Gold Winner Stillwell Beer Bar Silver Winner Battery Park Beer Bar & Eatery Bronze Winner The Maxwell’s Plum How very thoughtful of you, Halifax, to bestow some gold upon Stillwell just in time for its fourth birthday. Now that the beer bar’s spunky sister location (the one you voted as the Best Patio winner) has […]
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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 Beer Selection
Gold Winner Stillwell Beer Bar
 Silver Winner Maxwell’s Plum Bronze Winner The Stubborn Goat “I think we actually became the number one account for a bunch of local breweries and that makes me hugely proud,” says Chris Reynolds, who along with Laura MacDonald and Andrew Connell owns the perpetually packed beer bar Stillwell. “We dreamed […]
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Best Beer Selection
Gold Winner Stillwell Beer Bar Silver Winner The Maxwell’s Plum Bronze Winner Stubborn Goat Gastropub “One thing for us is beer styles,” says Stillwell’s Christopher Reynolds. “It’s about having a broad selection but keeping it focussed and small.” With a strong taste for local craft creations and no shortage of one-offs and cask brews, there’s […]
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Best Beer Selection
Gold Winner The Maxwell’s Plum Silver Winner Henry House Bronze Winner Rockbottom Brewpub If tears of joy don’t fill your eyes simply from looking at The Maxwell’s Plum menu, there’s no helping you. This beer selection will be an absolute game-changer in your drinking career. There’s just an absurd amount of beer, over 60 to […]
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Best Beer Selection
Gold Winner The Maxwell’s Plum English Pub Silver Winner Brussels Restaurant & Brasserie Bronze Winner The Henry House Restaurant & Pub Feel like the selection of beer at your typical pub is as limited as your wardrobe? Well Maxwell’s Plum has a selection of over 60 beers on tap, where you can sample all sorts […]
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Best Cheap Drinks
Gold Winner Oasis Pub & Eatery Silver Winner The Grawood Bronze Winner The Maxwell’s Plum English Pub The best way for anyone to unwind? By having a drink or two. The best way for the penniless student living a student-loan-ridden life to unwind? By having a cheap drink or two. Or a whole pitcher of […]
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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 Beer Selection
Is there any surprise that this place has been named Best Beer Selection year after year? With over 60 beers on tap, ranging from local favourites like Garrison and Propeller, to sexy imports like Beck’s and Saigon Lager, even seasoned beer lovers can find something new. Grab a few friends, hit up one of the […]
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Reigning men
For the next week, 5,000 sailors will spill into Halifax Harbour, just as the Queen makes her royal visit with Prince Philip. While you may not find them in the same place–no matter how high Elephant & Castle flies its Union Jack—it’d be in good taste to make a toast to Her Highness in a […]
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No disrespect intended to the distinguished runners-up, but they’d need a landslide of votes to even come close to the kind of numbers Maxwell’s is pulling down. With 60 beers on tap and many more available in bottles, they’re the real King of Beers. Have you tried the gluten free La Messagere? How about Fruili […]
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Fruit flavoured beers: Brews with bite
Halifax Alehouse The Alehouse has plenty to choose from when it comes to pleasing your beer belly. But for those less enthusiastic about traditional flavours, the bar’s Pump House Blueberry Ale is sure to satisfy all tastes. It’s light, refreshing and flavourful—a yummy treat for anyone who prefers a fruitier drink. 1717 Brunswick Street, 423-6113 […]
