The second biggest beer drinking activity we imported from Britain, right after fighting and passing out, is the pub quiz. It’s more a civilized, cerebral form of combat performed in teams. Everyone knows teamwork increases your trivia response rates and collective IQ. Teams increase beer consumption, too. Basically, the pub quiz is a great way […]
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Snuggled in
T om’s Little Havana (5428 Doyle) is the coziest downtown pub and always wins a Coast award for Best Place to Drink Alone. It’s a welcoming, well-lit bar and there’s booths in back for a tete-a-tete. Then there’s Freeman’s (6092 Quinpool), open till late, with high, well-worn old Naugahyde booths. Sure, your butt might stick […]
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Hop on up!
Since starting work at Pumphouse Brewery in Moncton last year, Greg Nash—the man who brewed Garrison’s first batch of Imperial India Pale Ale in a plastic vat—has waded even further into the deep end of extreme beer making. “My mouth is still in shock and awe,” he says, after tasting a batch of his triple […]
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Bed spread
“Can you imagine,” says Jane Collins, “being 18 years old and being told you can’t go to the bar?” The nurse manager of Saint Mary’s University shakes her head. She’s talking about mumps, but her words could equally apply to the sheer impossibility of “quarantining” students who have contracted a sexually transmitted infection. The back-to-school […]