Sour beer is a growing market in craft beer and brewers, bars and the NSLC are stepping up to meet the demand. A spokesperson for the NSLC says as of March the amount of sour beer sold has risen 125 percent compared to last year, bringing in roughly $8.3 million over the same time frame. […]
Propeller Brewing Company, Dartmouth
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Propeller Brewing’s arcade fires up
Propeller Brewing Co. (2015 Gottingen Street) is providing some nostalgia to pair with your pint. The brand new Propeller Arcade Room—complete with its own little bar—opens below the existing taproom this Thursday, January 31. There’s no cell phone reception in the basement which—in the spirit of escapism—may be a blessing in disguise for dates or […]
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Propeller wants you to booze your own adventure
Lager: A part of our heritage? Propeller Brewing Company is asking breweries and home brewers across the country to participate in the Great Canadian Lager Challenge—Propeller’s way of celebrating Canada 150. “Up until five years ago, there still wasn’t much community in the craft beer world,” says Aaron Emery, the company’s director of marketing. “If […]
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A legacy, brewed and bottled
“I remember being in really good shape when I worked downstairs,” John Allen says. He’s leaning back in his chair at a desk in the tiny corner office tucked at the end of a short twist of a hallway that runs behind the storefront and tasting room of Propeller Brewing. The air in the office—on […]
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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) […]
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Tap into fall beer
Post-haunted corn maze Leave Me Blue Kentucky Corn Beer (4.5 percent), Good Robot Brewing Corn is also known as maize. I can’t see any other explanation for a maze made of corn, but let us embrace the season. Lucky for us, Nova Scotia has plenty of terrifying corn mazes to choose from: for the brave, […]
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In like a Lambic
Anyone who’s lived in Halifax for more than five minutes knows how hard it is to keep a secret here. But since 2011, the north end’s beloved Propeller Brewing Co. has been quietly concocting something special: a series of Lambics. The first, a traditional Framboise, launches this weekend. Created through the ancient process of spontaneous […]