2017 Atlantic Canadian Beer Awards Results

(Halifax,NS) - The fourth annual Atlantic Canadian Beer Awards were held on October 22nd in Halifax with a Gala and Dinner at The Stubborn Goat Gastropub. The judging of over 300 entries had taken place the previous week end on October 14th and 15th in Halifax. 

Atllantic breweries and cideries shared the 42 medals awarded in 14 categories as well as seven special awards ( To see full medal counts see Table 1 and category details see Table 2). The People's Choice Award was garnered by an online survey from all the submitted beers and ciders. 

The big winner of the evening was Big Spruce Brewing taking five medals and Brewery of the Year with Breton Brewing nabbing two gold medals and Beer of the Year or "Best of Show" with their Stirling Hefeweizen. Last but not least Paddy's Pub took Brewpub of the year.

The Cider House of the Year as well as a gold and bronze went to Chain Yard Urban Cidery and the Cider of the Year was awarded to Red Rover Craft Cider for their Fall Cider. 

The People’s Choice for Beer and Cider went to Upstreet Craft Brewing for Go Devil grabbing the beer category and Yip Cider getting the cider category for their Original.  

Table 1 : Medal counts 

Breweries	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Big Spruce Brewing	1	4	0	5
Tatamagouche Brewing	1	2	1	4
North Brewing	1	0	2	3
Breton Brewing	2	0	0	2
Boxing Rock Brewing	1	1	0	2
Garrison Brewing	1	0	1	2
Chain Yard Urban Cidery	1	0	1	2
2 Crows Brewing	0	1	1	2
Good Robot Brewing	0	0	2	2
Pump House Brewery	1	0	0	1
Trider's Craft Beer	1	0	0	1
Sea Level Brewing	1	0	0	1
Alexander Keith's Brewery	1	0	0	1
Roof Hound Brewing	1	0	0	1
Red Rover Craft Cider	1	0	0	1
Moosehead Breweries	0	1	0	1
Split Rock Brewing	0	1	0	1
Les Brasseurs du Petit-Sault	0	1	0	1
Uncle Leo's Brewery	0	1	0	1
Yip Cider	0	1	0	1
ShipBuilders Cider	0	1	0	1
Oland Brewery	0	0	1	1
Quidi Vidi Brewing	0	0	1	1
Hammond River Brewing	0	0	1	1
Big Axe Brewery	0	0	1	1
Nine Locks Brewery	0	0	1	1
Coastliner Craft Cider	0	0	1	1

Table 2 : Full Beer and Cider Category Breakdown 

North American & European Style Lager
BRONZE - Good Robot Brewing Co. - Extra BIG-ASS Beer
SILVER – Moosehead Breweries Ltd. - Moosehead Lager
GOLD – Boxing Rock Brewing Co. - Stayin Alive Bock

German Style Specialty Ales

BRONZE – North Brewing Company - Little Beast

SILVER – Tatamagouche Brewing Co. - North Shore Lagered Ale

GOLD – Breton Brewing Co. - Stirling Hefeweizen

UK Style Specialty Ales

BRONZE – Garrison Brewing Co. - Irish Red

SILVER – Split Rock Brewing Co. - Alli's Big Brown Ale

GOLD – Pump House Brewery - Barley Wine Ale

North American Style Specialty Ales

BRONZE – Oland Brewery - Keith's IPA

SILVER – Tatamagouche Brewing Co. - Giantess Barley Wine

GOLD – Trider's Craft Beer - Brew-Deau

Belgian Style Specialty Ales

BRONZE – Quidi Vidi Brewing Company - Winter Ale

SILVER – Les Brasseurs du Petit-Sault - Tante Blanche

GOLD – Big Spruce Brewing - S'Il Vous Plait

North American Style Amber/Red Ales

BRONZE – Hammond River Brewing - Red Coat India Red Ale

SILVER – Boxing Rock Brewing Co. - Temptation Red Ale

GOLD – Sea Level Brewing Co. - Blue Heron Extra Special Bitter

Fruit & Field Beer

BRONZE – Tatamagouche Brewing Co. - Rushton's Peach

SILVER – Big Spruce Brewing - Guava GetMeSome!

