Rare Bird Brewery - Guysborough

We were over Monday when they were closed. So I bought some bottles or their Red Ale in a nearby NSLC store. We really enjoyed it, so we came back on Wednesday when they were open. I had a few speeches and my wife tried the sampler. They just ran the Full Steam Stout so we couldn't try it. You have a very nice back deck overlooking the port. One of the Tall ships that had just arrived in Halifax. A very nice stop for a few cold.

Beautiful building and view, good food when they are serving

My review is about the Rare Bird Red Ale bottled on August 1, 2016. I bought at the NSLC in New Minas a couple of days ago, there are three possible things wrong with the beer. Taste was excessively tart on the tongue such that you have an infected beer?2. was the beer finished with fermentation, i.e. at the expected final gravity?3. could you have added too much priming sugar?

Very disappointed, three item menu, take out utensils, over priced, took friends there and was very embrassed. Will not go back, very poor overall!

We were fortunate to luck into being in Guysborough on July 1 for Canada day. The Rare Bird was hosting a festival on the water. It was very hometown friendly. The music was amazing for a small community and the fireworks were a pleasant surprise. The only items on the menu are fish and chips and the Guysburger. Both are very good. They brew their own beer and my husband was satisfied with the quality but your only choices were the 2 different beers they brew. However, I am a wine drinker and the selection was very limited. I could live with that but when they had to open another bottle, they did not have a corkscrew so one of the employees had to go to the golf resort to get a corkscrew... We thought that was pretty amusing and would make for a good story. THEN they ran out of wine glasses and had to go BACK to the resort for more glasses. The final straw was that the festivities went on till 11:00 but the pub CLOSED AT 8:30! This place has great potential but desperately needs new ownership. They don't have a clue how to run a pub and only got a 3 star because of the atmosphere. Please sell this place to someone who will love it!