Making beer with Tatamagouche’s ‘magical water’
TATAMAGOUCHE – The achievements maintain coming for a brewing firm in rural Nova Scotia.
And co-owner Christiane Jost says it’s an instance of the great issues occurring in Tatamagouche and alongside Nova Scotia’s north shore.
“Successful awards is about high quality and becoming sure classes appropriately. Our staff are perfectionists together with my husband, Matt, who heads the brewing division. Something lower than excellent doesn’t get launched,” Jost mentioned.
“Tatamagouche has lengthy been a thriller in the way it retains succeeding and thriving regardless of the challenges different communities appear to face,” she mentioned. “It’s type of an anomaly that we’re comfortable to be a part of. It should be one thing within the water, and we’re making beer with this magic water.”
The brewing firm is simply the latest instance of enterprise success on this group of simply over 2,000. Again in March, Tatamagouche Ice Creamery introduced plans to improve its manufacturing capability and, because of a $7,500 grant from CUW, is investing in its ice cream pint filler and lidding machine, water recycler, freezer cargo van and water-cooled batch and blast freezers to extend manufacturing and cut back its carbon footprint.
Jost will not be shocked by the group’s vitality.
“Tatamagouche has such a powerful id and there are such a lot of individuals who join with the group, whether or not by residing right here or realizing somebody who grew up right here. Plus, it’s a reputation you always remember,” Jost mentioned. “It’s one thing persons are very comfortable to be a part of.”
For Tatamagouche Brewing Firm, Josh mentioned, it performs such a outstanding position on the group’s foremost road, one thing the larger firms don’t get pleasure from in bigger cities and cities.
“Our marketing strategy is specializing in native, producing all our beer in a single location, and the way can we make this storefront a vacation spot?” she mentioned. “As soon as they cease and park their automobile to go to us, they don’t simply come to us, they go to 2 or three, or 4 different locations.”
Popping out of what was one other unsure winter, primarily due to continued COVID restrictions, the Tatamagouche Brewing Firm, which not too long ago celebrated its eighth birthday, is kicking off the 2022 summer time season with a trio of awards from the Canadian Brewing Awards, not too long ago offered in Calgary.
“It was nice having the chance to community and socialize with different trade members in-person once more” Jost mentioned. “The beer trade depends closely on in-person socialization so this was an exquisite technique to get again into it.”
The Tatamagouche Brewing Firm isn’t any stranger to the Canadian Brewing Awards with a complete of 13 medals below their belt in almost eight years of operation.
“Successful three awards, together with silver for Hierlihy Irish Stout, silver for Two Rivers Baltic Porter and gold for Ketch Berliner Weisse, with such stiff competitors, is one thing we are going to by no means take without any consideration. It’s a privilege to be acknowledged with Canada’s greatest” mentioned co-owner Matt Kenny.
“We’re not a big province, however we’re placing out top quality award-winning beer regularly. The standard of Nova Scotia beer is on par with others in Canada, if not higher.”
– Christiane Jost
Nova Scotia was nicely represented on the nationwide awards successful a complete of 9 awards; Uncle Leo’s Brewery gained a gold for his or her Czech-Mate in addition to silver for his or her Altbier, Spindrift Brewing, Schoolhouse Brewing and Brightwood Brewing have been every awarded their first Canadian Brewing Award – a bronze for Toller Gold, silver for Principal Pale Ale and bronze for the Large Elevate IPA, respectively. Propeller Brewing Co. gained bronze for his or her Arcane Dry Hopped Bitter and Tatamagouche Brewing Firm rounded it out successful a gold and two silvers for Ketch Berliner Weisse, Hierlihy Stout and Two Rivers Baltic Porter.
“We’re not a big province, however we’re placing out top quality award-winning beer regularly,” she mentioned. “The standard of Nova Scotia beer is on par with others in Canada, if not higher.”
Waiting for this summer time, Jost mentioned it’s “nearly international” to be heading right into a season with no restrictions – the primary since 2019.
Because the Tatamagouche Brewing Firm travels again to their bustling Most important Road location in Tatamagouche, their profitable sidewalk patio will probably be making its return.
“It was a necessity throughout final 12 months’s pandemic laws to extend patronage and we’re lucky to have the village and county’s assist,”mentioned Jost. “The patios have created a dynamic power inside the group, making the village much more of a vacation spot.”
Jost mentioned the corporate has some large issues on the horizon because the beer trade continues to evolve.
