The Growler Ontario • Volume 4 Issue 2 • Fall/Winter 2021

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Although the brewery scene in Ontario has been beset by a lack of places serving draught, a public health crisis of unprecedented proportions, and that one week when we all just decided to stay home, breweries continue to open across the province. Some are making the leap to physical space from contract brewing. Some older facilities have given way to new ownership. From Corruna to Ottawa, here are the newest breweries in the province of Ontario. May they pour many a pint.

BRAUMEISTER BIERHALLE Ottawa (late summer 2021) Now open in Ottawa’s Hintonburg neighbourhood, Braumeister focuses on traditional styles from German trained brewmaster Sheldon Scrivner. The new Bierhalle serves classical European food like 1992rolls Okanagan, pierogies, sausages, andEst. cabbage to go along with the festhalle vibe and quality lagers.

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Pale Ales and IPAs. The pop up menu from Twenty Restaurant features some sophisticated fare like a Whipped Ricotta dip and a Bison Tartare. DraganBrewingAndWine.com

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BROKEN RAIL BREWING St.Mary's (summer 2021) Opening with a small number of beers on tap, part of the appeal of Broken Rail is the space in the disused Junction Station and the wide variety of food trucks that supply the brewery with disparate and interesting fare on weekends. Try Tesla’s Revenge IPA and wonder whether Broken Rail and Bell City’s Edison’s Peepshow will have beef. BrokenRailBrewing.ca

DAFT BREWING Kingston (spring 2021) Located on Princess Street in a repurposed garage, Daft features beers named after pop culture references and the pink flamingo as a thematic motif. Popular locally for their array of complex yet quaffable sours, they also have a focused kitchen with something for everyone. Try the Velvet Thunder; perhaps the only beer named after Raymond Holt. Daftbrewing.com

DRAGAN BREWING AND WINE St.Catharines (summer 2021) Making the leap from contract brewing after a lengthy search for a space, the Golden Horseshoe’s newest brewery is now open with a focus on

British Columbia Galt (summer 2021) Located in the old Galt

Knife Factory (once home of Grand River by way of Magnotta) Farm League will have opened their taproom by the time of publication. In the meantime, they’re making a variety of IPAs and collaborating on brews with local bottle shop Old Galt to get a little extra exposure. Hopefully you’ll rate them AAA. FarmLeagueBrewing.com

HAVEN BREWING COMPANY Peterborough (spring 2021) More a rebrand than a launch, Haven (now operated by Niagara College grad Andrew Anker) replaces Smithavens Brewing while retaining the nod to traditional German styles the original brewery started with. The pleasant taproom retains all the broad beamed charm of an Alpine hunting lodge and the Kellerbier is tasting better than ever. HavenBrewing.ca

NORTH AMERICAN NEW RITUAL BREWING Oshawa (spring 2021) The newest addition SPECIALTY MALTS to the Durham scene, New Ritual’s instagram Est. 1992 Okanagan, British Columbia

is a riot of tropical fruit and fanciful attire.

The focus on contemporary juicy IPAs is immediately evident, and there’s already hype surrounding New Ritual’s ability to summon bsgcanada.com up a whole bunch of myrcene and jam it into a can. Occult? Maybe. Hazy? You bet your ouija.

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NORTHERN & NORTHWEST ONTARIO

COTTAGE COUNTRY HAMILTON, BRANT & WEST GTA CENTRAL WEST

EASTERN ONTARIO

KAWARTHAS, KINGSTON & PEC NORTH & EAST GTA TORONTO NIAGARA

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THE STUBBORNNESS OF LOCAL STYLE SNAPSHOT: IMPERIAL STOUT DRAFTED: LESSONS LEARNED FROM HAVING BEER ON TAP BREWER VS BREWER: THE FARM-BASED BREWERY EDITION CHARITY COLLABS: WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER HERE FALL DOWN THE CRAFT BEER GLASSWARE RABBIT HOLE RECIPE: VEGGIE PANCAKES WITH STFU SAUCE ONTARIO BREWERY LISTINGS BEER TO THE GROUND

Breweries by Region 22 TORONTO 35 NORTH & EAST GTA 39 HAMILTON, BRANT & WEST GTA 43 NIAGARA 45 CENTRAL WEST 58 SOUTHWEST 66 KAWARTHAS, KINGSTON & PEC 71 EASTERN ONTARIO 79 COTTAGE COUNTRY 87 NORTHERN & NORTHWEST ONTARIO Editor’s Note Autumn is an important time for beer. The hops are picked, the barley’s mown, and the rush of summer production slows down just in time for Oktoberfest.

Whether you like a Festbier, a wet-hopped ale, or even something with a hint of pumpkin, the harvest is in and the taps are flowing.

At least two of them are in Ben Johnson’s garage, as he walks you through purchasing a kegerator for home use. New contributor Max Morin talks about the stubbornness of iconoclastic craft producers (and he should know since he works for Godspeed). Brewer vs. Brewer features two of the province’s farm-based breweries. Robin LeBlanc explores charitable collaborations and how breweries are putting their money where their mouths are.

Also, we have a new editor: Me. I’m Jordan St. John. I’m a virgo, I like long trudges through inclement weather, and when I was six I grew the largest zucchini in Toronto. That might not have anything to do with beer, but it fits the harvest motif.

We hope you enjoy the new issue.

—Jordan St. John, editor

LEGEND Brewery Details GROWLER FILLS BOTTLES / CANS BEER FOR SALE ONLINE TASTING ROOM ON-SITE KITCHEN OR FOOD TRUCK TOURS DOG-FRIENDLY GLUTEN-FREE BOOZE OPTIONS

Availability

B – brewery taproom L – licensed establishments, pubs, bars and restaurants LC – LCBO TBS – The Beer Store

Suggested Glassware STANGE Kolsch Alt Gose

PILSNER Lager Pilsner Witbier

NONIC PINT

Pale ale Stout and porter Most ales, actually

WEIZEN

Hefeweizen Weizenbock American wheat

TULIP

Saison Double IPA Strong ales

GOBLET

Dubbel Belgian strong Tripel

SNIFTER

Barley wine Quad Anything funky

the

stubbornness of Local

How a small group of Ontario brewers are redefining the support local movement

by Maxim Morin

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ilos Kral, one of Ontario’s biggest craft beer boosters and owner of Milos’ Craft Beer Emporium, was making his weekly rounds in Toronto to pick up the city’s latest beer releases when he walked through the doors of Godspeed Brewery, where I work my day job.

As I helped him load up his sagging SUV, bursting at the seams with flats of mostly hazy IPA and fruited sours, Kral lamented that farmhouse-inspired beers like those from Meuse Brewing were being overlooked. “Their stuff is as good as any of the best in Belgium,” he told me with a shrug.

Meuse could be a stand in for a small but growing number of breweries stubbornly sticking to the farmhouse tradition, which relies on sourcing ingredients locally. What Kral admitted compelled me to ask what made these local, farmhouse-inspired beers so unique? And why do their producers continue to source locally in a market that incentivizes exotic ingredients in a protracted supply chain?

According to Beer Canada, despite widespread lockdowns, domestic beer sales were up 2.5% in

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2020 while import sales declined by a whopping 9.5%. Global supply chain issues notwithstanding, the trend towards buying local has continued in 2021 and breweries of all stripes are taking advantage, marketing #drinklocal or using locally grown hops or grain in one-off releases.

Look past the hashtags and you’ll soon discover that supporting local can mean more than you think.

Unlike most Ontario breweries who rely on malts from out of province or country, Meuse’s flagship saison uses barley grown in the field behind the quonset hut that houses their tiny brewing operation. Their barley lends their saison a darker hue, atypical for the style, and proffers mouthwatering notes of plum and dark raisins. All told, it’s incredibly distinctive; so much so you wouldn’t be faulted for thinking it was made in Belgium’s Pajottenland.

The farm isn’t fully reflected in all of our beers yet but the intention is for that to be the case.

Co-founders Estelle van Kleef and Mischa Geven have been brewing award-winning farmhouse-style Belgian ales for the better part of a year on a shoestring budget. For Geven, opening their farmhouse-style brewery in Ontario’s bread basket only felt natural. “Norfolk County is a rich agricultural region so there’s a tonne of rye, wheat, [some] barley so it’s an easy transition going from one grain to another with that farmhouse mindset where you ask what can we do locally? What can we at least try?”

Da Silva. Unlike their competition, they regularly work with nearby Pleasant Valley Hops and Barn Owl Maltings; going so far as to list the percentage of Ontario-grown ingredients used to make each batch on every can they package.

This farmhouse philosophy is shared by co-founders Mallory Jones and Justin Da Silva, who, along with Jessica Nettleton, opened Matron Fine Beers in Bloomfield, Ontario with the promise of brewing “beers inspired by where we live and what grows around us.” Since they opened in 2019, few breweries have championed local suppliers the way they have. “I know craft beer has been quick to adopt support local but most breweries are working with the same two large suppliers,” says

Matron's flagship IPA, Janky, is made with 60% locally-grown ingredients. Photo courtesy of Matron Fine Beers

—Calum Hill, Sonnen Hill Brewery

Janky, the brewery’s delicious flagship IPA, features 60% locally-grown ingredients, while other beers in their lineup range as high as 90%. “For us that’s what local is. It’s not just one touchpoint of manufacturing but more full circle,” says Jones.

Nothing exemplifies that more than Janky, which uses local Cascade, Centennial, and Chinook hops in combination with other North American varieties to give it a unique field berry character that ebbs and flows with each batch.

Along with locally-grown grain and hops, breweries no longer have to resort to sourcing yeast from distant, industrialized labs. Calum Hill, founder and head brewer of Sonnen Hill Brewery in Caledon, sources certain yeast pitches from nearby Escarpment Labs in Guelph. “I text Richard [Priess, Founder of Escarpment Labs] at least once a week, usually with a question or an idea,” Hill tells me. “The farm isn’t fully reflected in all of our beers yet but the intention is for that to be the case.” On top of his farm well water, Hill uses Barn Owl malt for every saison or mixed-culture beer he creates, which constitutes over half of the brewery’s production.

Even so, you don’t have to look far to find how Hill’s focus on local ingredients has impacted Sonnen Hill’s offerings for the better. Take their recent collaboration with New Barns Brewery out of Edinburgh, Scotland, Nice One, a head-turning wheat lager with chamomile and local yarrow is a study in refined balance and restraint. “Once the hops started to fade, the yarrow remained, giving the beer a great floral, spice note that wouldn’t have been there otherwise,” Hill explains.

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The more we go the way of the smoothie fruit puree pastry [beer], the more we’re losing sight that this is an agricultural product that has been a sustaining commodity for a long time.

—Justin Da Silva, Matron Fine Beer

As distinctive as these beers are, working with local suppliers also comes with a fair share of challenges. “You have to be on your toes,” adds Hill. “The [malt] kernel can vary in size so you’re constantly adjusting your mill. Every time we mash in, we’re also doing a grist analysis [to ensure consistency].” What’s more, Ontario-grown ingredients by their very nature are better suited for traditional beer styles. Take the Newdale barley variety often malted by Barn Owl. Using it will result in a darker, grainier look and flavour profile than your typical 2-row pale malt. Similarly, local Cascade, as an example, will veer more toward an unassuming under-ripe stone fruit, field berry, or forest floor-like character instead of the bombastic grapefruit and pine character of its American equivalent.

With all of these headaches it’s natural to wonder why these breweries aren’t shifting resources in order to brew what’s popular? “What’s the fun if every restaurant was a McDonalds? [...] I’m not going to be making what my neighbour does just because he makes it,” says Meuse’s Van Kleef. Unlike wine’s connection to the vineyard and cider’s connection to the orchard, beer is more associated with the stainless steel used to make it. “The more we go the way of the smoothie fruit puree pastry [beer], the more we’re losing sight that this is an agricultural product that has been a sustaining commodity for a long time,” cautions Da Silva.

