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Home Delivery!

Home Delivery! See who’s delivering! . . #NSCraftBeer #NBCraftBeer #NLCraftBeer #PECraftBeer #CraftBeer #Beer #COVID #DrinkLocal

During COVID-19, it’s more important than ever to support our local breweries, so we’re taking advantage of home delivery options. Recently, we’ve gotten orders from Celtic Knot, Holy Whale, and North Brewing with fantastic (contactless) service.

Find all your Nova Scotian options here: https://halifaxmag.com/blog/support-our-craft-breweries/

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BELGIAN SIX-PACK

@HalifaxEditor was on the road again. See what great beers he found in Belgium. #belgian #beer #belgianbeer

Last month, my day job as editor of Halifax Magazine took me back to Belgium to cover eventsmarking the centenary of the end of the First World War. And as you’d expect, I seized the opportunity to sample every local beer I could get my hands on. Belgium has more great beers per capita than any place on earth and one human couldn’t sample them all, but I covered a pretty range; here are my six…

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AMERICAN ADVENTURE: 5 FAVOURITES FROM A RECENT U.S. ROAD TRIP

@HalifaxEditor recently visited the US northeast and found a few beers along the way. Check out his top 5. #craftbeer #roadtrip #top5

Here in Atlantic Canada, beer drinkers are just close enough to the U.S. to get tantalizing hints of the great brews we’re missing. American craft brewers like Maine’s Geaghan Bros. show up at the Fredericton Craft Beer Festival and you’ll find the odd surprise in stores. But for the most part, the American craft-beer scene is a big tasty world we don’t get to explore. 

  So when it came time for…

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BEER BY THE SEA: 5 FAVOURITES FROM THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS

@halifaxeditor hits the road again. See what he found in Îles de la Madeleine. #craftbeer #travel #Quebec #ÎlesdelaMadeleine #MagdalenIslands

Last month, I went on a family vacation to Quebec’s Magdalen Islands (AKA Îles de la Madeleine). About a 5.5-hour ferry ride from P.E.I., the Acadian archipelago is smack in the middle of the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, boasting an abundance of sandy beaches, fresh seafood, and spectacular scenery. And like the rest of Quebec, it has a lively local-food-and-drink scene.

Considering the region’s…

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Its been awhile since I’ve brewed and now that Spring is in full-force, the time is right to get back to brewing.

One thing that I love about making beer is actually thinking about making beer, researching and writing recipes, and deciding what I might want to be drinking in coming weeks. So over the last while I’ve been doing a lot of planning for my Spring/Summer tap list.

Now to execute the plan. Last weekend was an American Amber Ale brew session, and this weekend was a DIPA SMaSH with Maris Otter and Mandarina Bavaria hops. Up next will be a lager and maybe a Tropical Stout, a new style for my brewing repertoire.

Back To Brewing!! Its been awhile since I've brewed and now that Spring is in full-force, the time is right to get back to brewing.

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IRISH EXPLORATIONS: 7 FAVOURITE BEERS FROM THE EMERALD ISLAND

@HalifaxEditor recently visited #Ireland. Check out his #Top7 beers from his visit.

Last month, I enjoyed a family vacation in Ireland. We spent two weeks roaming the island, giving me lots of time to explore friendly little pubs, tour breweries, and sample a lot of great beer. Here are my favourites from the trip. You’ll have to be pretty lucky to find most of them in Canada but if you ever visit Ireland, seek them out. Irish craft beers in general are fantastic and these are…

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AUSTRIAN ADVENTURE

@HalifaxEditor shares his Austrian beer adventures. See what he found. #Austria #travel #beer

Last week, my day job as editor of Halifax Magazine took me to the state of Vorarlberg in western Austria. (Read thisfor background on why I went, and look for my reports from the trip in the magazine this fall.) As you might expect, I seized the opportunity to sample a lot of new beer. I tend to gravitate to IPAs and stouts, so this trip let me explore some styles that I usually don’t very…

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Cannery Brewing - Drupaceous Apricot Wheat Ale

@HalifaxEditor reviews @CanneryBrewing - Drupaceous Apricot Wheat Ale. See what he thought! #craftbeer

Long-time West Coast favourite Cannery Brewing in finding its way east. The Penticton, B.C. brewery has been in the business since 2001, starting with draught sales of a few core beers, and growing to offer a variety of seasonal and flagship creations in cans and bottles. This one will be available this summer in bottles at ANBL.

