ALL BEER ALL THE TIME Trivia Nite - Sunday Mar. 28th

Think you know your beer? Prove it!

That's right folks, come on down to join us at our 3rd ALL BEER trivia night this Sunday, March 28th 2010 at 7:00pm. Admission is free.

This time teams will receive a $10 gift card every time they win a round with the overall 1st place winning team receiving a $75 gift card, 2nd place team wins a $30 gift card.

Our previous incarnations of ALL BEER trivia were a total riot so mark your calendars and git yer butt on down here for some fun!

We're located at 1869 Upper Water St, Halifax, NS - inside the Harbourside Market - Historic properties (beside Salty's restaurant). Lots of parking right beside us in the lower level of the Law Courts - or park near the ferry terminal and enjoy the two minute walk.

It's Hoppy Tuesday, again.

Come on down tonight Tuesday March 23rd for your craft beer fix on the cheap. Specials from 5:00pm til close - beer/appetizer pairings plus you'll save $2.00 per glass on our handcrafted brews.

This week we have BlACKOUT - CIA for $3.75/glass tax included, or pair it up with one of these tasty treats for $10.00:

  Blackout CIA with:
- Mocha Chicken Satay
or  
- Beer & Cheese Mornay with Toast Points


Cheers

'E-Rosinous Zone' - IPA

Born on March 24th 2010


E-Rosinous Zone (ee·ros′·in·ous) is our latest interpretation of a West Coast style IPA and will hit the taps at the Hart and Thistle Wednesday March 24th at 4:00pm.

This is a copper-hued hop tea of an IPA with a very modest calculated IBU (international bittering unit) of 55 and some heavy-handed finish and dry-hop additions comprised of 75% Simcoe, 13% Cascade and 12% Chinook. This is some tasty stuff so grab some while you can!

Vital Stats:
Gravity – 15.3P/1.062
IBU's - 55
Hop Rate – 4.0 lbs/bbl
ABV - 6.5 %
Hops - Chinook, Magnum, Cascade, Simcoe
Colour – 12.5 SRM
Malts - Pale Ale, Melanoidin, Crystal 70 

Ironhead - Sold Out

Our Ironhead FCS is now sold out.

Thanks for drinking!

Hoppy Tuesday tonight

Come on down tonight Tuesday March 16th for your craft beer fix on the cheap. Specials from 5:00pm til close - beer/appetizer pairings plus you'll save $2.00 per glass on our handcrafted brews.

This week we have BlACKOUT - CIA and IRONHEAD - FCS for $3.75/glass tax included, or pair them up with one of these tasty treats for $10.00:

  Blackout CIA with:
- Mocha Chicken Satay
or  
- Beer & Cheese Mornay with Toast Points


Ironhead FCS with:
- Sweet Potato Hot Smoked Salmon Cakes
or
- Oysters on the half-shell with assorted Mignonette

'Blackout' - CIA

Born on March 12th 2010

Hot on the heels of the gone but not forgotten IRA is our new 'Blackout' Canadian India Ale - hitting the beer faucet Friday March 12th 2010 @ 5:00pm.

Why CIA? Well it's almost an IPA and it's almost a Double IPA but it's too dark to be either, it's too monstrous to be an American Brown - and so it is...... Canadian India Ale.

This is a big dark full-bodied hop-bomb that was brewed 8 days earlier on March 4th 2010 during a 5 hour blackout at the brewpub. I was about 5 minutes into the lauter when we lost power, needless to say that made for a long day. About 3 hrs into the blackout I decided this brew born from the depths of darkness needed a little extra colour so I added a few kg's of black patent malt to the slowly cooling mash, then another kg of roasted barley directly to the kettle for the duration of the boil to add yet a little more colour and to smooth the dry roasted character. After the fast and furious fermentation I dry-hopped the brew with a few kg's of Columbus to round it out and to infuse that pungent, raw, vegetal freshness we all know and love so much.

And there we have it - a 1.074 wort fermented, dry-hopped, transferred, carbonated and tapped in under 8 days from yeast pitch. Some may (and do) call me insane but the proof is in the glass Friday at 5:00pm. Come on down and see what real fresh beer is all about, you won't be disappointed!

Vital Stats:
Gravity - 18.0P/1.074
IBU's - 82
Hop Rate - 3.8 lbs/bbl
ABV - 7.3 %
Colour - 20 SRM
Malts - Pale Ale, Melanoidin, Crystal 70, Crystal 160, Munich, Black Patent, Roasted barley

Hops - Magnum, Columbus, Simcoe

IRA - Sold Out

CAR BOMB IRA has sold out. Thanks to those that had the chance for imbibing, for those that didn't get the chance - sorry 'bout your luck. On the bright side we'll have a replacement for the IRA on tap soon.

Cheers

Hoppy Hours

Come on down tonight Tuesday March 2nd for your hop fix on the cheap. Specials from 5:00pm til close - beer/appetizer pairings plus you'll save $2.00 per glass on our handcrafted brews.

This week we have CAR BOMB - IRA and IRONHEAD - FCS for $3.75/glass tax included, or pair them up with one of these tasty treats for $10.00:

Car Bomb IRA with:
- BBQ Beef Satay
or  
- Beer & Cheese Mornay with Toast Points


Ironhead FCS with:
- Sweet Potato Hot Smoked Salmon Cakes
or
- Oysters on the half-shell with assorted Mignonette

Thanks to Everyone....

.....for a great evening down at the pub last night! The game was golden and the trivia was good fun but perhaps required a little more thought than the previous trivia night. Next round we'll back off a bit on the heavy brewing science and history questions and have a little more fun with it.

Thanks again for coming down folks, the support, as always is greatly appreciated.

Nash