Gold Winner Chain Yard Cider Silver Winner Lake City Cider Bronze Winner Annapolis Cider Company “We strive to make ciders on the drier side and to be inventive. We’re always looking for different fruits and ingredients to use,” says Michael Lim of Chain Yard’s resume, which includes making somewhere in the vicinity of 60 ciders […]
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The winds of change
After surviving last year’s late spring frost and record-breaking warm summer, Nova Scotian growers recently faced off with Hurricane Dorian’s 120-kilometre-an-hour winds. “It’s been a double whammy,” says Victor Oulton of the extreme weather events in the past two years. Oulton is the president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture, which recently sent out […]
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A guide to perfect patio beverages that are ABB: anything but beer
Blue Lobster blueberry-lemon vodka soda, Nova Scotia Spirit Co. (6% ABV) Canned vodka-sodas started trending last summer and they appear to still be going strong. Nova Scotia Spirit Co. just upped the ante this by introducing a blueberry-lemon vodka soda–now on shelves alongside its original lemon-lime fixture. It’s made with wild Nova Scotia blueberries, which […]
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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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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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Julep Kitchen & Cocktails has plans for spring
“We don’t mind working hard,” says Ryan Wolfe of he and his business partner, chef Lawry Deneau. They’re the pair behind Chain Yard Urban Cidery’s in-house restaurant, Unchained Kitchen (2606 Agricola Street)—which has been doing big things out of an eight-by-eight kitchen since 2017—and they’ve got some plans for spring 2019. That’s when Julep Kitchen […]
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DRINK THIS: Chain Yard’s Drunken Cherry cider
Jay Hildybrant isn’t afraid to play around with ingredients, but the head cidermaker at Chain Yard Urban Cidery never wants to bury the best parts of cider under too much sugar. “For the longest time there’s been a stigmatic idea cider needs to be sweet and needs to taste like apples. To me, it’s time […]
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Best New Bar
Gold Winner Chain Yard Urban Cidery Silver Winner Vinyl Retro Dance Lounge Bronze Winner The Rooftop “We knew we wanted to be in the north end because we feel like it’s sort of the culinary, craft hub of Halifax,” says Chain Yard’s Michael Lim of the past year on Agricola Street. The cidery, bar and […]
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Best New Business
Gold Winner Chain Yard Urban Cidery Silver Winner Lucky Penny Coffee Bronze Winner Weird Harbour Espresso Bar Chain Yard Urban Cidery is the apple of readers’ eyes this year, taking home not just Best New Business, but Best New Bar, too. Since opening on the corner of Agricola and North streets last spring, it’s been […]