Nova Scotia brewery and training club team up to create a beer for runners

An Atlantic Canada collaboration between a craft brewing company and local run club is sure to make runners, and beer lovers, a little *hoppier*.

North Brewing Company and North End Runners‏ have teamed up for a summer beer release called Little Beast – Lagered Ale. North Brewing Company has locations in North End, Halifax and Dartmouth. The running club, as its name suggests, is also based out of North End, Halifax.

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Little Beast is a four per cent light lagered ale with low bitterness, subtle hops and a bit of saltiness, according to the North End Runners. “The brew crew used rice syrup as a nod to classic German and Japanese lagers like Sapporo and to make it real crisp and sweetly crushable at the trailhead after a long rip on granite outcrop,” the club wrote on Instagram.

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“Your true nature howls to you from the trailhead, thirsty for sun-drenched singletrack under fast paws. Leaping granite. Diving past forest firs. Sweet, clean summer air gets you flying. Dig those wild pretty things on the hunt. You’re running with the pack now. Best enjoyed after a long trail run with the #nertimberwolves [North End Runners Timberwolves].”

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— North End Runners (@northendrunners) June 24, 2017

The North End Runners, a club founded in 2013, meet every Wednesday at the North Brewing Company just south of North Street in Halifax. The group also hosts Friday workouts during the summer.