Belgian Beer Fest Sunday August 27, 1pm Stillwell Beer Bar 1672 Barrington Street Stillwell co-owner Chris Reynolds has been on a mission to bring more Belgian beer to the bar’s taps, having travelled and tasted what the country has to offer multiple times. The Belgian takeover of his dreams—“12 kegs and a slew of bottles”—is […]
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Ciro dreams of cheese
Roma Cheese Alderney Landing Farmers’ Market 2 Octherloney Street Saturdays “I was just six years old when I started to go up into the mountain,” says Ciro Comencini. “We were still making cheese with a copper pot and wood fire. You have to be very careful because a wood fire is not like propane that […]
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Brews you can use
Nova Scotia Craft Beer Week See full listings at nscraftbeer.ca/craftbeerweek Lazy Bear Brewing When Erin and Andy Norman moved to Smith’s Cove after he got a job as an engineer, the couple started Lazy Bear Brewing so Erin would have work in the rural area. She picked up brewing while completing a master’s in food […]
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Stillwell gets down to business at its new brewing location
@stillwellbrewing is the natural continuation of the beers we’ve been brewing in other peoples’ breweries; dry, balanced, drinkable, table-friendly farmhouse stuff. Our space is the warehouse at the back of Propeller Gottingen. With a focus on patient oak fermentation, we should be brewing within the next month, though we won’t likely release anything until later […]
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Best Bar
Gold Winner Stillwell Beer Bar Silver Winner Durty Nelly’s Authentic Irish Pub Bronze Winner Lot Six “Twenty sixteen was a lot of work, and was really, really rewarding,” says Stillwell’s Chris Reynolds. Between losing the tender for its waterfront beer garden, rebuilding a new, somehow better version of it on Spring Garden Road and keeping […]
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Best Beer Selection
Gold Winner Stillwell Beer Bar Silver Winner Maxwell’s Plum Bronze Winner Battery Park Beer Bar & Eatery “Twenty sixteen was a lot of work, and was really, really rewarding,” says Stillwell’s Chris Reynolds. Between losing the tender for its waterfront beer garden, rebuilding a new, somehow better version of it on Spring Garden Road and […]
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Best Fries
Gold Winner Stillwell Beer Bar Silver Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub Bronze Winner Bud the Spud “Twenty sixteen was a lot of work, and was really, really rewarding,” says Stilwell’s Chris Reynolds. Between losing the tender for its waterfront beer garden, rebuilding a new, somehow better version of it on Spring Garden Road and keeping the […]
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Craft beer’s pint of contention
Frustration is brewing amongst craft beer makers about “Prohibition-era-esque” regulations many say are stifling the industry. While some have issued calls to arms against liquor bureaucracy, others feel they can’t afford to be brash—because the system they’re taking on is their biggest customer. In a short period of time, Nova Scotia’s craft beer has evolved […]
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Have no fear, Triskaidekaphobia is here
The beer with the name you couldn’t pronounce in December is back, and after a long winter stuck in a Glenora whisky barrel it’s older, wiser and full of alcohol—exactly how you’ll feel after your first sip. If you’re lucky enough to get one. We’re talking about Triskaidekaphobia, an imperial brown ale brewed up by […]
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Stillwell eyes north end for its beer garden
The talk of Stillwell possibly re-opening its beer garden across from the Halifax Common has left the surrounding neighbourhood with mixed feelings. Chris Reynolds, the co-owner of the bar, met at 2223 North Park Street—a proposed location for the Stillwell Beergarden, which spent last summer on the Halifax waterfront—for an informal meeting Sunday afternoon. He […]
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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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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. […]