Boxing Rock Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Shelburne,
Nova Scotia,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2012
Contact
Description
We are two chemical engineers who fell in love with Shelburne, Nova Scotia – the place, the people and the lifestyle. We quickly discovered that our career options here were limited. So…in 2012 we founded a craft brewery and made our own jobs, and a few others too.
We create craft beer experiences – we like to think we meet each of our customers where they are at on their craft beer journey. We do this by focusing on quality and consistency (like the well-trained engineers we are) and by crafting our products with purpose and intention. We brew a wide variety of styles and we believe we have a beer for everyone, even those of you who think you don’t like beer. We design beers to challenge your assumptions, and to honour traditional styles. We love what we do and where we live, and we love helping people like you find a local beer that you will love.
We were not always beer geeks – we have been on our own journey with craft beer. We started brewing in lobster pots in the backyard and fermenting in carboys in the living room (which occasionally meant yeast clumps on the ceiling)…and when we started drinking beer at least one of us mixed it with Clamato juice.
We create craft beer experiences – we like to think we meet each of our customers where they are at on their craft beer journey. We do this by focusing on quality and consistency (like the well-trained engineers we are) and by crafting our products with purpose and intention. We brew a wide variety of styles and we believe we have a beer for everyone, even those of you who think you don’t like beer. We design beers to challenge your assumptions, and to honour traditional styles. We love what we do and where we live, and we love helping people like you find a local beer that you will love.
We were not always beer geeks – we have been on our own journey with craft beer. We started brewing in lobster pots in the backyard and fermenting in carboys in the living room (which occasionally meant yeast clumps on the ceiling)…and when we started drinking beer at least one of us mixed it with Clamato juice.
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
473ml can. Pours a slightly hazy gold orange with a small, foamy, long lasting, white head that leaves thick, sticky curtains of soapy lace. Aroma of bready caramel malt, orange, apricot and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready caramel malt, grapefruit, mango, pineapple, pine resin and spicy hops in a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Solid.
Tried
from Can
from
Keg n Cork Liquor Company
on 29 Jun 2026
at 03:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
473ml can. Pours a clear amber gold with a medium, foamy, long lasting, white head that leaves soapy curtains of lace. Mild aroma of pale malt, orange, mango, lager yeast and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of pale malt, grapefruit, mango, peach, lager yeast and pine resin in a crisp, dry, bitter finish. Medium body with an oily to watery texture and average carbonation. Clean, refreshing and easy to drink.
Tried
from Can
from
Keg n Cork Liquor Company
on 25 Jun 2026
at 04:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
473ml can. Pours a hazy copper with a medium, foamy, short lived, beige head that leaves soapy curtains of lace. Aroma of bready caramel malt, grapefruit and floral hops. Sweet flavour of bready caramel malt, grapefruit peel, orange and pine resin in a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. This is a well crafted old skool IPA.
Tried
from Can
from
Keg n Cork Liquor Company
on 22 Jun 2026
at 04:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
473ml can. Pours a clear gold yellow with a small, foamy, short lived, white head that leaves spotty lacing. Mild aroma of grainy pale malt, yeast and herbal hops. Sweet flavour of grainy pale malt, bergamot, yeast and grassy hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light to medium body with an oily texture and average to soft carbonation. A little too sweet and malty for the style, but s'ok, I guess.
Tried
from Can
from
Keg n Cork Liquor Company
on 17 Jun 2026
at 04:05
8.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jun 2026
at 22:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
473mL can. Pours clear light brown with a beige head. Dry bready malts and bread crusts on the nose. Flavour is very bready, pretty dry, nice bread crust character. Solid pub ale, great malts.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jan 2026
at 01:19
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
473mL can. Pours clear blonde with a small white head. Biscuit malts and some faint dry grass on the nose. Flavour has light cracker malts, some dry grass, a bit selterzy. Solidly meh.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2025
at 22:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
On tap at Battery Park. Pours dark brown with a beige head. Toasted brown bread, nuts, and dusty espresso on the nose. Flavour has dry bread crusts, crunchy nuts, dusty espresso beans. Great, dry brown ale.
Tried
from Draft
at
Battery Park Beer Bar
on 21 Dec 2025
at 02:09
2.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 3
Overall 2.5
473mL can. Pours clear gold with almost no head. Smells like an Olands; pissy wort. Flavour is not much better with loads of unfermented wort and harsh herbal grass. What happened here? I know Boxing Rock can do better than this.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Dec 2025
at 21:41
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
355ml can. Pours a hazy yellow gold with a small, creamy, short lived, white head that laces. Mild aroma of bready pale malt and floral hops. Sweet flavour of grainy pale malt, honey, orange and floral hops in a crisp, dry, mild bitter finish. Light body with an oily to watery texture and average carbonation. Average even for a boring style.
Tried
from Can
from
Wine and Beyond - Lethbridge
on 07 Dec 2025
at 05:31