The Growler Ontario • Volume 3 Issue 2 • Fall/Winter 2020

To the

BEER GROUND

No fewer than 19 breweries have opened in Ontario since the spring. Spanning from Sarnia to Sudbury, from farmhouse breweries to juice-bomb hype machines, rev your engine or click your mouse to taste the province’s newest brews.

BIG RIG KITCHEN & B R EWE R Y

GTA (Summer 2020) is Ottawa-based brewpub chain is now in the GTA offering comfort food staples like juicy burgers and Montreal-style pizzas. e Kitchen locations don’t brew, but they do carry one-offs and seasonals from the Ottawa brewery. A welcome addition to Mississauga (5860 Mavis Road) and Richmond Hill (125 York Blvd #135). BigRigBrew.com

BLAC KB U R N B R EW H OUSE

Niagara Falls (Summer 2020) Blackburn is an enormous facility at 8001 Blackburn Parkway looking to be a real player in the contract brewing game. Its own line of beers is themed around the falls area and available for sipping on the patio. BlackburnBrewHouse.com

C OLD B R EA K B R EWING

St. Catharines (Winter 2020) Cold Break at 193 St. Paul Street predominantly features IPAs and light, fruited sours, but also offers eclectic choices like a Baltic porter. e 125-seat taproom is catered by the Righteous Monger and features a full menu of bistro fare. ColdBreakBrewing.ca

C OLLECTIVE AR TS T O R ONTO B R EWE R Y Toronto (Fall 2020) ink of this small Toronto brewpub as the Hamilton giant’s piedà-terre in Canada’s biggest city. e brewpub will act as an “innovation centre” to make experimental beers with collaborators from around the world. Grab these, plus Collective’s flagships and one-offs at the taproom and retail shop on 777 Dundas Street West. CollectiveArtsBrewing.com

C OUCHICHING CR AFT B R EWING

Orillia (Spring 2020) While advertised as a brewery with a taproom, Couchiching is more

sophisticated, featuring chef Brandon Conrad, late of Toronto’s e Butcher’s Son, serving a seasonally adjusted bill of fare. e beer list is accessible with standard options. It looks to become something of a community hub at 162 Mississauga Street East.

CouchichingBrewing.com

C U R ED CR AFT B R EWING

Leamington (Summer 2020) Headed up by brewer Evan Bauer, and located at 43 Mill Street West, Cured is a departure for downtown Leamington. e brewery features a welcoming ambiance and patio, with a menu that reflects the fact that the owners are also butchers. You’ll definitely want to try the barbacoa. CuredCraftBrewing.com

F LUX B R EWING

Scotland (Summer 2020) Flux is an impressively large brewery at 185 Oakland Road. Its heated patio looks onto nearby farmland, with a beer lineup featuring kettle sours and NEIPAs in addition to more traditional styles. Food truck, Tacos vs. Ice Cream, is parked onsite (spoiler alert: there are ice cream tacos). FluxBrews.ca

I MPE R IAL C ITY B R EWING

Sarnia (Winter 2020) Located on 1330 Exmouth Street, Imperial City has a wide variety of beer available for shipping across the province including an early standout: Coffee Blonde, brewed with locally-roasted beans. ImperialCityBrew.com

KATALYST B R EWING

Bracebridge (Spring 2020) Katalyst has moved into the original home of the Muskoka Brewery at 13d Taylor Road, but brings modern styles of beer to a venue that once specialized in cream ale. Early standouts include a cranberry sour and a saison. KatalystBrewing.com

PUBLISHER

Gail Nugent gnugent@thegrowler.ca

EDITORS

Crystal Luxmore crystal@thegrowler.ca

Tara Luxmore taral@thegrowler.ca

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Erica Campbell

Ted Child

Tiffany A. Davey

John Heim (comics)

Ben Johnson

Mallory Jones

Robin LeBlanc

Ren Navarro

Tej Jordan Sandhu

Jordan St. John

PRODUCTION & DESIGN MANAGER

Tara Rafiq tara@thegrowler.ca

COVER ILLUSTRATION

Cynthia Frenette

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Brewery Details

TORONTO

NORTH & EAST GTA

HAMILTON, BRANT & WEST GTA

NIAGARA

CENTRAL WEST

SOUTHWEST

KAWARTHAS, KINGSTON & PEC

EASTERN ONTARIO

COTTAGE COUNTRY

NORTHERN & NORTHWEST ONTARIO

We took on the post as editors of e Growler in March ready to publish a summer issue. en COVID-19 took hold and the magazine went on hiatus to weather the economic storm. Craft breweries, however, never stopped. In fact, no less than 19 new craft breweries have opened in Ontario since the spring, and you can get the goods on all of them in Beer to the Ground (pg. 82) and in our comprehensive listings of more than 290 craft breweries (pg. 26)

To survive, brewers have navigated an ever-changing market, and we asked four experts to predict what changes will endure after the pandemic passes (p. 19). As drinkers, we’ve been forced to change our habits too, check out Ben Johnson’s home-drinking tips on page 6. Racial injustice is on our radar like never before, find out how some breweries are working to create more equity and diversity on page 16.

