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Halo Brewery

The Halo Brewery sign above the venue.
The Halo Brewery sign above the venue.


Halo Brewery

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Callum Hay, co-owner and head brewer at Halo Brewery, was initially reluctant to speak of such a thing as a ‘craft beer lifestyle.’ His response to my question about it began, “I like to think of craft beer as complementary to one’s lifestyle, and I don’t think it should be the sole defining element such that it would be the ‘be-all-end-all’ adjective.”

This was a shrewd and fair response, but, to my delight, Callum did not stop there. Instead, he went on to give me more or less exactly the sort of response I was really hoping for: “If there was such a thing, and we weren’t being horribly pedantic about it, then it would be a lifestyle that supports local creation and endeavour. It would also be about self-improvement through the exploration of one’s tastes and aesthetics.”

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A Craft Beer Lifestyle: Why PairingwithBeer?

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A Craft Beer Lifestyle: Why PairingwithBeer?

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Craft beer lifestyle?

In the summer of 2017, I was encouraged to start an Instagram profile, and was told, “Do it on craft beer – you know so much about craft beer!”

On Instagram, there were already tens of thousands of people posting pictures of beers they drank. Some were posting their own reviews, some simply a picture, some with a gimmick, such as a beer-drinking dog: “Why do we need another one of these guys?” I quickly thought.

“We don’t,” was the resounding conclusion.

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