Category: Craft Beer
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Boxing Rock – The Vicar’s Cross DIPA
We are reviewing a fan favorite here in Nova Scotia – Boxing Rock’s The Vicar’s Cross – Double IPA. It’s pretty hard to find this in stores. We were at a recent food pairing event featuring Boxing Rock and it was the first time I witnessed people applauding when this beer came out. Coming in…
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St Ambroise – 2012 Russian Imperial Stout
Quick review of St-Ambroise Imperial Stout aged with bourbon.
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Brasserie Breughel – Bière de Vigne Rosée
Here we are reviewing Brasserie Breughel Bière de Vigne Rosée which is a strong ale with a strong grape taste to it. I’ll be honest, this thing was wierd, it reminded me of fizzy fruit punch. However being 8% brew, it was very light & refreshing tasting.
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Cuvée Boréal Bluets
We sample a blueberry beer from Boréale, mainly from products from Quebec.
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Picaroons – Yippee IPA
We try one of the many varieties from Picaroons that is not available in Nova Scotia. We were quite impressed by it as compared to the other IPA we’ve have recently. If you passing thru New Brunswick any NB Liquor location should have plenty of Picaroons to choose from and finding Yippee IPA is great.
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Shipyard – Smashed Blueberry
Quick review of Shipyard smashed blueberry. This was a limited offering from NSLC right after the beerfest in august.
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Brasserie Breughel – Boswell
We review Brasserie Breughel Boswell and was our first taste from this natural brewery. This is a 7.5% strong dark ale. Nice thick head with light brown color which reminded me of some IPA.
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Boqébière – Hopkins DIPA
This is a 9.5% Double IPA from Microbrasserie de Sherbrooke sent to us by viewer Annie.
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Garrison Brewing – St Peter’s Belgian Strong
Here we are in the woods again, trying out the 2013 Garrison Brew-Off homebrewer competition. Peter Welton won the Belgian Strong Ale, and we see a production run a year later.
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Big Axe – Double Bit IPA
We try out the second growler from New Brunswick’s latest brewery: Big Axe in Nackawic.