Katherine Woolhouse: Hi Dave. For our debut “Fermented Friends” chat, I picked up four beers for us to try. Most of them come from Bishop’s Cellar, where I went shopping for a more-or-less random selection of things that were either new or new to me. Dave Hayden: Right on. I’m ready for this, I think. […]
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902 BrewCast’s unranked favourite beers of 2017
Spindrift Brewing’s Killick Session Lager You knew this was coming. The BrewCast-proclaimed beer of the summer and a staple of every list we compiled. Refreshing, crushable and in an adorable 12oz can, this one had to be here. BrewCast consensus Big Spruce Brewing Co’s One Hundred This beer takes being local very seriously. One hundred […]
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Nova Scotia Spirit Co. breaks into the beer business
Nova Scotia Spirit Co. is broadening its horizons and getting into the beer business. “It was kind of a natural progression,” says company president Alex Rice. “It’s something that we’ve kind of considered throughout the past couple years that we’ve launched the spirits brand.” The Trenton-based company acquired a former Scotsburn dairy facility in Stellarton, […]
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Stubborn Goat wins waterfront tender
Remember the MVP (most valuable place) of last summer, Stillwell Beergarden? The downtown beer bar dreamed up the idea to open a second, outdoor location to make up for the fact that it couldn’t have a patio on Barrington Street, submitting an unsolicited proposal to the Waterfront Development Corporation to do so on the harbourfront. […]
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Stillwell’s serving up a summer beer garden
“We can’t have a patio on Barrington that makes any sense. And we’re big fans of drinking beer outside, as most people are,” says Stillwell‘s Chris Reynolds. “We especially like to drink really good local beer outside.” Just when we thought it wasn’t possible to be any more excited for summertime, downtown’s packed to the […]