Alexander Keith's Brewery

Service was outstanding. The bartender was incredibly friendly and helpful. The beers were very good. The space was very cool. Tours are pricey. There are better places nearby to grab a beer.

Largely caters to the tourist trade.

Make sure you pre-buy as most tours were sold out . Lots of history talks and looking at old things. Many samples and ends with a full glass of your choice. Overall a neat idea and worth doing once if you like history or just like beer.

Gord and I did the brewery tour at the Alexander Keith's Brewery. I've done it twice before and it's always interesting.

There were various guides who were very knowledgeable who broke the tour into chunks.

After seeing different rooms, we were led into Stag's Head, where there was a small kitchen party.

Along the way, we were given samples of Keith's IPA, Lunenburg Coffee and Cacao Stout, Highland Pilsner and Le Passage Gose.

At the end of the party, we were bid adieu.

It was a fun tour and I'd definitely recommend it.

Tried to check this place out on our recent trip to Nova Scotia but it was closed for a private event. Locals outside told us not to waste our money and that the tour here is $$$ and not that good.

It was fun walking around the building and checking out the attached pubs and eateries. On the weekend they have a market here in the courtyard area.

I still might try to give a try if we are ever back in Halifax. Maybe having a few drinks pre-tour might make it seem a little better. But still, having two local couples tell us not to waste our money here doesn't bode well.

Tourist trap. Not a place to eat or drink. They referred me to a "partner bar" that I couldn't find. Complete waste of time

Of the forty or so brewery tours I've been on over the years, Alexander Keith's offers easily the most unique. It celebrates the history of the brewery just as much (if not more) than the brewing process, which I think is a great decision given the fact that Alexander Keith's is one of the oldest operating breweries in North America.

So instead of a relatively sedate and scientific conversation about how long wort is heated, the guides talk through who Alexander Keith was, what the brewery meant to Halifax and all of the historical context that explained why the business succeeded. Yes, you still learn about how beer is made. But you also learn why.

After the tour through the brewhouse, you're led into a basement pub and tasting room. That's where the tour shines - in addition to the guides being able to pour a good beer, they also just so happen to be fantastic musicians. So you get a beer and then get treated to, essentially, a private concert that is meant to replicate what drinking in the mid-19th century would feel like.

It was a delightful time and an absolute must-do if you like beer, history, or beer history!

Nice place to tour, beer school was the best part, only one off the places in Nova Scotia tio do a proper 9 step pour of Stella Artois

I recommend the brewery tour. It is pricey ($26 each) but you get a lot for your money. There is a standard tour through the brewery, looking at the stills and tasting the hops. They provide some interesting historical tidbits about Halifax. Tour ends in the basement pub where we have a good old fashioned Celtic party, with music, beer, and merriment. They are generous with the included beer samples along the way, which made me feel less bad for paying so much for a brewery tour.

My boyfriend and I had an excellent time at the Keith's brewery tour. We were the only two people taking the tour and it was a rather intimate experience. All the ladies doing the tour were very friendly and we really enjoyed ourselves with all the different samples they gave us on the tour.

If you are ever in Halifax, make sure you come check out the tour at Alexander Keith's brewery. The admission price is $26 per adult, a little on the pricier end but totally worth the experience. $3 cheaper if you are a student, senior or from the military but if you check into Yelp, you get 15% off the tour! The tour is a 1 hour, longer than your typical brewery tour but you will get a full history of Alexander Keith and how is brewery started including a walk through tour of how how the beer is brewed and even a view of one of the dining rooms in his historic house during that time. After the historical part of the tour is done, it's followed by a theatrical act by some of the actors in one of the cellars where they sing and dance offering you a more fun and intimate experience. You will sure get enough of your beer samplings on this tour!