Gold Winner Brian MacKay, Rogues Roost Silver Winner Stan Selig and Ben Schulman, T-Room Bronze Winner Mark Black, Gus’ Pub & Grill After nearly 10 years of exercising brains via Rogues Roost’s Wednesday night trivia, host with the most Brian MacKay had to say goodbye to the grizzled old bar this fall. His trivia, though, […]
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Best Brew Pub
Gold Winner Rockbottom Brewpub Silver Winner Gahan House Bronze Winner Rogues Roost In a city that loves craft beer, it’s no wonder our handful of brew pubs are solid gold. In it’s third consecutive victory in this category, Spring Garden Road’s crafty watering hole continues to wow the masses with brewmaster Jake Saunders’ creations, as […]
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How to make the most of Rogues’ final days
The impending bulldozing of the Doyle block of Spring Garden Road means the end of Rogues Roost (5435 Spring Garden Road). The Herald reported early this week that the 16-year-old watering hole and brewery, which was acquired by Murphy’s Restaurant Group in late 2014, would be closing permanently before October 1. A call to Rogues reveals […]
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Hop aboard the Burger Bus!
Hey, burger addicts! I have valuable information to share with you. Now that our annual Halifax Burger Week (March 19-25) has grown to supersized proportions, and will include 64 (!!!) local restaurants flipping delectable patties all week long, it might be challenging to get a good sampling of what’s out there. Unless of course you […]
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Best Trivia Night
Gold Winner The T-Room Silver Winner Rogues Roost Bronze Winner Gus’ Pub A good trivia night is made of many parts: stellar hosts, clever trivia team names (and equally clever teams) and great questions. Stan Selig and new co-host Ben Schulman (taking over for Matt Morrison) have perfected this trifecta, winning the T-Room trivia night […]
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Rogues Roost joins PEI’s Murphy family
Sixteen years ago, Doug Johnson had the great idea to open a pub that’d only serve only house-made beer on tap, his brainchild Rogues Roost (5435 Spring Garden Road) has been a downtown drinking fixture ever since. Today, Rogues officially became part of Charlottetown’s Murphy Hospitality Group—an extended family of two breweries and 12 restaurants, […]
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Best Brew Pub
Gold Winner Rockbottom Brewpub Silver Winner Rogues Roost Bronze Winner Henry House It’s never tasted so good to hit Rockbottom. This pub masters the craft of micobrews—with six casks carrying their house-made creations. Greg Nash, the brewmaster of almost three years, takes great pride in what he does. “He uses only the finest ingredients,” says […]
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Rogues Roost’s sweet 15
One of the first things Doug Johnson did when he first decided he wanted to get into brewing beer back in 1998 was put an ad in the Globe & Mail. He was looking for the perfect brewmaster. With a stainless steel set up (built by PEI’s own brewery builders DME International) and new recruit […]
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Best Trivia Night
Gold Winner Rogues Roost Silver Winner T-Room Bronze Winner Rockbottom Brewpub “If he’s lucky I’ll bring him to the awards ceremony,” laughs Brian MacKay, making a playful dig at T-Room trivia’s Stan Selig, who’s been knocked from the top seat of this category after four years. MacKay’s been hosting Rogues’ jam-packed Wednesday nights since 2007, […]
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Best Brew Pub
Gold Winner Rockbottom Brewpub Silver Winner Rogues Roost Bronze Winner Hart & Thistle Gastropub & Brewery If you want to enjoy day drinking without the shame, head over to Rockbottom where it always feels like five o’clock. This brew pub’s known for its firkins, round casks carrying the latest brew creation—perfect for sampling with friends at […]
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Best Trivia Night
Gold Winner T-Room Silver Winner Rogues Roost Bronze Winner Finbar’s Irish Pub “Stan is the next Alex Trebek!” exclaimed one Best of Halifax voter in support of Friday night trivia at the T-Room. That’s Stan Selig getting praised, one half of the winning triv team. After his longtime partner-in-crime Thomas Craig moved to Calgary “following […]
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Best Brew Pub
Gold Winner Rogue’s Roost Silver Winner Rockbottom Brewpub Bronze Winner Hart & Thistle Gastropub and Brewery With five original ales brewed onsite (and five other seasonal ales to boast of), there’s little wonder why the Rogue’s Roost is this year’s winner of the Best Brew Pub… yet again. “Rogue’s Roost has been ‘aleing’ Haligonians for […]