I used to love beer, like really love beer. Then 14 months ago something devastating happened to my relationship with this most coveted of beverages: I got pregnant. After nine months of abstaining from drinking, I was excited to have a taste of my precious Garrison but something had changed, I had decided to exclusively […]
Bridge Brewing Company
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Best New Business
Gold Winner Better Than Her Boutique Silver Winner Toxic Blossom Bronze Winner Bridge Brewing Company Better Than Her Boutique has a bit of a mythology going. Owner Courtney Jones spent a year in the Canadian Arctic and became taken with the female caribou. The only female of the species to grow antlers, the female caribou […]
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Best Craft Brewery
Gold Winner Garrison Brewing Company Silver Winner Propeller Brewing Company Bronze Winner Bridge Brewing Company Garrison has hopped its way over Propeller, taking first place this year. Brewmaster Daniel Girard credits the victory to the synergy of the staff at Garrison. “All members of the staff contribute to our success,” he says, adding that he […]
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Bridge Brewery to open soon
Remember how Bridge Brewing Company was supposed to open this summer? Its opening has been pushed back to this October, because it’s waiting on an inspector from Ontario to certify the brewing equipment. Bridge is setting up in the former Bach’s Cafe space at 2622 Agricola Street, just across from Gus’ Pub. Once Bridge gets […]
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Another brewery for Halifax
It’s becoming a welcome embarrassment of riches in the local brewing scene. This week we learn that a self-described “nanobrewery” will soon open in Halifax, called Bridge Brewing Company. Java Blend‘s (6027 North Street, 423-6944) Peter Burbridge is behind the new enterprise, but is hesitant to discuss it, telling us that he wants to build […]