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Ian and Ross try a couple of APAs from Annapolis Brewing Company and Nine Locks Brewing, as it seems to be a less scathing flavour profile. Or at least it is meant to, we think.
Charting the craft beers made in NS
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Oct 3 – American Pale Ales
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Sept 26 – Brown Ales and ‘words that sound dirty but actually aren’t’
/RSS FeedIan and Ross choose the lower-percentage Brown Ales (if you call 5.0 ‘low’) and then Ian breaks out the thesaurus. Lazy Bear Brewing’s Honey Brown Ale and the Hub Town Brown Ale from Truro Brewing.
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Sept 19 – Are Conventional Ales Awful?
/RSS FeedIan, James, and Ross are joined by Ananda to try a few of “the big beers” that sell high quantity in Nova Scotia, and try to see if we give them a bad reputation with good reason. We try Molson Canadian, Oland Export Ale, and Keith’s India Pale Ale.
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Sept 12 – We’re Nutty about Porters
/RSS FeedWe try a couple of porters which claim a nut flavour of some kind. North Brewing’s “Pip Pip Cheerio” english porter and Hill Top Hops’ “Newporter”. We feel we waited too long on the Newporter so it might not have been its best representation, unfortunately.
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Sept 5 – Peaches Peaches Peaches
/RSS FeedIan and Ross somehow match up two peach-flavoured summer beers. Propeller’s Yutopia Summer Ale VS Garrison’s Georgia Peach.
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Aug 29 – IPA night for a third time
/RSS FeedIan and Ross are joined by Patrick and Dan to talk craft brewing, and the plethora of IPAs that are in the NSLC. These are the four we picked for this round: Good Robot’s Creature Feature, Propeller’s Galaxy, Route 19’s 1497 IPA, and North Brewing’s Pleasant Disposition.
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Aug 22 – Tanner & Co with Dan Tanner
/RSS FeedIan and Ross get the opportunity and pleasure to talk with Dan Tanner, head brewer of Tanner & Co, and try the Sauvage, the Altbier, and their “Just Honey” Mead.
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Aug 15 – Beer Review in a Minute or Seventy
/RSS FeedRoss is joined by Jon, who had a little/big youtube following for his beer review show a few millennia ago (“Beer review in a minute or two”), but still enjoys a craft ale. They try the Schwartzbier from Paddy’s Brew pub, and also revisit the Sea Piper Coffee Stout from Rare Bird Brewing.
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Aug 8 – Blonde Ales at no expense
/RSS FeedIan and Ross compare two Blonde Ales, the “Crack of the Rock” Blonde from Tusket Falls Brewing Co, and “Valedictorian” Blonde from the Schoolhouse Brewery.
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August 1 – Black IPAs
/RSS FeedRoss manages to sell Ian on the concept of Black IPAs, using two from nearby, the Big Shot Black IPA from Annapolis Brewing Co and the Infinity IPA from Lazy Bear Brewing.