Halifax Seaport Cider and Beerfest – Bringing the world’s craft brewers to Halifax
Garrison Afterparty
by Jamie Barrie W hen co-founders Brian Titus and Bruce Mansour started Halifax Seaport Cider and Beerfest 13 years ago, the North American craft beer expansion was just starting to explode and the majority of the beers on tap at the event could be purchased at the local Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation. Spotlight on Business sat down with Bruce Mansour, founder of Make It Happen, Inc. and Sean Sullivan, executive director of the Maine Brewers’ Guild, at Garrison Brewing to chat about this year’s festival and how things have changed since that first event in 2007. One thing that we picked up on was that although the festival has grown over the past 13 years to include beers, meads and ciders from all over the world the focus is still on celebrating the craftsmanship, entrepreneurial spirit and the sense of community of this amazing industry and of course amazing beers, meads and ciders along the people behind them that make it all happen.
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SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 2019
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