Category: Craft Beer

  • Ile d’Orléans Monsiegneur D’Esgly

    Named after the first Canadian born Catholic Bishop, this is a strong ale, 7.5% extra stout made from fortified barley. The beer poured BLACK, this has one of the darkest beers we’ve ever tried, even darker than their chocolate vanilla.

  • Garrison Brewing – 3 Fields Harvest

    We try the latest edition of Garrison Brewing 3 Fields Harvest, Wet-Hopped strong ale at 6.4%. Freshly picked hops from Nova Scotia farms and added to the kettle within 24 hours. Hops from Meander River Farm, Wysmykal Farm, Ross Farm Museum, Fiddlehop Farms

  • Nocturne Halifax Dark Lager Beer Review

    We try the latest from Propeller Brewing – a Munich style Dark Lager, in celebration of Nocturne Art at Night, an annual evening visual arts festival in downtown Halifax on october 13 2012. At 4.8%, this pours very dark with a soapy tan head and lots of carbonization. You’re thinking stout but the liquid makes…

  • Cuvée Boréal Bluets

    We sample a blueberry beer from Boréale, mainly from products from Quebec. This doesn’t look like a beer, more like a fritzy fruit drink with the blueberry coming in so slightly. Very subtle beer taste. Drink this ice cold on a hot summer day and this ends up being a very refreshing brew.

  • 2012 Halifax Seaport Beerfest

    We went to the 6th Annual Halifax Seaport Beerfest, along Pier 21 in the seaport market district of the downtown core.  We reviewed our top 3 brew, the biggest surprise, disappointment, food & overall vibe of the show. Our Top 3 Brews, we focused on IPA and Pale Ale as there was a nice mix…

  • Jean Dit Laforge Chocolate Vanilla Beer

    We taste another beer from this small microbrew from l’Île d’Orléans just up the river from Québec City. This is a 10% strong ale, which is their seasonal winter beer – Chocolate & Vanilla. This is a DARK beer, tan head, lots of chocolate smells, roasted; kinda reminds me a lot of a good stout.…

  • Louis Gaborit Maple Beer

    We try a beer from an island just north of Quebec City; Brasserie l’Ile d’Orleans, in the middle of the St-Laurence River.

  • Garrison Brewing – Sugar Moon Maple

    Garrison Brewing – Sugar Moon Maple

    We give this a quick taste. If you live in Canada, this tastes like maple cookies.

  • Garrison Brewing 15th

    Garrison Brewing 15th

    Garrison Brewing celebrated their 15th anniversary with 15 types of hops, mango & ginger for a 9% strong ale. Goldings, palisade, millenium, columbus, galaxy, tettnang, bullion, crystal, cascade, amarillo, strisselspalt, berle, citra, Mt Hood & Brewers Gold.

  • Propeller Double IPA

    Propeller Double IPA

    This is a NICE complex brew where the booze doesn’t bite you in the face. It’s not really a hopbomb as compared to some ofthe other IPA’s we’ve had.  We’ve found  this to be a great one to try and find some flavors other than hops.