Luckily, signs of life in the category are starting to bolster local suppliers. Barn Owl Maltings used to sell a quarter tonne at a time when they first started, with 90% of sales dedicated to one-offs from nearby breweries. Now orders of 5 tonnes or more are common, leading to plans to double their

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Meuse’s Saison De La Meuse (right) uses barley grown in the field behind the hut that houses their small brewery.

Photo courtesy of Meuse Brewing

capacity this fall. The same goes for Escarpment Labs, who now supply over a hundred breweries province-wide. Work is underway to move into a much larger space in Guelph with sights set on opening their own taproom. Farms like Pleasant Valley, once at risk of pulling out hop bines, are dramatically expanding acreage to meet demand.

Bottom line: supporting local breweries using local ingredients has a major impact on your local community. Next time you’re on a beer run, consider purchasing beers that include Ontario-grown ingredients so that next time Milos Kral makes his rounds he’s filling his SUV with more than just beer made here, but beer made using the best of what Ontario has to offer. j MUST DRINK ONTARIO BASE BEERS Sonnen Hill Brewing // Whiff Meuse Brewing // Saison De La Meuse Matron Fine Beer // Leisure Landbier Muskoka Brewery // Harvest Ale Quayle's Brewery // Raised In A Barn

STYLE SNAPSHOT

IMPERIAL STOUT A guide to the roasty, contemplative

by Jordan St. John

W H AT IS IT ?

A dark malt accented, extremely strong beer, sometimes aged in bourbon barrels

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DANGER LEVEL High

GL ASS Snifter

STYL E STATS ABV 8-12%

IBU 50-90

COLOUR Midnight black BODY Extremely full BUBBLES Low to medium

D RI NK WI TH

Originally brewed for export as a substantially stronger version of England’s 18th century mainstay, Porter, Imperial Stout was popular with the Russian court who were used to higher test beverages. Although it remained popular with Barclay Perkins and Courage, the style has come into its own in the modern context with adjuncts and barrel aging sometimes coming to the forefront of the flavour profile.

Dark chocolate

Braised beef ribs

Vanilla ice cream

WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH THE BOURBON BARRELS? Aging in American Oak gives beer a caramel and

vanilla character as the beer exchanges osmotically with liquor soaked into the wood. It makes for a thickly textured, high test, practically unctuous beer perfect for late autumn and early winter contemplation.

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Barrel-Aged Double Tempest, Amsterdam Brewery Russian Imperial Stout, Walkerville Brewery

Kentucky Bastard, Nickel Brook Brewing Co. Blackburne, Left Field Brewery

UVB76 Maksim, Wellington Brewery Fortissimo, Tooth and Nail Brewery

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Lessons learned from having beer on tap

by Ben Johnson

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don’t find myself pining for a night at the bar all that much. Maybe it’s because I am getting older and am a married father of two, but the idea of coordinating a meet-up at a pub, getting in an Uber, spending $11 on a drink, and—worst of all—putting on pants without an elastic waist, just isn’t something that I miss all that much, apparently.

What I did miss, I have discovered, was something that was inarguably a part of why I fell in love with well-made beer: Draught.

Opening a bottle cap, prying open a cork and cage, or cracking a can of beer each provide their own sort of primal satisfaction, but there is something that just feels more refined about a beer poured neatly into a clean glass from a draught tap.

If you don’t take just a second to marvel at a well-poured pint of draught before your first sip—

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Is there anything more Canadian than a stack of firewood prepped for the winter next to a fully functioning keg setup?

Possibly, but only if you involve ketchup chips and a butter tart.

Ben Johnson photo

with its playful effervescence and pillowy layer of head—beer probably isn’t your drink. Maybe you’d be better off with something from the shooter menu. For me, there is simply no better beverage than beer and no better delivery mechanism for that beer than a draught tap.

And so, during a time when the idea of sitting down to a properly drawn pint somewhere became a complicated mess of knowing which level of lockdown we were currently under, trying to find a patio and a day with weather that would cooperate, packing the hand sanitizer and the masks and squeezing myself into a pair of hard pants, I finally said “fuck it,” and took matters into my own hands.

I purchased a keg fridge so that no stubborn viral pandemic could ever again come between me and my love of freshly poured, cold draught beer.

Let me tell you, it has been glorious. I now have fresh, cold, local lager flowing from my garage on demand. I just stopped typing that last sentence in the middle of it because it made me want draught beer—so I walked 15 feet and fucking poured one. #LivingTheDream However, there are a few things I’ve learned in the journey to bring sweet, sweet draught into my home that you should probably know before you too take the plunge and join me on the road to blissfully-beer-bellied self indulgence.

First, consider your commitment to beer consumption. You can get a kegerator in a variety of sizes, ranging from smallish single-keg fridges to commercial versions that could hold five or more kegs. unless you are hosting dozens of people every evening, you won’t need five kegs. You might, however, want to consider something that will hold at least two kegs. Buying an entire keg of one type of beer can be a considerable commitment to both one style and to a large volume of beer that has a shelf life.

My suggestion is to opt for a dual tap kegerator.

My fridge has two taps and can fit two 20L kegs.

This means I can have some variety (one of my taps is dedicated to pouring seltzers currently) and I won’t get tired of a beer or leave it sitting around too long as I might if I had to consume 50L.

I purchased a keg fridge so that no stubborn viral pandemic could ever again come between me and my love of freshly poured, cold draught beer.

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mine by contacting the Danby Factory Outlet in Guelph and inquiring about “scratch and dent inventory” (hello deep discount for some cracked plastic). Once you start looking for fridges online you’ll find that your friends at Instagram and Facebook have handily started to populate your feeds with kegerators and you’ll note they are often on sale. don’t rush to buy the first one you see.

Third, you’re going to get gas.

Er, you’re going to need to buy gas. Your kegerator will likely come with a CO2 tank and you’ll need to fill it. Seek out an industrial gas or welding supplier like Linde Canada and get your tank filled with food grade CO2. Then, once you’ve hooked everything up, check your connections for leaks with some soapy water. Bubbles mean you aren’t sealed properly. It’s very annoying when you go to pour a beer and realize you’ve been slowly leaking CO2 all night and now can’t draw a beer.

When outfitting your home draught system, you can choose to make tap handles out of anything. Even legendary blue deer.

Ben Johnson photo

Second, now that you know what size you want, unless you are very handy, do not ask a brewer for advice on which keg fridge to purchase. Brewers spend most of their days cleaning, maintaining, and using the equipment with which beer is produced. Sometimes that equipment breaks and they need to MacGyver solutions out of materials on hand. And they can. They are the type of people who, in high school, turned household objects into functioning bongs just for fun. If you’re like me, you are not like this, and your innocently-worded “which fridge should I buy?” inquiries will be met with the disdainful follow up-question, “Why don’t you just make one?”

It’s the same reasons I have no interest in homebrewing: It seems like a lot of work and I’d sooner leave the work to the professionals. For the time I’d waste making something shitty, it’s worth a couple extra bucks to just get the best, so I recommend you skip asking beer-makers and just start googling.

There are a handful of great fridges available at places like Toronto Brewing and you may also have luck going directly to a manufacturer. I found

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Fourth, again, consider your commitment to beer consumption. Having essentially unlimited cold, fresh draught in your house is a glorious thing, but it can also be a dangerous thing. I have already, for example, had a couple “accidental eight beer weekdays.” It is easy to pour yourself a refreshing post-yard-work beer in the afternoon and then keep absent-mindedly filling your glass until you are burning your family’s dinner on the grill and realize you’re half in the bag.

So if you do opt for the keg life, consider taking measures to monitor or slow your consumption. I invested in smaller glassware dedicated to draught.

With 12oz pours, at the very least, I have to get up more often for a refill and am more conscious of my intake. I’ve also used the space in my fridge that was previously filled with cans and bottles of beer to load up on non alcoholic options like juice, hop water, and bubbly water to occasionally alternate them with beer.

And finally, be prepared to host.

For some reason, once you have draught beer available, your house becomes the go-to destination for outdoor family gatherings, hangs with buddies, and neighbour drop-ins.

Get ready to be popular. j

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Brewer Sometimes at the end of the rainbow, there's a pot of gold. In this case, it's a golden field of barley. Photo courtesy of MacKinnon Brothers Brewing Co.

The farm-based brewery edition

by Jordan St. John

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adlands Brewing and Mackinnon Brothers Brewing are, in some ways, extremely similar. In other ways their approach to brewing is dictated by heritage, geography, and terroir. These factors contribute as much to the character of each brewery as the team behind them. Imagine the amount of work that needs to happen in order to make a brewery work. Now imagine how much work goes into operating a farm. Now combine the two.

Badlands Brewing’s Troy Baxter spent much of the interview doing dry hop agitation in Badlands' newly expanded fermentation cellar, and estimated his weekly workload at 100 hours. Located in

Cheltenham, Ontario the property that houses the brewery has been a farm since 1867, and it has been in the family since the 1940’s. Currently Badlands is four generations strong, and although it was originally a dairy farm, changes are underway.

Mackinnon Brothers Brewing’s Ivan Mackinnon spent the interview doing payroll; “Dry as a bone, but it must be done or people won’t work.”

Mackinnon’s brewery has also recently expanded, and they’re coming out of their busiest month on record. In Bath, Ontario, Mackinnon’s family has been on the land since 1784, and the family is currently on its ninth generation, having been seed farmers for the last several decades.

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a little igloo mash tun and basically for a hundred bucks I was able to start brewing at home. The first few batches were really bad, but reading and teaching myself different things, after 20 batches the beer started to taste more like I wanted. We started a one barrel brewery, which I would not recommend to anyone if you want to make money. Basically a glorified homebrew setup, but it was more of a proofing process. We didn’t have any money so we started that one for as cheap as we could.

This small barn is almost unrecognizable without a lineup of diehard haze fans.Photo courtesy of Badlands Brewing Company

Growler: What made you decide to go into brewing?

Troy Baxter: For me it was almost a culinary perspective when we got into it. We worked for a restaurant for quite a while as kids, so for me at least it was a natural extension at that point to start brewing. I liked making things from scratch and the first thing was wine in university... after that I got into brewing beer, mostly as a result of drinking Hill Farmstead and wanting that here, but not being able to find it back in 2014.

Ivan MacKinnon: The reason to come back to the farm and start the brewery, my grandparents were really well steeped in the history of the family so we both wanted to come back to the farm and continue that tradition, but the economics of farming were such that 1300 acres... we would have had to get really, really big for the farm to support three families instead of one. So we decided the brewery would be a good way to be on the farm and diversify and continue to add value to what we grow on the farm.

Growler: Where did you learn to brew and how does that impact the styles that you’re brewing in?

Baxter: I taught myself, to be honest. Hill Farmstead was the one I point to most often as the biggest inspiration. I like to joke that Shaun Hill ruined my life by making such delicious beer... I started home brewing at Toronto Brewing and got a two gallon bucket, a three gallon pot, and built

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Mackinnon: Daniel came back (from Heriot-Watt) with the mentality of wanting to brew traditional ales and lagers, probably driven by that education in Scotland and partly just because that was what we like to drink. It’s opened us up to a much wider audience locally than if we were specializing in barrel aged sours.

Growler: What crops did you have on the farm prior to making the leap?

Baxter: Mostly cash crops. It used to be a dairy farm, quite a while ago. We have about 20 beef cows at any given time. The barnyard is right against the beer garden, so you can actually see cows. We also grow a variety of cash crops. Wheat, soy, obviously we grow hay for the cows.

Mackinnon: We grew corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, and barley already. We were doing malting barley before we had our license to brew beer.

Growler: Barley isn’t just barley. What strain of barley are you planting?

