Boxing Rock Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2012

Contact
218 Water Street, Shelburne, B0T 1W0, Canada
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.

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle - Intense coffee and dark roast. Jet brown with a rich brown head. Vanilla, coffee and dark rich chocolate. Nice bitter and dry finish. Solid.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2018 at 04:18

6.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Brown bottle, 650 ml, bottled on MAR06 2017, savoured on March 17 2017; eye: mahogany, semi-opaque, ring of brown head, no lacing; nose: dark chocolate, smoky, slight iodine, slight peat; mouth: dark chocolate, smoky, slight iodine, slight peat, salt, light pepper, semi-dry finale in roasted malt with presence of chocolate, medium-full body, below-average carbonation, mildly bitter, lightly harsh texture; overall: fine

FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 650 ml, embouteillée le MAR06 2017, savourée le 17 mars 2017; œil : acajou, semi-opaque, anneau de mousse brune, pas de dentelle; nez : chocolat noir, fumé, très léger iode, très léger tourbe; bouche : chocolat noir, fumé, très léger iode, très léger tourbe, sel, léger poivre, finale semi-sèche en malt torréfié avec présence de chocolat, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement amère, texture légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien
Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2017 at 18:40

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 5
Cask at Cask Days 2017. Cloudy amber color. Subtle ginger aroma and flavor, mostly plain caramel.
Tried from Cask on 22 Oct 2017 at 10:40

3.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Bouteille 650ml. Couleur brune foncée opaque, mousse moka très abondante (problématique). Arôme de pointe de café, acidité, métallique, végétation en décomposition. Goût de malt torréfié, acide, légère amertume, noix, infectée, levure, astringent. Carbonatation très élevée, corps moyen-faible. Infectée? Probablement. Infecte? Certes.
Tried on 28 Sep 2017 at 08:50

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Nice citrus and light tropical fruit in the background, somewhat bitter, probably about as close to an IPA as you can get and still be a pale ale. Good beer.
Tried from Can on 22 Aug 2017 at 19:26

8.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a huge bright brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of floral coffee notes with some black chocolate and light vanilla notes is quite pleasant. Taste is a good mix of black chocolate notes with some roasted flavours with some floral coffee notes, lactose and nice vanilla beans notes. Body is about average with probably too much carbonation for the style but no apparent alcohol. I loved the fact that this beer almost tasted like a latte.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2017 at 12:59

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
A deep brown stout with a thin mocha head. In aroma, nice chocolate malt with light grassy hops, light peated notes, pleasant. In mouth, a nice chocolate malt with light resinous hops, light peated notes, nice and smooth. Bottle at Hugue and Alex tasting.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2017 at 22:50

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle - Light malts. Deep brown with a rich beige head. Light malty notes and highly carbonated. Too much carbonation and very singular in taste.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2016 at 22:20

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
650mL bottle, pours a deep dark amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out lots of toasted English malt, crusty bread and a touch of fruitiness. Flavour is fairly bitter, with toasted bready malt, some bitter hopping, and crusty rye bread. Dry, somewhat bitter, and toasty. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2016 at 22:14

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Dark nut brown. This has a medium head. On the nose, this is thin and nutty, not really a good look. You always want to pick up some nice sugars. Far too much carbonation, especially for something billed as English Ale. Thin, light brown sugar notes but not much nuance. Not a whole lot going on, unfortunately.
Tried on 11 Oct 2016 at 22:09