If you’ve ever wanted to quiz your brewer on the finer points of mash and hops while downing a pint, Propeller Brewing’s new Quinpool Tap Room and Cold Beer Store has got you covered. When the new space opens—the date is TBD, but within the next two weeks—one of its highlights will be a small […]
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Canada’s ultimate beer and cider crawl, right here in Halifax
Consider: All over this country are places where you can find a cluster of brewers, and we’re not just talking about East Vancouver. Hell, Dartmouth has two such hot spots: Lake City, New Scotland, Battery Park and Brightwood downtown; and Wright Avenue’s Upstreet, Moosehead, Propeller trifecta. But we bet nowhere else in Canada has as […]
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Learning the language of beer
If your favourite beer could tell a story, what would it be? Roger Mittag, the creator of Prud’homme Beer Certification, believes that everything done in the beer industry is about storytelling. “Beer goes back many, many thousands of years, and gives us a tremendous amount of history and adds to conversation,” he says. “Beer is […]
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Sip on these beer and cider events
Tatamagouche x Team Stilly Collab Release Party Hit up Stillwell’s Barrington Street location for this stationary booze cruise featuring cellar re-releases, brand new beers, three casks and the debut of a staff collaboration brew. Mar 14-15, noon-2am, Stillwell Beer Bar, 1672 Barrington Street FemmeBrew Competition Party Knock back a pint of the winning suds at […]
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20 brews for 2020
Note: Unless otherwise indicated, these beers and ciders—which are presented in no particular order—should be available at NSLC and/or private liquor stores around Halifax until supplies run out. When in doubt or desperation, check with the individual brewery/cidery. Eight Bells The Church Brewing Co. The newest beer from Wolfville’s newest brewery is rooted in old […]
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Re-inventing the craft beer festival
Nova Scotia Craft Beer Festival March 21, Cunard Centre, 961 Marginal Road nscraftbeerfest.ca It’s only been five years since the Nova Scotia Craft Beer Festival started life as “Full House,” with just a handful of brewers. That first event, in 2015, was intended to launch the summer beer season and introduce a few new beverages […]
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Where are we now? Nova Scotia Craft Beer in 2019
W e love change, and the craft beer scene in Nova Scotia somehow manages to bring us joy while at the same time begging to be KonMaried into the sun. There is always plenty to talk about when it comes to beer (we do it exclusively), so here’s our take on what’s brewing in our […]
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Drink these ASAP
Susannah, Garrison Brewing Co. This IWD imperial pale lager is Garrison’s very first all-female brewed beer is made with wild foraged sumac and sea buckthorn courtesy of East Coast Wild Foods. Fifty cents from each can goes towards an NSCC Women in Trades bursary. 1149 Marginal Road Tea & Honey Nitro, Lake City Cider A […]
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Five Nova Scotia brewery newbies
1 Maritime Express Cider Co. Maritime Express, a taproom a cidery located in an old railway hotel, opened in October thanks to Jimi Doidge and Scott Hearn. It serves up a rotating selection of Nova Scotian craft beers as well as the company’s own Annapolis Valley apple ciders, pressed and fermented right underneath the bar’s […]
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How do you like them apples?
Jay Hildybrant wants you to know that while beer and cider sit in the same category in your brain, the apple-based beverage is actually closer to wine. The head cider maker and partner at Chain Yard Urban Cidery is standing in the cidery’s back room, explaining the “malolactic fermentation” one of his recent barrel-aged creations […]
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Where I Work: BeerTech’s Ken Greer
Who he is Ken Greer grew up in Belgium, where having a beer at lunchtime was “no big deal.” Once, when he tried to do this at a restaurant here in Halifax, he was told the draught system was being cleaned. “Who cleans beer lines at lunch?” Greer asked. And then a lightbulb went off: […]
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Yes she can: inside the process of a beer can designer
Amy Corbett’s been drinking North Brewing’s beer since it was called Bridge Brewing. A graphic designer, web developer, art educator and abstract painter with 20 years of creating under her belt, she’d hustle to the Alderney Landing farmers’ market to grab her swing-top bottles every Saturday. Her official collaboration with the brand started later when—in […]