The idea for Brixton Brewery was hatched at the old Hive Bar by two local couples with a shared love of beer. Today, the Hive bar is now a Craft Beer Co and the brewery – eventually founded in 2012 […]
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia: local beer emerging from the darkness
Separated by the Halifax Harbour, Halifax and Dartmouth might mirror each other geographically, but have discrete personalities. Once both cities, the latter was absorbed by the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) in 1996. The HRM is the capital of Nova Scotia, […]
Cape Breton: where Big Spruce is keeping craft local
Stemming from a business proposal to sell a few dozen growlers in April 2014, Big Spruce Brewing was an instant hit with drinkers across Nova Scotia. Operating out of Breton Fields, a farmland in Cape Breton with lineage stretching back […]
Hammerton Brewery: where Peru meets Islington
I was fleetingly introduced to the man behind Hammerton Brewery, Lee Hammerton, during the London Craft Beer Festival in August 2016. Although the brewery has been operating since 2014, their beer has largely eluded me- this is mostly attributable to […]