Baxter: We are very much still in the GTA. To put it in perspective we all used to work in Toronto, and we still get well above sensible temperatures for growing barley in the summer. It’s not something we can grow successfully here. The protein content gets out of whack, and you probably get it blooming in the field. We’re keeping our eyes open for varieties that are doing well in similar climates. At the moment we’re growing no barley successfully. I don’t think any maltster would want to malt it.

Mackinnon: There’s just malting varieties that are known. When we first started, we somewhat illicitly imported some European 2-Row, a variety that was grown all the way across the continent, fought with it for three years; it went horribly. It was not well suited to this area. We then grew two western Canadian varieties, AC Metcalfe and Newdale. They were also not well adapted, but we at least got up and running.

Growler: Is there an on farm brewery philosophy or ethos?

Mackinnon's Harvest Ale contains entirely estate grown hops and custom malted barley, making it as fresh as possible.

Photo courtesy of MacKinnon Brothers Brewing Co.

Esma, which we grew for the first time three years ago (2019) went really, really well, so much better adapted to our neck of the woods. Devin Huffman at Barn Owl really liked it. The European varieties are more geared towards all grain brewing with an enzyme package that goes along with that. From an agronomic standpoint it was much better for us. We also grew for the first time last year a winter barley variety called Calypso, driven mostly by changes in the climate. We’re getting late spring, early summer really hot and really dry.

Growler: What hops varieties do you have growing on your farm and what kind of acreage have you planted?

Baxter: We’re planning on expanding in the next couple years. We’ve got 60-ish bines in the ground split between four varieties: Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, and Columbus. We’d like to build out to a 2-3 acre hop yard split between a few varieties so that you have something to experience while you’re here.

Mackinnon: When we started, we grew Spalter, Newport, Mackinac. The Mackinac was the only one that really ever thrived. We have two yards now. One three quarters of an acre yard at the edge of the brewery yard. Then we have about three acres worth of hops on a field a kilometer up the road from us. It’s up high on the top of a hill, so there is nice natural airflow that gets rid of mildews. All of our hops go in the Harvest Ale, which is a lightly hopped beer; one of seven we’re making right now.

Baxter: As a homebrewer I was always attracted to the idea of grain to glass on a single plot of land, or at least attracted to the romantic idea. We started looking into that concept and it takes a lot to do that and there are some factors that work against you. Rather than being able to do that in the short term, we’ve set everything up so we can get there in the long term so that hopefully we can get there in the long term so we can grow our own barley, malt our own barley, brew our own beer, grow and process our own hops, use our own house yeast culture and serve it on site. So, essentially, it’s a plot of land where what we pull from the land gets processed here, served here, and all the sidestream products like spent grain and yeast gets fed to the cows.

We’re still pretty far from that honestly, but we’re slowly edging towards doing all of those things.

Mackinnon: We have always brewed beer that we want to drink, and we’re lucky in the fact that we have palates similar to a larger proportion of the population. We brew good quality, not challenging, traditional ales and lagers. That’s what we want to drink and that’s what we think the market wants to drink. I think the other really important thing is that we have always tried to focus as much as possible on the local market. Maybe 50 kilometers from the brewery, to try and own the local market as much as possible. It’s served us well because our story is most relevant to people close to the farm. It’s a local story, so it only makes sense to focus on the local market as much as possible. We learned really early that people want to support a local business where they can relate to the people running it. j

Dusk on the farm, where the sunset means it's time for beer.

Photo courtesy of Badlands Brewing Company

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We look out for each other Here

How collaborations are redefining the social role of breweries in the community

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by Robin LeBlanc

n an age when breweries are struggling to stick out among the ever-growing beer scene, no tool has been more handy for publicity and hype than the collaboration beer with a celebrity.

These collabs are often successful and reliably make headlines. Before the pandemic there were festivals, namely Session, which were almost entirely made up of celebrity collaborations. Recent notable examples include Calgary-based Big Rock Brewing’s Lake Fever Lager made with the Tragically Hip and Toronto’s Henderson Brewing teaming up with Rush for the Rush Canadian Golden Ale. But while celebrity brewery collaborations are still chugging along, more recently beer lovers will have noticed that they’re being replaced with collabs that are smaller in scale and have the brewery teaming up with local or international charities and organizations with causes that range from combating bigotry and aiding the marginalized to furthering research into illnesses or fighting climate change.

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Ontario has no shortage of examples. People’s Pint Brewery and Little Beasts Brewing teamed up with 102.1 The Edge to make a beer that benefitted the Ontario SPCA. Red Tape Brewery created a Pride Series, seven beers in collaboration with seven members of the LGBTQ+ community and proceeds going to ACT Toronto. There are even international collaborations such as Brave Noise, in which breweries are given a recipe to brew with proceeds going to a charity or organization that fights issues women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ folks face in the beer industry.

Josh Hayter, owner of Spearhead Brewery, is no stranger to charity collaborations. “We tend to work with charities that are an extension of our core values.” When the brewery moved to Kingston in 2018, becoming a community hub in more than just name only was a huge priority. They have a regular rotation of charities receiving proceeds on select beers in the taproom and often release canned collabs such as Queen of Wheat, which is made with activist and drag performer Rowena Whey and The Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD).

People are asking breweries to pause and make their link to the community more meaningful and more real.

—Ren Navarro

The noticeable rise in charitable collaborations has a number of causes, but the two main ones are a result of a moral and business response to the pandemic paired with the long growing conversation of the social role of a brewery in the community.

The former is a matter of practicality: a global pandemic tends to decrease the number of events breweries would have no trouble sponsoring.

Charitable collaborations are a way to continue that public support. For Spearhead, who were already active in charitable endeavours, the resolve to give back only strengthened during this time, even deepening the brewery’s connection to Kingston.

“During the pandemic when we lost a lot of potential sales from bars and events, the community stepped up to support us and bought our beers online, giving us essentially a reason to be,” he says. “We feel it’s important to give back to the communities that support us so these collabs allow us to raise these groups up in kind.”

The latter reason is part of a larger conversation that has created drastic shifts in how a brewery should operate in the public sphere.

The past three years have seen what has become a reckoning for some of the deep systemic social issues found within the beer industry. Public awareness has increased as we have become more online during the pandemic. Moments such as Michigan-based Founders Brewing facing a fallout due to racist discrimination in the workplace and former Notch Brewing production manager Brienne Allan posting a massive number of anonymous accounts of sexual abuse and harassment on Instagram have dragged the beer industry’s problems into the public view.

“As these things are happening, beer nerds along with John and Jane Q Public are starting to pay attention to so much more and are asking these questions.” says Ren Navarro, owner of Beer.

Diversity. “People want to be smarter about where they spend their money and we’re at a point where a flash in the pan thing that involves a hashtag or a single quick donation once a year isn’t cutting it anymore. Breweries have to create lasting relationships.”

These issues, along with the public response, are not exclusive to the beer industry and it’s easy to

Queen of Wheat features a subtle accent of peach in addition to a traditional wheat beer profile. Photo courtesy of Spearhead Brewing

be cynical about any business looking to be charitable. Whether it’s hashtags, black squares, pink products, and rainbows, it’s valid to feel cautious in trying to distinguish between a business trying to do good and one just providing lip service. And at the end of the day breweries are a business and there’s a bottom line that comes into play.

Businesses are still made up of people, however.

Often good people that want to do what they can to make the world a little bit better. Publicity and looking good is a byproduct of charitable actions, of course, but if you have a business that has listened to their community and is doing what they can to support it while giving the public the chance to learn more and donate in turn, then it’s clear they’re approaching this with more thought than lip service.

“People are asking breweries to pause and make their link to the community more meaningful and more real,” says Navarro.

Craft beer has built its reputation on the largely manufactured image of the small local brewery that’s part of the community. Trying to live up to that ideal is a noble goal, but one of the key ways of doing so is by embodying the core tenet that every good community lives by: “We look out for each other here.” j

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Fall down the

CRAFT BEER GLASSWARE GLASSWA rabbit hole

by Ted Child

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o you have tracked down that hard-to-find beer that everyone is talking about. Or maybe you have a friend who has decided to share some of their cellar full of world class aged beer. Are you planning to drink that special beer right out of the bottle or can? Or maybe use your trusty Mason jar? Of course not. One of the great joys of exploring beer is the joy of exploring beer glassware. Maybe you received a beer glassware gift pack for the holidays and are now ready to dive even deeper into the strange, exotic and sometimes downright weird world of beer glassware.

With the drinking population’s thirst for novelty in beer, it can sometimes be easy to forget that beer has been a part of human culture since before recorded history. This long history of imbibing also has a deep pool of historical drinking vessels to go with it. It seems that as soon as humans started to ferment alcohol they also started exploring The weissbier vase (left) is designed to perfectly capture the pillowy head of a German hefeweizen. The Scottish thistle glass (right) is just as adept at showcasing whisky as it is a wee heavy. Supplied photos

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fun and diverse ways to drink it. Exploring the world of historical beer glassware can be exciting, enlightening, addicting and, of course, sometimes expensive.

Like the relationship between German hefeweizen and the perfect glass to drink it, the weissbier vase, many beer glasses have developed with a definite beer culture, style or even individual beer in mind. Take, for instance, the Scottish thistle glass. It is a common mistake to believe, not unreasonably, that this glass is meant for scotch whisky—but there is plenty of evidence that it can be used for Scottish style beer. All glassware should, in theory, accentuate one, if not two aspects of the beer in it, mainly appearance and/

The Perfect Pint glass (left) was designed by Samuel Adams founder Jim Koch specifically for the brand's Boston Lager. The IPA glass (middle) captures hop aromatics while minimizing warming. The TeKu glass (right) is a beer snob must-have, and ideal for that barrel-aged sour you've been saving. Supplied photos

or aroma. The thistle glass, designed to look like the Scottish national flower, has a bulbous base that, like a tulip glass, will capture and condense aromatics. The radical changes in the diameter of the glass will also show off the reddish hue of Scottish beer better than most, while the outward flare of the glass lip helps to deliver the beer better.

Another strange glass that has a definite association with not just a single beer style but with a single beer is the unique stirrup cup associated with Pauwel Kwak beer brewed by the Belgian brewery Bosteels. A stirrup cup is a drinking vessel that is used by someone on horseback. Pauwel Kwak beer is named after an inn owner and brewer who supposedly invented the distinct glass, its most prominent feature being the rounded bottom, which makes it impossible to put down unless using the wooden frame that comes with it. The glass resembles a smaller yard glass, if you can remember that glass shape from your freshman days. The glass, thankfully, works quite well with other amber Belgian style ales if you’re willing to try.

While beer glassware has a deep history it is also true that there have been some exciting new developments in recent years. Like beer itself, there has never been a more exciting time in beer glassware. One could argue that it was one of the craft beer pioneers that first started the new glassware explosion. Samuel Adams founder Jim Koch developed a new glass a few years ago, the Perfect Pint, supposedly based around a bunch of science and then heavily promoted it. This seems to have started a mini arms race as craft brewers teamed up with prestigious glassware manufacturers to develop stylish new glasses.

Two such styles that have noticeably taken off are the IPA glass and the TeKu. The IPA glass was designed by glassmaker Spielgelau, Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head and Ken Grossman of Sierra Nevada specifically to capture the aromatic qualities of IPAs. It’s become widely embraced by craft beer fans with almost every craft brewery selling something of a similar shape.

The TeKu glass was developed by Italian brewer Teo Mussa and beer expert Lorenzo “Kuaska” Dabove in collaboration with Italian glassmaker Rastal. It is designed to be the “world’s best beer glass” but it is being most quickly adopted as a great glass to use for sours, specifically crafty, new world sours. It must be said that any glass with a stem, whether it’s a TeKu or a tulip, immediately seems to elevate most beers, even if just by putting the drinker in a different state of mind. Stemmed glassware seems to notify the drinker that this is something more serious and sophisticated, not just pouring cheap lager down your throat. The TeKu wonderfully exploits this reaction.

