Propeller Brewing Company
John Allen, a film-industry prop master who home-brewed between jobs, opened Propeller in 1997 in a former cinema on Gottingen Street in Halifax. His pale ale and ESB, meant only for one bar’s taps, sold so fast that he bottled by hand in the basement. Main production moved to Windmill Road in Dartmouth in 2013, and the old site now brews small batches and houses an arcade. Its IPA, which it calls the first true IPA made locally, is its best seller, next to Galaxy IPA, a hazy IPA. In 2021 its 43 staff brewed more than 12,000 hectolitres.
Styles brewed by Propeller Brewing Company
Hazy IPA (New England IPA)
AleHazy IPA, or New England IPA: a soft, juicy, hazy IPA bursting with tropical fruit from late hops, with low bitterness. Strength, glass and how it is made.
Strong Bitter (ESB)
AleStrong bitter and ESB: the fuller, stronger English bitter, amber to copper, with more malt and hops. Strength, bitterness, glass and classic examples.
At a glance
- Country
- Canada
- Brews in
- Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
- Founded
- 1997
- Owner
- John Allen
- Best-known beers
- Extra Special Bitter, India Pale Ale, Galaxy IPA
- Address
- 617 Windmill Rd, Dartmouth, NS B3B 1B6
- Visit
- Brewery retail store
- Website
- drinkpropeller.ca
Sources
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- Propeller Brewing Company — Propeller Brewing
- About Us – Propeller Brewing — Propeller Brewing
- John Allen’s journey from prop master to Propeller Brewing baron | Atlantic Business Magazine — Atlantic Business Magazine
- Beer in Canada - Wikipedia — Wikipedia