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Friday Wrap-Up for August 4, 2023 – News from O’Creek, Propeller, North, Flying Boats, Acadie-Broue, Big Spruce, Boomstick, Breton, Tire Shack, Happy, Sack Vegas, and more!

Posted by acbbdevon on 2023-08-04
Posted in: Friday Wrap-Up. Tagged: Acadie-Broue, Banished Brewing, Bannerman Brewing, Big Spruce Brewing, Boomstick Brewing, Breton Brewing, Flying Boats Brewing, Happy Craft Brewing, Mauzy Cidery, North Brewing, O'Creek Brewing, Propeller Brewing, Sack Vegas Brewing, Stillwell Beergarden, Tire Shack Brewing. Leave a Comment

Happy Long Weekend to most of you, though some of you already enjoyed Regatta Day Wednesday, and it looks like most PEI folks are outta luck (sorry!). However you’re spending this weekend, we’ve got plenty of new beers to quench your thirst, including some releases for this week’s IPA Day!

Halifax’s Propeller celebrated IPA Day in a big way, with the release of Southbound, a collaboration with Yakima Chief Hops. This beer features a trio of New Zealand-grown hops, namely Cryo Motueka, Nelson Sauvin, and Riwaka. We know the homebrewers in the audience as salivating right now! For those who need a reminder, that “Cryo” moniker means the hops are processed at extremely low temperature to concentrate the aromatic and bittering qualities of the hops, allowing brewers to maximize the flavour and effects of the hops in lower hop mass and volume (therefore less beer loss). Putting all of that science and art together in the glass (and can), think gooseberries, white wine, lime, and passion fruit. 7.0% and 70 IBU, drop by any of Propeller’s four locations (Gottingen, Windmill, Quinpool, and Bedford) for a taste!

Moncton’s O’Creek Brewing got in on the #IPADay fun by releasing cans of their newest IPA, Mindless. This 6.8% hazy New England IPA is chock full of tropical hops, and uses a yeast to further enhance those flavours. Also new on draught and in cans is Sour Peaches with a Change of Mangoes. As you can imagine, this is a Fruited Sour with plenty of peach and mango in the tin, and at just 4.0%, definitely perfect for enjoying on the beach or patio! And finally is the latest in their line of lagers, The Bend. This German Pilsner is crisp and clean, and flirts with the low end of the style alcohol-wise, at just 4.5% ABV. Cans and draught of all three, plus their Citra in a Galaxy NEIPA and LimeMower Lime Lage, are available at their Barker location now!

North Brewing is settling in nicely into their new Timberlea location and they’re taking that to heart with a new release. Trails to Ales is a community donation beer as a fundraiser for the BLT (Beechville, Lakeside, Timberlea) Rails to Trails repair after the flooding and extreme rainfall a few weeks ago. 50 cents from each can sale will go towards the trail association. The beer itself was brewing with help of Kevin Dunbard, who is a local homebrewer. The 5% Pale Ale is brewed with English Golden Promise malt and a big punch of American hops to bring fruit and citrus flavours. Bringing it all together is a blend of Norwegian and American yeasts that rounds the beer into a balanced, aromatic 5% brew.  Also this weekend, the Timberlea kitchen at North Brewing will be featuring a BLT sandwich special. Grab this one in cans from all North locations and online.

As a follow-up to last week’s launch of Screaming at the Trølls by Flying Boats and Acadie-Broue, they have since released the second beer from that same brewday. As a reminder, the brew crew filled a hollowed out spruce log with alder, spruce, and pine boughs to create a traditional mash tun, known as a kuurna. After creating the mash of barley and water, they rinsed the grains with hot water to extract even more sugar, and the second runnings of this are what have been released earlier this week. Liten Fyr Stokk Øl “Little Man Log beer”, is just 3.0% ABV. Categorized as a Spissøl, this lower gravity beer pushes the malt to the background, and allows the floral, grass, hay, and touch of pine to shine through, along with a refreshing lemony character. Both beers are on tap now at Flying Boats’ Dieppe taproom.

Nyanza’s Organic Brewery, Big Spruce, has brought back a winner this week, with the return of Heffalump Hefeweizen. Created and brewed with Ian Wheatly, the 2018 winner of their Home Brew Challenge, this 5.2% German Wheat style is light and fruity, with big notes of banana thanks to the iconic yeast used in the brew. Fluffy and full of flavour, you can find the beer on draught and in cans at the brewery, and hitting beer gardens around the province any minute now!

