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Granite Brewery 25th Anniversary Ale Released
April 21, 2010.
Granite Special Bitter is now on sale at the Beer Store in two litre growlers. GBS is a dry bitter beer that is brewed with 100 percent organic materials. It is a stronger version of our Best Bitter which was the first beer we brewed back in April 1985.
GBS comes in at 5.3%ABV, it is hopped with Goldings and Hallertau hops. Also, it was dry hopped with Hallertau during its conditioning.
GSB will also be avaliable at the Lion's Head Tavern and the Wooden Monkey.
Third Brew of Old Cardinal Released
March 7, 2010:
We have just released the third brew of Old Cardinal Abbey Ale. Old Cardinal has proven very popular. We only intended on one brew for the entire winter.
In January, we installed two taps at Gatsby's Restaurant on Spring Garden Road. Gatsby's is selling Peculiar and Keefe's Irish Stout.
We also are selling Keefe's Irish Stout at MacAskill's Waterfront Restaurant.
Old Cardinal Ale now for Sale
December 24, 2009:
On December 23, at a special Halifax Farmers' Market the Granite Brewery released our newest ale. Old Cardinal is a Trappist inspired Belgian beer. It is brewed with 2 row and roasted barley and sweetend with Nova Scotian honey. Golding hops were used for aroma and Hallertauer hops for bittering. Naturally, our Ringwood yeast was used during the fermentation. The original gravity is 1068 and the alcohol by volume is 6.8 per cent.
Old Cardinal will be for sale at the beer store in our 2 Litre growlers. You will also be able to find it on draught at the Lion's Head Tavern.
Granite Brewery At Halifax Farmers' Market Every Week
We are keeping a table down at the Saturday Farmer's Market. The table is located in the Anex, next to the Tea Brewery. We will be selling prefilled growlers. We can also exchange your empty Granite growlers. Each week we take down two or three different brews to sample send us an email if you have any requests. I usually post the beers we will be sampling on our twitter and Facebook groups. See you there.
Granite Brewery Wins Golden Tap Award for Best Cask Conditioned Brewery.
The Granite Brewery has won a Golden Tap Award as Ontario's Best Cask Conditioned Brewery. Bar Towel is Ontario's premier beer resourse and over many years has reviewed nearly every aspect of the brewing industry in Ontario. It is also worth saying that two other winners, C'est What (best draught selection) and Volo (best bar for cask conditioned ale) both sell Granite Products.
Granite Brewery Enters the Windsor Pumpkin Regatta
This is an anual event in Windsor Nova Scotia. Granite entered two pumpkins both weighing over 350 lbs. They were grown in Cape Breton and trucked down to Halifax two days before the event. The first pumpkin named Angus did not make it off the crowded starting line (54 pumpkins were registered). Our second pumpkin named Greenman Organic finished in the top twenty only a few minutes behined the winner.
Plans are already being made to win in 2010.
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