Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Heritage Brewing opens in Yarmouth

(Yarmouth, NS) - Heritage Brewing opened its doors at 19 Kirk Street on Saturday, June 10th. The second brewery to open in the town they currently have an electric 1.5 BBL system with 8 fermenters. 
They are starting with four beers, a Blonde Ale, Amber Ale, Session IPA and a Stout.  They also have plans for Cream Ale, Double IPA, Porter, Brown, Red, and Strawberry Rhubarb Wheat as they progress. They are quite excited about their Strawberry Rhubarb Wheat after making it last year. It was so much work and so messy they swore we would never make it again but after tasting and giving some away the response was so positive they have already started freezing rhubarb and tracking down strawberries.
They are currently selling and filling 950 ml and 1.89 litre growlers on site along with tasters. Heritage looking for local establishments to have their beer on tap and in bottles.  They plan to be distributing bottles to restaurants in the coming weeks and have hopes and plans for a taproom expansion.
The brewery will currently be open Thursdays from  4 PM to 8 PM and Saturdays from 10 AM to 4 PM, subject to change.