Beer campaign across Canada taps into buy local movement in face of U.S. tariffs [Video]

Nova Scotia’s North Brewing Company has joined more than 40 other breweries across Canada in the Glorious and Free campaign.

The campaign has breweries from coast to coast to coast brewing their own version of Ottawa’s Dominion City Brewing Company Glorious and Free IPA using local ingredients.

“Making things better and being a positive force, you know, on a local scale,” said North Brewing Company president Peter Burbridge. “While things are huge and scary on a macro-scale, it’s sort of like, let’s look at some positive things on a micro-scale.”

He adds that North Brewing sourced its malt from a company in P.E.I. with the goal of making its batch of Glorious and Free IPA hyper-local to the region.

As for the flavour of the IPA, Burbirdge says it has a nice level of bitterness, similar to a hazy IPA with some refreshing, juicy tropical notes.

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