Day 112 (August 22): Moncton, NB

This was just a pit stop in Moncton, a pause between the 12-hour train ride from Québec City (Charny, on the Rive Sud to be precise) and a bus ride to Fredericton (spoilers!), the first of several on Maritime Bus Lines. 

Of course, I spent the evening at the Pump House, a brew pub in downtown Moncton. The Pump House serves above average pub fare, as well as pizzas cooked in their wood-fired oven. Their beer is a mix of pedestrian brews that seem to want to emulate large commercial brewers (their 'Cadian') and some more interesting brews. Their Special Old Bitter (the 'SOB'; hee hee!) and Pail Ale (a 'West Coast' IPA, which only had a hint of spruce) are decent and very drinkable. I still have not tried their signature brew, a blueberry flavoured beer (available in Ontario).

It may sound like I am damning the Pump House with faint praise, but I do really like the joint.