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Friday Wrap-Up for May 19, 2023 – News from O’Creek, Lunn’s Mill, Horton Ridge, Lone Oak, TAPestry, Arcade Brewing, and more!

Posted by acbbchris on 2023-05-19
Posted in: Friday Wrap-Up. Tagged: Arcade Brewing, Globe & Mail, Horton Ridge Malt & Grain, Lone Oak Brewpub, Lunn's Mill Beer Company, O'Creek Brewing, Tapestry Beer Bar, Topside Brewing. Leave a Comment

Happy Friday, Beer Fans! We’ve made it more than halfway through May, so you’ve all earned a long weekend! We hope you find a great patio, park, or beach (too soon) to enjoy your favourite beverages, weather-permitting. As always, be sure to check your favourite brewery or taproom’s opening plans for the holiday, before heading out. And with recent news of breweries closing, and certainly more to come, be sure to support local whenever you can. Let’s get you up to speed on where and what you can be enjoying to do that!

Congratulations are in order for the team at O’Creek Brewing, as their new brewery, taproom, and retail shop is open for business! Patrice Daigle has graduated from his basement brewery to a system capable of more than ten times the capacity, as well as incorporating new techniques and expertise garnered from several years in the business. Adding more people to the O’Creek family has enabled the opening of their full-sized taproom, complete with an extensive patio to soak up the lovely weather, as well as a compact but well-run kitchen. The new beers are flowing as well, including the brand new (and possibly already gone) Shine, a 6.4% ABV Hazy IPA, solidly in Daigle’s wheelhouse, as well as Corigan Pale Ale. We suspect there will also be some tasty Czech lagers coming soon, as Daigle recently visited Czechia as part of a government-sponsored trip to learn about ingredients and techniques from one of the most influential beer-producing countries out there. O’Creek Brewing can be found at 175 Barker Street in Moncton, and is open from noon daily, open until 9 PM Sun to Wed, and until midnight Thurs to Sat. We hope to share an updated Profile from O’Creek 2.0 soon, but in the meantime, you can remind yourself of Daigle’s beginnings in Dieppe in 2018 here!

Lawrencetown’s Lunn’s Mill and Horton Ridge have teamed up to release O-Koi Rice Lager. This 4.4% lager uses barley grown and malted at Horton Ridge, and features a pleasant flowery aroma from the rice. Part of the proceeds from sale of the beer is going to the Clean Annapolis River Project (CARP), with specially branded cans debuting at Bridgetown Riverfest, July 15, 2023. But there’s no need to wait that long, as it is on tap at Horton Ridge this weekend for their May Long Weekend party, and will certainly hit the taps at Lunn’s Mill before too long. And for those in the Valley, or looking to move there, Lunn’s Mill is looking to hire a part-time Bartender/Server. Check out this post to learn more.

Happy Birthday to the Lone Oak Brewpub! Opened in May 2022, the Milky Way, Charlottetown, location of Borden-Carleton’s favourite brewery has been slinging great beer and food ever since, and are celebrating Sunday with like music from 5 PM until close, lawn games, new beer release, food and beer bucket specials, and cupcakes!! No reservations necessary (or taken), so pop by for some fun May 21st. Hey, you probably won’t have to work the next day!

And for those not fortunate enough to be on the island and take part in the fun, perhaps you’re closer to Lower Sackville’s TAPestry Beer Bar. Owner Ian Smith recently scoured the Island for its best offerings, and had to narrow that down to a reasonable ten kegs to fit in his vehicle! In addition to Lone Oak, there are also a buncha beers from Bogside Brewing and Copper Bottom. Check this post to learn exactly what is pouring.

Operating out of BrewHQ in Burnside, Arcade Brewing has been open since the fall, slinging pints to stay and growlers to go, with visitors able to become a pinball wizard in between sips. For the first time, their beer is also available outside of their space, with their Peculier now on tap at Rinaldo’s Italian American Specialties on Windsor Street Halifax. Keep your eyes peeled to Arcade’s socials as they expand their licensees!