This, of course, is just the tip of the iceberg of extreme glassware, both modern and historical. In addition to those innovative chalices that improve your organoleptic enjoyment, there are also pieces of glassware that are de rigueur for individual occasions.

What would Oktoberfest be without the liter Maßkrug, or the English Pub without a dimpled mug for your pint of bitter?

Glassware should always enhance your experience whether it is a set dressing or a tool to improve your tasting ability. Above all else, keep it clean and give it a rinse before you pour your beer. j

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Photos courtesy of Julia Hancock-Song

RECIPE

Veggie pancakes with STFU Sauce

Paired with Badlands Brewing's Fog

BY JULIA HANCOCK-SONG

T

oronto cook Julia Hancock-Song takes inspiration from the Korean side of her family and transforms them into easy comfort snacks. While these veggie pancakes can be made for any meal, Julia recommends eating them right over the stove as a late-night snack. The sweet and spicy STFU sauce highlights the freshness of the vegetable medley while adding pops of flavour to this light meal. The quantity of gochujang and the variety of mustard can be altered depending on your heat preference.

Pairing this dish with a hazy IPA will accentuate the flavours of the sauce, without tempering

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its boldness. Fog, from Badlands Brewing in Caledon, was the first beer the brewery ever made. When first poured, this overly aromatic beer greets you with the charming smell of citrus and a thick white head. This cloudy pale-yellow beer is hopped with Citra, Azacca and Ekuanot, resulting in fruity tasting notes such as navel orange, tropical fruit candy, and according to Badlands, nostalgia. Fog leaves you with a complex crisp piney aftertaste so delicious that you can’t wait for your next sip.

—Sabryna Ekstein

I N g r ed i ents Serves 2 as a meal or 4 as a side or snack STFU Sauce • ½ cup kewpie mayonnaise (regular mayonnaise works too) • 2 tsp gochujang • 1½ tsp sesame oil • 1 tsp mustard—the spicier the better • 1 tsp furikake seasoning • ½ tsp fish sauce (optional) Pancakes • 2 eggs • ¾ cup cold water • ¾ cup all-purpose flour • ½ cup grated cheddar • 1½ tsp kosher salt • ½ white sugar • ¼ teaspoon baking soda • ¼ teaspoon black pepper • 1 cup thinly sliced carrots • ½ cup thinly sliced button mushrooms • ½ cup julienned zucchini • 1 cup finely shredded cabbage • ½ cup thinly sliced scallions • ½ cup neutral oil for frying, such as canola Garnish • 1 Tbsp toasted sesame seeds • 1 scallion, finely sliced

d i r ecti o n s STFU Sauce 1. Mix all ingredients. Taste and blow your mind.

Pancakes 1. Whisk eggs in a large mixing bowl until combined. Mix in ½ cup of the cold water, reserving some for adjustments. Add the flour, baking soda, salt, pepper and sugar, then whisk gently until the mixture is smooth.

2. Switching to a rubber spatula, stir in the grated cheese, followed by all the vegetables. Add more water a tablespoon at a time if the batter feels too thick; the batter should just coat the vegetables, rather than clumping up or pooling in the bottom of the bowl.

3. Preheat a large non-stick frying pan over high heat for at least 3 minutes. Turn down to

Badlands Brewing's Fog has bright citrusy notes and and crisp piney aftertaste that pairs well with Chef Julia Hancock-Song's STFU Sauce. Supplied photo

medium-high and add about 2 tablespoons of oil to the pan; if it's hot enough, a small drop of batter should sizzle on contact.

4. Add the pancake mix a dollop at a time, stirring the mix each time before you take a scoop.

After you put each pancake down, gently spread them out in the pan by nudging apart the veggies with a spatula until they form a thin layer. I like to fit three pancakes at a time in a 12-inch skillet, but it’s also fine to go one at a time.

5. Flip each pancake when the bottom is a deep golden brown, about 2-4 minutes. Continue fearlessly adding oil anytime the pan looks dry.

When both sides are browned, remove each pancake from the pan to drain on a paper towel.

6. Garnish the pancakes with scallions and sesame seeds and serve with STFU sauce for dipping.

Serve as immediately as possible. They’ll be delicious either way, but that fresh-off-the-heat crispiness is something special.

NOTE: Squash, potatoes, leeks, onions, radishes, and even sweet corn make great additions or substitutions for the vegetables listed. j

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Tropical fruits abound from the first whiffs, followed by a walk in the woods as pine, evergreen and some herbaceous notes are picked up.

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GLB is continuing to develop their German-style beer program, introducing customers to brands like Absacker Helles, Frühschoppen Pilsner, Überhopfig Hopfenweisse, Zwei Zeigen Doppelbock, Morgenmuffel Hefeweizen and many more. “We’re always refining each release to ensure customers get some of the most authentic German style beers brewed here in Ontario,” says GLB’s Mike Lackey.

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NORTHERN MAVERICK BREWING CO.

115 Bathurst St. | NorthernMaverick.ca

With a large patio fronting onto Bathurst Street, Northern Maverick has a fun snack menu featuring pakoras, truffle fries, and a homemade oxtail patty.

HANDCRAFTED LAGER

ENFORCER IPA

Year-round: B, L, LC

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RORSCHACH BREWING CO.

SHACKLANDS BREWING CO.

1001 Eastern Ave. | RorschachBrewing.com

101-100 Symes Rd. | Shacklands.com

The brewery, housed in a century old farmhouse, has a beautiful rooftop patio with full-service bar and a beer garden-style front patio, plus an indoor dining room.

Shacklands bottles, kegs and can-conditions all of its beers. Join them on January 22 2022 for Shacklands 5th Anniversary Bash with lots of surprise beers.

TRUTH SERUM

SAISON DAVENPORT

D O U B L E D RY- H O P P E D I PA

Year-round: B, L, LC ABV IBU

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6.5% 35

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AVLING BREWERY

1042 Queen St. E., Toronto Avling.ca

BANDIT BREWERY

2125 Dundas St. W., Toronto BanditBrewery.ca

BEACHES BREWING CO.

1953 Queen St. E., Toronto BeachesBrewing.com

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SAISON

SPECIAL BELGIAN ALE SPÉCIALE BELGE

Year-round: B, L, LC

7.0% 35

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Year-round: B, L

6.4% 22

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5.0% 20

BELGIAN MOON BREWERY AT STACKT MARKET

3 Tecumseth St., Toronto Can.BelgianMoon.ca

BIRROTECA AT EATALY TORONTO

55 Bloor St West, Toronto IndieAleHouse.com

BLACK OAK BREWING CO.

75 Horner Ave., Etobicoke BlackOakBeer.com

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TORONTO

BRUNSWICK BIERWORKS

25 Curity Ave., East York BrunswickBierworks.com

BURDOCK BREWERY

1184 Bloor St. W., Toronto BurdockTO.com

DUGGAN’S BREWERY

1346 Queen St. W., Toronto DuggansBrewery.com

FOLLY BREWING

928 College St., Toronto Folly Brewing.com

GODSPEED BREWERY

242 Coxwell Ave., Toronto GodspeedBrewery.com

HENDERSON BREWING CO.

128A Sterling Rd., Toronto HendersonBrewing.com

HIGH PARK BREWERY

839 Runnymede Rd., Toronto HighParkBrewery.com

JUNCTION CRAFT BREWING

150 Symes Rd., Toronto JunctionCraft.com

KENSINGTON BREWING CO.

299 Augusta Ave., Toronto KensingtonBrewingCompany.com

LAYLOW BREWERY

1144 College St, Toronto Laylow.beer

LONGSLICE BREWERY

484 Front St. E., Toronto Longslice.com

LOUIS CIFER BREW WORKS

417 Danforth Ave., Toronto LouisCiferBrewWorks.com

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MASCOT BREWERY

37 Advance Rd., 220 King St. W., Toronto MascotBrewery.com

MILL ST. BREW PUB

21 Tank House Ln., Toronto MillStreetBrewery.com

MUDDY YORK BREWING CO.

RED TAPE BREWERY

159 Main St., Toronto RedTapeBrewery.com

SAULTER STREET BREWERY

1-31 Saulter St., Toronto SaulterStreetBrewery.com

STEAM WHISTLE

22 Cranfield Rd., East York MuddyYorkBrewing.com

255 Bremner Blvd. , Toronto SteamWhistle.ca

PEOPLE’S PINT BREWING CO.

3 BRASSEURS

90 Cawthra Ave., Toronto PeoplesPint.com

Unit 100-120 Adelaide St. W., Toronto Les3Brasseurs.ca

RADICAL ROAD BREWING CO.

1177 Queen St. E., Toronto RadicalRoadBrew.com

RAINHARD BREWING CO.

100 Symes Rd., Toronto RainhardBrewing.com

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FALCON BREWING

30 Barr Rd. | FalconBeer.beer

160 Baseline Rd. E. | Manantler.com

While Falcon has seven permanent brands, a number of their offerings rotate, making for a wide variety of beers on an annual basis at their Ajax headquarters.

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Manantler just moved locations and now boasts an open concept tasting room and a big patio. Also serving wood fired pizzas!

H A Z Y I PA Year-round: B ABV IBU

NEVER SLEEP AGAIN

COFFEE INFUSED ALE

Year-round: B, L

6.6% 72

ABV IBU

PORT PERRY

Year-round: B, L

6.5% 40

ABV IBU

4.6% 5

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OLD FLAME BREWING CO.

THE SECOND WEDGE BREWING CO.

135 Perry St.; 140 Main St. S., Newmarket | OldFlameBrewingCo.ca

14 Victoria St. | TheSecondWedge.ca

Old Flame’s flagship location is nestled in the historic Ontario Carriage works in Downtown Port Perry and specializes in craft lagers. Try their second location in Newmarket!

This fall, The Second Wedge welcomes Foundry Pi, a woodfired pizza kitchen in a shipping container, to their beer garden! It’ll be open Thursday-Sunday through to late fall.

RAVEN

MOONLIT MOSEY

BRUNETTE

BLACK LAGER

MUNICH DUNKEL LAGER

Year-round: B, L ABV IBU

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W I N T E R WA R M E R

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Year-round: B, L, LC ABV

SPICE FACTORY

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WHITBY

INDEPENDENCE MATTERS.

TOWN BREWERY

1632 Charles St., Whitby TownBrewery.ca

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NORTH & EAST GTA

5 PADDLES BREWING CO. #3-1390 Hopkins St, Whitby 5PaddlesBrewing.ca

ALL OR NOTHING BREWHOUSE

439 Ritson Rd. S., Oshawa AllOrNothing.beer

BROCK STREET BREWING CO.

LITTLE BEASTS BREWING CO.

2075 Forbes St., Whitby LittleBeastsBrewing.com

MAGNOTTA BREWERY

271 Chrislea Rd., Vaughan MagnottaBrewery.com

MARKET BREWING CO.

244 Brock St. S., Whitby BrockStBrewing.com

4-17775 Leslie St., Newmarket MarketBrewingCo.com

CHRONICLE BREWING CO.

NEW RITUAL BREWING CO.

422 Lake Rd., Unit 3, Bowmanville ChronicleBeer.com

COPPERWORKS BREWPUB

7 Division St., Bowmanville CopperworksPub.com

DURHAM BREWING CO.

1885 Clements Rd., Pickering Facebook.com/CountyDurhamBrewing

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716 Wilson Rd. S., Oshawa Instagram.com/NewRitualBrewing

ROUGE RIVER BREWING CO.

8-50 Bullock Dr., Markham RougeRiverBrewery.com

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BURLINGTON

NICKEL BROOK BREWING CO.