GOLD – Alexander Keith's Brewery - Hortonville's Pumpkin Ale

Pale Ales

BRONZE – North Brewing Company - Priority Pale Ale

SILVER – Big Spruce Brewing - Kitchen Party

GOLD – Breton Brewing Co. - Seven Years Pale Ale

Stout / Porter

BRONZE – Big Axe Brewery - Shakespeare Stout

SILVER – 2 Crows Brewing Co. - Midnight Mood

GOLD – Tatamagouche Brewing Co. - Two Rivers Baltic Porter

India Pale Ales

BRONZE – Nine Locks Brewery - Fathom DIPA

SILVER – Big Spruce Brewing - Tim's Dirty American

GOLD – Roof Hound Brewing Co. Ltd. - Big Stink IPA

Experimental Beers

BRONZE – Good Robot Brewing Co. - Damn Fine Coffee & Cherry Pie v3.0

SILVER – Uncle Leo's Brewery - Nachtical Illusion

GOLD – North Brewing Company - Oh My Darlin - Clementine Brett Pale Ale

Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer

BRONZE – 2 Crows Brewing Co. - Bonanza! Wheat Wine

SILVER – Big Spruce Brewing - Wild Wild Wit

GOLD – Garrison Brewing Co. - Barrel-Aged Barley Wine

Standard Cider & Perry

BRONZE – Coastliner Craft Cider - Coastliner Original

SILVER – Yip Cider - Russett

GOLD – Chain Yard Urban Cidery - Foundation

Specialty Cider & Perry

BRONZE – Chain Yard Urban Cidery - Hopped Up

SILVER – ShipBuilders Cider Ltd. - Sid's Chai Apple Cider

GOLD – Red Rover Craft Cider - Fall Cider

Boxing Rock and Garrison Brewing to Collaborate on Tribute to Gord Downie

(Halifax, NS) -  Over the past few months Garrison Brewing and Boxing Rock Brewing have worked with graphic artist Erin McGuire to develop a limited release craft beer based on his Tragically Hip-inspired artwork ‘By the Numbers’. The beer will release in late-November as a true collaboration and fundraiser for the Brain Tumour Foundation.

Erin McGuire with 'By The Numbers'

This summer past, Erin McGuire, faculty with the NSCC Photography program and Graphic Designer, approached Emily Tipton, Founding Partner at Boxing Rock in Shelburne, with the idea of using his original design for a craft beer label. “When Erin first approached me, we set a release timeline for late fall” said Tipton. “Over the past month we’ve been working to fine tune the label and now, with the loss of Gord, things have grown from a fundraising release into a tribute to an iconic Canadian singer we all knew and loved.”
 Emily then reached out to Brian Titus, President and GM of Garrison, to gauge his interest in making this a collaboration. “No question. We’re massive Hip fans and we’re in!” said Titus. “We traded a few emails with the good folks at Boxing Rock and we soon had a style, recipe and brew-day on the calendar.”
Erin’s artwork ‘By The Numbers’ brings all the numerical references from Tragically Hip songs together into one phenomenal piece. “Last fall when the announcement was made that Gord Downie had been diagnosed with brain cancer I was floored. I’m a lifelong Hip fan and this news left me wanting to do something….anything…to try and help” said McGuire. “The poster I made sold out through In Gord We Trust and I wanted to keep doing good with the concept”
Titled “Courage (for Gord Downie)”, the beer will be a refreshing and premium amber Wheat Ale – bold, beautiful and special - just like Gord. Just over 2000 bottles will be produced with a portion of all sales going to the Brain Tumour Foundation.

Hammond River Brewing Launches HRB Beer Club

(Rothesay, NB) - Hammond River Brewing is launching a beer club on October 20th. They say for $50 per year you will receive the following benefits over the next one year.

• For every pint purchased you will receive an additional 5oz taster of any HRB beer on tap.
• A punch card where you will receive a free Growler fill for every 10 Growlers filled.
• A 15% discount on all HRB merchandise (ie, ball caps, toques, t-shirts, hoodies, glassware)
• A bottle of beer of any new beer that comes off the HRB bottling line.
• Free flight of beer on your Birthday
• An HRB branded Belgian Chalice beer glass
• Your choice of an HRB Ball Cap or Toque
• An email newsletter with insider info and tastings on some special beers before they are released.

Swing by the brewery to purchase a Membership.