—Tara Luxmore & Crystal Luxmore, aka e Beer Sisters, editors

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 – e Beer Store

Suggested Glassware

STANGE

Kolsch

Marzen

Gose

PILSNER

Lager

Pilsner

Witbier

NONIC PINT

Stout

Pale ale

Most ales, actually

WEIZEN

Hefeweizen

Wheat ales

Fruit beer

TULIP

IPA

Saison

Strong ales

GOBLET

Dubbel

Tripel

Quad

SNIFTER

Barleywine

Sours

Anything funky

TEKU

Dry-hopped sours

Fruited sours

by Ben Johnson

The last six months have been an interesting and trying experience, to say the least. ey have taught me a lot about myself, my family and my relationship to my home and work. Most importantly, they’ve taught me some crucial lessons about drinking beer. Because in these weird times I’ve enjoyed my fair share of adult beverages and—as a community service—I’d like to pass some key learnings on to you:

Lagers are an Essential Beverage

In lockdown mode, Ontario breweries have almost all added some means of online ordering for home delivery. Practically every style and variety of beer is available at the click of a mouse; and yet…we’re drinking lagers.

Yes, in the COVID-19 era we’re turning to old traditions: Helles’s, pilsners and light lagers have surged in popularity. Craft brewers are reporting that these styles currently rank among their best-selling pandemic offerings.

Susan Michalek is the co-owner of Muddy York Brewing. e North York brewery’s top seller is the excellent Gaslight Helles. Made with a Bohemian pilsner malt it has an impossibly soft mouthfeel and a clipped finish. But when the brewery released a Mexican lager this summer, it too quickly surged in sales. “We didn’t intend for Una Más Mexican Lager to be more than a one off,” Michalek says, “but it ended up being one of our best sellers.” e lower-alcohol Una Más, made with corn for a much lighter body and flavour than Gaslight, even became the best-selling beer in Muddy York’s retail store for a few months of lockdown.

e exhaustive and comprehensive pandemic drinking research I’ve been conducting at my own house likewise confirms the easy-drinker

Virtual Happy Hours are Actually Awful

We are now at the stage where we can all stop pretending that drinking beer with someone else via our computers is anything other than terrible. If your work day consists of sitting in front of a screen conversing with colleagues on video chats, why the hell would you want to kick off the start of your personal time by conversing with colleagues on video chats? Sure, in the Before, hitting a patio after work with co-workers was an excellent way to blow off some steam and bond. But now, when the option for after work drinks is to sip beer with those same colleagues via Zoom, it’s really just sad.

Do we need to crack a cold one and tell Cynthia, oops, she’s still on mute while Tim’s wifi glitches in the middle of a gripping tale about his kid

losing a tooth? Do we want to suffer the familiar technical difficulties of sharing screens only to see images of a co-worker’s home renovation project? No. Please God, no.

Close the laptop. Get up from your desk. Walk away. If there’s a colleague you’d really like to have a beer with, find a way to connect IRL, like humans are allowed to now, and stand six feet from them in one of your yards.

hypothesis. More than ever I find myself turning to the reliable and refreshing but familiar flavours of a mail-ordered Bionda, a light and lovely Italian pilsner from Indie Alehouse Brewing for Eataly Toronto, or Vim & Vigor, a crisp and hoppy German pils from Ottawa’s Tooth and Nail Brewing that is one of the best-made beers in the province.

It’s been a time to gravitate to the so-called familiar and crushable “lawn mower beers,” because a lager is like comfort food. It’s no nonsense. It tastes similar to our earliest memories of the taste of beer and—crucially—when you open a tin of good lager there are no surprises.

Please, for fuck’s sake, no more surprises this year.

A Good Neighbour is the Ultimate Drinking Buddy

My wife and I have mastered our cocktail hour routine. Weather permitting, we set up some chairs (with blankets) on our front lawn and find that quite a few people on our suburban street are doing the same—and, bonus, chatting with people you haven’t already spent the day in meetings with adds a little variety to your conversations. Indeed, you’re likely going to find that—shocker—you actually have a lot in common with the people

who live, work, shop and walk their dogs in the same community you do. Try comparing theories about the For Sale sign that just went up across the street or smack-talk that guy around the corner who never shovels his sidewalk. In the Before, we were friendly with most of our neighbours but now I know more about almost everyone on my street and we count our next door neighbours among our most frequent drinking buddies and distanced outdoor dinner guests. Shout out to Melanie and Lyndsey.