864 Drury Ln. | NickelBrook.com SUN-WED 11AM-6PM ^ THURS-SAT 11AM-8PM EST. 2005 Founded in 2005, Nickel Brook was born from a passion and love of craft & community. We didn’t always have the wisdom that we needed, but passion and stories, we always had that! Great Beer. Better Stories.

HEADSTOCK

ZAP!

W E S T C OA S T S T Y L E I PA

F R U I T E D S O U R I PA

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Bold and loud, Head Stock rocks a catchy melody of pine and grapefruit notes that perfectly harmonize with undertones of refreshing hop bitterness.

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Beams with zippy notes of tropical fruit and citrus.

This otherworldly brew finishes with a shocking sour tang. Rotating product with real fruit changes.

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HAMILTON

COLLECTIVE ARTS BREWING CALEDON HILLS BREWING COMPANY

207 Burlington St. E., Hamilton CollectiveArtsBrewing.com

17219 Hwy 50, Palgrave CaledonHillsBrewing.ca

Collective Arts’ Hamilton beer garden is a destination for beer lovers in the Golden Horseshoe. With vegan, vegetarian, and glutenfree options, there’s something for everyone.

AUDIO/VISUAL LAGER

LIFE IN THE CLOUDS N E I PA

Year-round: B, L, LC ABV IBU

CAMERON’S BREWING

1165 Invicta Dr., Oakville CameronsBrewing.com

4.9% N/A

Year-round: B, L, LC ABV IBU

BADLANDS BREWING COMPANY

13926 Chinguacousy Rd., Burlington BadlandsBrewing.ca

BELL CITY BREWING CO.

6.1% N/A

CLIFFORD BREWING CO.

1-398 Nash Rd. N., Hamilton CliffordBrewing.com

FAIRWEATHER BREWING CO.

1-5 Ofield Rd., Hamilton FairweatherBrewing.com

FURNACE ROOM BREWERY

51 Woodyatt Dr., unit 9, Brantford BellCityBrewing.com

1 Elgin St., Georgetown FurnaceRoomBrewery.com

BREWERS BLACKBIRD KITCHEN & BREWERY

GOODLOT FARMSTEAD BREWING CO.

375 Wilson St. E., Ancaster BrewersBlackbird.ca

18825 Shaws Creek Rd., Caledon GoodLot.beer

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WEST GTA & HAMILTON

GRAIN & GRIT BEER CO.

11 Ewen Rd., Hamilton GrainAndGritBeer.com

MASH PADDLE BREWING CO.

SONNEN HILL BREWERY

20683 Heart Lake Rd., Caledon Instagram.com/SonnenHill

STEEL WHEEL BREWERY

111 Sherwood Dr., unit 3A, Brantford MashPaddleBrewing.com

105 Powerline Rd., Brantford SteelWheel.ca

MERIT BREWING

STONEHOOKER BREWING CO.

107 James St. N., Hamilton MeritBrewing.ca

OLD CREDIT BREWING CO.

6 Queen St. W., Mississauga OldCreditBrewing.com

ORANGE SNAIL BREWERS

1-32 Steeles Ave. E., Milton OrangeSnailBrewers.ca

SHAWN & ED BREWING CO.

65 Hatt St., Dundas LagerShed.com

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866 Lakeshore Rd. E., Mississauga Stonehooker.com

THIRD MOON BREWING

295 Alliance Rd., unit 3, Milton ThirdMoonBrewing.com

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2041 Winston Park Dr., Oakville Les3Brasseurs.ca

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8001 Blackburn Pkwy, Niagara Falls BlackburnBrewHouse.com

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209 Ridge Road N., Ridgeway BrimstoneBrewing.ca

COLD BREAK BREWING

193 St Paul St. W., St. Catharines ColdBreakBrewing.ca

COUNTERPART BREWING

3659 Stanley Ave., unit 6-8, Niagara Falls CounterpartBrewing.com

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DECEW FALLS BREWING CO.

NIAGARA BREWING CO.

207 St. Paul St. W., St. Catharines

4915-A Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls NiagaraBrewingCompany.com

DRAGAN BREWING AND WINE

NIAGARA COLLEGE TEACHING BREWERY

100 Grantham Ave. S., Unit 1, St. Catharines DraganBrewingAndWine.com

135 Taylor Rd., Niagara-on-the-Lake NCTeachingBrewery.ca

THE EXCHANGE BREWERY

NIAGARA OAST HOUSE BREWERS

7 Queen St., Niagara-on-the-Lake ExchangeBrewery.com

KAME & KETTLE BEER WORKS

25 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill KameAndKettle.ca

2017 Niagara Stone Rd., Niagara-on-theLake | OastHouseBrewers.com

SILVERSMITH BREWING CO.

1523 Niagara Stone Rd., Niagara-on-the-Lake SilversmithBrewing.com

LOCK STREET BREWING CO.

104-15 Lock St., Port Dalhousie LockStreet.ca

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98 St. Paul St., St. Catharines MerchantAleHouse.com

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WELLINGTON BREWERY

950 Woodlawn Rd. W. | WellingtonBrewery.ca MON-SUN 11AM-6PM EST. 1985

One of Canada’s original craft brewers, Wellington offers a yearround lineup with a wide range of beer styles as well as creative small-batch beer releases. Check out their expanded beer garden and tap room menu featuring artisanal charcuterie and cheese boards expertly paired with your beers.

UPSIDE IPA

HELLES LAGER

Year-round: B, L, LC, TBS

Year-round: B, L, LC, TBS

N E W E N G L A N D - S T Y L E I PA

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6.8%

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HELLES LAGER

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Exploding with juicy grapefruit, peach, and tropical hop flavours. This NEIPA has a hazy appearance, soft mouthfeel, and balanced bitterness.

SPECIAL PALE ALE

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Year-round: B, L, LC, TBS

4.5%

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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN STOUT

E N G L I S H - S T Y L E PA L E A L E

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Inspired by traditional German light lagers, this award-winning Helles Lager has a balanced malt sweetness and crisp noble hop finish.

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Deep copper in colour, this well-balanced English style pale ale has biscuit and caramel flavours upfront and a subtle citrus hop finish.

8.0%

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40

This bold, full-bodied stout has complex roasted malt and toffee flavours alongside a hint of dark fruit.

Beer that makes a difference!

This fall and winter, Wellington Brewery’s Queen of Craft crew will be donating $0.25 from every can of Spice Odyssey Chai Latte Stout sold from the brewery and in the Bootique Mixer to support Guelph-Wellington Women-in-Crisis.”

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KITCHENER

WATERLOO BREWING

400 Bingemans Centre Dr. | WaterlooBrewing.com BEER STORE DAILY 10AM-8PM EST. 1984 Founded in 1984, Waterloo Brewing is the first craft brewery in Ontario. As the thirst for exceptional craft beers has spread, they’ve kept their heads down and stayed true to what they believe are deeply shared Kitchener-Waterloo values of quality, craftsmanship, and a spirit of innovation.

VANILLA BOURBON STOUT

SPICED RUM IMPERIAL STOUT

S TO U T Seasonal: B, LC ABV

6.0%

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I M P E R I A L S TO U T Seasonal: B, LC

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Crack open this dark winter warmer and drink in a snow squall of aromas, including vanilla beans, bourbon-soaked oak and velvety chocolate malt.

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WATERLOO IPA I PA

P O RT E R Seasonal: B, LC 6.0%

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Winter calls for a beer of more character. This one has balanced maltiness and toasty aroma underscored with the warm flavour of spiced rum.

CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT PORTER

ABV

6.0%

Year-round: B, L, LC, TBS IBU

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Smooth flavours of rich milk chocolate and lightly roasted hazelnut make this seasonal boar cozier than a weighted blanket.

5.2%

IBU

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Our crisp and clean Canadian IPA is medium-coloured and slightly hoppy. Its citrus hops and caramel maltiness make this a distinctly drinkable IPA.

see you at The taphouse

Waterloo Brewing’s taphouse features a state-ofthe-art small-batch brewing system, 12 small batch rotational beers on tap, a gorgeous restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating and a beer store with amazing merch and beer, so that you can take a little piece of the brewery home with you.

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KITCHENER

STOCKYARDS BREWING

137 Glasgow St., Suite 385 | StockyardsBeverage.co WED-SUN 11:30AM-8PM EST. 2018

When Stockyards founded their brewery in 2018, they couldn’t help but find inspiration in the honest, hardworking people who, through the decades and centuries, made the Waterloo Region what it is today. Community and history lay at the heart of all they do.

BELMONT VILLAGE

IRON HORSE TRAIL

Year-round: B, L, TBS

Year-round: B, L, LC

SESSION ALE

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5.0%

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I N D I A PA L E A L E

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Brewed with a mix of Cascade, Citra, and Centennial hops, this summertime favourite graces the tastebuds with citrus and floral notes.

GERMAN PILSNER

Year-round: B, L, TBS IBU

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CRYSTAL PARK

C O U N T RY L A G E R

4.8%

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Dry hopped with Citra, Galaxy and Mosaic hops, this juicy unfiltered IPA combines waves of tropical fruit with citrus and peach undertones.

ST. JACOBS

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St. Jacobs is our take on the traditional German Landbier, a cold fermented house lager that’s brewed with local Ontario-grown hops.

5.4%

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Crisp and clean, this refreshing pils balances a malty backbone with a mildly bitter finish for the perfect post-lawnmowing brew.

Wake up and smell the...

In addition to offering a series of limited edition small batch brews to complement the core lineup at their brewery, Stockyards also maintains a coffee roastery that has single origin roasts to complement their blends. If a model is working, why not use it in more than one place?

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THE PARIS BEER CO.

31 Mechanic St. | ParisBrewing.com

Celebrating their first full year open, The Paris Beer Co. has expanded their space. They use 100% of their own hops grown in their Von Edgar Hop Yard.

MILL RACE

BOHEMIAN PILSNER Year-round: B, L ABV IBU

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BARNYARD BULLY

D O U B L E I M P E R I A L PA L E ALE Year-round: B, L ABV IBU

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BAYFIELD

BLYTH

BAD APPLE BREWING CO.

COWBELL BREWING

73463 ON-21 | BadAppleBrewingCo.com

40035 Blyth Rd. | CowbellBrewing.com

Bad Apple hasn’t slowed down their events schedule. In fact, at the end of October, they’re hosting a haunted orchard! Never has agriculture been so spooky.

Cheers to convenience! Enjoy fresh Cowbell craft beer, quality gear and beer-inspired food items. Delivered straight to your door, everywhere in Ontario.

HESSENLAND HELLES

SMOOTH SAILING

HELLES – GERMAN STYLE LAGER Year-round: B ABV IBU

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D U N K E LW E I Z E N – DA R K W H E AT Year-round: B, L ABV IBU

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LIGHT LAGER

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Year-round: B, L, TBS ABV IBU

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6.3% 50

CAMBRIDGE

ELMIRA

RURAL ROOTS BREWING COMPANY

JACKASS BREWING

100 Sheldon Dr., Unit 36 | JackassBrewing.ca

21B Industrial Dr. | RuralRootsBrewery.ca

Cambridge’s best kept secret. A fun, dogfriendly brewery minutes off the 401. Selection rotates frequently.

Rural Roots is all about community and social gathering. Their focus is on quality traditional beers and they always have multiple rotating beers in addition to their core lineup.

SUNKISS

YES HONEY CREAM ALE

N E W E N G L A N D I PA Year-round: B, L ABV IBU

6.5% 60

UNCLE STEVE’S IRISH RED ALE

CREAM ALE

Year-round: B, L ABV IBU

WILDBERRY WHEAT LAGER FRUITED LAGER

Year-round: B, L

5.5% 5

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GUELPH

Seasonal: B, L

4.4% 19

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4.0% 11

HANOVER

ROYAL CITY BREWING CO.

199 Victoria Rd. S. | RoyalCityBrew.ca

MACLEAN’S ALES

52 14th Ave. | MacLeansAles.ca

ALES INC.

