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3 reviews for Alexander Keith's Brewery
3 reviews in English
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Review from Teena D.
9/27/2011 19 photos
This afternoon, as part of our sales conference, we did a tour of the Alexander Keith's Brewery. There were about 55 of us so we were broken up into two groups.
Actors in period costumes take you back to 1863 (Alexander's time).
We were given an explanation of how beer is made. Then we were led into the Stag's Head Tavern for some sampling of their IPA, premium white, red amber ale and/or dark ale. Keith's IPA is my beer of choice so I tried their premium white ... I liked it.
We had some time before our dinner reservations so we had a drink in the Red Stag Tavern, which is attached to the brewery.
It was a fun tour ... I'd done it years ago. I still found it entertaining yet again. -
Review from Karlie M.
7/21/2011
Being Canadians and enjoying our beer, me and my husband had to check out the Keith's brewery tour on our visit to Halifax. We were pretty excited about it, and afterwards, pretty disappointed. Note that the '2' rating is for the tour, not the beer itself.
Halifax is a beautiful, lively city and this brewery is one of the oldest in North America. The backstory is an interesting one. We've done a couple of brewery tours in our day and were looking forward to this one.
I can honestly say that I didn't learn a heck of a lot on this tour. All of the "tour guides" were in period costumes and COULD NOT break character. Now, it's not their fault, but I just can't stand period acting like that. When I go on a brewery tour I want to sample a couple of the beers and learn about it, too. We didn't hear much at all about the actual brewing process. A few minutes at the beginning, that's it. They are very generous with their samples (everyone got two full pints), but I didn't learn a thing. It was all stories and old-timey singing (shudder) and 1800s poker. Whatever. Speaking of the two pints, that was sweet, but we were not given enough time to finish them. I had to gulp down my second one and spilled all over the place. I'd like to enjoy my beer, thank you.
The tour is $15.95 for adults and runs every half hour in the summer from noon til 8pm (less frequently otherwise). They have a decent gift shop, though.
Go if you consider period acting to be mildly entertaining and think the price is worth it for two "free" pints. Otherwise, grab a Keith's or any other Nova Scotian beer anywhere else on Water Street.Listed in: Breweries
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Review from AJ M.
10/13/2011
Average beer, but ridiculously dumb tour. The tour guides were 'actors' in period costumes, with bad accents. It appeared to be geared towards children, but being a brewery tour there were none. 5 minutes into the tour I was looking for a way out.