Are you on the shy side? Turn to beer! Try knocking on a neighbour’s window or nodding to the folks parked in their lawn chairs across the street, raised six-pack in hand, and you might just find you’ve got new besties.

Maybe don’t bring Nickel Brook’s Naughty Neighbour pale ale though.

Order Takeout. It’s an Act of Benevolence

As it turns out, sitting around your yard drinking beer after work can often mean you forgot some other relatively important tasks like figuring out what to make for dinner.

ankfully ordering from local restaurants multiple times a week no longer feels like an act of lazy extravagance. Indeed, because the hospitality industry has been hit hard, you can now think of your next fried chicken order as an act of charity. You’re no longer wasting money when you could just make supper, you’re stimulating the economy and helping a local business during a difficult time. It’s not gluttony, it’s philanthropy!

Plus, there’s never been a better time to eat takeout with restaurants expanding their delivery zones and menu offerings. As an added bonus, the Ontario government has allowed for the sale of alcohol to go, so now you can get interesting beer—from rare lambics to fresh Ontario cans— delivered with your meal.

Place an order for something delicious, then crack a lager with your neighbour while you wait for the food.

And leave the damn laptop on your desk. j

GO BIG AND STAY HOME

Here are five big-bottled brews perfect for staying put:

LONG DARK VOYAGE TO URANUS // SAWDUST CITY BREWERY

Bitter, bracingly dry and rich this imperial stout boasts a lie-on-the-couch ABV of 9.5 per cent

BALDR // LITTLE BEASTS BREWERY

With peach playing o notes of coriander and clove and bread crust malt, this saison aged in chardonnay barrels with peaches, is one you can sit and ponder

ANCIENT AND VAST FROM WHICH WE SPRING // HALF HOURS ON EARTH

A fantastic lager brewed with pilsner malt and farro this 5 per cent beer is a little grainy, a little funky and a little nutty but it comes in a big 750mL bottle.

HUELL MELON // REVERENCE BARREL WORKS

This red-wine barrel aged Brett saison from relative newcomers in Cambridge was dry hopped with Huell Melon lending it a highly fruity, citrus character. Bonus: if you can go pick it up grab the magnum.

10 BITTER YEARS // BLACK OAK BREWING

Your fridge needs a no-nonsense double IPA. This Ontario classic has stood the test of time and won’t let you down.

A guide to the snappy, herbal

ITALIAN PILSNER

by Crystal Luxmore

WHAT

IS IT?

A twist on German-style pilsners, Italian pilsners are dry hopped with a big bouquet of Old World varieties. e result is a crisp lager with dialled-up, deeply aromatic layers. Expect flavours of garden herbs like mint and sage, or peppery arugula riding on a lush, lightly bready body.

STYLE STATS*

ABV 4.5-5.5% IBU 25-45

COLOUR Straw to pale gold BODY Medium light

BUBBLES Medium high

*Loose guidelines as this evolving style has not been officially defined by a brewing body.

RECIPE

CORNERSTONE e hops. ey gotta’ be a mix of German varietals like:

• Hallertau • Mittlefrüh

• Spalt • Saphir

• Tettnanger • Polaris

ORIGIN STORY

It began with a single beer: Birrifico Italiano’s Tipopils brewed in the town of Limido, Comasco, Italy in 1996. In 2010, taste-making American breweries Firestone Walker and Oxbow made their own “Italian pilsners” in tribute to Tipopils. e style broke out of beer geek circles when Birrifico Italiano sent Tipopils to Firestone Walker’s Invitational Beer Festival, where brewers from around the globe go to find new inspiration. Many went back to their tanks on a mission to brew an Italian pilsner of their own.

DRINK WITH

• Cubanos & BLTs

• Mezze Platter • Thai dishes

• Pesto bruschetta • Fish tacos

• Bratwurst

BUYING

Try these made-inOntario versions:

• Borraccia Italian Lager, Fixed Gear Brewing

• Glorioso Italian Pilsner, Left Field Brewery

• Marco Polo,

Indie Alehouse Brewing

• The Myth of Permanence, Henderson Brewing

Benchmark beers to seek out

ZEN

OUT

Agostino Arioli, brewmaster behind Tipopils, has described Italian pilsners as “birra da meditazione”—or meditation beers. Because when you drink one, you really think about the flavours, and what they remind you of, from geraniums, to your Nona’s cooking.

