Showing posts with label spruce beer. Show all posts
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Saturday, January 13, 2018

Garrison Brewing Releases Two Seasonal Favourite

Photo from Garrison Brewing
(Halifax, NS) - Garrison Brewing released two of its well known beers.
First off Hopyard will be returning for a limited time. Available now at the brewery and will follow shortly after at the NSLC. Crafted at the Halifax Seaport but brewed with juicy West Coast hops, this bi-coastal American Pale Ale boasts citrusy and floral aromas and a crisp dry finish.
They also launched their 2018 Cellar Series Barrel-aged Spruce Beer on Friday. Their beloved Spruce Beer, brewed with local spruce and fir tips as well as Crosby's blackstrap molasses hibernated in Ironworks Distillery rum barrels with an amazingly complex and boozy result. 

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Garrison Brewing Releases Three Beers


(Halifax, NS) - Garrison Brewing released three beers over the week end. First off, they are releasing their 2017 version of Spruce Beer. Made with local spruce and fir tips are harvested from Meander River Farms to re-create this historic east coast beer. The evergreen mix adds bold aroma and crisp bitterness while Blackstrap molasses creates a sweet, dark complexity. This year rather than releasing it in the NSLC they will have more limited of a distribution. They will be selling it at their retail store as well as at Liquid Assets in the airport. There will eventually also be some distribution to Newfoundland and Labrador. 
Secondly, they have been sitting on Bourbon barrels filled with last year very popular Imperial Chocolate Stout, Wintervention, for 11 months now are finally releasing the finished product The result is a deliciously complex brew with flavours of bourbon, cacao, cherry, vanilla and coffee. Perfect for the cellar or gifting to the beer lover in your life. 
Lastly, they have Leroy Imperial Brown. This beer was a collaboration with Sawdust City Brewing and is finally bottled, labelled, and ready to go. It boasts a smooth aroma and flavour of molasses bread and milk chocolate with a subtle molasses and dark chocolate finish. 

Monday, November 23, 2015

Garrison Brewing release two popular seasonals

(Halifax, NS) - Garrison Brewing released two of their popular winter seasonals. Winter Warmer came out last Friday in 6-packs at the brewery and the NSLC. Winter Warmer is a warming 7% ABV and look for this in a 650 ml bomber at the brewery in a few weeks. They will also be releasing their Spruce Beer on Friday  the 27th at brewery, NSLC and privates and on Saturday the 28th from 11 AM- 3 PM Garrison will have a cask at the brewery to enjoy samples of Spruce Beer and Winter Warmer as well as mulled cider and hot chocolate with proceeds got to CTV Christmas Daddies Telethon