N.L. brewery avoids salacious names

A recently opened brewery in Dildo, N.L. says it’s mostly eschewing lewd puns in naming four new beers, in spite of ample opportunity.

The unusually named small town provided the Dildo Brewing Company and Museum with a chance to give its beers naughty names, but co-owner Angela Reid said they’ve managed to keep it classy — for the most part.

“We had a lot of fun, and of course, we had many ideas,” she said in a phone interview Sunday. “It’s always fun naming beer.”

The building has been a museum for years, but it’s recently been renovated to make it equal parts museum and brewhouse.

The names of the new beers are inspired by the sights and culture of the Newfoundland community. Reid said they act as a tribute to the small town, while also poking fun at its provocative name.

“We’re trying to, as much as we can, keep things local and keep things a little bit light as well,” said Reid.

The punniest beer on the list is “I’se Da Bye-PA:” an IPA referencing the traditional foot-stomping Newfoundland folk song “I’se The B’y.”

Written in the Newfoundland English dialect, the name translates to standard English as “I’m the Boy.” Reid said the new beer is “a reflection of Newfoundland and our slang.”

More locally, “Blonde Root 80” is a blonde ale referencing Route 80, a coastal highway which runs along the northwestern coast of

Police say a young man is facing charges following a “series of physical disturbances” during a during a Canada Day celebration Dildo Brewing Co. and Museum products are seen in this undated handout photo.

the Avalon Peninsula - and leads to the brewery.

Made with beets, “Red Rocks Ale” references a popular nearby fishing spot.

And last but not least, “Stout Dildo” is not, as it may sound, a lascivious play-on-words of the adult toy with which the town shares a name.

The beer, which brewmaster Lionel Rodrigues describes as having a “coffee, toffee flavour,” is a shout-out to the community’s friends in South Dildo.

“I’m a big fan of the doubleentendre,” in the Halifax area.

At around 9:40 p.m., Halifax Regional Police responded after a large crowd suddenly erupted into panic during a free concert at Alderney Landing in Dartmouth, N.S.

he laughed. “I jokingly call it an homage to our South Dildo neighbours.”

Rodrigues, who recently turned to beer after spending more than 20 years in the wine industry, said the Newfoundland and Labrador craft beer industry is beginning to gather steam.

While the province had a late start, a number of breweries have cropped up in recent years — and it seems as though the government is eager to support them.

The Dildo Brewing Co. and Museum recently received a $300,000

About a dozen police cars arrived to subdue the crowd, some of whom were screaming and running in opposite directions.

Police say they arrested

17-year-old male for a

grant from the federal and provincial governments to help set up processing facilities.

“I’ve always loved craft beer,” Rodrigues said.

“Now that it’s here, I consider myself really lucky to be a part of it.”

He said the town’s name is sometimes met with incredulity: recently, he said an equipment shipment to the brewery was held up in U.S. customs for nine days after there was some confusion over the name of its destination. obstructing the arrest of another male.

They allege the teenager was carrying a knife.

He was released with a future court date, and police say he will face charges of possession of a weapon dangerous to the public and obstruction.

Police have confirmed nobody was stabbed and there were no serious injuries.

During Canada Day celebrations in previous years, the Alderney Landing area has been the scene of at least one stabbing and a shooting.

As nice as it might be to watch birds flock outside the window, a group advocating for the conservation and protection of wild birds is cautioning against hanging up bird feeders.

There are no confirmed cases yet, but so far this year the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative has received about 10 suspect case reports of trichomonosis, a disease that mostly affects wild finch species in Atlantic Canada.

The disease is caused by a microscopic parasite that infects the tissues in the bird’s mouth, throat and esophagus, making it hard for the bird to eat and breathe. The parasite is commonly transmitted through food and water, and flourishes best in moist bird seed.

“The birds that we’re attracting to the backyards are the birds that eat seeds,” said David Currie, president of the Nova Scotia Bird Society. “Those are the ones that tend to flock together in larger numbers and get attracted to the feed … and leave the parasite behind.”

He said that during the summer, there’s no need to hang up a bird feeder: there’s plenty of food to be found in the wild, with trees and grass producing seeds that birds can eat.

“There’s no biological benefit for them to be fed in the summer,” said Currie. “It’s something I just make sure I do in the wintertime, when they do need it.”

He said that people who see a sick bird in their feeder, should take it down immediately.

That’s what Rebecca Clarke did when saw a sickly bird outside her Hammonds Plains, N.S., home at the end of May.

Clarke was watching her bird feeder one morning when one of the birds, a female purple finch, caught her attention with its unusual behaviour.

“One seemed to be kind of lethargic, slower than the rest, and just didn’t quite look right,” she said.

The bird was gasping for breath and had food stuck around its beak. Clarke approached it to take a video and was surprised when the bird didn’t flee.

“She was definitely sick. I could get right up to her,” she said.