is the coast taking cues from the metro now?
are pictures of keith’s so-called “ales” bigger news than the troubles in afganistan?
i don’t like keith’s.
i don’t like their beer pretending to be something it’s not.
and i really don’t like the cover being annexed by ads.
that all being said, i enjoyed the inside of the coast very much.
—grant.
This article appears in Oct 1-7, 2009.
The Coast is free to us and therefore entirely funded by ad-revenues. I suspect Keiths paid a pretty penny to get a large ad on the cover (fyi they’re really ramping up ads for the Keith’s birthday thing, which they do every year).
Also, I know that Keith’s isn’t the best beer in the world (though I would say one of the most drinkable McBeers available) but what is this “pretending something they are not” thing you mention?
One more thing: I don’t like Pepsi but I don’t begrudge metro transit the ad revenues they get for letting Pepsi barf all over their buses.
Where do you think this free publication gets its revenue, dumbass? Rather an ad for Keiths than one for Venus Envy featuring the Turbo Twat Tumbler.
or the vixen vibro-vag….
🙂
yeah, until you’re willing to pay for the coast, you can like it as it damn-well stands.
You probabally also enjoyed not paying for the Coast all these years. Maybe realize how the real world works for once – and you will see that free things like the Coast, websites etc need to make money. That is why the SELL (gasp, make money, the bastards) advertising space to people with money…i.e. booze companies.
hahaha, the internet.
people people, relax. take it EASY. i understand how ads work for crying out loud.
i’m only saying that why should the COVER of the coast be an ad?
and i’m not complaining about the coast in general. i like it. i enjoy the articles and what they do. i’m talking about ads on the COVER. that’s all.
tear me apart all you want, make grandiose assumptions about my character. that is what these comment boxes are really for.
oh, and jennier, i was referring to keith’s attempt at making craft ales recently.. their stout a few months ago, etc.
i don’t like how keith’s is a symbol for nova scotia to the rest of canada. especially when the beer they put in the bottles isn’t what is technically on the label.
I don’t think Keith’s has ever claimed to be craft brewers. They’re just trying to profit on the recent boom in beer-saviness and I can’t say that I blame them. They are trying make money, first and foremost, and I don’t think they’re being dishonest by testing the market with different brews.
Oland’s is the true pride of Nova Scotia, and any true beer-drinking Nova Scotian knows it!
Olands: meh. You know, Olands and Keiths are owned by the same company (Labatt, owned, in turn, by InBev) and are actually brewed at the same location (olands brewery in the north end). I knew someone who worked for the Keith’s/Olands brewery back in the 70s and she claims that Keiths and Olands are identical. Now, I don’t necessarly believe her, but… well, I get a kick out of this whole “Olands vs. Keiths” thing when they’re both pretty underwhelming beers. Who cares.
do sex toys freak you guys out that much?
I prefer Schooner to Olands or Keiths if I have to pick out of that ‘family’ of beers.
I was pushing for a Propeller cover, but no one had my back on that.
Especially Propeller.
You’re right, neither of them are the best beers around, it’s just that Oland’s is better and the best standard, nothing fancy beer from here. I’ve had them side by side and they definitely do not taste the same – Oland’s is a bit more bitter while Keith’s just tastes like urine (yes, I have tasted urine. Long story).
As for who cares, basically anyone who drinks beer should care!
I want to see a Venus envy ad on the cover. Best store ever!
Thanks for the usual intelligent discourse on the important matters at hand, everybody. Wow.
I’ll take my moosey beer anyday. no-body else seems to.
Afghanistan ? Sudan ? Guinea ? Yeah, it’s terrible but I don’t see how it should be a burden on our everyday quality of life. What can be said about these matters that hasn’t already been said?
So Tara, are you volunteering to go to Afghanistan as a war correspondent to give the Coast an edge over every other news agency reporting on this important stuff?
I pretty sure qpmzwonxeibcruv and nevermind will volunteer to be the beer correspondents, and TTFN and virgomom seem geared to cover sex toys. zZz will float between the two.
