Ian and Ross get to speak with our friend Steve Crane about the newly opening Brig & Barq Brewing Co in Port Williams. We also get first tastes of the Lager, the Red Ale, and the Sour, and then talk about everything in NS and craft beer.
Charting the craft beers made in NS
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July 23 – Not enough ‘double’ in some DIPAs.
/RSS FeedIan and Ross get into a couple of fruity Double IPAs and find that there could maybe be a bit more… fruit flavour. Between the “Double Double” DIPA from Nine Locks Brewing Co and the Fuzzy Peach from Schoolhouse Brewery.
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July 16 – Tapestry Beer Bar with Ian Smith
/RSS FeedRoss ventures out of the house to meet up with Ian Smith, owner and occasional brewmaster of Tapestry Beer Bar, 833 Sackville Drive in Sackville, NS. On this particular occasion, Ross visits on the night of a New Brunswick Tap Takeover event, so we try some NB Beers before enjoying the Flat Black Jesus Stout from Unfiltered Brewing.
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July 7 – Several Wayfarers and at least 1 Matt
/RSS FeedIan and Ross are joined by the new co-general manager of Wayfarer’s, Matt, as well as the new brewmaster, Matt. Together they try three new recipes brought in by their team in Brewce’s Valley Lager, Southbound Lemon Wheat Radler, and the Muddy Big Stout.
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July 2 – Blondes prefer Vacations
/RSS FeedIan and Ross are BOTH back from vacations away, so we put our faces to some blonde ales we’ve been ignoring for too long: Rare Bird’s “Party Dove” Blonde and the “Tidal Bore” Blonde from Hill Top Hops.
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June 25 – Pride Month Spectacular
/RSS FeedIan remains on vacation, so Ross invites Mike Butler to join this week. And due to completely convenient circumstances, they discuss pride month and what NS craft breweries have done for pride in general. All while sampling the Queer Summer Brew from Garrison Brewing and the Thembot Sour from Good Robot.
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June 18 – Me, Myself, & Rye
/RSS FeedIan is away on vacation, so Ross dips into the backup stash of beers to try two Rye Ales, both currently available. From Tanner & Co, the ‘Wild Rye’ ale (from the Sauvage series) and from Annapolis Brewing Company, the W&A Railway Rye IPA.
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June 11 – It’s not often 2 Bocks come along
/RSS FeedIn fact, we had to wait several months even to get a second, but both are available! Ian and Ross compare the “Not Your Bock” Maibock from Lunn’s Mill Brewing Company with “The Doppler” Doppelbock from Hill Top Hops.
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June 4 – The Beer Dude
/RSS FeedIan and Ross are joined by Todd Beal, ‘The Beer Dude’, admin and moderator of the Maritime Craft Beer page and the Maritime Beer Report. Chatting over all things NS beer and slightly beyond, we also try the new Prickly Pear Lager from Propeller, the award-winning Puck-Off Blonde Ale from Boxing Rock, and Todd’s current favourite: the Double Orange DIPA from Unfiltered.
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May 28 – Award Winning Stout
/RSS FeedIan and Ross discuss the recent Canadian Brewing Awards 2024, where Boxing Rock took home Brewery of the Year, and we also get to try Saltbox Brewing’s Bronze-Medal dry stout: “Old Foundry”. We then compare it with another dry stout we had in the “Classic Dry Stout” from 2 Crows Brewing. Oh, and Ross messes up the audio a bunch again.