Boomstick Brewing on Newfoundland’s West Coast has a new beer in their shop this week, continuing their Lager School Series. Mexican Lager is a 4.0% crisp and bright beer, featuring flaked corn in the mash to help keep the mouthfeel light. Goes down smooth, and adding a lime is optional! On draught now, cans will be heading across the island in the coming days.

Breton Brewing is embracing the heat with their latest offering, Black Raspberry Wheat. At 5.5% ABV, it’s refreshing and thirst-quenching, with a great addition of the eponymous fruit showcased on the light base beer. In cans and on tap at the brewery on Keltic Drive now, you can also order it for delivery in the CBRM as well as HRM. Enjoy!

Sticking with the fruited beers, Moncton’s Tire Shack has a new one on offer this week. Lychee Lager is an easy-drinking 4.5% ABV, but is jam-packed with lychee fruit, imparting notes of strawberry, pear, citrus, and even some hints of floral roses. The sweetness balances the crisp nature of the lager, but still in a refined manner. Cans, draught, they’ve got it all on John Street! Plus you can scope out the big changes that are happening in the adjoining space, allowing them to extend the brewery and taproom/event space in a big way!

Happy belated to Happy Brewing on Main Street Moncton, who celebrated with a legit petting zoo last week! Following that up, they’ve released Karma, a fruited wheat beer bursting with peach and mango character. 4.3% ABV, check it out on tap today!

And in “coming soon” news, those in Lower Sackville will soon have a second brewery to call their own, as Sack Vegas Brewing has teased they are looking to open in the Fall. Lips are sealed tightly for now, but follow along at their Insta page, and here, as we learn more and get you up to speed!

Onto some events around the region:

Newfoundland is taking over the taps in two provinces this weekend! First off, Banished Brewing has a few kegs on tap at Charlottetown’s Hopyard Beer Bar, with four beers a-pouring now. And those in Halifax should visit the Stillwell Beergarden Saturday and/or Sunday, as there will be a full takeover from Banished as well as Bannerman Brewing, with ten of the finest the Avalon has to offer on draught, with another dozen cans and bottles from Banished and their pals at Mauzy Cider. Plus bologna sandwiches! Full details here.

Friday Wrap-Up for July 7, 2023 – News from Garrison, Merit, Sawdust City, Tanner, North, Tatamagouche, Propeller, Landwash, Rough Waters, Trailway, Bannerman, Stillwell and more!

Posted by acbbdevon on 2023-07-07
Posted in: Friday Wrap-Up. Tagged: Bannerman Brewing, Big Spruce Brewing, Brasserie Dunham, Brew Culture, Brightwood Brewery, Candid Brewing, Garrison Brewing, Merit Brewing, Modern Brewer's Village Green, North Brewing, Propeller Brewing, Sawdust City Brewing, Stillwell Beer Bar, Tanner & Co Brewing, Tatamagouche Brewing, TrailWay Brewing. Leave a Comment

 

It’s hot and sticky out there through much of the region, so get outside, or inside, and enjoy all the beer-y goodness while the sun is shining. We’re giving you the rapid-fire style this week so we can all spend more time enjoying the summer. Onto the news below. Cheers!

There’s something wonderful about Halifax hosting the Canadian Brewing Awards, and that something wonderful is a lot of collaborations for us to enjoy after everyone leaves town! This week we feature a collaboration between Garrison, Merit and Sawdust City, as they came together to bring us Too Many Cooks! This is a dry-hopped West Coast IPA featuring Emerald Squire and Hyrdra hops. Pilsner is the base malt in this 6.3% beer that you can grab now from Garrison locations. 

Tanner Brewing has a new release for us that’s perfect for the heat. Rhubarb Lemondrop Sour is a tart and refreshing beer that was kettle soured and hopped both in the boil and dry-hopped with (you guessed it) Lemondrop. The grain bill features local malts from Horton Ridge and Shoreline, the rhubarb comes fresh from the garden and it all comes together for a tasty, refreshing 5.2% treat that you can grab from both Tanner locations and their online store for delivery. 