“I pretty sure qpmzwonxeibcruv and nevermind will volunteer to be the beer correspondents”
I think that is by far the best suggestion you have EVER made, HKM! My dream job!
Hell yeah I’m with the sex toys!! Lol I’m all for doing an article about them!
Ever been to a Keiths party…they are fun. Anyone who believes that Keiths is just a commercial product probably also believes the hill is just a tourist hole.
Did you know that Alexander Keiths nephew (also Alexander) is credited with being the first terrorist to bomb a public transit system. After evading Pinkertons in the states, he planted a bomb in his incredibly overvalued and over insured freight bound for North America in Germany. He was suspected of other bombed shipping as far back as the American Civil war (also carrying his insured freight) but never stood trial as he blew himself up in his last failed attempt.
Would that make a better cover for you?
I still miss “Old Scotia” – coolest label ever too.
Sorry Tara, but I read the Coast for fun & very seldom take its articles/comments seriously. If I wanted intelligent discourse on important matters I’d read The Economist.
I believe what the OP meant about the contents being what they claim… Keith’s claims to be an India Pale Ale, or IPA, and it’s not… Try some of the other IPA’s on the market.. there are a few..
Keith’s is simply another commercial beer product, mostly made from corn.. not enough wheat or hops to be considered a true India Pale ale..
Everything that comes out of that liquor refinery on Agricola St is crap. Keith’s is an abomination.
And for the dickweeds ranting about the OP not paying for the Coast, here’s a fucking news flash – the Coast may be free, but integrity isn’t.
Cigs and booze, that’s the new deal, and they will dictate the content of your media. We know who will get preferential reporting. Might as well hire Peter Duffy……
Keiths is awesome. If you don’t like it, turn in your Nova Scotia citizenship and get the fuck out. New Brunswick and Alpine would love to have ya.
Keith’s is the equivalent of fermented monkey shit. It is alco-pop for 20 something retards who are so stupid they need to be reminded just how mentally defective they are. It is corporate goo that pours out of the same slop hole as the rest of the IN/Bev crap on Agricola St.
But wait! Rejoice!! Now there is a new Keith’s brewery on the west coast. Oh the horrors for you ham-fisted swill chuggers, the Embarrassment of Nova Scotia is so bland and tasteless that you can brew it anywhere and call it anything, and nobody would know the difference. That’s Keith’s – a marketing ploy. AK could have been a child molester for all anybody knows, but who cares!!!! It’s the pride of Nova Scotia. Ugh. Idiots.
You get the fuck out of my province and take that shit with you. Die.
Socialable!!!!
rotflmfao @ Cranky!!!!
To all you beer snobs: fuck off! You people are the absolute worse of all the snobs out there. I am admittedly a coffee snob, but I have the common respect of other people’s tastes not to go on a tiring, and boring rant about how Tim Horton’s isn’t real coffee. Who the fuck cares? When I drink beer, I usually drink Sleeman’s or Keith’s. If any of you asshats find that offensive, take that bottle of Propeller and stick it up your ass!!
Broc, the article is about beer, and people will discuss it as we see fit. Maybe people should have the common sense not to brag about this crap, then you wouldn’t have to be told how it is. If you are going to put the fucking equivalent of a liquid big mac on the front cover of the coast, plaster the brand everywhere else, and act like I should be proud of it…well, I’ve got some news for you buddy. You can take that shit and dump it in the sewer, after the sewage treatment plant is up and running of course, because Keith’s is truly shit, and so is your taste in beer. Chomp on that kiddie.;)
I don’t think “The Coast” is bragging about a brand. The ‘cover’ is a full wrap-around advert. When I picked mine up I took that page and left it on top of the pile of Coasts, all of a sudden I had a regular non-branded version of The Coast. If MacDonalds bought the same coverage from The Coast next week would anybody give a fuck? This is a confusing discussion.
