120 WEST OLD POST ROAD, SMITH'S COVE, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA

lazy bear brewing

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about us

Who Are We?

We are Andy, Erin & Noah and we look forward to meeting you!

Lazy Bear Brewing, since 2016

It all started with one beer...

"We are a small family-owned and operated microbrewery. We started with only one beer - Gut View Amber. This beer was brewed based on a beer we had both enjoyed whilst in Scotland in 2015. It was an easy-drinking brown ale. I am sure the Gut View tastes nothing like it, but that’s where the idea came from. It was only sold at the Annapolis Royal Farmers Market, and we sold out the first day! What a rush! I remember being up until at least 2 am packaging it. We started to get a few accounts in the city and did weekly runs to deliver beer after our day jobs were over."
- Erin, Owner

Then, along came Bob

Quickly, we realized we were getting into more than we anticipated. A friendly man, named Bob, stopped by our market table one Saturday and chatted to us about his love of craft beer and home-brewing. He asked if we possibly had any room for a volunteer at the brewery. We skipped the volunteering and hired him. At the time, Bob was still driving the Kings Transit bus, but eventually retired and worked solely at the brewery - the perfect retirement gig? He worked with us for about two years before becoming ill and has recently passed. We honored Bob's memory with the Infinity Black IPA. We recall his love of IPA's and perhaps we even talked about brewing a dark IPA. Thank you, Bob.

We love making good beer. In fact, our No. 1 goal is to give our guests an amazingly satisfying and enriching experience every single time they taste our beer.

We have grown to employ one full time employee and one part time employee and continue to invest much of our free time into the business. Our offerings have also expanded from the original Gut View Amber to over ten different types including cider and mead. Where are we headed next? We’ve added a "new to us" wood-fired pizza trailer and plan on offering pizzas starting Spring of 2022. A new canning line has arrived and we plan to have our beer available in cans starting in 2022. And, we finished the upstairs of the brewery as an Airbnb and have had three successful years with it so far, with over 200 5-star reviews.

STAY IN THE BARN

And, we are still growing!

Our family has also grown since the start of Lazy Bear. In 2017 we welcomed Wesley to the family and in 2019, Ada. Abby, our dog, has been with us all along and turned 12 in 2021.


We expanded our sales in Digby and as regulations relaxed were able to offer full glasses of beer at the brewery. In 2019 we added a three-season porch to the building offering additional space for people to enjoy our products and in 2020 we added a deck overlooking the pond and Digby.


We’ve added events along the way including food vendors popping up and local musicians. Our summertime Thursday nights have become the “place to be” in Smith's Cove for locals and tourists alike. It’s a bit of a community party!


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