Hot off opening their new Bedford Highway location, Propeller turns their attention back to the peninsula where they’ve put together a beer in partnership with Black Sheep restaurant. Lucky Ewe is a dry hopped lager with modern Continental variety Huell Melon that brings subtle flavors and aromas of strawberry and apricot. This one will be an excellent candidate for sipping on the Black Sheep patio and should pair well with their fresh and varied menu.

More collaborations from the summer! Dear Friends is a new beer (not to be confused with the wonderful Dartmouth establishment, Dear Friend Bar) from Landwash and Rough Waters.This is a Rosé ale that mimics the fruitiness and refreshing lightness of a glass of rosé but with a beery twist. Featuring French hops, Triskel and Barbe Rouge, it also features additions of hibiscus flowers and prickly pear. Coming in at 5% it will only be available at the retail shop and local stores (no NLC!) and on tap at Landwash!

Staying on the collaboration train, North Shore’s Tatamagouche Brewing and Dartmouth’s North Brewing are returning with seasonal release, Cool Melon, a watermelon Kölsch. This beer features a bunch of real fruit, as it was co-fermented with over 800 pounds of watermelon and it features Huell Melon hops. You can expect it to be crisp and refreshing and not too heavy at 4.5% and it’s available from all North locations and online today (in cans and on tap!)

Trailway Brewing has got it bad (got it bad, got it bad) this week with the release of Hop for Teacher. This one was brewed for the end of the school year to celebrate the beer-drinking teachers and other educators in our lives, especially the wives of Trailway owners Jake and Dan. A fruited IPA with peach purée and everybody’s favorite new hop HBC 1019, expect this one to hit hard on the sweet and juicy peach character, but not too hard on the ABV at 5.5%. Sounds like an excellent tipple for what’s sure to be some stankin’ gross weather in Freddie this weekend. Grab it at the brewery in cans, get your growler filled to go, or sit and sip one in the taproom.

Bannerman Brewing in St. John’s, NL, has a brand new fruited sour pouring for your summer enjoyment. Conditioned on yuzu, for notes of lemon peel, and pear, for hints of pear skin, it also boasts peach pit character and a hint of salinity. Super light and refreshing, it should pair nicely with hot and humid weather if any of that happens to be going around. Currently only on tap for pints and fills to go from the brewery on Duckworth, there are plans for cans as the summer wears on.

Speaking of yuzu, lagers, and collaborations, Candid Brewing in Antigonish is ticking all those boxes this week with Yuzu Biru, a citrus lager. Brewed for Antigonish Townhouse as an ideal summer sipper, this is essentially a fruited version of their pleasantly dry Kanpai rice lager kicked up a notch with a big citrus punch thanks to fermentation on yuzu purée. This 4% crispyboi isn’t being packaged, so you’ll have to hit the Townhouse or the Candid taproom at 88 College Street to give it a try.

Village Green in Cornwall, PE, has a brand new summer seasonal on the taps. BUZZ30 Citra-Sabro Pale Ale is what it says on the tin: a tribute to The Buzz, “PEI’s Guide to What’s Going On,” on the occasion of their 30th anniversary, and also a pale ale brewed with Citra and Sabro hops for big citra presence and some coconut and melon overtones. You can grab this one for pints or fills or cans to go at the brewery, but you’ll want to move quickly as it’s going fast (don’t worry too much, though, they’ll be brewing more!)

In yet more collaboration news, a whole bunch of folks came together at Brightwood Brewing to do a batch to benefit the Back to the Sea Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to, “sparking curiosity for marine life and inspire a desire to protect the ocean.” Featuring contributions in time, labour, and/or ingredients from Malthouse (malt), Elnova Equipment (hops) Brew Culture (hops), Lallemand Brewing (yeast), and Scotty G (label design). Back to the Sea Hazy IPA is, well, a hazy IPA, coming in at 5.7% ABV and 35 IBU. Featuring Mandarina Bavaria and Bravo in the kettle up to the whirlpool, and then double dry hopped with Bravo and Nelson Sauvin (warm) and Mandarina and Nelson (cold), it was fermented with the Verdant IPA yeast strain to maximize the fruity flavors and provide haze stability. Proceeds from this one (available at Brightwood) will benefit Back to the Sea, who have their soft opening this weekend. Meanwhile, look for a launch party at Brightwood’s beer garden in the next week or two!

