POUR
By Jacqui Chaisson
E very year we like to showcase our favourite beverages, those we’ll be reaching for when the lazy, hazy days of summer have us looking for a cold, satisfying drink. This is the summer of variety! Canned coolers are gaining popularity for 2021, and unique choices like Harvey Distilling Co.’s vodka coolers are going to be in everyone’s cooler this year. This new distiller in Albany is offering Lemon Lime, Pomegranate Apple and Blackberry flavours - refreshing! The Island’s newest craft brewer is Village Green in Cornwall. They have a rotating offer of small batch brews each week - just another reason to make this your neighbourhood spot! Drop
into their tasting room and surprise yourself.
Scotia has a fabulous selection of brews to choose from, and they deliver with free shipping for orders over $95! Be sure to include Hippie Dippie and Deception Bay in your order (also available at the PEI Liquor stores). I recommend checking their website for their Weird Beer Series - a must-have this season! My final favourite for 2021 is mead. Made of honey, it’s neither beer nor wine, it’s a category all on its own. Horns of Odin Craft Brewery Inc. produces a flavour for everyone; Beet, Rhubarb, Blueberry, and Rosehip just name just a few.
One of my new favourite craft breweries is Lone Oak Brewing Co. With brews like South Shore, Fixed Link and Lupin, you know you’re getting an Island experience. South Shore is an approachable sour beer loaded with fruit flavour. Lupin, a Belgian saison is clean, aromatic and effervescent. It contains notes of bubblegum, clove, spice and herbs. Fixed Link, made with PEI malt and Maritime grown hops, is an effervescent German-inspired Pilsner that is clean, bright, and full of flavour.
Speaking of the fixed link, Tatamagouche Brewing Co. in Nova
So, pour a glass! Skol, bottoms up and cheers!
SUMMER 2021 www.pei-living.ca
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