Back in March, our own acbbaaron was interviewed as part of a Globe & Mail feature on Homebrewing, and how increasing commercial beer prices may drive more folks to make their own at home. While cost has certainly been a factor for some in brewing, there are others who are mostly into it for the thrill of the act, going so far as growing their own hops or malting their own feed grain! Check out the article here if you’re looking for a peek into the madness that is AS and other amateur Canadian brewers.

For homebrewers looking to seriously up their brewing game, or a (new or existing) brewery looking for a pilot system, we’ve spotted a very capable and versatile 65 litre (½ Barrel) brewhouse for sale. A mix of Blichmann and SS BrewTech three-vessel system is currently up on FB Marketplace. This all-electric system comes with the Brew Buddy II controller for a “Set It and Forget It” operation procedure for Hot Liquor Tank and Boil Kettle, as well as pump control.

Thursday Wrap-Up for April 6, 2023 – News from Good Robot, Port Rexton, Banished, Quidi Vidi, Bannerman, Lake City, Propeller, 2 Crows, and much more!

Posted by acbbdevon on 2023-04-06
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Happy Thursday y’all! We hope you’ve had a great week, and will be able to enjoy a long weekend. For those in the service industry/front line workers, we wish you a not-too-busy yet bountiful weekend. As always, be sure to check the Social Media for the breweries, taprooms, private shops you will be visiting this weekend, just to check that they are open. Enjoy!

Good Robot is leveraging their new facilities in Elmsdale to keep the new releases coming for Nova Scotia Craft Beer Month. Released last weekend was Raspberry Radler, a 4.0% pale beer chock-full of raspberry juice, a bit of a twist on the historic radlers made with lemon or grapefruit. Available now at their retail shops in Halifax (Robie Street) and Elmsdale, and coming to the NSLC. And debuting tomorrow is the first in their Tropical Storm series. This quartet of IPAs, all showcase tropical citrus and stone fruit flavours, across the ABV spectrum. Coming tomorrow is Tropical Storm Category 4. As the name implies, this is just 4.0% ABV, and features hops that lend a ripe citrus, guava, peach, and grape character, all in a tidy package. Available in cans and on tap Friday, look for three more Tropical Storm releases this month!

Port Rexton Brewing is having a full weekend of celebrations, with new beers, live music, and a pizza pop-up in their taproom. Let’s get you up to speed… As they have done since 2018, the Port Rexton crew invited the breweries who have opened over the past 12 months to join them in releasing a celebration of the New Wave of beer, with Next Generation. Next Generation 2023 is a collaboration with Banished Brewing who opened their doors in June 2022. Flexing their funky muscles, this is a Brett IPA, with plenty of citrus and floral notes from both the yeast and hops chosen in the brew. Medium bitterness, a dry finish, and 6.0% ABV. Cans and draught at both their taproom and St. John’s Retail Shop, as well as at Bar Brewdock and the Banished taproom (more on that in a second).

An exclusive for the Port Rexton taproom is a pair of Extra Special Bitters that are pouring right now. Why two ESBs, you ask? Well, one is Gluten Free! Yup! Always expanding their line of GF beers, having the same base recipe is a great way to check them out. PRBC is running a discount where you can try a 12 oz pour of both ESBs for one low price! (Or both the GF Bitter and the GF Porter on Nitro, if you are avoiding gluten altogether) And for those concerned, despite the name, these English-originating beers are not overly bitter, balancing malt and hops well. And if you time your visit to the taproom properly, you can enjoy a pop-up by Prohibition Pizza from 2 PM, and live music from Colin Harris from 7 PM.

Speaking of Banished Brewing, in addition to their retail and merchandise storefront, they have opened their Taproom this week! Open Wed and Thurs: 3 – 11 PM, Fri and Sat: 12 PM – 12 AM, and Sun: 11 AM – 7 PM. You can now grab a pint or flight of their offerings, fill a growler, and watch as the Brewing Team (aka Duncan) makes the magic happen! No kitchen onsite, but the head cheese tells us that food ordered in, or brought with you, is totally OK. Normal hours for this holiday weekend, so you can fill up before, and again after, family dinner!

