The happy ending of The Wizard of Oz happens when Dorothy Gale realizes that as many wonders as there are over the rainbow, you don’t actually have to look that far to find your joy. She famously says, “If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my […]
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Yes she can: inside the process of a beer can designer
Amy Corbett’s been drinking North Brewing’s beer since it was called Bridge Brewing. A graphic designer, web developer, art educator and abstract painter with 20 years of creating under her belt, she’d hustle to the Alderney Landing farmers’ market to grab her swing-top bottles every Saturday. Her official collaboration with the brand started later when—in […]
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DRINK THIS: North Brewing Company’s Breakwater pineapple lime sour
The word flurries has resurfaced in our collective lexicon, but North Brewing Company (2576 Agricola Street and 62 Ochterloney Street) is still dreaming of summer barbecues and sours. And we’re here for it. While the north end/Dartmouth brewer is re-releasing its crisp-weather appropriate, hefty treat Twinkle Pony tiramisu stout this week, it’s also celebrating the […]
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Pint/Counterpint: 10 local beers to drink this summer
Stilly Pils Unfiltered Pilsner Stillwell Brewing Co. Available on draught only at HQ and/or the beergarden, this beer is a must-try when you see it on tap. Brewer Christopher P. Reynolds is constantly chasing the perfect pils and is well on his way to nailing it. Punched up with noble hops, there’s just the right […]
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Fab beers to sip in the spring sun
1. Mojito Kettle Sour 
 Roof Hound Brewing Co. (4.3% ABV, 17 IBU) Available now “We have made it before, but it has been reinvented with a new souring technique and a warm fermenting Norwegian yeast strain that creates citrus characters,” Roof Hound owner Les Barr explains via email. This beer is kettle soured, dry-hopped […]
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Drink this: North Brewing’s Twinkle Pony cookie stout
If Cookie Monster drank beer, this would probably be his favourite. North Brewing Company’s latest release is adorably titled Twinkle Pony. It’s a cookie stout which includes flavours you’d find in a bakery, brewed with macarons from Le French Fix Pâtisserie. “Pastry stouts are a fun style you see lots of breweries experimenting with these […]
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North Brewing Company wins two Canadian Brewing Awards
Rozina Darvesh and Peter Burbridge struck gold last weekend. The co-owners of North Brewing Company took home two gold trophies with their first-time entries at the Canadian Brewing Awards, which took place in Ottawa. North’s Gus’ 65m Ale was the victor in the Belgian Abbey/Pale category and its Midnight Glenora Barrel-Aged in the Wood and […]
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Put a label on it
North Brewing Company Gus’ 65m Ale Jill Jackson—owner of Jill + Jack Paper—was one of the artists behind North’s series of illustrated labels all designed by women. She first worked with the brewery last summer, when she designed the label for its Lawrencetown Blonde. More recently, she revamped the look of Gus’ 65m Ale, one […]
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Can’t stop, won’t stop: a map of Nova Scotia’s breweries
HALIFAX 1. 2 Crows Brewing 1932 Brunswick Street 2. The Auction House 1726 Argyle Street 3. Gahan House 1877 Upper Water Street 4. Garrison Brewing Company 1149 Marginal Road 5. Good Robot Brewing Company 2736 Robie Street 6. Granite Brewery 6054 Stairs Street 7. North Brewing Company 2576 Agricola Street 8. Propeller Brewing Company 2015 […]
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North Brewing Company and Zuppa Theatre pour up liquid love
Who says you only get one shot at true love? Not Zuppa Theatre Company. Pop-Up Love Party, its wildly popular theatrical and culinary quest to define the l-word, is back to lift us up where we belong (entertained, with full bellies) this weekend, staging another sold-out run, this time in Dartmouth. Battery Park Beer Bar […]
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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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99 bottles (and cans) on the wall
If you’re going to take one down, and pass it around, you might as well make it something brewed locally. We rounded up some (yup, there’s way more) of the most-loved locals you can take home and enjoy. Find them at their respective breweries, private liquor stores or the little ol’ NSLC. (left to right) […]