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Picaroons holding Plaid to the Bone launch party tonight

Posted by acbbshawn on 2013-05-16
Posted in: Atlantic Canada Beer News. Tagged: Fredericton, Picaroons Traditional Ales, Plaid to the Bone Heather Ale. 1 comment

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Tonight, at the Boyce Farmers Market in Fredericton, Picaroons will be hosting a launch party for their “Heather Ale”, Plaid to the Bone. Originally brewed in 2012 for the New Brunswick Highland Games, Plaid to the Bone was named in a contest that Picaroons held on Facebook. A golden-colored beer brewed with heather, a flowering plant that grows abundantly in Scotland, Plaid to the Bone clocks in at a sessionable ~4.5% ABV.

There will be three bands playing live music at the event: THE MAHONES, Sprag Session, and Ten Strings and a Goat Skin. The event starts at 7:00 p.m.; early arrivals will have access to some local food provided by Real Food Connections. Tickets are $15, and can be purchased at the door.

Aside from the great music and grub, Plaid to the Bone will be available on tap, as well as Picaroons’ Dooryard, Best Bitter, and Irish Red.

All proceeds will go to The Fredericton Society of Saint Andrew Pipe Band.

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.

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.