“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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Taste the rainbow: a summer beer round-up
Rockbottom Brew Pub Kolsch (5.2 percent) Your lawn-mowing sidekick, this crisp, light, laidback brew makes summer chores a breeze. Unfiltered Brewing Daytimer Berliner Weisse (3.4 percent) Day drinking never tasted so right. A lactic-tastic, tropically tart, dry-hopped sour session ale that is both lip-puckering and refreshing. North Brewing Company Summer Saison (5.5 percent) Literally brewed for […]
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Spindrift makes a splash
If you’ve heard whispers of a new brewery opening in Dartmouth, I’m here to confirm that delicious rumour. Spindrift Brewing Company aims to sample its wares at May’s Craft Beer Full House, and hit shelves by July. Partners Andrew Bell and Andy Armstrong are tight-lipped, yet eager to share. “This has been in the works […]
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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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Where we work: Wrought Iron Brewing Company
WHO THEY ARE Angus Campbell, Josh Counsil and Doug Kehoe—longtime BFFs and the trio behind the up-and-coming Wrought Iron Brewing Company—met studying engineering at Queen’s. They were dormmates, housemates and long-distance, post-grad buds before finally deciding the best way to get the gang back together was to go into business. “I think we all complement […]
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Rogues Roost joins PEI’s Murphy family
Sixteen years ago, Doug Johnson had the great idea to open a pub that’d only serve only house-made beer on tap, his brainchild Rogues Roost (5435 Spring Garden Road) has been a downtown drinking fixture ever since. Today, Rogues officially became part of Charlottetown’s Murphy Hospitality Group—an extended family of two breweries and 12 restaurants, […]
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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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Last summer at the old farmers' market
This is the last summer you’ll be able to meander amongst the Farmers’ Market tables in the brewery market, and it’s as busy and crowded as ever. Theresa Cole, the market’s operations manager, says she’s been counting the number of market-goers at 8,000 to 9,000 the past few weekends. With the sun coming out and […]