Picaroons Traditional Ales

Picaroons Traditional Ales are a production of the Northampton Brewing Company Ltd., which was started in 1995 and is located in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Picaroons Best Bitter, one of several brews under the Picaroons microbrewery brand.

The Picaroons brand is sold in numerous taverns and restaurants in New Brunswick. It is also sold in bottles in New Brunswick liquor outlets and in a few other provinces as well. The company operates a small brewtique located on Queen Street in downtown Fredericton. This location includes a micro-brewery and a retail outlet, selling various Picaroons themed drink memorabilia and collectibles.

A 'Picaroon' was a common tool used in the logging industry in New Brunswick.[1]

In 2009, Picaroons became one of the first breweries in Canada to launch its own online social network at PicaroonsPub.com.

In 2010, Picaroons partnered with The Bar Towel, an Ontario craft beer web site, to distribute its beers in Ontario for the first time. [2]

In 2011, Picaroons won brewery of the year at the Canadian Brewing Awards. [3]

Brewing

Several year-round and seasonal ales are produced at the Picaroons brewery.[4] Brewing is done with malted barley imported from England and Germany, as well as whole hops from England, New Zealand and the North American west coast. The particulars of each batch are logged online for public access. This information includes information such as the ingredients, start date and time, and the specific gravity of the water used in a batch, etc.

Awards
Year Competition Category Product Place
2011 Canadian Brewing Awards English Style India Pale Ale Yippee IPA Bronze[5]
2011 Canadian Brewing Awards Stout Timber Hog Stout Gold[5]
2011 Canadian Brewing Awards Wheat Beer – North American Style Dooryard Summer Ale Bronze[5]
2011 Canadian Brewing Awards English Style Pale Ale (Bitter) Best Bitter Gold[5]
2010 Canadian Brewing Awards (Toronto) North American Blond or Golden Ale Blonde Ale Bronze[5]
2010 Canadian Brewing Awards (Toronto) Bronze, North American Wheat Beer Dooryard Summer Ale Bronze[5]
2008 Canadian Brewing Awards (Toronto) English Style Pale Ale/Bitter Best Bitter Gold[6]
2008 Canadian Brewing Awards (Toronto) Porter Man's Best Friend Porter Bronze [6]
n/a World Beer Championships (Chicago) n/a Winter Warmer Gold [4]
n/a Canadian Brewing Awards (Toronto) Irish-style Red Ale Irish Red "Best in Canada"

Notes
  1. Jim Ross. "Logging Tools 2 by Jim Ross". Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved Jan 2011. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. The Bar Towel. "The Bar Towel Announces Picaroons Private Order". Retrieved June 28, 2010.
  3. troy. "2011 CBA Winners". Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  4. "Picaroon's Traditional Ales - Northampton Brewing Co". Retrieved March 24, 2009.
  5. "Canadian Brewing Awards". Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  6. "Canadian Brewing Awards Winners 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 21, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2008.
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