Up in the Gut, Quidi Vidi has a new sour out with Peach Pineapple Ice Cream Sofa. Expect tons of tropical fruit flavour from additions of peach and pineapple, and some sweetness and a creamy mouthfeel (giving vanilla ice cream vibes) from a lactose addition.  You can find it now at the Hops Shop at the brewery and in Quidi Vidi’s online store. It will see wider distribution at NLC and other convenience stores soon.

Our final Newfoundland release of the week comes from Bannerman, who have a new blonde ale on the go. Minor Detail is a 4.5% ABV take on the style that starts with a grain bill of Pilsner and wheat malt. It then saw a dry-hop with a blend of German hops, before a final conditioning on green team, leading to notes of citrus and fresh herbs. Drop by the brewery on Duckworth Street to try Minor Detail now.

In cider news this week, Lake City has a brand new thang on the go that’s not quite a cider and not quite a wine. Riesling Sparkling Cider is a 9% ABV “vinous cider” where cider and wine were blended post-fermentation to produce a product with elements of both. It features floral aromas and citrus notes and a subtle green hue. Find it at the cidery where this weekend they’re also doing a special on flats: 20% off at $100 for 24 cans. Note that this is a pre-mixed flat containing 4 x Field of Dreams, 4 x Cranberry, 4 x Darkside Rose, 4 x Crisp Apple, 4 x Vanilla, and 4 x Darkside Dry. Free local delivery and Canada-wide shipping on this deal, too!

Halifax’s Propeller has a new twist on a previous beer this week with the release of Arcane X dry hopped sour. Like its older sibling, Arcane dry hopped sour, it’s a kettle soured beer where “hoppy and sour collide” in a tart and juicy beer. This time, however, it’s been hit with a “new and elusive” hop combination that should bring big notes of tropical fruit, peaches, and orange citrus. Find this 4.8% ABV thirst quencher at Prop shops, non-Bishop’s private stores in Halifax, and for online delivery. Also note that Propeller is open regular hours all weekend long for your beer-buying needs!

Around the corner, you’ll find 2 Crows Brewing on Brunswick Street. They have a pair of small batch beers to highlight this week. The first is Peel Out, a Weissbier (aka Hefeweizen), the original German wheat beer, brewed with an iconic yeast that is very banana-forward, with a hint of clove. Dreamed up by new-to-2C’s-Brew-Crew Everett, the mash went through a triple decoction to bring out melanoidin and caramel notes, with the wheat and yeast keeping the body crisp yet a hazy golden colour. As this was brewed on their pilot system, this 5.3% beaut is on tap only, and may not make it to the end of the weekend! 

And coming next Friday, April 14, is a fun beer that was initiated and brewed by the Front-Of-House crew Emily, Emily, Tessa, and Max back in early March. Gorgeous Gorgeous Beer is a lemon and lime Hopfenweisse, a hoppy and zesty take on a German Wheat. Using Citra and Motueka hops, and fresh lemon and lime juice and zest after the fact. As the bartenders had kicked the brewers out of the shop for the day, it’s only fair that they take over the serving, so 6 – 8 PM on the 14th, Jeremy and Miles will be slinging pints of GGB for all of you. Be sure to pop down to check out the fun!

A reminder that Big Spruce has taken over the taps at Battery Park today, with more than a dozen new beers on the go all day and night! Free cake for those there this evening at 7 PM. Check last week’s post for more info on what is pouring!

Next Thursday, April 13, Bar Stillwell is hosting the fine folks from Poincaré Chinatown, a good beer, wine, and food restaurant in Montreal. As they’ve done previously for fellow beer bar pals visiting from away, they’ve asked them to curate the tap and bottle list for the day. From 4 PM, look for taps from Ayawan, L’Apothicaire, Les Grand Bois, Mellon, Messorem, and Silo. If most of those are new to you (too), then you’ll definitely want to pop down!

A few quick hits and job posting to close out today’s post. Happy Easter, y’all!

