Acadie-Broue LAUNCH! [Guest Post]

Acadie-Broue recently launched their new brewery in the Bar Le Coude at the Universite de Moncton Student Center and we were excited to attend. When FEECUM renovated the bar, they graciously built the new brewery for owner Patrice Godin in the back of the bar and Moosehead helped with the tap lines. 

L to R: Adam Jones, Patrice Godin, Amber Richards

Finding the place was not too difficult due to Todd’s Maritime Beer Report. The craft beer map took us right there. There is a fee to park on campus until 8pm, though. Once we walked in, it wasn’t hard to find the bar – we just followed the noise to the sign in the lobby of the student center. We arrived at 5:30pm to a really good crowd – the place was packed.

Patrice had two brews on tap – La Benaise, 5% ABV, a Belgian-style pale ale, and La Bringue, an American-style brown ale. La Benaise was an easy-drinking pale with notes of bread, Belgian yeast and a little bit of citrus. La Bringue, 5% ABV & 33 IBU’s, was brewed with oatmeal, chocolate malt and lots of Amarillo hops for a nice mouthfeel and finish. 

Both styles sold really well – 4 kegs in an hour – which had Patrice worried he might run out during the first evening. Patrice hired a new brewer to assist at this new location. He intends to produce about 12 kegs per week that will mostly be sold to Bar Le Coude, but a few kegs can be sold to other licensees depending on availability and demand. 

The next beer Patrice brewed was a Kiebitz-Coti Berliner Weisse for the Altantic Canadian Craft Brew Oktoberfest. We did a live interview with Patrice on site and you can still view it on the Moncton Beer League Facebook Page. 

Amber Richards lives in Moncton New Brunswick and is the owner of the event management company Amber Effect. Amber Effects provides project management, time and resource management public awareness campaigns, event coordination and media relations. Through her company she regularly produces unique food and beverage pairing events, has coordinated corporate VIP grand openings and is also locally known as a leader in non-profit fundraising events such as the annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® event which she founded. 

MBR October 28, 2016 - New Brunswick/Prince Edward Island Edition

Happy October 28th and welcome to the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Beer Report. 

Picaroons Traditional Ales has introduced The Power's Out Pumpkin Ale. They joined the Pumpkin beer club by brewing on at the Picaroons General Store. An approachable Pumpkin Ale that's 4.7% ABV and brewed with real Pumpkin and healthy portions of Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmeg and a touch of Allspice. The General Store has struggle with outages and it may sometimes be 'cash only' though any planned or unplanned power outage from any sort of weather or random happening will not close their doors. The limited edition seasonal treat is on tap now at the Picaroons General Store in Uptown Saint John.

Big Axe Brewery is releasing its Chocolate Peanut Butter Milk Stout this week end. It is brewed with Reese's peanut butter cups as voted by their followers as their favourite treat. On tap at the brewery those joining the spirit of Halloween and dropping by in dress get 10% off pints. 

Loyalist City Brewing's brewmaster, Mark McGraw, won the gold medal in the IPA category at the Half Pint’s Pro/Am Challenge last week end in Winnipeg. The brewery is looking forward to serving up some pints of his award-winning IPA in the near future.

Maybee Brewing helped kick off the Real Ale Cask program at James Joyce Pub night with two very special casks: Brett IPA, and Brett Tripel. They are two rare Brett beers that they only made one cask of each.
The newest member of the Maybee's Special series is "Give up the Gose". It is their take on the German style sour beer, brewed with coriander, sea salt and chocolate wheat malt. Maybee's says "Dark as All Hallows' Eve, and just as compelling." This will be released in cans and draught including growler fills starting tomorrow at 6:00 PM.

Pump House Brewery has their Pumpkin Ale on tap at the brewpub. This year it is a lightly spiced 5% ABV beer. 

Railcar Brewing hits 2 years old tomorrow and they are doing 2 for 1 Growler fills and free samples all day to celebrate. 

Trail Way Brewing have brought back Good Aura, their hop-forward amber ale. It is available on tap at the tasting room immediately. As a reminder Good Aura is brewed with a range of malts, including caramel, munich and rye, and hopped with their freshest dank-fruity varieties. You may recall if you have been a Trail Way fan for a while that Good Aura is brewed in honour of the rescue dog named Aura of one of the members of the Trail Way team. The Fredericton SPCA do incredible things and Trail Way feels it's important to contribute, so as usual, whenever "Good Aura" is brewed Trail Way Brewing Co. will make a donation to the Fredericton SPCA. 

