slot this morning: • “Ontario craft beer sales, helped by LCBO in-store promotional initiatives and dedicated staff to promote these products, rose by 27.6 per cent. Sales of …
One Brewery For Every 120 People
Posted by on Thursday, May 31, 2007 in - 2 comments
That is the dream, right? Well they are living the dream in the land of my forefathers on the island of Colonsay off western Scotland according to this report from last month in the BBC: • “The brewery was officially opened by islander Dougie McGilvray, 98, at a ceremony attended by about half … read more »
Update From the Road #2
Posted by on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 in - leave a comment
Heading northwest today through the White and then Green mountains looking for one more new beer experience before the border after a week in the land of craft beer down the aisle from the cat food and cheerios. I wonder why we Canadians put up with it? Maybe lunch at the Vermont Pub and Brewery …
Review: Beeradvocate Magazine, May 2007
Posted by on Sunday, May 27, 2007 in - 2 comments
The long Memorial Day long weekend trip has been going well. Yesterday at around 4:30 pm I was at the Beale Street BBQ in South Portland having a Gritty's Vacationland waiting for my bulk BBQ rib order to be ready. Less than an hour later I was in a grocery store trying to decide between Dogfish … read more »
Beer Dinners Galore (on Long Island)
Posted by on Friday, May 25, 2007 in - leave a comment
In the last two weeks there have been four beer dinners on Long Island. In fact, there have been so many beer events lately that it's been difficult to choose which to go to since many of them are scheduled on the same night. The Thursday before I flew down to Houston (see yesterday's post) I went …
Update From The Road
Posted by on Friday, May 25, 2007 in - 1 comment
Donavan is doing a great job holding the fort and Gary already has a post lined up for me to post when I get some time between lobster rolls and Allagash whites but just a heards up to say we stopped in at the Madison Brewing Company in Bennington Vermont and had a great lunch. Andy Crouch in his …
How to Land a Flying Saucer
Posted by on Thursday, May 24, 2007 in - 2 comments
As Alan heads off to New England, I'm just getting back from an excursion to Houston. I scheduled this trip ages ago and didn't realize that I would be in downtown Houston during American Craft Beer Week. Since there are no brewpubs in downtown Houston and I didn't rent a car, I didn't get to …
Off On A Special Assignment
Posted by on Thursday, May 24, 2007 in - leave a comment
Hitting the road today into New England with the hope of running into a few beer stories. Tully's Beer and Wine in Well's Maine, one of my favorite places to buy beer, apparently has moved into larger space, Allagash has a tour at 3 pm tomorrow afternoon and there is always the Great Lost Bear. I …
Evan Rail On The Trail Of Local German Beer
Posted by on Monday, May 21, 2007 in - 6 comments
I must have been overwhelmed by the gardening and snoozing and beer sipping this weekend as I failed to mention that our correspondent for central Europe, Evan Rail, had a good piece in The New York Times yesterday on the somewhat elusive local real ales and lagers of Germany. Other than the two …
