All-Ways Us is a pretty great business. Not only does it make a line of soaps, bath bombs, body wash and candles using all-natural, environmentally friendly, local ingredients, it’s a social enterprise, too. Operating under YACRO (Yarmouth Association for Community Residential Options, a non-profit that helps support children and adults with disabilities) All-Ways Us’ aim […]
Garrison Brewing Company and Cold Beer Store
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Mommy beerest
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 […]
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The Garrison Spruce diet
Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, how tasty is your craft brew. Bow down, other seasonal flavours, Garrison Brewing’s famed Spruce Beer is back. Made with actual fir and spruce (from Meander River Farms), blackstrap molasses and dates it’s a rich ale, perfect for holiday indulgence, and the tradition behind this strong and malty ale […]
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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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Craft club
The post-holiday season can be one of frigid temperatures, resolution rejection and those pesky winter blues. Luckily, a surefire Band-Aid solution can be found in our friend, beer. And just in time, there are big things a-brewing in the Halifax micro scene. For a city with an already stellar lineup, the continued growth of Halifax’s […]
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Cheers to your beers, Garrison
It’s been 15 years of great beers at Garrison. And to celebrate that, the Halifax brewery has added yet another rich brew to its resume. Today the 15th Anniversary Malt, Vanilla & Cocoa makes its way into the brewery and onto many a weekend shopping list. The perfect warming beer for the winter season, the […]
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Sugah’s got good taste
Sweets, wine and beer: these are a few of Sugah‘s favourite things, and tonight the confectionery is celebrating the most wonderful of flavours with its Holiday Tasting Spectacular. Accompany your stocking shopping with samples from local vineyard Avondale Sky (and its winemaker Ben Swetnam who’ll be on hand for tips and questions), pair your sweet […]
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Trick or wheat
Fall is my favourite time of year for many reasons: the crisp, autumn air, the urge—without the necessity—to hibernate, pumpkin-flavoured everything and beer. As far as I’m concerned, the encroaching darkness of this spooky season should be reflected in your pint glass as well. You may well know that Halifax is blessed with a bevy […]
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Best Microbrewery
Gold Winner Propeller Brewery Silver Winner Garrison Brewing Company Bronze Winner Rogue’s Roost Propeller offers a line of beer brewed using all-natural ingredients as well as a few seasonal favourites like pumpkin ale for Halloween and a Russian Revolution stout for winter. The microbrewery is famous around town for its growlers, a badass 1.9 litre […]
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Brewery tours de force
There are five large-scale breweries operating in Halifax—one brewery for every 77,000 people—producing brews ranging from mass-market lager to niche-market barley wine. There is something for everyone. Three local breweries welcome the public inside for tasting’s and, in two cases, education about brewing. Here’s all you need to know to choose the right tour for […]
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What’s brewing for fall
You can feel it in the air: after a short summer, all of a sudden fall is upon us. The leaves are turning, pumpkins ripening and the hop fields are ready to be harvested. Summer makes for a busy patio season, when crisp and cold are the main attributes people look for in their beer […]
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The Shop talk guided tour:
The Waterfront is Halifax; you can’t talk about this town without talking about the harbour, our maritime history, our naval bases, our shipping… our casino, our bars, our tourists. It’s hard to believe now, but back in the 1960s the powers that be wanted to bulldoze everything interesting on the waterfront and replace it with […]
