I missed this when it was first posted but over at the CBC, Neil Macdonald bemoans the lack of private competition for everyone’s favorite provincial monopoly, the LCBO. He makes a lot of sense but it’s really interesting to see how uptight and short-sighted some Canadians are when it comes to talking about privatization.
Ever make a drunken promise you didn’t keep once sober? Wired looks at the science behind this foolishness.
At Taste T.O., Greg Clow gives high marks to Flying Monkey’s Hoptical Illusion. While I’m no hophead, I’m still excited by the direction the (formerly named Robert Simpson) brewery is taking.
The Bar Towel lets us in on a few beer-tastings taking place at Beerbistro and the Black Creek Brewery this fall.
I must admit I admire the kind of dedication it would take to write a blog about one cocktail. Jennifer Rowsom has that level of commitment in spades and she takes purdy photos of caesers. Would I like a caeser? Yes please!
10engines reiterates the importance of correctly utilizing a twist with your cocktail. Read and consider yourselves illuminated.
While New Zealand may be one of the few countries in the world where you can legally own and operate your own distillery, that hasn’t stopped many folks in the South (US of A that is) from making their own moonshine. Salon provides an overview and profiles an interesting man by the name of Col. Vaughn Wilson who makes copper stills and sells them.
The Ottawa Citizen has an interesting four-part series on the trials and tribulations of bars dealing with liquor law regulations.
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(Photo taken from Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoche’s Flickr Photostream.)
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[...] on the G&M article, a lot of people are confused as to whether this would be a good thing and while I’m not an unabashed fan of the LCBO, I’m also not about to jump on the privatization bandwagon unless I’m sure that it [...]