The Bar Towel

Sorry to resuscitate an old, dead string. The discussion and interest in this topic petered out long ago. I am just adding a link to one more follow-up story that appeared in the Star this past Friday. This string is effectively becoming a subject folder for articles on the topic of the anti-competi...

Bought two bottles at the Queens Quay/Cooper St LCBO last night. Should have bought more. Very, very enjoyable. I drank one bottle last night, and just rolled each mouthful around on my tongue for 20 or 30 seconds. What a pleasure. Congratulations to the brewers. Is this seasonal, or can we look for...

Why are your sales people never prosecuted, or even investigated, when they habitually break the law by inducing licensees with free beer and other perqs? I have loads of other questions about slurry you call "beer", your duopolistic domination of the market, your control of the monopoly r...

You have probably seen this before, but the GBBF and the good people at CAMRA have a channel on YouTube . In the last day or two they have posted a number of items including, it seems, the announcement of the Champion Beer of Britain (here, here) for 2010 . I like the shots of the crowd because it's...

Beppi Crosariol, the G&M's wine reviewer, gives a video review of his recommendations for delicious summer beer drinking . ... On the other hand, many of the other beers in his ice bucket look a lot like the LCBO's flyer that came with my Saturday G&M last summer. Lo and behold, what should...

BTW, Uncle Bobby, I was laughing my ass off when reading your breakdown of this unintentional parody. "Where is the bucket? Right beside Beppi's bum." LOL! Well it was a matter of referencing Beppi's bum or the fact that the bucket is just to one side of Beppi's berries! The guy really ou...

I liked the video up until he talked about wheats. His dialogue seemed to focus on Belgian Wits, but he was holding a German Hefe, and really didn't mention any of their qualities (like clove, banana) Then he finally mentions Hoegaarden, and picks up Rickard's White, claiming it as a great Canadian...

Link to website of die freie Brauer , an organization of family-run breweries in Germany. Found this website while investigating the ownership of the Schneider brewery for the previous string. (No alliteration in this posting, I promise.) Judging by some of the shakey English in the English-languag...

Lemon Tea - Mill Street Green Tea - Great Lakes Creemore Pilsner - Molson/Coors Rickard's White - Molson/Coors Pilsner Urquell - Plzensky Prazdroj, a. s. Schneider Weisse - Weissbierbrauerei G. Schneider & Sohn 2 micros, 2 macros, 2 imports *there's also a can of "cold certified"™ Coo...

matt7215 wrote:

Uncle Bobby wrote:Can't anyone be bothered to give us a breakdown of the breweries represented by the beers in Beppi's bucket?

Any one of you boys?

where is this bucket?

Right beside Beppi's bum. You can't miss it -- it's brimming with cans and bottles.

Can't anyone be bothered to give us a breakdown of the breweries represented by the beers in Beppi's bucket?

Any one of you boys?

Beppi Crosariol, the G&M's wine reviewer, gives a video review of his recommendations for delicious summer beer drinking . Okay, so now I feel like a bit of a heel for slagging him a few weeks ago because Beppi is working hard in this piece to drop the usual attitude: he's sitting on his stoop (...

Our kitchen has: - About 2 dozen glasses proudly displayed on handsome IKEA shelving with frosted glass doors - doubles of Chimay, Douglas Scotch Ale, Upper Canada flute - my favourite is the McChouffe tulip, bought at the brewery - our family water glasses are pint sleeves including a full half doz...

And yes, I did notice my increasing use of weasel-word phrases like "general consensus" and "widely regarded" to back up my points in the absence of real data.

So hammer me.

The burden is being shifted to indirect taxation, sales taxes, which are regressive, although their regressive nature is generally hidden. But think -- a CEO makes 250 times your salary, but does not pay 250 times as much for his or her jeans, or for their house, or for their super-fancy Cuvée Chim...