Tag Archive for ‘Nova Scotia’
Powell Street, Great Lakes take top Canadian Brewing Awards honours
Top honours at this year’s Canadian Brewing Awards went to Powell Street Craft Brewery and Great Lakes Brewery — from British Columbia and Ontario, respectively. Toronto’s Great Lakes walked away with the Brewery of the Year Award, while at the same time Vancouver’s Powell Street picked up the Beer of the Year Award for its… Read More ›
Phillips assembles cross-Canada beer collaboration around Canadian Brewing Awards
Phillips Brewing is taking advantage of the upcoming Canadian Brewing Awards ceremony being held in Victoria. The British Columbia brewery is planning a cross-Canada beer collaboration project with other breweries from B.C., Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Phillips is calling it “the first national beer collaboration,” and it will involve 25 breweries… Read More ›
Could Halifax water hikes increase local beer prices?
Could a Halifax rate hike on water increase the price of locally-produced beer? It could happen, as microbreweries in Nova Scotia’s capital are facing higher water prices that, according to a CBC article, will result in a 50% increase in some breweries’ water bills. The water price increase isn’t for certain yet, but should it… Read More ›
Sleeman to sell Dartmouth facility
Sapporo International‘s production at the Sleeman facilities is getting a little too large, and the Japan-based brewery plans to sell its Dartmouth, Nova Scotia facility and shift 200,000hL of production at its Guelph, Ontario facility to the U.S. as of June. The production capacity that will exit the Guelph plant is beer already thumbnailed for… Read More ›
Garrison outlines 2013 homebrew competition
East coast homebrewers, get your kettles prepped. And then learns the ins and outs of the Belgian blonde ale style, because if you want a shot at the title in Garrison Brewing‘s Home Brew-Off Challenge 2013, that’s what you’re going to have to brew. The 2013 contest will mark the fifth annual Garrison Brew-Off, a… Read More ›
Review: Garrison Imperial IPA
Beer: Garrison Imperial IPA Brewery: Garrison Brewing Company (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Style: Imperial India Pale Ale Alcohol: 7% ABV Halifax-based Garrison Brewing’s Imperial IPA made it to my neck of the woods in Ontario in late 2010, and I’m finally getting around to writing up my impressions of the beer (much as I love sampling,… Read More ›
Episode #32: Alexander Keith’s Tartan Ale
Every once in awhile, Alexander Keith’s releases a new beer, and over the last several years, it has grown from its typical IPA brand to include several different beers — from a white beer to a stout … and now to a Scotch ale. As a limited release, Keith’s Tartan Ale is available in 341mL… Read More ›
Garrison Spruce Beer now available
Garrison Brewing of Halifax, Nova Scotia launched its winter seasonal Spruce Beer today, and according to the brewery’s Twitter feed, it sold 24 bottles of the brew in the first 20 minutes of business today. Unfortunately, the beer is only available in Halifax, so the rest of us throughout the Great White North are out… Read More ›