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No. 48 • April 2016
Leaside Life
ALLAN WILLIAMS
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New electric bike developed in Leaside, Page 30
Amsterdam Brewery owner Jeff Carefoote, left, and brewmaster Iain McOustra have tripled capacity at the Leaside site this March.
So how much beer do we drink?
Carol Burtin Fripp Co-president, LPOA
By ALLAN WILLIAMS
Not happy with change process In last month’s Leaside Life, I described a report commissioned by the city to redraw Toronto’s 44 municipal ward boundaries and make city wards more equal in size. The report proposed five alternative designs, four of which divide Lea-
“There’s something to be said for being the local guy,” says Jeff Carefoote, owner of Leaside’s Amsterdam Brewery, which tripled its brewing capacity this March. That’s its second expansion since moving here three and a half years ago. “In the past three years we’ve experienced a 40 percent growth in sales across all channels, the LCBO, the Beer Store, bars and restaurants, and at our Leaside store, and we can’t always keep up with demand.” So how much of that comes from Leaside beer drinkers? Carefoote says he can’t quantify, but there are lots of local Leaside residents among customers at the retail store, which is open seven days a week and especially busy on Saturdays. And, he says, local folks have responded to their seasonal releases. From my own experience, when they released the Double Tempest Russian
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