Nyanza’s Big Spruce Brewing are into the swing of summer with the return of their Ukrainian Pilsner Ykpaïa (try saying that three times fast!) This one leverages Ukrainian hop variety Zlato Polissya (“polished gold”) and, in fact, hops grown in Galchin in Zhytomyr oblast. It boasts a deep golden color and floral and herbal aromas and flavors. Expect a smooth mouthfeel, delicate bitterness, and a bit of sweetness. Packages in cans, it’s 4.9% ABV and it’s also available on tap at the brewery for pints and fills.

Only one event to tell you about this week, but it’s a good’er:

We’re rounding out the news this week with a good ol’ event like the glory days of tap takeovers at Stillwell HQ. Saturday, July 8th, the Barrington street staple is featuring taps and bottles from Quebec’s own Brasserie Dunham. The main feature is six versions of their Viti Vini Vici series. These releases typically feature a Saison aged in different wine barrels. Check out the six versions on tap and the different bottle selections available below:

On Tap:

  • VVV no. 6 – Pinot Noir from Les Pervenches
  • VVV no. 9 – Gewürztraminer
  • VVV no. 11 – Pinot Noir from Nival
  • VVV no. 13 – Sauvignon Blanc
  • VVV no. 15 – L’Acadie Blanc
  • VVV no. 16 – Frontenac Noir

In Bottles:

  • Opora – White wine barrel-aged saison
  • Opora Gooseberry – White wine barrel-aged saison with gooseberries
  • Funk Làlà – Barrel-aged grisette with blueberries
  • Funk Écarlate – Barrel-aged grisette with cherries
  • Paul – Hoppy wild ale
  • Saison Cassis –  Sour saison with cassis
  • Vieille Cerise – 3 year barrel-aged wild ale with cherries
  • Assemblage no. 10 – Blend of sour beers and foudre beer with acerola
  • Saison Bleuet – Saison blend refermented on blueberries
  • Quench du Soif – Wild IPA with Citra & Galaxy

Thursday Wrap-Up for June 1, 2023 – News from Propeller, Tatamagouche, 2 Crows, Brew Culture, Candid, North, Garrison, Stillwell, Landwash, Trailway and More

Posted by acbbdevon on 2023-06-01
Posted in: Friday Wrap-Up. Tagged: 2 Crows Brewing, Banished Brewing, Bishop's Cellar, Brew Culture, Burdock Brewery, Canadian Brewing Awards Conference, Candid Brewing, Escarpment Laboratories, Garrison Brewing, Grimross Brewing, Indie Alehouse, Island Folk Cider House, Landwash Brewery, Lightfoot & Wolfville, Lone Oak Brewing, Merit Brewing, North Brewing, Propeller Brewing, Stillwell Brewing, Tatamagouche Brewing, Tide & Boar Brewing, TrailWay Brewing. Leave a Comment

The Canadian Brewing Awards and Conference kicks off in Halifax today, and unfortunately, does so under the shadow of the immense forest fires affecting thousands of Nova Scotians. Like many of you, we have friends and family affected by the fires and emergency evacuations, and understand beer is much lower on the priority list for many! If you are able to assist through donations to Red Cross and United Way, who are assisting those seeking food and shelter and other necessities, and when it is time to rebuild. North Brewing is donating 15% of draught sales until Sunday, as well as a drop point for necessary items for displaced people. Read more here. You can also do your part by doing nothing… Now is not the time to get out and enjoy a hike and a beer in our forested lands! Pause those activities until it is safe to do so. Let’s get you up to speed with the events and new beers that those in Halifax, and beyond, can enjoy in the days to come.

As mentioned, the Canadian Brewing Awards are taking place in downtown Halifax today until Saturday, and while a ticket is required to attend talks, check out the Exhibition Floor, or attend the Awards Gala Saturday night, there are plenty of events happening around Halifax to celebrate the increased eyes on the region’s beer scene. Here are but a few events that we know about, but you’ll be doing yourself a favour by checking Social Media to avoid disappointment, just in case your favourite taproom is closed for an event! 

