Sober Island Brewing Co. has teamed up with ShipBuilders Cider to collaborate on a medley of beer and cider, launching this weekend. Sober Island Brewing owner Rebecca Atkinson connected with Sean Sears of ShipBuilders through a Mashup Lab program, and Atkinson says Sears has since become a mentor of sorts. Now, they’re finally launching a […]
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Belgian beer takes over Stillwell
Belgian Beer Fest Sunday August 27, 1pm Stillwell Beer Bar 1672 Barrington Street Stillwell co-owner Chris Reynolds has been on a mission to bring more Belgian beer to the bar’s taps, having travelled and tasted what the country has to offer multiple times. The Belgian takeover of his dreams—“12 kegs and a slew of bottles”—is […]
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Off Track is bringing a brewery to Bedford
After several years of brewing beer at home, Allan MacKay is following his passion and brewing up a business. Off Track Brewing (275 Rocky Lake Drive), Bedford’s first craft brewery, is opening this fall. “I always loved brewing beer,” says MacKay. “I have some friends here in the city that brew quite a bit as […]
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12 beers to crush this summer
Spindrift Killick, session lager (4.7%, 16 IBU) The BrewCast-proclaimed “Beer of the Summer” is crisp and clean, but packs in tons of flavour. Look for notes of grain, lemon and honey on this as you reach for the next one. 21 Frazee Avenue, Dartmouth, private liquor stores and NSLC 902 BrewCast x 2 Crows In […]
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Craft beer conflict
The NSLC and local craft beer are in a relationship, but it’s complicated. The topic has caught the attention of beer lovers across the province, especially since Unfiltered Brewing filed a lawsuit against the NSLC last summer. The suit involves what the corporation calls the Retail Mark-Up Sales Allocation: A fee the businesses pay the […]
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One year of beer—2017’s festivals, special events and celebrations
Big Spruce’s 4th Anniversary: RA RA Rasputin Fest Sat, April 1 Stillwell, 1672 Barrington Street Saint John Annual Beerfest Sat April 8 1 Market Square, Saint John, NB saintjohnbeerfest.com Nova Scotia Craft Beer Week May 5-14 nscraftbeer.ca 3rd Annual Stillwell Open Sun May 7 Stillwell, 1672 Barrington Street Craft Beer Cocktail Face-Off Tue May 9, […]
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Stillwell gets down to business at its new brewing location
@stillwellbrewing is the natural continuation of the beers we’ve been brewing in other peoples’ breweries; dry, balanced, drinkable, table-friendly farmhouse stuff. Our space is the warehouse at the back of Propeller Gottingen. With a focus on patient oak fermentation, we should be brewing within the next month, though we won’t likely release anything until later […]
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Femme-Bot celebrates women and beer
Femme-Bot Wednesday, March 8 Good Robot Brewing Co., 2736 Robie Street 3pm-2am Stacks of beer coasters gussy up the bar and robot-themed objects catch your attention throughout the two-level taproom, but you won’t see any pink streamers at Good Robot Brewing Company on International Woman’s Day. Instead, on March 8, Good Robot employees Erica Fraser […]
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We make beer better by making it here
[Image-1] Most of the beer consumed in Nova Scotia (by a large margin, of over 90 percent) is made by companies owned outside of Canada. We send money from our economy to theirs for something we can make better here. One measurement I invite anyone to make is to calculate the jobs/litre that craft beer […]
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2 Crows Brewing Company is ready to soar
“One crow sorrow, two crows joy,” begins the nursery rhyme that inspired the name of Mark Huizink, Kelly Huizink and Jeremy Taylor’s new taproom. “The way we kind of think about it is you’re always looking for that second crow,” says Kelly. “Looking for the bright side of things.” 2 Crows Brewing Company’s location at […]
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Bottoms up with Halifax’s craft beer podcast
Plenty of Halifax beer-drinkers love knocking back local craft brew. But do they care about the stories behind the beverages? Tony Wight had a hankering to start a creative project. What’s more, he wanted it to focus on something he enjoyed: Talking about beer. His goal was to showcase the people and places “beyond the […]
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Tidehouse Brewing Company moves in downtown
Opening a brewery in their old North Street apartment used to be a running joke for Shean Higgins and Peter Lionais. Now, a decade later, the pair of friends (and homebrewers) are bringing their beer to Halifax via Tidehouse Brewing Company, a small-batch brewery slated to start pouring downtown this fall. “It’s been years of […]
