but also remember wrapping drink chits around my neck during Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, three deep at the bar thinking we’d never get out alive. My best memories involve being at the Rogue = Bumping into 5 friends, blinking and it’s 3 hours later, all while enjoying whisky not found anywhere else in Canada. Brian reminded me that renowned Lunar Rogue, Henry Moon, which the pub is named after, was “only famous when he was in New Brunswick”. I don’t think Brian realized it, but to me that means they always pictured the Rogue as something for the local people first. Thirty five years later and the vision inspired by two drummers’ friendship continues to envelop many more like a good home does. When I asked his daughter Karen how they would continue the legacy, she simply answered, “We will always be the place where everyone is welcome because customer experience is still our focus”. I can’t go to Fredericton without getting my “Rogue fix” which says as much about the atmosphere as it does a nice dram or a bubble mug full of cold draft. The Lunar Rogue and all the people you don’t see behind the scenes is what truly creates this little corner of the world where people can be themselves - without pretense, and that’s a legacy to be very proud of.
Anyone else thirsty? Meet you at the Rogue…
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the whisky explorer magazine
WINTER 2024
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