• Tipopils, Birrifico Italiano, Italy

• Pivo Pilsner, Firestone Walker Brewing, California

• Lupulo, Oxbow Brewing, Maine

TASTE ONTARIO’S ITALIAN-APPROVED PILS

When Indie Alehouse designed "Bionda" Italian Pilsner for Birroteca, its brewpub at Eataly Toronto, the lager got the kiss of approval by staffers at Birrifico Italiano and Eataly to label it an “Italian pilsner.” Grab it with third-party takeout apps from Eataly, and soon via the restaurant’s own delivery service. j

The hard opening edition

BREWE R BREWE

by Ren Navarro

From what I’ve been told, time and time again, opening a brewery is one of the most challenging things that a human can do. So, what about the 19 Ontario craft breweries that opened up shop so far during COVID-19? How much more stressful is it trying to operate during the first pandemic since 1918? Could it be any crazier?

To get the answers, I recently sat down for a virtual chat with Sarabeth Holden, co-owner of Red Tape Brewery in Toronto with her husband Sean Holden, slated to open in December 2020, and Jeremy Hansen who co-owns of Flux Brewery with Braden Cronmiller. Flux is just outside the village of Scotland and opened in August.

After some joking about how Jeremy and I both showed up with glasses of water, and only Sarabeth brought a beer to the chat, (a fresh can of GLB Canuck), we got down to business.

GROWLER: So, you decided to open a brewery, what was your original opening date?

HOLDEN: It was February 27, 2020, which was Sean’s birthday. It was a pretty lofty goal seeing as I gave birth to our second child, Jackson, on February 9th! is was pre-pandemic, and it was the first construction project that I took on, so it was a lot of lessons, in terms of permitting.

HANSEN: Our original target was Canada Day, now looking back, I can’t even remember if we had a Canada Day! We were close to being ready to open as far as the brewery and taproom build went, but with government announcing patios could open just the week prior, we didn’t feel like we had our COVID game plan solid enough yet. We decided to hold off and give ourselves more time rather than rush it.

GROWLER: Tell me about your brewery names and what ideas your brewery represents.

HOLDEN: It was actually because Sean used red electrical tape to label everything! e first time he was homebrewing he just labelled everything with that. And he had an interview with Dan Grant, who was writing an article about homebrewing, who asked him, “What’s your brewery name?” and Sean was like, “I always use red tape, so let’s call it Red Tape.”

Our friend Luke designed our logo for me as a gift to Sean. e letters look as if you made them out of tape, and the scissors are cutting through it. If you look at the tips of the scissors, there are little devil’s horns, representing the bureaucracy around craft beer in Ontario.

Sarabeth Holden

vs. EWER

HANSEN: Flux is about embracing the continuous state of change. at’s one thing that in my past career as a technical manager that I was all about, I was always trying to think of different ways to do things. e biggest shift was quitting my job. It was time for a change, it’s now or never. I really put my life in flux.

Our original name was Pivot, but Tara, our Brand Manager, came up with the idea of the name of Flux, which is also the state of liquid and flow. And funny enough, our logo has a little devil’s tail too.

HOLDEN: I’m going to throw in a little bit of the cultural side on that idea of flux and adaptability. I’m half Inuit, and we’re a survival culture. I’ve been learning a lot about the language and certain words that exist or don't exist just because of coming from that survival culture, but it’s so important to adapt. Inuit come from a harsh environment. If we didn’t adapt, then we wouldn’t survive. And I feel like

especially now in the pandemic world that we’re living in, it’s so important to adapt. In order to survive as a business, we need to be able to change.

GROWLER: What can people expect if they come to visit?

HOLDEN: Red Tape makes fresh beers that feel like home. Our model is different than other breweries in that we are making our own line of beers, but also offering folks the chance to make their own special beer at our brewery, which they can share with family and friends at major life events, from weddings, to a 30th birthday party, to corporate celebrations. We’re a family run brewery with a friendly taproom.

HANSEN: We’re a destination brewery just outside the village of Scotland, Ontario in Brant County. Our taproom has a full view of the brewhouse and is decorated with local artefacts, and we have a stellar 1500-square foot patio facing a tranquil pond and farmland. Our beer lineup has a style for every taste—like light ales, IPAs, fruited sours and stouts.

GROWLER: Worst case scenario, how do you see things going during the remainder of the pandemic?

HOLDEN: Maybe it’s because I have kids, maybe it’s because I’m a terribly optimistic person, I always try to look at the long run. We talked about adaptability and how important it is, and I feel

Jeremy Hansen

I feel like especially now in the pandemic world that we’re living in, it’s so important to adapt. In order to survive as a business, we need to be able to change.

—Sarabeth Holden

that we’re adapting really well. I tell myself that alcohol is one of the very few industries that can survive anything. It’s not the first time it’s going to survive a pandemic. You know, alcohol survived prohibition! People are really supporting local. It’s really beautiful to see our neighbourhood supporting one another.

HANSEN: at's definitely been our experience as well. e support from the local community has been incredible. And there is a silver lining in the fact that everyone is itching for something to do and can’t go too far out of their neighbourhood.

As for what happens this winter, it’s really up to the numbers and how good a job we do at getting ourselves out of this pickle. It’s tough to predict and hard to plan for, but we’ll continue to adapt.