a) Keiths isn’t good/real IPA
b) The Coast appears to be supportive of Keiths as an IPA
c) Beer snobs are as cool as people that make a point of telling people they meet that they don’t own a tv and have a darwin lizard on their mini-cooper
tee hee…are these the same folks that pocket mulch and don’t eat things that cast a shadow
Lol paingirl, I think so. William Safire, you’re a boring fucktard. No one told you that you have to be proud of Keith’s, just like no one told you to drink whatever the hell you damn well please. My point is that this bitch is irrelevant and you’re taste in beer is irrelevant. Leave people alone when it comes to what they drink, eat, music they listen to, etc.. and you may find life a little easier to coast through (no pun intended). It’s great to have opinions, it’s another thing to classify people to the lowest common denominator because of theirs.
FWIW I used to order Ten Penny to be ‘ironic’.
Frank Booth: What kind of beer do you like to drink, neighbor?
Jeffrey Beaumont: Heineken.
Frank Booth: Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!
-Blue Velvet
Sigh, such sad comebacks, next it will be karma, and then next troll, and then God knows what silly insults will follow.
Let me bring it on home for you monkeys – Keith’s constantly tells me and the world that it is the ‘Pride of Nova Scotia”. I don’t like it, at all. And if they see fit to pump out that crap and tell everybody how fantastic is is while representing my home, I’m going to make it clear in no uncertain terms how terrible it is. Not only the beer, but the company that stands behind it. It’s a complete abomination, an alcohol delivery system, nothing more. An addictive medium to get alcohol into people’s system in the greatest amounts possible, as cheaply as possible. There is no irrelevance here, only anger and education.
And yes, I do look down my nose at people who live on McDonald’s, you are a lowest common denominator. Keith’s drinkers get the same consideration. Don’t blame me, blame yourself.
Its a marketing campaign, ipswitch. I doubt Aussies drink Fosters exclusively, get it?
And Dutch only drink Heinenken? How many pilsners are pilsners?
Sigh, GR, this is such a pointless argument. I’m going to drink whatever the hell I want, and snobby fuckwads like yourself will never be able to stand it that the vast majority of the populace doesn’t drink your microbrew shit. Let’s just leave it at that, and do yourself a favor and don’t get all of your panties in a knot over a goddam ad.
Why is it a pointless argument? In/Bev is a giant criminal organization (yes they have faced heavy fines for their crimes) that uses it’s money and power to eliminate competition. That’s what they are, that’s what they do. Why should I accept that? Why should anybody? The vast majority is a shrinking population because people like me will stand up and call BS on Keith’s, etc as a quality beer. It is not, it is trash, as is the company that makes it. Plain and simple – trash. The microbrew is the gold.
So what you’re saying GR, is because you and your band of merry men are going to tell us that Keith’s is shit that we’re going to care. I got one word for you…delusional.
I have one word for you, ignorant.;)
And you only speak for yourself. Craft brewing is the fastest growing beer sector. Not Keith’s/Olands/fecal alcohol/etc, so obviously people are listening and do care. You keep listening to the ad-men, the rest of us will see the light. From a 15 year+ Keith’s drinker.:)
GR is the Craft Beer reincarnation of techcafe.
I’m drinking a Wildcat “lager” as I type this.
I was drinking mincrobrews 20 years ago and brewing my own stouts and bitters at home because nothing was available, so I have more snob potential than you could ever imagine.
Wildcat. mmmmmmmmmmmm
So what is your point?
Sorry Tara (obviously I hadn’t read the paper yet ~blush~).
I was drinking wildcat at midnight and typing on a computer, I think that says it all right there.
lol, yes it does.
Jennier: Keith’s prided themselves on one beer and ‘holding true’ to the pride of Nova Scotia (which im SURE they thought up themselves anyway); original recipe by AK, India pale ale. So by creating 4 new beers in as little time as they did to compete with Rickards, they are dishonest, not holding true, and in the past 3 years, lowered the quality of their beer to skim by more profit. Keith’s is bullshit that was good, in 1930 maybe.
I don’t like Keith’s. I drink Moosehead!