Royal City Brewing makes interesting, approachable beer. They release monthly collaborations to help raise money for, and give a platform to, a variety of local charities and initiatives.

Armchair Scotch Ale has been the top selling scotch ale in the LCBO the last three years.

It has also won numerous awards including Canadian and Ontario gold.

EXHIBITION IPA

CHERRY PORTER

S E S S I O N I PA

CREAM ALE

Year-round: B, L, LC ABV IBU

BOOTLEG CREAM ALE

4.5% 35

P O RT E R

Year-round: B, L, LC ABV IBU

ARMCHAIR SCOTCH ALE

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S C OT C H A L E

Seasonal: B, L, LC ABV IBU

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Seasonal: B, L, LC ABV IBU

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KITCHENER

COUNTERPOINT BREWING CO.

DESCENDANTS BEER & BEVERAGE CO.

#4-935 Frederick St. | CounterpointBrewing.ca

319 Victoria St. N. | DescendantsBeer.com

Counterpoint is one of Ontario’s smallest breweries. With 4 rotating taps, they don’t have a flagship, instead focusing on variations on a theme.

Descendants is more than just a craft beer brewery. They’re a place for fun, celebration, and building a community. A brewery, European style bierhalle, beer store, and event venue, all in one.

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NEW HAMBURG

TOGETHER WE’RE BITTER CO-OPERATIVE BREWERY

300 Mill Street, Unit 1 | Brewing.coop

BITTE SCHÖN BRAUHAUS

68 Huron St. | BitteSchonBrauhaus.com

Together We’re Bitter is a worker-owner co-operative—one of just two co-operative breweries in Ontario. They’re also a living wage employer.

Located in picturesque New Hamburg, Bitte Schön features a 6HL brewhouse called Psycho Brew and specializes in developing new and interesting brews over the course of each year.

BITTER HARVEST

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STRATFORD

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JOBSITE BREWING CO.

45 Cambria St. | JobsiteBrewing.ca

Visit our website for breaking beer news, recommendations, event info and other exclusive content.

Built by two contractors in a disused hardware store and lumber yard, Jobsite Brewing is a welcome addition to the Stratford brewing scene.

BIG POUR STOUT

STEAM HAMMER SOUR

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ABE ERB BREWING CO.

BLACK SWAN BREWING CO.

143 Northumberland St., Ayr; 15 King St. S., Waterloo AbeErb.com

BARNCAT ARTISAN ALES

on.thegrowler.ca

144 Downie St., Stratford BlackSwanBrewing.ca

BLOCK THREE BREWING

1600 Industrial Rd., Unit B5, Cambridge BarncatAles.com

1430 King St. N., Unit 2, St. Jacobs BlockThreeBrewing.Ca

BAYFIELD BREWING CO.

BROKEN RAIL BREWING

14 Bayfield Main St. N., Bayfield BayfieldBrewingCo.com

480 Glass St., St. Marys BrokenRailBrewing.ca

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BROTHERS BREWING CO.

INNOCENTE BREWING CO.

15 Wyndham St. N., Guelph BrothersBrewingCompany.ca

283 Northfield Dr. E., unit 8, Waterloo Innocente.ca

ELORA BREWING CO.

HALF HOURS ON EARTH BREWERY

107 Geddes St., Elora EloraBrewingCompany.ca

FARM LEAGUE BREWING

295 Ainslie St. S., Cambridge FarmLeaguebrewing.com

FIXED GEAR BREWING CO.

20 Alma St. S., Guelph FixedGearBrewing.com

FOUNDRY BREWING

74 Grand Ave. S., Cambridge FoundryBrewing.ca

GREY MATTER BEER CO.

726 Queen St., Kincardine GreyMatterBeer.com

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151 Main St. S., Seaforth HalfHoursOnEarth.com

HERITAGE HOPS BREW CO.

21 Market Pl., Stratford HeritageHopsBrew.com

HOCKLEY VALLEY

25 Centennial Rd., Orangeville HockleyBeer.ca

NEUSTADT SPRINGS BREWERY

456 Jacob St., Neustadt NeustadtSprings.com

REVERENCE BARREL WORKS

1144 Industrial Rd. Unit 3, Cambridge ReverenceBarrelWorks.beer

CENTRAL WEST

RIVER ROAD BREWING AND HOPS

35549 Bayfield River Rd., Bayfield RiverRoadBrewing.com

RHYTHM & BREWS BREWING CO.

1000 Bishop St. N., Unit 10, Cambridge RhythmAndBrews.ca

SHAKESPEARE BREWING CO.

2178 Line 34, Shakespeare ShakespeareBrewingCompany.ca

SHORT FINGER BREWING CO.

20 Hurst Ave., Kitchener ShortFingerBrewing.com

SPARROW BREWING & ROASTING CO.

STONE HOUSE BREWING CO.

76050 Parr Line, Varna StoneHouseBrewing.ca

STRATFORD BREWING CO.

Facebook.com/StratfordBrewing

UPPER THAMES BREWING CO.

225 Bysham Park Dr., unit 9m, Woodstock UpperThamesBrewing.ca

WAVE MAKER CRAFT BREWERY

639 Laurel St., Cambridge WaveMakerBrewery.com

WILLIBALD FARM

BREWERY & DISTILLERY

4-54 Guelph Ave., Cambridge SparrowBrewCo.com

1271 Reidsville Rd., Ayr DrinkWillibald.com

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WRINKLY BEAR BREWING CO.

430 Parsons Crt., Goderich SquareBrewCo.com

27 Main St. N., Grand Valley WrinklyBearBrewing.ca

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KINGSVILLE

SONS OF KENT BREWING CO.

BANDED GOOSE BREWING

15 Main St. E. | BandedGooseBrewing.com

27 Adelaide St. S. | SonsOfKent.com

Sons of Kent is not only a fine brewery, but also one of the premier destinations in Chatham-Kent for Mexican food. Get yourself a chimichanga. Do it.

Do you want to make a weekend out of it?

Why not stay with Banded Goose overnight in their Brewery Guest Suites. Check out distinctiveinnsofkingsville.com

SCOTCH ALE

BOYZ TO THE YARD

W E E H E AV Y

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SCOTLAND

ANDERSON CRAFT ALES

FLUX BREWING CO.

1030 Elias St. | AndersonCraftAles.ca

185 Oakland Rd. | FluxBrews.ca

A 100% family owned brewery, Anderson’s iconic minimalist branding belies the plethora of compelling and flavourful seasonal offerings.

Located in Scotland, Ontario, with a spacious outdoor patio, Flux’s colourful labels and exciting range of styles make them an ideal candidate for your next road trip.

AUTUMN

ETCETERA

WINTER

FESBIER

DUBBEL

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KALEIDOSCOPE B L A C K B E R RY K E T T L E SOUR

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SCOTLAND

ST. THOMAS

MEUSE BREWING CO.

RAILWAY CITY BREWING CO.

1853 Windham Rd. 3 | MeuseBrewing.com

130 Edward St. | RailwayCityBrewing.com

Situated on a small farm in Norfolk County, you can enjoy one of many Belgian-inspired farmhouse ales in the beer garden. Try the fireside and heated patio this fall and winter!

The brewery is located in St. Thomas, Ontario, a.k.a. the “Railway Capital of Canada.”

Railway City aims to honour the history of the town in nearly everything they do.

SAISON DE LA MEUSE

JUMBO

SAISON

Year-round: B, L, LC ABV IBU

5.0% N/A

ROUGE

FLANDERS RED Year-round: B, L ABV IBU

MERRY & BRIGHT

I PA

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6.7% 90

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5.5% 23

WINDSOR

WALKERVILLE BREWERY

525 Argyle Rd. | WalkervilleBrewery.com

The original Walkerville Brewing Co. dates back to 1890 and was part of Hiram Walker’s distilling empire. They still get barrels from the distillery next door for our Imperial Stout!

ROB ROY SCOTCH ALE S C OT C H A L E

Seasonal: B, L, LC ABV IBU

7.0% 25

EASY STOUT M I L K S TO U T

Year-round: B, L, LC, TBS ABV IBU

5.5% 28 Sponsored content

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BACKYARD BREWING CO.

3035 Front Rd., Simcoe BackyardBrewing.ca

BAYSIDE BREWING CO.

970 Ross Lane, Erieau BaysideBrewing.com

BEERDED DOG BREWING CO.

21 King St. E., Harrow BeerdedDog.ca

BEERLAB!

420 Talbot St., London Beerlab.com

BIG FAMILY BREWING CO.

485 Harbour Rd, Sarnia BigFamilyBrewing.com

BLACK GOLD BREWERY

395 Fletcher St, Petrolia BlackGold.beer

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BREW MICROBREWERY

635 University Ave. E., Windsor BrewWindsor.com

CAPS OFF BREWING CO.

Unit C-168 Curtis St., St. Thomas CapsOffBrewing.com

CHAPTER TWO BREWING CO.

2345 Edna St., Windsor ChapterTwoBrewing.com

CHARLOTTEVILLE BREWING CO.

1207 Charlotteville West Quarter Line Rd., Simcoe | CharlottevilleBrewingCompany.ca

CONCESSION ROAD BREWING CO.

17 Talbot St. E., unit 4, Jarvis ConcessionRoadBrew.com

CRAFT HEADS BREWING CO.

89 University Ave. W., Windsor CraftHeads.ca

SOUTHWEST

CURED CRAFT BREWING CO.

43 Mill St. W., Leamington CuredCraftBrewing.com

CURLEY BREWING CO.

1634 Hyde Park Rd, London CurleyBrewing.com

DUNDAS & SONS BREWING

400 Adelaide St. N., London DundasAndSons.com

FORKED RIVER BREWING CO.

THE GROVE BREW HOUSE

12 Main St. E., Kingsville MyGroveBrewHouse.com

HOMETOWN BREW CO.

1730 Front Rd., St. Williams HometownBrew.com

IMPERIAL CITY BREW HOUSE

1330 Exmouth St., Sarnia ImperialCityBrew.com

KINGSVILLE BREWERY

45 Pacific Crt., Unit 4, London ForkedRiverBrewing.com

15 Main St. W., Kingsville KingsvilleBrewery.ca

FRANK BREWING CO.

LONDON BREWING COOPERATIVE

12000 Tecumseh Rd., Tecumseh FrankBeer.ca

GL HERITAGE BREWING COMPANY

8728 Howard Ave., Amherstburg GLHeritageBrewing.ca

521 Burbrook Pl., London LondonBrewing.ca

LOT 10 BREWING CO.

263 Dalhousie St., Amherstburg Lot10Brewery.ca

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MOTOR CRAFT ALES

888 Erie St. E., Windsor ThisIsMotor.com

NATTERJACK BREWING CO.

25292 Talbot Line, West Lorne NatterjackBrewing.ca

NEW LIMBURG BREWERY

2353 Nixon Rd., Simcoe NewLimburg.com

POWERHOUSE BREWING CO.

100 Kellogg Ln., London PowerhouseBrewery.beer

RAMBLIN ROAD BREWERY FARM

2970 Swimming Pool Rd., La Salette RamblinRoad.ca

RED BARN BREWING COMPANY

20466 Lagoon Rd., Blenheim RedBarnBrewing.com

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REFINED FOOL BREWING CO.

1326 London Rd.; 137 Davis St., Sarnia RefinedFool.com

RIVER RUN BREW CO.

146 Christina St. N., Sarnia Facebook.com/RiverRunBrewCo

RUSTY WRENCH BREWING CO.

9 Front St. W., Strathroy RustyWrench.ca

SANDWICH BREWING CO.

3230 Sandwich St., Windsor @SandwichBrewing

STONEPICKER BREWING

7143 Forest Rd., Plympton-Wyoming StonepickerBrewing.com

STORM STAYED BREWING CO.

