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LYONS BROOK, N.S. – A few local musicians and Uncle Leo’s beer maker Karl Whiffen have something brewing. Whiffen and Pictou County musicians Dave Gunning and J.P. Cormier, along with Halifax-based producer and songwriter Jamie Robinson, are teaming up for a new product atRead More

Jeremy White — founder and alesmith of Big Spruce Brewing in Nyanza, Cape Breton — says he is “fed up with the lack of attention and support given to Nova Scotia small Businesses, especially when it comes to craft breweries.” White put his concerns into a open letter to NovaRead More

Karl Whiffen isn’t sure if he’s following in his great uncle’s tradition with the new beer he started to brew in Lyons Brook on Saturday. “The best I can tell, he made an English bitter,” the forester-turned-brewer said of his Uncle Leo, the namesake for the two-year-old PictouRead More

A Halifax brewery is taking the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation to court over a fee it says is unconstitutional. Unfiltered Brewing Inc. filed papers on Monday in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia suing the NSLC over a markup fee of 50 cents for every litre of beer it sells orRead More

That’s the premise behind the third annual Pizza Festival, which is a fundraiser for the New Glasgow Rotary Club. “Those who like it, like it a lot,” festival co-chair Gary Hollett said about the county’s pizza, borrowing a phrase from an Alexander Keith’s commercial in theRead More

The Lyons Brook brewery received silver for their Altbier in the German Style Specialty Ales category at the second annual Atlantic Canadian Beer Awards on Sunday. They won a gold medal in the same category for their Vohs Weizenbier, a German wheat beer, last year. “It feels likeRead More

When Jeff MacLean got up to accept the Business Leader of the Year Award at the Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet Thursday night, he said there are some days that are just bad days. March 3 was a bad day. They had to announce that they were cutting jobs as one of the tire linesRead More

LYONS BROOK – Das ist gut. That’s what judges at the first annual Atlantic Canada Beer Awards had to say about a German wheat beer crafted by Uncle Leo’s Fine Ales in Lyons Brook. The beer, named Vohs Weizenbier, was awarded a gold medal in the category of German specialty beersRead More

The Huffington Post just listed us as one of the 11 best new Breweries in Canada! Click here for the full story »Read More

Here are two recent articles covering Uncle Leo’s Brewery! The Chronicle Herald: http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1136922-thirsty-work-ns-craft-brewing-has-seen-dramatic-growth The drinkers and dreamers guide in the Coast:Read More

Saturday, June 29 from 2pm-9pm & Sunday, June 30 from 2pm-6pm. Come and sample our handcrafted ale. Waive the $8.00 deposit fee on a 2L Growler of draft beer and receive a free Unlce Leo’s Brewery beer glass!Read More

Brewer Karl Whiffen and his consultant Brewmaster, Greg Nash put on the first brew of Uncle Leo’s Red Ale.Read More

LYONS BROOK – On the shores of a small fishing outport in Newfoundland, a man set up a general store and brewed beer for his customers. In the 1940s, beer was hard to come by in rural Newfoundland, so you made it yourself or if you lived near Southern Harbour, you bought it fromRead More

See our Uncle Leo’s Brewery Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/UncleLeosBreweryRead More