GROWLER: Tell me about your personal community, who has been helping you get through 2020?

HANSEN: My family of course, and my amazing staff. Part of our plan from the beginning was to hire a brewer to help me transition from home brewing to commercial brewing. Kelsey Desnoyers, a recent Niagara College grad has hung on with us since March. I couldn’t get her involved full time until July (because of COVID-19 delays). And, of course, our Brand Manager, Tara Barlow, who was working from home designing our labels and building our brand, waiting to be a part of this. It’s been hard but we’re now at the point where we get to celebrate.

HOLDEN: We’re not even open and we’ve felt so much community support. Everyone’s so excited for us. Working with Sean, he’s my business partner, he’s my partner in life, he’s my parenting partner, we do everything together. One of my latest favourite quotes is “teamwork makes the dream work.” I think that probably applies to you too, Jeremy. It’s like we can do this, it’s going to be okay, even when you think to yourself, “What did I get myself into?” j

e support from the local community has been incredible. And there is a silver lining in the fact that everyone is itching for something to do and can’t go too far out of their neighbourhood.

—Jeremy Hansen

TOP: Flux's Day Job pilsner, a staple on the opening beer lineup. BOTTOM: Flux's 1500-square foot patio overlooks a scenic view of a pond and farmland. Supplied photos

Much of the work building Red Tape is being done by husband-and-wife team Sarabeth and Sean Holden. Supplied photo

BEER, please LOVE glass

by Ted Child

If our fathers, grandfathers and jaded detectives in the movies are to be believed, beer was meant to be drunk directly from the bottle. Who needs a glass? It’s just an extra dish to wash! But like so many of the decisions of previous generations, we now realize that this is a truly terrible idea.

By drinking your beer straight from the can or bottle, you are diminishing it by two very significant ways, mainly by not being able to see it and by not being able to smell it. Appearance—such as clarity (or lack thereof), carbonation, head retention and lacing—is an important component to assessing and appreciating a beer. Even more important to enjoying beer is the aroma. Science has shown that aroma plays a large part in the human flavour experience. In order to appreciate a beer’s aroma, and ultimately its flavour, it needs to be decanted into a vessel that releases the carbon dioxide and the stored aroma compounds. at

gorgeous IPA you’re drinking will not be the same coming directly from the bottle. Unless, of course, you really don’t want to smell the beer. My dad’s favorite beer, for instance, I do not recommend pouring into a glass because it smells like cat barf, despite my father’s stubborn brand loyalty. So it’s settled, then. A glass it is. But what glass should you use? ere are plenty of helpful guides for what glass to use with what beers, such as at the beginning of every issue of e Growler. But maybe that much glassware seems a bit too much to start.

A simple way to start a beer glass collection is with a two-glass system. One glass, something like a pint glass, is for your everyday, session strength beers and another, say a tulip or a snifter, for your big or fancy beers. If you wanted to be even more pragmatic, you could just use the glass that has

been widely considered the best glass to assess any alcoholic drink, the big wine glass. But even your beer nerd friends might roll their eyes if you start walking around house parties with your big wine glass full of beer.

e two-glass system begins to show its flaws fairly early, however, when is comes up against one specific beer style and that is the hefeweizen. German weiss beers demand a weiss glass. Hefeweizen creates a huge, billowing head when poured and any other glass but a weiss vase will force you to stop pouring before you get a proper amount of beer. Plus, when it comes to being a modern beer fan, exploring and discovering all the crazy new beers on the shelves, who wants to be pragmatic? One of beer’s great, yet sometimes

overlooked, joys is the joy of exploring beer glassware.

Two of the best places to explore and expand your glass collection are the thrift shop and your local craft brewery. rift and antique shops often offer a bounty of funky beer glasses and remind us of beer’s long history but also of its ephemeral nature.

On the other hand, you can learn a lot about a brewery by the glassware they sell. If you see a bunch of pint style glasses good for session strength beers, that's probably what many of the beers will be as well. Alternatively, if you see a lot more fancy stemmed glasses, like the tulip, the Teku or others, you can bet that the brewery will be brewing something appropriate for them. It is odd how much a branded glass with an appropriate beer from one of your favourite breweries seems to make the beer better.

It is important to remember that there is no point in being too pedantic when it comes to glassware. Certain styles definitely seem to work better with certain styles of glasses. However, your favourite brewery is going out of their way to break all the rules and you should probably do the same with your glassware, at least once or twice.

Or you could drink your beer straight out of the can, like a teenager on their first camping trip without their parents. Yes, you could do that. But now you know better. j

In order to appreciate a beer’s aroma, and ultimately its flavour, it needs to be decanted into a vessel that releases the carbon dioxide and the stored aroma compounds.