169 Wharncliffe Rd. S., unit 8, London StormStayed.com

SOUTHWEST

TOBOGGAN BREWING CO.

585 Richmond St., London TobogganBrewing.com

TWO WATER BREWING CO.

446 Lyndoch St., Corunna TwoWaterBrewing.com

WISHBONE BREWING CO.

80 Alice St., Unit 2, Waterford WishboneBrews.com

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MACKINNON BROTHERS BREWING

FENELON FALLS BREWING CO.

1915 County Road 22 | MackinnonBrewing.com

4 May St. | FenelonFallsBrewing.com

Although the farm has been in the MacKinnon family since 1784, there are plenty of new beers to taste at the brewery including our Philomena Czechstyle Pilsner and our Origin Ancient Grain Ale.

Located in the Kawarthas in a 200 year old building on the Trent-Severn waterway, Fenelon Falls is branching out into a wide range of contemporary styles.

PHILOMENA

FENELON FALLS VIENNA LAGER

PILSNER

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5.0% 15 Sponsored content

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BOBCAYGEON BREWING CO.

SPEARHEAD BREWING

675 Development Dr. | SpearheadBeer.com

Spearhead is Kingston’s largest brewery and will be launching a brand new British Red Ale called “Amber Of The North” in October! Why not visit the taproom?

HAWAIIAN STYLE PALE ALE

IBU

LIGHT LAGER

6.9% 60

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4.0% 15

555 BREWING CO.

124 Picton Main St., Picton 555Beer.com

BARLEY DAYS BREWERY

13730 Loyalist Parkway, Picton BarleyDaysBrewery.com

BELMONT LAKE BREWERY

54 Fire Rte. 17, Havelock BelmontLakeBrewery.com

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CHURCH-KEY BREWING

1678 County Road 38, Campbellford ChurchKeyBrewing.com

LIGHTER LAGER

W E S T C OA S T PA L E A L E Year-round: B, L, LC, TBS ABV

4-649 The Parkway, Peterborough BobcaygeonBrewing.ca

DAFT BREWING

768 Princess St., Kingston DaftBrewing.com

FINE BALANCE BREWING COMPANY

677 Innovation Dr., Unit 4, Kingston FineBalanceBrewing.ca

GAN BREWING COMPANY

9 King St. E., Gananoque GanBeer.com

GILLINGHAM BREWING CO.

1316 Wilson Rd., Hillier GillinghamBrewing.ca

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HAVEN BREWING CO.

687 Rye St., Unit 6, Peterborough HavenBrewing.ca

KINGSTON BREWING COMPANY

34 Clarence St., Kingston KingstonBrewing.ca

LAKE ON THE MOUNTAIN BREWERY

MIDTOWN BREWING CO.

266 Wellington Main St., Wellington MidtownBrewingCompany.com

NAPANEE BEER COMPANY

450 Milligan Lane, Napanee NapaneeBeer.ca

NORTHUMBERLAND HILLS BREWERY

11369 Loyalist Pkwy., Glenora LakeOnTheMountainBrewCo.com

1024 Division St., Unit 1, Cobourg NHB.beer

LINDSAY BREWING COMPANY

OLD DOG BREWING CO.

8 Cambridge St. N., Lindsay Instagram.com/LindsayBrewingCompany

MATRON FINE BEER

65 Barker Lane, Bloomfield MatronFineBeer.ca

MEYERS CREEK BREWING COMPANY

60 Dundas St. E., Belleville MeyersCreekBrewing.ca

30 King St. E., Bobcaygeon OldDogBrewing.com

PARSONS BREWING CO.

876 County Road 49, Picton ParsonsBrewing.com

PRINCE EDDY’S BREWING CO.

13 Macsteven Dr., Picton PrinceEddys.com

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PUBLICAN HOUSE BREWERY

300 Charlotte St., Peterborough PublicanHouse.com

RIVERHEAD BREWING CO.

631 Fortune Cres., Kingston RiverheadBrewing.com

SIGNAL BREWING COMPANY

86-87 River Rd., Corbyville Signal.beer

SKELETON PARK BREWERY

675 Arlington Park Pl., Kingston SkeletonPark.ca

STRANGE BREWING CO.

371 Chase Rd., Hillier facebook.com/The-Strange-BrewingCompany

WESTPORT BREWING CO.

41B Main St., Westport WestportBrewingCompany.ca

WILDCARD BREWING CO.

38 Gotha St., Trenton WildcardBrewCo.com

WILLIAM STREET BEER CO.

975 Elgin St. W. #4, Cobourg WilliamStreetBeer.com

SLAKE BREWING

181 Mowbray Rd, Picton SlakeBrewing.com

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Beer supposedly helps prevent cardiac disease and cognitive decline. It also lowers blood pressure as it helps dilate blood vessels.

275 Princess St., Kingston StoneCityAles.com

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FLORA HALL BREWING

37 Flora St. | FloraHallBrewing.ca

Flora Hall is a community hub—a true neighbourhood gathering place. The small-batch brewery and full kitchen are ever changing and provide for a new adventure with every visit.

ENGLISH ORDINARY BITTER

BOHEMIAN STYLE PILSNER

ENGLISH ALE Year-round: B, L ABV IBU

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3.5% 30

ABV IBU

5.0% 40

CASSELMAN

OTTAWA’S NEIGHBOURHOOD BREWERY & KITCHEN

37 FLORA AT BANK FLORAHALLBREWING.CA

GLOUCESTER

MICROBRASSERIE CASSEL BREWERY

2 Racine St. | CasselBrewery.ca

SHILLOW BEER CO.

1458 Cyrville Rd., Gloucester ShillowBeer.com

Cassel’s second location, the 1844 Bistro Pub showcases their range of craft beers and complements the beer-friendly fusion cuisine.

After making the leap from contract brewing, Shillow Beer Co. has branched out into an array of traditional and innovative styles. Try the Blueberry Grunt.

1844 PILSNER

DRY HOPPED BLONDE ALE

PILSNER

Year-round: B, L ABV IBU

4.9% 25

CABOOSE IPA

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10 Terry Fox Dr. | Beaus.ca

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EASTERN ONTARIO

1,000 ISLANDS BREWING CO. 65 King Street West, Brockville 1000IslandsBrewery.ca

4 DEGREES BREWING CO. 275 Brockville St., Smiths Falls 4DegreesBrewing.com

ASHTON BREWING COMPANY

113 Old Mill Rd., Beckwith AshtonBrewingCompany.com

BEYOND THE PALE BREWING

BRAUMEISTER BREWING CO.

19 Moore St., Carleton Place Braumeister.ca

BRAUWERK HOFFMAN

733 Rue Industriel, Unit 5 Brauwerk-Hoffman.ca

BREW REVOLUTION

6081 Hazeldean Rd., Stittsville, BrewRevolution.ca

BROADHEAD BREWING CO.

250 City Centre Ave., Bay 108, Ottawa BTPShop.ca

1680 Vimont Ct., Unit 106, Orleans BroadheadBeer.com

BICYCLE CRAFT BREWERY

BROKEN STICK BREWING COMPANY

850 Industrial Ave., Unit 12, Ottawa BicycleCraftBrewery.ca

BIG RIG BREWERY

103 Schneider Rd., Kanata; 2750 Iris Street, Ottawa BigRigBrewery.com

600 Du Golf Rd., Hammond BrokenStickBrewing.com

CALABOGIE BREWING CO.

12612 Lanark Rd., Calabogie; 105 Schneider Rd. Unit 130, Kanata CalabogieBrewingCo.ca

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EASTERN ONTARIO

CARTWRIGHT SPRINGS BREWERY

239 Deer Run Rd., Pakenham CSBeer.ca

CLOCKTOWER BREWPUB

575 Bank St., Ottawa Clocktower.ca

CONSPIRACY THEORY BREWING COMPANY

2172 Robertson Rd., Bells Corners CTBrewing.ca

COVERED BRIDGE BREWING

119 Iber Rd., Unit 6, Stittsville CoveredBridgeBrewing.com

CROOKED MILE BREWING

453 Ottawa St., Unit 3, Almonte CrookedMile.ca

DOG HOUSE BREWING COMPANY

3477A Petawawa Blvd., Petawawa DogHouseBrewingCompany.ca

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DOMINION CITY BREWING CO.

5510 Canotek Rd., Unit 15, Ottawa DominionCity.ca

ÉTIENNE BRÜLÉ BREWERY

893 Notre-Dame St., Embrun EtienneBrule.ca

EVERGREEN CRAFT ALES

767 Silver Seven Rd., #21, Kanata EvergreenCraftAles.com

GOOD PROSPECTS BREWING CO.

411 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa GoodProspects.ca

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS BREWING CO.

25 Thorold Ln., Ingleside HumbleBeginningsBrewing.ca

KICHESIPPI BEER CO.

2265 Robertson Rd., Ottawa KBeer.ca

EASTERN ONTARIO

LOWERTOWN BREWERY

73 York St., Ottawa LowertownBrewery.ca

NITA BEER CO.

RURBAN BREWING

412 Cumberland St., Cornwall Website

SMALL PONY BARREL WORKS

190 Colonnade Rd., Unit 17, Ottawa NitaBeer.com

101 Schneider Rd., Kanata SmallPonyBarrelWorks.com

ORLÉANS BREWING CO.

SQUARE TIMBER BREWING CO.

4380 Innes Rd., Orléans OrleansBrewing.com

OVERFLOW BREWING

2477 Kaladar Ave., Ottawa OverflowBeer.com

PERTH BREWERY

121 Dufferin St., Perth PerthBrewery.ca

RIDGE ROCK BREWING CO.

421 Donald B. Munro Dr., Ottawa RidgeRockBrewCo.ca

800 Woito Station Rd., Pembroke SquareTimber.com

STALWART BREWING CO.

10 High St., Carleton Place StalwartBrewing.ca

STRAY DOG BREWING CO.

501 Lacolle Way, Unit 4, Orleans StrayDogBrewing.ca

TOOTH AND NAIL BREWERY

3 Irving Ave. , Ottawa ToothAndNailBeer.com

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EASTERN ONTARIO

TUQUE DE BROUE BREWERY

189 Bay St., Embrun TuqueDeBroue.ca

3 BRASSEURS

240 Sparks St., Ottawa; 565 Kanata Ave, Kanata Les3Brasseurs.ca

TWO HAWKS BREWING CO.

WHIPRSNAPR BREWING CO.

14 Bexley Pl., Ottawa WhiprsnaprBrewingCo.com

WHITEWATER BREWING CO.

22 Fletcher Rd., Foresters Falls WhitewaterBeer.ca

WINDMILL BREWERY

1 Mallard St., Pembroke TwoHawksBrewingco.ca

5 Newport Dr., Johnstown WindmillBrewery.ca

VIMY BREWING COMPANY

WOOD BROTHERS BREWING CO.

145 Loretta Ave. N., Unit 1, Ottawa VimyBrewing.ca

2980 Wylie Rd., North Glengarry WoodBrothersBrewingCo.com

WALLER STREET BREWING

14 Waller St., Ottawa WallerSt.ca

WEATHERHEAD BREW CO.

29 Beckwith St. E., Perth WeatherheadBrewCo.com

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THORNBURY

THORNBURY CRAFT CO.

90 King St. E. | ThornburyCraft.com OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK EST. 2007

Thornbury Craft Co. has long been a well-known name in the Ontario Craft scene. They’re been brewing cider since 2007, beer since 2015, and opened the Thornbury Craft Co. Cider and Beer House in 2017. Earlier this year, they partnered with The Tragically Hip for a cider called “Road Apples.”

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A clean, dry and refreshing pale lager. It has a moderately grainy malt flavour with a well-balanced dry, crisp finish.

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An authentic Czech-style pilsner brewed with Bohemian malts, Saaz hops and genuine Czech yeast make this complex and well-balanced.

