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County Soda Company BY ANDREW HIND PHOTOGRAPHY BY COUNTY SODA CO.
Three years ago, inspired by the countless artisans that surrounded them in Prince Edward County, Jeff Dammeier and wife Colleen Mullaly decided to get creative themselves. Instead of turning to paints or pottery, they got artistic with soda beverages. It was the start of County Soda Company and new careers crafting small-batch soft drinks.
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Each of the sodas has been carefully crafted using premium ingredients in order to produce the best tasting soda possible.
eff Dammeier is so at home chatting about the beverage industry that it would be easy to assume he has spent a lifetime involved in it. But in truth, he and Colleen are relative newcomers.
“We don’t come from a food and beverage background. I worked in business development and technology companies in Toronto for 21 years,” explains the personable Dammeier. Engaging and entertaining, he’s the kind of fellow you’d like to pull up a chair and enjoy a pop with. “Things changed for us in 2016 when my wife and I kind of hit a wall,” explains Dammeier. “We knew we needed a change of lifestyle, to get out of the city and press the reset button.” The need for a change of pace resulted in a move to Prince Edward County where the couple established new roots in the town of Picton. But how does one go from business development and tech to cola and root beer? It’s a story Dammeier enjoys telling.
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