That is all for this week, be safe at all the parties going on this week end. 

MBR October 28, 2016 - Nova Scotia Edition

 Is is a busy report for the 28th of October and Halloween week end for a lot of people. 

Gahan House in Halifax sent me their current tap list:

- Crosscurrent APA hopped with comet and centennial
- Maritime Brine Gose
- Night Vision American Porter
- Dead Drift Double IPA which is an 8.2% beer and hopped heavily with Palisade, and smaller amounts of Simcoe and Chinook
- Tommy’s Chocolate Orange brewed with one of the chef’s Thomas Hulford. It is a 4% hefeweizen, aged on cocoa nibs and fresh orange zest. The beer has ton of aromatics in a light-drinkable ale. 

Good Robot Brewing has come out with HFXtraterrestrials - StankoniAle. It is a fruity wheat ale with southern heat incorporating lemon zest, orange zest and red Thai chilies. It is a 4.0% ABV and 7 IBU beer. Look for APA v7.0 coming out early next week that is dry-hopped entirely with Mosaic.
Good Robot Brewing and the Centre for Islamic Development and Ihsan Academy had a lengthy and constructive chat last week end and as a result were able to reach a number of common understandings and agreements about how to address the Centre’s concerns and improve their relationship with each other. Well done all concerned

Unfiltered Brewing released Double Orange Ale SMaSH DIPA again this week. The 7.5% ABV and 100+ IBU is on tap now.

Just in time for International Stout Day on November 3rd Garrison Brewing has released their Martello Stout. Clocking in at 5.0% ABV and 30 IBUs this delicious creamy semi-dry stout is perfect to warm you up on a crisp fall evening. Specialty malts & roast cereals deliver rich chocolate and espresso notes with a creamy smoothness. Now at the brewery and will follow at NSLCs and Private Stores in early November.
They also have a brand-new beer Test Batch - Code Name: Juicy. Like the "code name" suggests, this double IPA has beautiful floral and fruity hop aromatics and boasts an ABV of 8.0% and 75 IBUs. This beer is launched as a limited release in 650 ml bottles and will only be available at the brewery for a limited time for $6.50.

Big Spruce Brewing released their annual wet hopped harvest IPA Craig Goes Yard. It is a 6.7% ABV, it's a beer that uniquely reflects the terroir of Big Spruce's hop yard.

FirkinStein Brewing was busy creating a new ale. Coffee oatmeal stout was transferred to the brite tank so look for it soon.

Lazy Bear Brewing says they are transporting a little Norway to Nova Scotia. They are creating a Norwegian farmhouse ale and are steeping some juniper sprigs.

Have you tried Nine Locks Brewing's Harvest Pumpkin Ale yet? It is now available in cans too, grab some today.

North Brewing says Priority Pale Ale is back in both bottle shops. This beer has belgian malts with Cascade, Chinook and Columbus hops  Growler fills only.

Schoolhouse Brewery's new location will be open next Thursday evening, November 3rd. They will be giving tours and selling growlers from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. ! Information on what beers will be available to follow.

Uncle Leo's Brewing welcomed some local celebrities this week for a special brew. Head brewer Karl Whiffen,  Pictou County musicians Dave Gunning and J.P. Cormier, along with songwriter Jamie Robinson brewed Sunburst Pale Ale, The beer will be available in a couple of weeks and is described as an amber beer that is refreshing citrusy beer. 

A new microbrewery in Nova Scotia has reveal itself via social media. Half Cocked Brewing is located in North Grant outside of Antigonish.  The brewers are brothers Greg and Dave Oicle and will be setting up at their old family chicken farm giving the name. The Oicle's along with Matt Thompson are a few hurdles away from a release and are aiming for a spring release as well as setting up a 3/4-1 acre hopyard. More details in 2017. 

Halifax ReTales reports that CEO of NSLC was addressing the Halifax Chamber of Commerce this week and he mentioned a "Beer Experience Store". It is a couple years off and just in planning phase now. The concept is NSLC would use the Agricola Street site to have growler refills, beer tasting stations, customer education events, rare beers, etc

Join the top brewers from our region at the Atlantic Canadian Beer Awards Dinner & Gala on Sunday, November 6th at The Stubborn Goat Gastropub. This multi-course dinner will be perfectly paired with some of our region's award-winning beers. Tickets: $88.50 (includes Gratuity) + Tax & Fees. Come celebrate the great success being enjoyed by the local craft beer industry.

Have a great week end and remember beer trick or treating is a thing for adults.