Propeller Brewing and Tatamagouche got together for a pair of home-and-home collaborations at their respective breweries in May, and are releasing them today in a big bash at Prop’s Gottingen Street tap room. When the Tata crew came to the big city, they brewed Twin Shores Collaboration Ale, a 4.5% Pale Ale featuring Nectaron and Vic Secret hops, for a double dose of passion fruit, peach, and pineapple. Using a cold fermentation temp kept the beer crisp and clean. In addition to the draught for today’s event, cans of Twin Shores are also available now. Prop will have a half-dozen more beer on tap, a collection of newer releases, complemented by seven from TataBrew, who will be offering a sneak peak of the soon-to-come Kudos.

When the Propeller Team visited Main Street Tatamagouche, they opted to get a little funky, using Sacc Brux Trois to ferment the Nectaron-hopped Pale Ale. The yeast itself gives off plenty of fruity aromas, only enhancing the hop choice. While visitors today (like, right now!) will be able to try Kudos in advance of its full can release in the coming weeks. Also on tap from Tata is the Bishops Cellar collab Cellar Slammer, Dekorum Lime, Apres Cream Ale, Saltwater Cowboy Gose, Deception Bay IPA, and Baltic Porter. And if you time it just right, you’ll be able to enjoy food from Humble Pie Kitchen, who are on-site from 3 PM until sell out. 

Not on tap at Propeller today, but available wherever Tata beer is sold, is the newest entry to their Dekorum line, Dekorum Gold. After Brewer Chad Ellis tasted Horton Ridge Malt’s Vienna malt recently, he knew that it would make a great base for a “maltier light lager”, and pictured it as the next Dekorum. Using that Vienna malt, with just a touch of Dextrin for a bit more body, malt, and “oomph”, it was lightly hopped in the mash and then whirlpool with Strisselspalt and Spalter Select, respectively, before fermentation with Isar Lager from Escarpment Labs (plenty from them later in the blog!). After several weeks of cool fermentation and conditioning, small cans of this super crispy beer with a light toasty note are available now at Tata’s shop and taproom on Main Street, as well as select retailers in the province, including their online shop.

Another event is being hosted today by BrewCulture at the Gahan House Nova Centre location, adjacent to the CBAC, and is sure to appeal to the yeast nerds in the audience. Dr. Chris White, of White Labs, will be in attendance 4 – 6 PM to chat all things yeast, and to toast the release of Thiol City IPA, a collaboration brew featuring WLP077 Tropicale Yeast Blend. And after the Conference tomorrow, BrewCulture is hosting a party at the Propeller Gottingen Street taproom and Arcade, learn more and RSVP here.

Among the collaborations Stefan Gagliardi of BrewCulture undertook recently is Born to be Mild, with Antigonish’s Candid Brewing. This lower alcohol Mild Ale was fermented with White Labs’ London Ale Yeast, expressing some subtle esters of oak, and enhancing the light toast and coffee notes from the malts. Available now on draught and in cans wherever you enjoy being Candid.

And for those folks in town to attend the Conference, the fine folks at Anton-Paar are in attendance, and will have some working instruments at Booth 117 on the Exhibition floor. So if you’re looking for information on Dissolved Oxygen (bad!), Alcohol testing (good!), and CO2/Carbonation level (depends!), bring in your cans and bottles, and Tim and Co will let you know what you’ve got on the go!

It wouldn’t be a big week of beer in Halifax if 2 Crows didn’t torture us at ACBeerBlog with more of everything. True to form, they’re kicking off the CBAC weekend tomorrow, June 2nd, from 4pm ‘til close with a special tap takeover. Featuring beers made in collaboration with PEI’s Shoreline Malting and Guelph’s Escarpment Labs, 10 new tipples are slated to be on tap at the 2C taproom on Brunswick Street. We told you last week about 2C’s new Green World DIPA, which features 100% Maritime-grown ingredients including the aforementioned Shoreline malt and hops from Lakeview Hops in Harvey Station, NB. Also from the home brewery is Guv, an English mild that started with Shoreline Pale, with some amber and black malts capping the mash for color and a bit of toasty bread crust and drying roast, respectively, and some brewer’s caramel. It was hopped in the boil with Goldings from Southan Farms and fermented with Escarpment’s House strain. Bready and creamy, they’ll have it on the nitro tap as well for a real treat in terms of mouthfeel. Rounding out the 2C contribution is Racy, which is part beer, part kekfrancos piquette. The kekfrancos skins came from frequent 2C collaborators Lightfoot & Wolfville and the beer side is essentially AC Light Lager, but you probably wouldn’t recognize it as such, as it’s got plenty of winey depth and spritz from the piquette side. You’ll also find Saison du Chardonnay from North Brewing pouring from bottles, Shore, a pseudo-lager from Lone Oak that leverages the Escarpment Krispy Kveik strain, and If you Don’t Stop, a hazy NE-style IPA from Tide & Boar. Given the capricious nature of our provincial regulatory overlords at NSLC, the realities of shipping beer across the country in a post-pandemic world, and the added complications of our local wildfire problem, the rest of the beers are a little bit tentative, but we can tell you that you might run into additional offerings from Burdock, Indie Alehouse, Merit Brewing, Banished Brewing, and Escarpment themselves! The only way to find out for sure is to head over on Friday evening!

