Mossehead
breweries was
established by the
Oland family in
Dartmouth,
Nova Scotia in
1867. After
the Halifax Explosion in
1917 the family decided to set up a second
brewery in
Saint John,
New Brunswick,
just in case. The two facilities operated
symbiotically until the mid
90s when the Dartmouth brewery was closed and brewing operations were moved completly to
Saint John and the Dartmouth
warehouse operation (which includes a
drive-through beer store) was expanded. The Saint John brewery has been in its present location since
1928 and occupies the entire
east side of
Main Street West except for a small frontage of
stores.
The
beers produced by Mossehead are:
- Moosehead Lager (aka Moosehead green)
- This is the flagship Mossehead beer that is exported to all parts of the world. In most markets it comes in a green bottle.
- Alpine Lager
- The other flagship beer. This beer is only available in Atlantic Canada. A little hoppier than your standard lager.
- Moosehead Pale Ale (aka Moosehead Red, after the red label)
- This is a pretty standard ale.
- Moosehead Light
- I'm not a light beer drinker so I don't know what this tastes like but I imagine it's pretty typical of light beers.
- Moosehead Premium Dry
- One of first Canadian dry beers and the first to be available in 8-packs. Pretty good but dry beers are not realy my cup of tea. I suspect that some people drink this simply because it's 5.5% alcohol by volume as opposed to the standard 5%.
- Ten Penny Stock Ale
- I have no idea where the name comes from but this is considered by some to be an "old man's beer". It's pretty malty and quite good IMHO.
- Clancy's Amber Ale
- Named for the Moosehead brewmaster this is Moosehead's first "craft beer". Amber in color and really full flavored. Probably Moosehead's best beer.
- Clancy's Harvest Ale
- A european style dark ale. Released only in the autumn of the year. Darker than the amber ale but I haven't tried it yet so I don't know how it tastes.
Moosehead also has an agreement with
Molson to produce
Molson Canadian for the
Atlantic Canada market.