Greg Nash has left his mark on just about every microbrewery and brewpub in the province. So while it’s no surprise Nova Scotia’s undisputed king of hops is finally opening his own brewery, it’s pretty damn exciting. “It’s been something I’ve been trying to do for, like, 12 years,” says Nash over an IPA. “I […]
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Tap into 2015’s Beer Guide
This round’s on us. Fill up your snifter with the stories behind Spindrift, Unfiltered and Wrought Iron— the city’s three new breweries—Bad Apple’s very good cause, a peek at a home brewer’s basement set up, the lowdown on the Craft Brewers Association, a friendly game of name that glass and much more. Bottoms up! Greg […]
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Beer science: meet the homebrewer
Rob Shortt is a mad scientist in his basement laboratory in Dartmouth. His experiments consist of mixing up small batches of craft beer to enjoy after work, or with his club of fellow homebrewers, the Brewnosers. The homebrew pastime is serious for Shortt. He has invested time and at least a few thousand dollars, not […]
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What’s a cicerone?
“When people say, ‘I don’t like beer’ I always say, ‘You just don’t know you like beer,’” says Angeline MacLennan. She, on the other hand, always knew she was into it—whether making her own brews or knocking back somebody else’s. With two young kiddies at home, she’s been on-and-off of drinking over the past few […]
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Bad Apple does good
Charity isn’t a new concept for Jeff Saunders and wife Kari Smith of Somerset’s Bad Apple Brewhouse. Last year, about 80 percent of the microbrewery’s proceeds went to the Halifax Nova Scotia Down Syndrome Society. In late December 2013, Saunders and Smith’s lives were deeply changed. Their six-month-old son was diagnosed with Mosaic Down syndrome, […]
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Wrought Iron men
The relationships you have with your college dormmates can go one of a few of ways—the classic (and often unintentional) post-grad fade-away, the hollow “we really should get together sometime,” or the unbreakable bond that only geography gets in the way of. For Queen’s alumni Angus Campbell, Josh Counsil and Doug Kehoe, it was the […]
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Craft club: a Q+A with the Craft Brewers Association
What is the role of the association in a nutshell? The association does two things: we try to promote Nova Scotia craft beer, build the industry and market, collaboratively. We also act as a unified voice for craft beer producers, both provincially and federally. When and why was the association established? There was a loose […]
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Quite the pair: snacks and suds
Nova Scotia’s only Cicerone, Angeline MacLennan, lays down the basics laws of pairing with favorite local beer styles and restaurant favorites. Basic principles for beer pairing Most beer styles are four ingredients: water, malted barley, yeast and hops. It is the interplay and ratio of the four basic beer ingredients, and the techniques used to […]
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Everything’s coming up rosés
Summer is the domain of sparkling wines, crisp rieslings and cool, light whites. As the leaves turn red, so do glasses of wine, which turn toward the bolder, spicier, warmer flavours found in a toasty burgundy or a hearty malbec. But if you’re looking for a bit of middle ground, look no further than a […]
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Step into the Light
On the Evangeline Trail, on the edge of Wolfville, Michael Lightfoot and his wife Jocelyn are in the process of opening a new winery, suitably named Lightfoot & Wolfville Vineyards. “It’s all about creating a legacy—this is a family farm, and I’m the third generation on this particular land, and a seventh-generation farmer in my […]
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Cheers! It’s the Fall Wine issue!
Go ahead, pour yourself a glass of this full-bodied feature and raise it to another harvest season. A couple of swigs of this and you’ll get inside the heads of six of Nova Scotia’s winemakers, meet the up-and-coming Lightfoot & Wolfville Vineyards, realize you should probably start drinking rosé and plot your to-do list for […]
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Meet your winemaker
Bruce Ewert L’Acadie Vineyards Hometown: Vancouver, BC Years of experience: 28th harvest, 10th at L’Acadie Places he’s made wine: BC, Ontario, California, Australia What did you want to do as a profession when you were a kid? Engineer. ”I was always interested in how things worked.” What’s your favourite grape varietal? “L’Acadie Blanc has versatility […]