Greg Nash has left his mark on just about every microbrewery and brewpub in the province. So while it’s no surprise Nova Scotia’s undisputed king of hops is finally opening his own brewery, it’s pretty damn exciting. “It’s been something I’ve been trying to do for, like, 12 years,” says Nash over an IPA. “I […]
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Hops Warrior
Greg Nash runs up the narrow metal stairs in Halifax’s Hart & Thistle brew pub, his 30th trip up and down since arriving at 8:30am. “Some people exercise, I make beer,” he jokes. Kneeling next to a steaming copper vat, he taps a dial on the heat exchanger and watches the needle on the thermometre […]
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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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Hop on up!
Since starting work at Pumphouse Brewery in Moncton last year, Greg Nash—the man who brewed Garrison’s first batch of Imperial India Pale Ale in a plastic vat—has waded even further into the deep end of extreme beer making. “My mouth is still in shock and awe,” he says, after tasting a batch of his triple […]