If you're not prepared to shell out big bucks for 18 different kinds of beer glassware, a tulip (on left) and a nonic pint glass (on right) will get the job done. Rob Mangelsdorf photo

Liquid protest

Can

Black Lives Matter.

systemic racism with beer?

by Robin LeBlanc

ose are the three words that have been at the top of our minds since that day on May 25th of this year when George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Or on April 6th when D'Andre Campbell was tasered and shot dead by police in his Brampton home after he had called them for help. Or on August 9, 2014 when Michael Brown was shot dead by police in Ferguson, Missouri. e sad truth is that while the Black Lives Matter movement has only been around since the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s killer in 2013, the idea surrounding those words— which is simply that Black lives matter—has been advanced by Black people in our systemically racist society for much longer. What makes this year different is that more people and institutions, from universities to craft breweries, are finally listening.

While the protests went on all over the world many Ontario breweries took to social media, speaking out publicly against systemic racism, or joining in on the Black is Beautiful collaboration project started by Texas brewery, Weathered Souls. e project asks breweries to make an imperial stout and donate all of the proceeds to a local organization that supports police reform, or equality and inclusion.

While these actions are noble, is simply saying “We’re with you,” enough?

To quote the late great Malcolm X on allyship, “By visibly hovering near us, they are ‘proving’ that they are ‘with us.’ But the hard truth is this isn’t helping to solve America’s racist problem. Where the really sincere white people have got to do their ‘proving’ of themselves is not among the Black victims, but out on the battle lines of where America’s racism really is—and that’s in their home communities.”

you fight

ese five Ontario craft breweries are doing just that.

e message couldn't be clearer. for Canadians as well. For progress to be made, breweries can’t just post a black square—they’ve got to take long-term, unprompted action in their own communities. Here are five Ontario craft breweries that are supporting the movement for change in their own backyards:

COUNTERPOINT BREWING, KITCHENER

Supporting the BIPOC community means lifting up and celebrating its members and that’s what Counterpoint Brewing is doing with the recent launch of its Diversity and Inclusion series of beers. e series, which features beers created by local BIPOC culinary experts and artists, will highlight how diversity improves our communities.

e first beer in the series was One Drop, a saison brewed with tamarind, ginger and clove. It was created with Chef Teneile Warren, owner of Nyam Revival Kitchen and Aaron Francis, founder and curator of Vintage Black Canada, a project chronicling the history of the African Diaspora in Canada. e Diversity and Inclusion series is still in its infancy, but Counterpoint already has plans to do more than just highlight community members. e possibility of forming or contributing to a scholarship fund are currently being discussed.

DOMINION CITY BREWING, OTTAWA

Since opening in 2014, the folks over at Dominion City have always spoken their minds. ey’re known as much for their fierce loyalty to local businesses and outspoken political views as they are for their incredible beer. So, when it came to putting their money where their mouth was, they took action, setting up the Dominion City Beer.Diversity.Scholarship in April 2019. Founded in partnership with Niagara College and Ren Navarro, founder of Beer.Diversity, the scholarship is an annual bursary and paid internship for brewing students from the Niagara College Brewmaster and Brewery Operations Management Program who are presently underrepresented in Ontario's craft beer industry.

In June 2020, the brewery teamed up with Navarro to provide seed funding to establish the Canadian Brewery Inclusion Toolkit. It will be a resource of licensed materials and training, created by Beer.Diversity, to empower breweries with the

Some craft brewers are working with Black and Indigenous chefs and artists on beers, artwork and more, like this beer from Counterpoint and Chef Teneile Warren. Supplied photo

tools to institutionalize and cultivate stronger, more diverse and inclusive businesses.

GRAIN & GRIT BEER, HAMILTON

When the pandemic hit, Grain & Grit switched up its popular brewery trivia night to an online version. Held every ursday, it’s hugely popular among locals. Once a month the brewery initiates a donate-what-you-can entry fee for the trivia night to raise money and awareness a local charity that supports BIPOC communities. Charities so far have included the Garden Project, the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre, and the Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion.

MERIT BREWING, HAMILTON

Right from the start MERIT Brewing’s owners Tej Sandhu and Aaron Spinney vowed to make their community stronger. From their ongoing commitment to preparing meals for the women in the YWCA Hamilton shelter, to their unabashed support of LGBTQ+ causes, they’re raising the bar for breweries all over the province.

Earlier this year, MERIT set the benchmark even higher by teaming up with Ren Navarro on More an, a collaboration beer that benefited the Hamilton Centre For Civic Inclusion’s Black Youth Mentorship Program. e goal of the program is to provide black youth in high school with group sessions and mentorships to help

them develop leadership and life skills. Topics included in the program are social justice, community mobilization tactics, communication strategies, political involvement, entrepreneurship, and Black identity and history. MERIT has also sponsored a talk by Ren Navarro for program participants.

