You read Whitney Moran’s story about growing microbrew scene last week, right? If so, you were probably curious about exactly where Garrison Brewing Company would be expanding its operations. At the time Garrison’s Brian Titus was tight-lipped about what nearby location the brewery would be taking over, was but today he let the cat out […]
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Cheers to Bridge Brewing Company
Great news! It looks like that tomorrow there’ll be two new beers in town to wet your whistle with. The highly anticipated Bridge Brewing Company (2576 Agricola Street) is ready at last to quench the thirsts of curious beer lovers in town. If all things go according to plan Peter Burbridge‘s north end “nanobrewery” will […]
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Propeller Brewery bubbles over
You’ve probably scratched your head more than once wondering how in the name of hops Propeller does all that it does out of it’s current home in north end Halifax—I certainly have. So, it wasn’t a surprise when this morning brought news that beloved local beer master Propeller Brewing Company (2015 Gottingen Street, 422-7767) will […]
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Beer and food
Bob and Doug MacKenzie. Those toque-wearing, Rush-worshiping hosers are arguably the classiest part of the image cultivated by the beer industry. It’s sad, but even though advertising executives may suggest that the entire beer-chugging market is made up of frat boys and gyrating girls, it simply isn’t true. Whether you went for a beer on […]
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Cuppa brew
If the new library has a cafe, wouldn’t it be nice if it could have a bar, too? Wishful thinking, we know, but there are spots in the city where you can buy a coffee for one hand and a beer for the other. We took a sip out of the coffee-holding hand (honest) and […]
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Booze A-OK with city
Dartmouth councillor Gloria McCluskey’s effort to ban booze at city events is dead in the water. McCluskey, who has long objected to beer companies setting up tents at Natal Day and Canada Day celebrations, asked the HRM council to disassociate alcohol vendors from city-sponsored events. The council rejected that request at its Tuesday meeting, on […]
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Fruit flavoured beers: Brews with bite
Halifax Alehouse The Alehouse has plenty to choose from when it comes to pleasing your beer belly. But for those less enthusiastic about traditional flavours, the bar’s Pump House Blueberry Ale is sure to satisfy all tastes. It’s light, refreshing and flavourful—a yummy treat for anyone who prefers a fruitier drink. 1717 Brunswick Street, 423-6113 […]
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No Deal
photo by Chris Benjamin Twitter was so right. Hours before the Globe and Mail posted the story rumours started circulating that leaders had failed to make a deal and had been asked to stick it out another day. The PMO’s office denies it but says “negotiations are still ongoing.” Somebody should tell Russia’s Medvedev that; […]
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SEXIST BEER ADS
This may come as a shock to beer companies but women (gasp!) drink beer too!!! Why then, are beer companies flogging their products with scantilly clad ‘beer babes’ who are clearly designed to appeal to hetero men or lesbians? Where are the scantlly clad young men for the women beer drinkers to ogle? Seriously! If […]
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The Seaport Beerfest review
You couldn’t pick a better day for sitting around and drinking beer with hundreds of your closest friends. A bright sun was broken only occasionally by a passing cloud and a light breeze, and the breeze was from some direction that somehow missed the millions of litres of raw sewage floating past. Thirty beer and […]
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Nash talks about his move to Hart & Thistle
Several dozen beer lovers gathered in the side room of the new Hart & Thistle Gastropub at 7 pm last Wednesday to taste the first brews out of the old system that returning brewer Greg Nash used when it was called Shippey’s…in the food court. Nash was on hand to chat with his acolytes about […]
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Big beer news: Master brewer Greg Nash to open Halifax micro-brewery
Updated below! Local beer circles are abuzz with news that master brewer Greg Nash—who left Garrison Brewery (1149 Marginal, 453-5343) last year in over a more or less amiable difference of opinion with Garrison owner Brian Titus and accepted an offer at Moncton’s Pump House Brewery—has teamed up with Hart and Thistle (Historic Properties, 407-4278) […]