For those who are thirsty now and don’t want to wait until tomorrow, 2 Crows has brought back their collaborative and charitable radler, The Agenda. Version 2.0 features a light lager base, with the addition of tangerine and peach puree. Using a touch of agave nectar for a hint of sweetness, this juicy hybrid is fresh, easy drinking, and just 2.0% ABV! This is only available on tap during the month of June, and will see 100% of the sales donated to Halifax Sexual Health Centre, a non-judgemental non-profit giving back to folkx in the Halifax region since 1970, especially embracing the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

Back in Halifax, Garrison has two new releases this week starting off with the newest version of their Pucker Up! Series, Citrus. This 4.9% ABV kettle sour starts of with 2-row and wheat malt before seeing additions of flavoured green tea and stevia. Expect notes of orange, lemon, grapefruit and lime, with a hint of vanilla, and a tart finish. Next up is this year’s version of SMASH, a beer made with one type of malt and one variety of hops, in this case 2-row malt and Sasquatch hops. Coming in at 5% ABV, and brewed in the American Pale Ale style, expect \ woodsy and citrusy notes from the hops along with some dankness. They’re both available now at both Garrison locations, on tap and in cans, with SMASH also seeing distribution at the private stores in HRM.

This week’s last release comes to you from Sydney, where Island Folk is rolling out Blowing Raspberries, featuring notes of raspberry and rose water. Bottles of the 5.4% ABV cider are available now at the cider house and through their online store. The name for this one stemmed from a partnership with the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia, that saw Island Folk run a competition for short stories or poems that reflect the unique personality of the cidery and the flavours of this new cider. Hannah Vincent, a writer from Truro, took the prize with a poem titled Blowing Raspberries and a new cider name was born.

Not all of the fun is in Halifax this weekend, as Landwash in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland is holding a Cask Festival Saturday at noon. Inviting in breweries and cideries from across the island (Banished, Bannerman, Bootleg, Dildo, Port Rexton, Rough Waters, and Mauzy Cider), they will have plenty of tasty and unique casks a-pouring this weekend, including something a bit crazy with Skittles! You’ll have to pop by to check it out!

And for those in Fredericton, TrailWay Brewing is celebrating their Seventh Anniversary on Main Street with their annual Block Party! Live music, Food Trucks, face painting for the kids (and adults, we hope!), and of course great beer (look out for some tasty beer slushies)! The party kicks off at 11 AM and runs all afternoon and evening, with live music kicking off at noon. More details on the line-up here!

We’ll leave you with a few final newsbites, starting in Fredericton where Grimross is releasing its cult-favourite Praha bohemian lager for another summer run. This one packs lots of herbal hop character and bitterness into a sessional 3.8% ABV package. Short cans are available now at the brewery. 

Sticking with short cans, Halifax’s Bishop Cellar is stocking an exclusive 6-pack of Tatamagouche Brewing’s Dekorum lager, featuring 2 each of the lime, mandarin and unfruited versions. And while you’re there, be sure to grab some cans of the aforementioned Twin Shores Pale Ale collab with Propeller and this year’s edition of Cellar Slammer. 

Unfortunately, as we began the post today, we must also end with sad news of the fires currently burning in Nova Scotia. While not in the most affected area of the province, The Harbour Brewing in Musquodoboit Harbour shared some video and pictures of their storage and expansion gear affected by a fire a couple of days ago. As they sift through the debris, we can help them by purchasing their beer where available, and maybe even making a trip to their taproom/retail spot on Highway 7, to purchase their beer and merch.