WELLINGTON BREWERY, GUELPH

Wellington has done a significant amount of work amplifying Black voices and fostering diversity in craft beer. eir latest efforts with Nothing Civil IPA, for example, have managed to both express anger at systemic racism and support the people devoted to dismantling it.

Nothing Civil IPA is a “liquid protest” brewed in collaboration with e Lacuna Collective made up of Poet and Wellington employee Truth Is..., Certified Beer Sommelier Lexi Pham, and Beer. Diversity founder Ren Navarro. e can art displays difficult imagery of guns held by white hands, symbols of an abusive and corrupt justice system, and Black hands breaking free from white chains. At the center of it all is a moving poem of Black resistance by Truth Is…

e initial batch of Nothing Civil sold out quickly but a much larger batch was recently brewed and will be available this November, with 100 per cent of the profits going towards Black Lives Matter Canada. j

5 Seasonal SIPPERS TO DRINK NOW

COUNTERPOINT BREWING // OPUS THREE P IN OT NOIR BARREL

A GED AMB ER ALE, 5.5%

The latest in Counterpoint's barrel series has a lot going on as a kveik fermented amber ale with Brett, aged in pinot noir barrels. Expect notes of chocolate, dark cherry and plum with a delightfully tart finish.

DOMINION CITY BREWING // S MALL I MPERIAL STO UT, 10%

With the weather getting colder nothing beats the warmth of an imperial stout. Brewed with pistachios, Hispaniola & Peruvian cacao nibs, and Madagascar vanilla beans to create a chocolatey, sweet and somewhat earthy experience that warms you like a hug.

G RAIN & G RIT BEER // GOO D N EIGHBO UR PALE ALE, 5%

As neighbours we all have to look out for each other, and Good Neighbour, brewed as part of the Isolation Nation collaboration to help breweries through the pandemic, is a good way to do it. Aromas of honeydew melon, strawberry and lemon lead to a dry finish.

MERIT BREWING // TA DA! M ERLOT FLO UR SO UR, 6.1%

A unique and complex o ering brewed with merlot flour, local cherries and plums, cocoa nibs and vanilla that swirl around the palate in a creamy, tart and slightly sweet dance.

W ELLINGTON BREWERY // NOT HING CIVIL IPA, 6.5%

A protest in a can. —100% of profits go to Black Lives Matter Canada. Notes of pineapple, lemon and passionfruit lead the way with a slight peppercorn bite.

Wellington's Nothing Civil IPA can features a poem about Black Resistance by Truth Is... Supplied photo

FUTURE BEER e of

After the government ordered breweries to close their taprooms last spring, new doors opened. Archaic alcohol restrictions loosened so that you can now order beer with your Uber Eats dinner or grab a selection of alcohol from a brewery or indie bottleshop. Plus, craft brewers themselves are leaning into the virtual space in a much deeper way, offering us new tasting experiences and doorstep beer delivery.

It’s arguably now the best time in history to be a craft beer drinker in Ontario, but when the pandemic is over, what will our beer culture look like? What will last, and what will fall? We’ve asked four Ontario craft beer leaders to predict the Future of Beer.

Craft breweries will be Ontario’s foodie “Depanneurs”

by Tej Jordan Sandhu Co-founder and owner MERIT Brewing Company

Early this summer, after the Ontario government relaxed alcohol rules and allowed craft breweries to carry alcoholic beverages from other producers, we started a wine and cider program here at Merit. We quickly found a sweet spot bringing in a rotating offering of bottles from natural, bio and low-intervention Ontario and global winemakers and cideries that reflect the same values and consumption preferences as the people drinking our beer.

We have barrel-fermented chardonnays from local producers, Rosewood Estates Winery, alongside more of their esoteric offerings, plus an international selection that includes the Blaufränkish from Meinklang, an iconic Austrian natural wine producer.

We’re doubling down on the program because it’s been so successful, currently it makes up 8 to 10 per cent of our sales. One of the coolest parts about it is that these products haven’t cannibalized our

MERIT is selling its own in-house staples along with a handpicked selection local food and natural wines.

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own beer sales. People are not grabbing wine instead of six Young Rival IPA, they’re grabbing the wine as well.

In future, a craft brewery’s retail store will act as a one-stop, speciality bottle shop—and if it has a kitchen, it’ll likely sell prepared food options to match.

New breweries will build out retail shops with this new product mix in mind, and I think it’ll be a very cool shopping experience for craft beer drinkers. j

Beer festivals will go micro and offer at-home tasting experiences

by Erica Campbell Co-founder & co-organizer Society of Beer Drinking Ladies

Large beer fests are not happening anytime soon, but people are still looking for ways to connect over beer. Once we get past the second wave, we'll start to see intimate ”micro” beer events cropping up, especially outdoors.

