Propeller just launched Atlantic Canada’s first bottled premium lager.
Craig Pinhey
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Fizz the season
Getting it poppin’ with a crash course on bubbly, just in time for the holidays.
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Draught dodging
Fighting city politics and the smoking ban, the Granite brewery chooses to expand without Halifax.
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NSLC Cuts Their Mark-up on Locally Grown Wines
The Nova Scotia wine industry gets a shot in the arm from the most unlikely of source.
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Hoppy trails
It wasn’t all that long ago—25 years in fact—that there was no such thing as microbrewed beer on the radar of Haligonians. Kevin Keefe at Ginger’s (The Granite Brewery) cured that in 1984. In contrast, the last five years have seen a veritable explosion of craft brands released in the area, to the delight of […]
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Vine dining
The recent announcement that Nova Scotia restaurants will soon be allowed to have the option of offering BYOW (“Bring Your Own Wine”) came as a pleasant surprise to many wine lovers in the province. It has arrived quietly, even though there were public consultations held in late 2006, where restaurant owners and consumers were invited […]
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A better beer fest
Where will you be August 11? Chances are if you’re an Atlantic “beer geek,” you’ll be at the Seaport Beer Festival on Halifax’s waterfront. Previous efforts, including the East Coast Festival of Beer (1999) and the NSLC Beer Gala (2004, 2005) have left much to be desired, the former marred by bad weather and the […]