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This Vienna style lager is smooth and creamy and finishes with an amazing toffee-malt flavour, and nice, dry crispness.

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In 2021, Thornbury’s Pick Up 26 became the recipient of the Gold Medal for Czech Style Pale Lager at the World Beer Awards, beating out all global competitors for the category including entries from the Czech Republic! The judges were heard to wax rhapsodic about their Bohemian.

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LAKE OF BAYS BREWING CO.

117-2681 Muskoka District Rd., Baysville; 59 Main St. E., Huntsville | LakeOfBaysBrewing.ca

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With three locations in the Muskokas, (see their Barrelhouse on page 85), Lake of Bays has grown steadily since their founding in 2010 and now offer a wide variety of styles.

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CLEAR LAKE BREWING CO.

4651 Southwood Rd. | ClearLakeBrewing.co

Interested? Contact Jim Sanderson 647-969-1050 | jim@lakeofbaysbrewing.ca

WE'VE GOT THE CURE FOR WHAT ALES YOU.

Clear Lake is the only brewery in Ontario that has a Beer Spa. A Swedish massage, then a snack from the brewery kitchen washed down with a Cranberry Radler sounds like a pretty good Tuesday.

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SPLIT RAIL BREWING CO.

SAWDUST CITY BREWING CO.

31 Water St. | SplitRailManitoulin.com

397 Muskoka Rd. N. SawdustCityBrewing.com

Split Rail Brewing is Manitoulin’s first craft brewery and is 100% women-owned! They proudly feature local ingredients in many of their small batch beers and craft sodas.

Sawdust City Brewing Co.’s bar, affectionately nicknamed ‘The Saloon’, offers 18 taps pouring a rotating variety of cores beers, seasonal brews, collaborations, one-offs and guest brews.

HAWBERRY ALE

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ORO-MEDONTE

QUAYLE’S BREWERY

4567 Line 12 N. | QuaylesBrewery.ca

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hang out Carry us in your brewery, tap room or store and your customers will keep coming back for more.

Housed in a recreated local landmark amidst a 12 acre hop farm, Quayle’s is a charming destination brewery experience, open year round with 14 taps.

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COTTAGE COUNTRY

BANCROFT BREWING CO.

4 Hastings St. N., Bancroft BancroftBrew.ca

BARNSTORMER BREWING & DISTILLING CO.

COUCHICHING CRAFT BREWING CO.

162 Mississaga St. E., Orillia CouchichingBrewing.com

FLYING MONKEYS CRAFT BREWERY

3-384 Yonge St., Barrie BarnstormerBrewing.com

107 Dunlop St. E., Barrie FlyingMonkeys.ca

BLACK BELLOWS BREWING CO.

HALIBURTON HIGHLANDS BREWING

40 Simcoe St., Collingwood BlackBellows.com

BOSHKUNG BREWING CO.

1067 Garden Gate Dr., Haliburton HaliburtonHighlandsBrewing.ca

KATALYST BREWING CO.

9201 ON-118; 20 Water St., Minden Hills BoshkungBrewing.com

13 Taylor Rd., Unit D, Bracebridge KatalystBrewing.com

CANVAS BREWING COMPANY

LAKE OF BAYS BRACEBRIDGE BARRELHOUSE

12 John St., Huntsville CanvasBrewing.com

THE COLLINGWOOD BREWERY

10 Sandford Fleming Dr., Collingwood TheCollingwordBrewery.com

295 Wellington St. Unit #15, Bracebridge BracebridgeBarrelHouse.ca

MANITOULIN BREWING CO.

43 Manitowaning Rd., Little Current ManitoulinBrewing.co

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COTTAGE COUNTRY

MUDTOWN STATION

1198 1st Ave. E., Owen Sound MudtownStation.ca

MUSKOKA BREWERY

1964 Muskoka Beach Rd., Bracebridge MuskokaBrewery.com

NORSE BREWERY

11 Ritchie Dr., Carling NorseBrewery.com

NORTHWINDS BREWHOUSE

499 First St., Collingwood NorthwindsBrewery.com

OUTLAW BREW CO.

196 High St., Southampton OutlawBrewCo.com

REDLINE BREWHOUSE

8 & 9-431 Bayview Dr., Barrie RedlineBrewhouse.com

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SIDE LAUNCH BREWING CO.

1-200 Mountain Rd., Collingwood SideLaunchBrewing.com

SOUTH RIVER BREWING CO.

309 B Hwy. 124, South River SouthRiverBrewing.ca

THREE SHEETS BREWING

705 Goderich St., Port Elgin TheWismerHouse.ca

TOBERMORY BREWING CO.

28 Bay St., Tobermory TobermoryBrewingCo.ca

TRESTLE BREWING CO.

9 Great North Rd., Parry Sound TrestleBrewing.com

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GATEWAY CITY BREWERY

350 2nd St. S. | LOWBrewCo.com

600-612 Gormanville Rd., Unit 206 GatewayCity.ca

The only brewery in Ontario that has successfully managed to branch out into the United States, Lake of The Woods’ Kenora location sits amidst a vacation paradise.

Gateway City are a 100% vegan brewery.

All their beers, taproom snacks, food truck, and merchandise are vegan. Why not join their pinball league?

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SLEEPING GIANT BREWING CO.

712 Macdonell St. | SleepingGiantBrewing.ca

Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. is named after the iconic landmark, the Sleeping Giant, that rises from the waters of Lake Superior. The rock formation is considered one of the Seven Wonders of Canada.

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NORTHERN & NORTHWEST ONTARIO

46 NORTH BREWING CO.

Unit 1-1275 Kelly Lake Rd., Sudbury 46North.ca

BIG WATER BREWING CO.

123 McIntyre St. W. , North Bay Facebook.com/BigWaterBrewing

COMPASS BREWING

20-1300 Riverside Dr., Timmins CompassBrewing.com

DAWSON TRAIL CRAFT BREWERY

905 Copper Cres., Thunder Bay DawsonTrailCraftBrewery.com

FULL BEARD BREWING CO.

219 Wilson Ave., Timmins FullBeardBrewing.com

NEW ONTARIO BREWING CO.

1881 Cassells St., North Bay NewOntarioBrewing.com

NORTHERN SUPERIOR BREWING CO.

50 Pim St., Sault Ste. Marie NorthernSuperior.org

ONE TIME BREW CO.

415 Fort William Rd., Thunder Bay OneTimeBrew.co

OUTSPOKEN BREWING

350 Queen St. E., Sault Ste. Marie OutspokenBrewing.com

SPACECRAFT BREWERY

854 Notre Dame Ave., Sudbury Facebook.com/Spcrft

STACK BREWING

1350 Kelly Lake Rd.; 947 Falconbridge Rd., Subbury StackBrewing.ca

WHISKEYJACK BEER CO.

485 Ferguson Ave., Haileybury WhiskeyjackBeer.ca

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BEER GROUND To the

Although the brewery scene in Ontario has been beset by a lack of places serving draught, a public health crisis of unprecedented proportions, and that one week when we all just decided to stay home, breweries continue to open across the province. Some are making the leap to physical space from contract brewing. Some older facilities have given way to new ownership. From Corruna to Ottawa, here are the newest breweries in the province of Ontario. May they pour many a pint.

BRAUMEISTER BIERHALLE Ottawa (late summer 2021) Now open in Ottawa’s Hintonburg neighbourhood, Braumeister focuses on traditional styles from German trained brewmaster Sheldon Scrivner. The new Bierhalle serves classical European food like pierogies, sausages, and cabbage rolls to go along with the festhalle vibe and quality lagers.

Braumeister.ca

BROKEN RAIL BREWING St.Mary's (summer 2021) Opening with a small number of beers on tap, part of the appeal of Broken Rail is the space in the disused Junction Station and the wide variety of food trucks that supply the brewery with disparate and interesting fare on weekends. Try Tesla’s Revenge IPA and wonder whether Broken Rail and Bell City’s Edison’s Peepshow will have beef. BrokenRailBrewing.ca

DAFT BREWING Kingston (spring 2021) Located on Princess Street in a repurposed garage, Daft features beers named after pop culture references and the pink flamingo as a thematic motif. Popular locally for their array of complex yet quaffable sours, they also have a focused kitchen with something for everyone. Try the Velvet Thunder; perhaps the only beer named after Raymond Holt. Daftbrewing.com

DRAGAN BREWING AND WINE St.Catharines (summer 2021) Making the leap from contract brewing after a lengthy search for a space, the Golden Horseshoe’s newest brewery is now open with a focus on

Pale Ales and IPAs. The pop up menu from Twenty Restaurant features some sophisticated fare like a Whipped Ricotta dip and a Bison Tartare. DraganBrewingAndWine.com

FARM LEAGUE BREWING Galt (summer 2021) Located in the old Galt Knife Factory (once home of Grand River by way of Magnotta) Farm League will have opened their taproom by the time of publication. In the meantime, they’re making a variety of IPAs and collaborating on brews with local bottle shop Old Galt to get a little extra exposure. Hopefully you’ll rate them AAA. FarmLeagueBrewing.com

HAVEN BREWING COMPANY Peterborough (spring 2021) More a rebrand than a launch, Haven (now operated by Niagara College grad Andrew Anker) replaces Smithavens Brewing while retaining the nod to traditional German styles the original brewery started with. The pleasant taproom retains all the broad beamed charm of an Alpine hunting lodge and the Kellerbier is tasting better than ever. HavenBrewing.ca

NEW RITUAL BREWING Oshawa (spring 2021) The newest addition to the Durham scene, New Ritual’s instagram is a riot of tropical fruit and fanciful attire.

The focus on contemporary juicy IPAs is immediately evident, and there’s already hype surrounding New Ritual’s ability to summon up a whole bunch of myrcene and jam it into a can. Occult? Maybe. Hazy? You bet your ouija.

NewRitualBrewing.com

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Etobicoke (summer 2021) When Nickel Brook purchased Big Rock’s Toronto production facility for 2.1 million, they decided to include a taproom. A great place to sample the new IPAs and sours that are constantly emerging from the Nickel Brook lineup. There’s a quiet oasis of a patio and plenty of parking for those of you looking to skip the LCBO and Beer Store. NickelBrook.com

Grand Valley (summer 2021) Occupying a space in a public school built in 1892, Wrinkly Bear is content to serve five of their own beers while bringing in guest taps from other local breweries and cideries. Try the Thundercub IPA with the Aloha Burger. Sure, there might not be bears on Oahu, but it’s going to pair pretty nicely. WrinklyBearBrewing.ca j

SHILLOW BEER COMPANY Ottawa (Summer 2021) Finally making the transition to a physical location, Shillow Beer Company has also made the transition to a new city. Best known for years as the house tap at Toronto’s beerbistro, Jamie Shillow now has the space to play with additional styles and has branched out significantly. Plus, all of the beer is as kosher as matzoh. Shillowbeer.com

TURKEY SHOOT BREWING CO. Keswick (summer 2021) With experience under their belts from helping launch Smithers Brewing in B.C., Turkey Shoot is Georgina’s first craft brewery. The selection of beers at time of writing leans a little old school, but the converted pallet beer garden is sure to delight. No Turkeys were harmed in the building of the brewery. TurkeyShootBrewingCo.com

TWO WATER BREWING Corunna (summer 2021) Located in Lambton county on the St. Clair river just south of Sarnia, Two Water launched with five beers in August including a blueberry ale. With weekly music and trivia nights, Two Water is sure to be a great addition to the local community.

TwoWaterBrewing.com

WISHBONE BREWING COMPANY Waterford (summer 2021) Norfolk County’s newest brewery, Wishbone, sits in a tastefully appointed building with a patio boasting views of Shadow Lake. The beer menu bravely bridges territory from Dark Mild to Black Cherry Punch Seltzer to Pineapple Weisse. There’s something for everyone and pretzels to boot.

WishboneBrews.com