Lunns Mill Beer is embracing Nova Scotia Craft Beer Month with free delivery to the HRM, and Annapolis and Kings Counties for all of April. Just be sure to submit your order before 10 PM Wednesday to receive your beer that week. Hopefully more breweries will keep up the NSCBM celebrations!

Fridays usually mean the release of one of your favourite IPAs or DIPAs at Unfiltered, but this week they are delving back into the German styles with a new batch of Hellevator. This 7% ABV Helles Bock, showcasing German malts and noble hops, is available now in cans and on-tap next door at Charm School.

Capping off the week is a new version of Upstreet’s Neon Friday. This 6.5% ABV New England IPA is full of lovely tropical, citrus, and pine, thanks to the generous additions of Citra, Idaho 7, Mosaic, and Strata hops. Available now at their taproom as well as Craft Beer Corner in downtown Charlottetown, it may be hitting the shelves and taps elsewhere before too long. And good news, normal hours of operation at both of their spots all holiday weekend long!

If you’re in the Charlottetown region and are interested in a beer-adjacent career change, drop by Hopyard’s downtown location this Saturday from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, with resume in hand. Team members will be onsite to talk about opportunities to join their team.

Friday Wrap-Up for March 10, 2023 – News from Breton, Propeller, Upstreet, Trailway, Bogside, Lunn’s Mill, Landwash and Spindrift

Posted by acbbchris on 2023-03-10
Posted in: Friday Wrap-Up. Tagged: Bogside Brewing, Breton Brewing, Landwash Brewery, Lunn's Mill Beer Company, Propeller Brewing, Serpent Brewing, Spindrift Brewing, TrailWay Brewing, Upstreet Craft Brewing. Leave a Comment

Do we do another introduction where we talk about the weather? Not this time! In an industry that undoubtedly has highlighted the need for safe spaces, equity and inclusion, this past week many breweries took the time to highlight a lot of their hard-working individuals via social media posts, videos, and new brews. Why is that you ask? International Women’s Day was this past Wednesday and we will keep the messaging and themes from that day ongoing through this weekend and with many beer releases highlighted below. The theme for 2023’s International Women’s Day is #EmbraceEquity. “It’s critical to understand the difference between equity and equality.

The aim of the IWD 2023 #EmbraceEquity campaign theme is to get the world talking about why equal opportunities aren’t enough. People start from different places, so true inclusion and belonging require equitable action.”  

We hope many breweries are trying to influence equity and opportunities in their organizations and not just jumping on a marketing opportunity, as it’s important for true change and honouring the theme of the year.

(Read more about this year’s IWD and theme here)

We did highlight a few special IWD releases last week from Trailway, Island Folk Cider House, Truro Brewing and Hardisty, but check out some new ones below. 

Let’s start in Sydney, where Breton Brewing is releasing Wave Rise Tiny Hazy Ale in honour of International Women’s Day. It showcases the Pink Boots hop blend from Yakima Chief that benefits the Pink Boots Society, an organization that supports women and non-binary individuals in the brewing industry. The name Wave Rise comes from the Hymn to Ninkasi, the goddess of beer and brewing. Coming in at 3% ABV, you can expect a light body, with some citrusy, floral and stone fruit aromas from the hops. Cans (featuring a cool design from Breton team member Lauren Musycysn), are available at the brewery and for online orders now. $1 from the sale of each can will be donation to the Every Woman’s Centre in Cape Breton. 

The women of Propeller Brewing in Halifax designed, planned, and brewed up their own IWD beer, one they’ve dubbed Spellbound Strawberry Hibiscus Sour. A classic case of, “does what it says on the tin,” you can safely expect a rose-colored sour beer with a light pink head that features plenty of strawberry flavor and a subtle floral note in the background. An on tap-only feature at all of Propeller’s tap room locations, it was a small batch, so quantities are limited.

