Second Gen (2003-2016, 2016- )
Beer books. I have read enough of them but they are not the whole extent of the books I read related to my interest in beer. One of the most interesting things for me about my interest in beer is how is it woven though the community and through time. On top up there is … Continue reading “Book Review: But Are These Really Beer Books?”
I have been playing around with some passages on Toronto in the first years of the 19th century. Here is what I started with: ⇒ “A recent Fact will corroborate what I have said; A Brewer from Kingston removed to York lately and, on application to the Governor, obtained one of the King’s vessels to … Continue reading “Toronto’s York Brewery And Playter’s Tavern 1801-05”
The ad is from page 4 of the Kingston Gazette, 6 January 1816. You can see at the bottom that it was placed on 15 December 1815. So many questions. What were Messrs Robinson and Gillespie up to? Why is rye placed between barley and hops in the large font while oats sit down there … Continue reading “Why Did A Brewer In Kingston In 1815 Want Rye?”
Beer for sale! Hallallujah!! BEER FOR SALE!!! Remember what I suggested before? That where there is peace there is beer? Well, on 27 November 1815, my town of Kingston was just nine months past the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent and five past the Battle of Waterloo. The proposed terms of Napoleon’s incarceration at … Continue reading “In Kingston In November 1815 There Was Beer!”
There is an excellent post over at Des de Moor’s blog this morning entitled “Brewing’s Disputed Histories” in which he discusses an accepted inaccuracy about a point in the history of the Belgian brewers Lindemans around 200 years ago. He goes on to ask some questions including this one: …does it matter? Are the details … Continue reading “Does Brewing History Really Matter To You?”
Why did Ontario have to make its own path to beerdom? Well, a war and a river for one thing. As we discussed yesterday, the land that is now Ontario was settled in 1783-84 by Loyalist refugees from New York state after the American Revolution. For the first five years, Kingston is a military town … Continue reading “Why Did Ontario Beer Have To Make Its Own Way?”
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 … Continue reading “The Origins Of Ontario’s Good Beer Tradition”
Here I am in the lobby of the Comfort Inn in East Greenbush NY a little east of Albany (an excellent spot I might add) when what do my eye’s perceive? Gary’s lament: (trembling slightly….)but, Alan, if you’re on the road…wh-wh-ooo wiiilll run Friday chat? We, we we gotta have our fix…..(shakes, shudders, pale trembling … Continue reading “Friday Chat From The Road”
What to sip for for the New Year, for Hogmanay, as we wait for the baby in the sash to kick the old bearded guy with the staff out of the room as we wait for the odometer of life to click over one more digit? What better than saison, one of the great ale … Continue reading “Belgium: Three Saisons for Hogmanay”
Another big buy from my trip a few weeks ago to the Party Source in Syracuse, NY. The case of this happy vista upon cracking the cardboard. Cooperstown Brewing is not actually in Cooperstown but is a proud cornerstone of the Milford, New York business community. Like the Smuttynose case review posted ten days ago, … Continue reading “New York: Variety 12- Pack, Cooperstown Brewing, Milford”