Gold Winner Propeller Brewery Silver Winner Garrison Brewing Company Bronze Winner Rogue’s Roost Propeller offers a line of beer brewed using all-natural ingredients as well as a few seasonal favourites like pumpkin ale for Halloween and a Russian Revolution stout for winter. The microbrewery is famous around town for its growlers, a badass 1.9 litre […]
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Halifax’s top beer bars
The Henry House There’s no need to turn to Europe for a seriously tar-black brew on St. Patrick’s Day. Choose from The Henry House’s selection of darker beers, priced at $6.25 a pint: Indulge in the Montreal-based McAuslan’s St. Ambroise oatmeal stout, brewed from dark malts and roasted barley and packing a distinct mocha flavour. […]
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Best Trivia Night
Gold Winner The T-Room Silver Winner Rogue’s Roost Brew Pub Bronze Winner Rockbottom Brewpub As much as we’d like to think winning Best Trivia Night three years in a row is scrapbook-worthy, it’ll never top the stunt Stan Selig and Thomas Craig pulled last spring. The award-winning pair got Ken Jennings (yes, that *Jeopardy!* genius) […]
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The Shop talk guided tour: Spring Garden Road
Without question, the Spring Garden Road area is the healthiest retail district in Atlantic Canada, forever recreating and transforming itself in interesting and positive ways. And right now, there’s more construction going on than ever before: Framed on the north by the pricey Trillium condo building, which will be a sure incentive for even more […]
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What’s brewing for fall
You can feel it in the air: after a short summer, all of a sudden fall is upon us. The leaves are turning, pumpkins ripening and the hop fields are ready to be harvested. Summer makes for a busy patio season, when crisp and cold are the main attributes people look for in their beer […]
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Best Brew Pub
Five original ales (red, brown, raspberry wheat, cream and IPA) plus seasonal ales are what’s been keeping Rogue’s Roost the Best Brew Pub for years. This perennially busy place overlooking Spring Garden is a great place to grab an after work pint and do some quality people- watching. Happy hour is Monday to Saturday 5-7pm, […]
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Best Trivia Night
Much beloved by Dalhousie engineering students, the T-Room’s rep has spread beyond the student body—entrance is not restricted to Dalhousie students—for its wild trivia nights, taking place on Fridays around 9:30pm. The trivia comes in themes; bring the smartest version of yourself to the evening. The bar also host semi-regular live shows, watch The Coast […]
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Best Brew Pub
You’ve got to drop in to try their sensational ales, but given Rogue’s frequent appearance in this category, that’s what Coast readers have been doing. They’ve been sipping the various ales (red, brown, raspberry wheat, cream and IPA) or maybe one of the seasonal special offerings (Russian imperial stout, oatmeal stout, barley wine, pilsner and […]
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The perfect pint
The perfect pint Getting tired of the usual fare? That’s why we’ve headed off to find the perfect pint. And, thankfully, Halifax has a lot to offer. With an impressive selection of microbreweries and brewpubs, it’s not hard to find a great mug of grog in this city. Check out these places for genuinely tasty […]
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Best Trivia Night
The T-Room is a regular hang for Dalhousie engineering students who make up the bulk of the trivia masters on Friday nights. From 9:30 until midnight you’ll find Stan Selig and Thomas Craig holding court and stumping the punters with two rounds of 20 questions. “We take the best of different trivia nights around the […]
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Top Quiz and Trivia nights
Halifax is brimming with trivia and quiz nights that’ll keep you on your toes until Jeopardy‘s back on the air. And yes, it will be hot in the bars, but hey, that’s what beer’s for. Sipping, chugging or dousing—the possibilities are endless. Rogue’s Roost 5435 Spring Garden, 492-BEER, Wednesdays, 10pm-12am Running on year seven, this […]
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Best Brew Pub
Rogues peers out over Spring Garden, offering a great vantage point next to those big windows to sip award-winning ale and see both the hub and the bub of what’s going on down on the street. The beer in question might be a Weisen or a Pilsner, the Raspberry Wheat, the Rogue’s Red, the IPA […]