And we’ll round out our IWD features this week on the Island with the women of Upstreet Brewing who brewed up Peach Kölsch in celebration of IWD. Coming in at 6%, it sees a light grain bill paired with aromas and flavors of peach, dried apricots, and some grainy notes reminiscent of Multigrain Cheerios™. Also brought into play was the use of spunding, a technique that leverages some of the CO2 produced during fermentation to carbonate the beer. This is somewhat of an eco-friendly move (reducing the use of additional CO2) while also producing what many believe is a superior mouthfeel. This one is available in cans from the brewery and no doubt will see tap time at Craft Beer Corner as well. Even better, a portion of the proceeds from Peach Kölsch will go to Angels of PEI, a registered charity started by Anna Cherepanova, a Ukranian woman living on PEI along with her friends Christine Zareck and Wendy DeBoer, to provide funds to support Ukraine through the hardships imposed by the Russian invasion.

It’s been a minute since we first told you that Fredericton’s Trailway Brewing was opening up another location in Saint John, and after months of work their plan has finally come together. Tomorrow, Saturday, March 11th, at 4pm the doors to Union House by Trailway will open to the general public for the first time. And what better way to celebrate that than with the release of a new beer? Out & About Pale Ale is the official house beer of the Union House. A pale ale that sees bready malt paired with soft stone fruit, it’s clean, crisp, and flavorful, while tipping the scales at a very quaffable 5.3% ABV. Of course, you can also grab it in cans at the Fredericton taproom, but we encourage you to give it a try in situ in Saint John. Congrats to Tw on the new opening and bringing their hoppy presence to The John!

Montague, PE’s Bogside Brewing is bringing an entry in their Single Hop series this week. El Dorado is a modern variety known for bringing plenty of tropical fruit character, especially pineapple, to the table and El Dorado Single Hop IPA takes full advantage of that, boasting plenty of pineapple and some mango as well. Solidly in IPA territory at 6%, it drinks lighter than it is, with 35 IBU balancing those tropical notes yielding a very approachable beer. Look for it at the brewery on tap for pints and fills and also in cans to go.

Way down the Annapolis Valley in Lawrencetown, Lunn’s Mill Brewing is celebrate their 6th birthday this week (Tuesday, March 7th, to be exact) and of course they took the opportunity to release a new beer as part of the festivities. Lunn’s Millsner is a Pilsner, for sure, but it is a Czech Pilsner or a German Pilsner? We’re not sure either, but we’re going to try to get our hands on some to make a determination on that. Regardless, it’s super-crushable, with mild bitterness, and comes in at 4.5% ABV, so we (and you) should be able to safely have a couple while you figure it out. This one is available at the taproom, of course, for pints, fills, and cans, and you’ll see it pop up at other places as well, with TAPestry Beer Bar and The Flying Apron Inn leading the way. Happy Birthday from us to the folks at Lunn’s!

Spryfield’s Serpent Brewing has dialled up two new releases for you this week. First up is Modern Viking, a beer in memory of Chris Perks. Described as an “American twist on a classic red ale recipe,” you’ll find plenty of character from the specialty malts used, along with some citrus and a subtle spice note thanks to the use of Perle hops. This one will be on tap as of 3pm tomorrow and you can also get some in cans to go. Next up we have an on tap-only release, Rye of the Storm. Bringing rye to a classic English Porter in an amped up fashion is what this beer is all about, with an ABV of 6.5%. Those who attended the Craft Beer Cottage Party last weekend got a sneak peak of this one and now the rest of us can try it. There was actually a third release from Serpent this week, although it wasn’t a beer: congrats to Glenn and Monica on the birth of Jonah. We’re sure the little one will be hard at work in the brewery in no time!!

Aaaand a couple of quickie notes to see you on your way for the weekend!

In Mount Pearl, NL, Landwash has brought back Prickly Fish, their tiniest beer, in an even tinier form! Still a tasty hoppy beer, but now featuring an even lower ABV at 2.5%! Look for it at their retail location, with distribution happening on a wider scale this week and next.

Burnside’s Spindrift Brewing has a returning engagement this week as well, with Cardinal Red IPA available once again. Built on a base of Pilsner malt, with crystal 45 for character and sinamar for color, the hop side has classic American varieties Chinook, Comet, and Cascade paired up with more modern Azacca. Piney and resinous with a slightly fruity character, firm malt backbone, and plenty of balancing bitterness at 50 IBU.