The brewery describes Drupaceous Apricot Wheat Ale as “a refreshing…

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Cannery Brewing - Muse & The Golden Promise

Matt reviews @CanneryBrewing -Muse & The Golden Promise #awesome cc: @ANBL_ENG

Long-time West Coast favourite Cannery Brewing is finding its way east. The Penticton, B.C. brewery has been in the business since 2001, starting with draught sales of a few core beers, and growing to offer a variety of seasonal and flagship creations in cans and bottles. This one will be available this summer in bottles at ANBL.

The brewery describes The Muse & The Golden Promise as starting out…

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Fredericton Craft Beer Fest 2017 Round Up

Check out our top picks from last weeks awesome beer fest. @FrederictonBeer cc: @HalifaxEditor

Last weekend, Matt and Trevor packed their bags and headed off to the annual Fredericton Craft Beer Festival. As usual, it was a jam-packed celebration of great beer. This year’s event really reflected the explosion in the East Coast beer scene, as old favourites shared the limelight along with new breweries from throughout the region. And this year, even more breweries brought special one-offs…

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Shiretown - Venezuelan Express Porter

We review @ShiretownBeer - Venezuelan Express Porter. Spoiler, it's great! #craftbeer #porter

Charlo, NB’s Shiretown reopened this past Summer after a priori of suspended operations and we couldn’t be happier. Reds, browns, IPAs — Shiretown runs the range, but their new Venezuelan Express Porter is a great addition.

Appearance: Inky black, with faint ruby highlights around the edge when held up to the light. Thick, creamy beige-brown head that’s long lasting.

Aroma: The nose is coffee and…

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Drink N Brew Turns 3!

Today marks the third birthday for Drink N Brew. Over the past three years we have been able to attend many beer events, have had the privileged to meet and talk with many brewers and beer fans, and of course, sample many great beers. 

To think about making a short list is almost hard to comprihend, but through some thought here are our top 5 beers we have reviewed. This isn’t to say these are…

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Grimross - Maritime Pale Ale

Grimross – Maritime Pale Ale

Grimross Brewing is a small brewery located in Fresricton, NB. Opening July 1st, 2013 by Stephen and Dawn Dixon, they have a growing reputation for great beers and expanding operations. Maritime Pale Ale is their first offering in cans or bottles. 

Appearance: Deep golden colour with an off-white fluffy head that is long lasting. Nice lacing on the glass. 

Aroma: Big hop nose of citrus, with a…

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2016 Halifax Seaport Beerfest

2016 Halifax Seaport Beerfest

(Photo by Chris Smith – funkfactor.com via seaportbeerfest.com)

Last weekend saw the return of the Halifax Seaport BeerFest, so we laced up our drinking shoes and headed to Cunard Centre on Friday night. It was my (Trevor’s) first time at the BeerFest since it moved indoors, and Matt’s first time ever. After a decade of doing this, organizers have built a pretty well organized, efficient…

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A Quebec beer adventure

@HalifaxEditor went to #Quebec to experience some local #craftbeer. Here's what he found.

You know you’re in a province with a good beer scene when the gas station has a better craft selection than your local liquor store. Recently, I took a road trip through Quebec’s Gaspé region, and had the chance to explore some of La Belle Province’s fine brews. Read on for my five favourites from the trip. Note: I’m not saying these are Quebec’s best beers; they’re my five favourite discoveries…

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Updated Brew Log (finally!)

My Beer Log is updated (finally!). Check it out. #homebrew

Okay. I know its been a long time since I’ve updated my brew log  (more than a year to be fair), but its up-to-date now, right up to the IPA I brewed yesterday. I will try harder at keeping this updated, but I’m a world class procrastinator.

Enjoy the recipes and send along any questions or comments.

~Cheers!

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Fredericton Beer Fest: 2016 Edition

Fredericton Beer Fest: 2016 Edition

This past weekend was the Fredericton Craft Beer Festival. This year the organizers expanded the event, not only with an additional tasting session, but with a full week of activities all across the city of Fredericton, NB climaxing with the beer fest. And as always, the festival was the crown jewel event. Well organized, in a perfect location, and with loads of great beers.

This years event saw…

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