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More details on Picaroons’ “Brewer’s Bash” in July

Posted by acbbshawn on 2013-05-14
Posted in: Atlantic Canada Beer Festivals. Tagged: Brewer's Bash, Fredericton, Picaroons Traditional Ales. 2 comments

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In last week’s Friday Wrap-Up, we had a brief post about another upcoming beer festival in Fredericton – the “Brewer’s Bash“, hosted by Picaroons, will feature 60 Canadian breweries and 300 beers on Saturday, July 13th. The event will run from 11:00 am – 11: 00 pm in Officer’s Square; tickets went on sale today for $25. If this wasn’t enough to convince you to attend the event, we now have some more information to share, thanks to Dennis Goodwin, Marketing Director for Picaroons.

The $25 will get you a bracelet that allows admission and re-entry into the festival all day. There will be lots of food options IN the festival, if you choose not to leave. The ticket price includes a 4-oz tasting glass and 6-8 drink tickets that are good for one pour each. After that, you are welcome to buy as many additional drink tickets as you’d like to sample more beers… these will run in the “one-dollar range”. They also plan to have some live bands playing towards the end of the festival.

Some of the confirmed breweries (along with Picaroons, of course) include:

Some great breweries, there… and that’s just a few of them! We’ll release further details and a complete brewery list when they become available. Also, be sure to follow the Brewer’s Bash on Twitter and Facebook. Meanwhile, you can buy your tickets NOW online or at The Cedar Tree Cafe in Fredericton.

Friday Wrap-Up — Picaroons plans “Brewer’s Bash” for July, PEI Brewing’s Beach Chair Lager new package size, and more

Posted by acbbshawn on 2013-05-10
Posted in: Friday Wrap-Up. 1 comment

Good morning, craft beer fans! Here’s the weekly craft beer news for your reading pleasure:

• Picaroons has just announced they will be holding a Brewer’s Bash on Saturday, July 13th in Officer’s Square in Fredericton. From 11 am-11 pm, this “Canadian Craft Beer Celebration” will involve 60 Canadian breweries  pouring 300 beers. Advance tickets will cost $25, and go on sale May 14th on the event’s website. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available!

• PEI Brewing Company‘s flagship beer, Beach Chair Lager, is now available in a new package size. When originally released in March of 2012, the beer was available in the larger, 473 mL can format only. Responding to customer requests, the brewery is now producing the beer in 355 mL cans as well. Look for both 6-pack and 12-packs of this size at local PEILCC and ANBL stores, as well as NSLC outlets for the first time, starting this week.

• Pump House Brewing has won two awards in the 9th annual Calgary International Beerfest, which was held last weekend. Both the S.O.B. and their seasonal Doppelbock won bronze medals. Congratulations, Pump House!

• We had the chance to drop by Big Spruce this week, and saw that they were expanding their hop field by about 300%. Still the best view from a hopfield I’ve ever seen! And they are brewing like mad men to keep up with demand from their draft clients all across the province. Keep up the great work!

• The Halifax breweries were all represented at the Local Connections “Meet Your Local” Spring Gala last night at the Halifax Club. Bridge Brewing, Garrison Brewing and Propeller Brewing were joined by food truck Nomad Gourmet and Ratinaud French Cuisine in the Craft Brewer’s Party Room.

• Several of our local breweries will be represented at the Canadian Brewing Awards, being held this weekend in Victoria, BC. Check out their gala (viewable by direct stream) Saturday at 10pm. Good luck to all of the brewers!

It’s beginning to look like patio weather, so be sure to get out and support your local brewpub and breweries. Cheers!

Garrison Brewing and Picaroons to participate in national beer collaboration

Posted by acbbshawn on 2013-05-09
Posted in: Atlantic Canada Beer News. Tagged: Garrison Brewing, Picaroons Traditional Ales. 2 comments

CCBCThis weekend, the 11th annual Canadian Brewing Awards will be held in Victoria, B.C. Aside from the usual judging and awarding of medals to various styles of beers entered by many professional breweries across the country, those running the CBAs decided to try something new: Canada’s first ever national beer collaboration.

Involving 25 different Canadian breweries across 7 provinces, this brew will include an ingredient from each brewery that represents the region where they are located. The style is an Imperial Witbier named “Red and White Wit”. When the beer is released in early June, it will be available only on draft in the Victoria area. All proceeds will be donated to a charity that will be announced in the near future.

Garrison Brewing from Halifax, Nova Scotia and Picaroons from Fredericton, New Brunswick will be representing the Atlantic provinces. Garrison Brewing has posted on their Facebook page that they will be contributing 4 kg of Nova Scotia honey from Smeltzer’s. We are not yet sure what ingredient Picaroons will be bringing to the mix.

The actual brew day will take place at Phillips Brewing Co. on Friday, May 10th.