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Picaroons Traditional Ales are a production of the Northampton Brewing Company Ltd., which was started in 1995 and is located in
The Bar Towel
an Ontario craft beer web site, to distribute its beers in Ontario for the first time. In 2011, Picaroons won brewery of the year at the Canadian Brewing Awards. In 2016, Picaroons opened their new tap house and brewery at Fredericton's historic roundhouse in Devon. In 2016, Picaroons opened a second location called The General Store on Saint John's historic Canterbury Street.
Picaroons Traditional Ales are a production of the Northampton Brewing Company Ltd., which was started in 1995 and is located in Fredericton
Fredericton (; ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the do ...
, New Brunswick, Canada.
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.
A 'Picaroon' was a common tool used in the logging industry in New Brunswick.
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 witThe Bar Towel
an Ontario craft beer web site, to distribute its beers in Ontario for the first time. In 2011, Picaroons won brewery of the year at the Canadian Brewing Awards. In 2016, Picaroons opened their new tap house and brewery at Fredericton's historic roundhouse in Devon. In 2016, Picaroons opened a second location called The General Store on Saint John's historic Canterbury Street.
Brewing
Several year-round and seasonalale
Ale is a Type of beer, type of beer brewed using a Warm fermentation, warm fermentation method, resulting in a sweet, full-bodied and fruity taste. Historically, the term referred to a drink brewed without hops.
As with most beers, ale typicall ...
s are produced at the Picaroons brewery.
Brewing is done with malted barley imported from England and Germany, as well as whole hops
Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant ''Humulus lupulus'', a member of the Cannabaceae family of flowering plants. They are used primarily as a bittering, flavouring, and stability agent in beer, to whi ...
from England, New Zealand and the North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
n 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.
Picaroons year-round beers are:
*Best Bitter
*Irish Red
*Simeon Jones River Valley Ale mber Ale*Blonde Ale
*Man's Best Friend orter*Yippee IPA
*Feels Good Imperial Pilsner
*Timber Hog Stout
*506 Golden Ale
*506 Pale Ale
*506 Dark Wheat Ale
*Swallowtail Light
*Pivot Imperial IPA
Seasonal and special beer:
*Maple Cream Ale (spring)
*JED IPA (spring)
*Dooryard Summer Ale rganic(summer)
*Melon Head (summer)
*Pride Apricot Ale (summer)
*Harvest Ale (fall)
*Upstream Ale (introduced for conservation society)
*Winter Warmer (winter)
*Xmas Tree Pivot Imperial IPA (winter)
*Blitzen Coffee Stout (winter)
Awards
{, class="wikitable" border="1" , - ! Year ! Competition ! Category ! Product ! Place , - , 2011 , Canadian Brewing Awards , English Style India Pale Ale , Yippee IPA , Bronze , - , 2011 , Canadian Brewing Awards , Stout , Timber Hog Stout , Gold , - , 2011 , Canadian Brewing Awards , Wheat Beer – North American Style , Dooryard Summer Ale , Bronze , - , 2011 , Canadian Brewing Awards , English Style Pale Ale (Bitter) , Best Bitter , Gold , - , 2010 , Canadian Brewing Awards (Toronto) , North American Blond or Golden Ale , Blonde Ale , Bronze , - , 2010 , Canadian Brewing Awards (Toronto) , Bronze, North American Wheat Beer , Dooryard Summer Ale , Bronze , - , 2008 , Canadian Brewing Awards (Toronto) , English Style Pale Ale/Bitter , Best Bitter , Gold , - , 2008 , Canadian Brewing Awards (Toronto) , Porter , Man's Best Friend Porter , Bronze , - , n/a , World Beer Championships (Chicago) , n/a , Winter Warmer , Gold , - , n/a , Canadian Brewing Awards (Toronto) , Irish-style Red Ale , Irish Red , "Best in Canada"{{Citation needed, date=March 2009Notes