I envision them as 50 to 100 attendees and more of a curated beer experience, perhaps featuring beers from one brewery, or highlighting one beer style. Ticket prices will be higher to account for the new costs of PPE, and staggered entry with shorter sessions will let waves of folks attend while social distancing. Some events might hand out drinking-friendly masks, (equipped with flaps to enable masked sipping through a straw) at the door to prevent the spread of the virus.

To continue serving the communities that we’ve worked so hard to build, a handful of event organizers are offering beer experiences for home delivery. is fall Sour Palooza and Beau’s Oktoberfest shipped tasting boxes with unique beers to people’s homes and hosted a live virtual fest to sip along. At e Society of Beer Drinking Ladies HQ, we pivoted from hosting in-person events to launching a ‘Beer Squad Mystery Box’ concept—a

bi-monthly box jammed full of beer, cider, spirits and artisan goods from womxn small businesses we love, with a $500 donation to Black Women in Motion with each round. e first box sold out in one hour, so we doubled the amount for the second round and they sold out in 24 hours. In fact, all three of these experiences sold out— showing a thirst for unique, curated beer products. We’ll see some event organizers making these products a permanent offering as a way to keep the festival vibe going year round. j

by Tiffany A. Davey Co-founder and partner, High Season Co.

raft beer is largely a traditional industry and the methods used to get beer into consumers’ hands are driven by hard-working sales professionals on the ground. ese individuals visit bars and restaurants with select beers in hand to convert them into clients, keep our LCBO shelves stocked, line up beer festivals, and schmooze with fellow industry folks.

A brewery’s social media manager will be as important as its sales manager

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Beer festival organizers are offering bespoke at-home beer boxes with tasting experiences to match. Supplied photo

ese tasks are mostly—if not all—offline. e pandemic, however, hasn’t just changed these techniques, it’s changed the entire playing field—now the majority of that work has to be done online. Many breweries were not well prepared for this seismic shift. Prior to COVID-19, the job of social media for many craft breweries often fell to the wayside, undervalued as a sales tool and tasked to someone at the brewery who showed a slight interest in Instagram, or even worse, not utilized at all. It’s no mystery that the breweries that dominated social prior to COVID-19 seemed to thrive on the other side, while others have had to empty their tanks and close their doors.

To survive, breweries are radically expanding their sales methods—a trend that will continue post-pandemic. Your craft brewery will have an “always open” online presence populated with beer fans who are ready to support the businesses and owners that they love. Crucial to the success of this vision? An expert social media manager who is just as essential as the brewery’s sales manager.

e breweries that “staff up” for online to connect with and sell great products to consumers will thrive in the post-pandemic world because COVID-19 has changed where and how we shop for beer, and connect with craft breweries, not just for now, but forever. j

E-Commerce could save Ontario breweries this winter

by Mallory Jones Owner, co-founder and president, Matron Fine Beer

In the fluctuating landscape of 2020, many business owners are facing the biggest challenges of their careers. For those of us in the brewing world, this has taken the form of navigating what feels like ever changing sales channels.

Mandated business closures during the initial months of the pandemic made online sales a vital

channel. e demand for contactless delivery of “affordable luxuries,” like craft beer from niche breweries, soared as we all reached for some form of tangible comfort. en came summer’s warmer weather and reduced restrictions which dramatically shifted things. Online sales tapered off as staycations and domestic travel ramped up.

Now, with the first snow dumps of the year we’re seeing an increase in government regulations, decreased travel and frigid patio weather, which is forcing a shift in how and where we can sell our beer, yet again. e ease of online shopping combined with to-your-door delivery is now vital to our survival as an industry.

At Matron we’ve learned to adapt to the rapidly changing market: we’ve leaned into online sales and home delivery. In fact, we predict that to make up for the shortfall in bar and restaurant sales, breweries will need to sell up to half of their beer online this winter to survive.

On the flipside, you, the craft beer drinker, have gained incredible access to the majority of Ontario breweries, whether it be shopping directly from the brewery’s website, or supporting one of the many independent bottle shops that have sprung up. ese alternatives do, however, come with added costs, like paying for shipping or paying a markup for the convenience cost of getting hardto-find cans at a boutique, local bottle shop. Survival for destination breweries like ours hinges on drinkers embracing their newly-found access to craft beer from these emerging channels—and being open to a slight increase in price to support them. j

Destination breweries like Matron will need to sell up to half of their beer online this winter in order to survive.

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WoNdErful WoNdErfulBEer BEer It's the most time of the

Questionable holiday gifts for the hop head in your life

by Michael Kissinger

Beer. It’s not only terrific for suppressing emotions, it can really come in handy when you have to buy a gift for that dude with the beard in your office’s Secret Santa exchange. And what better way to find said beer-related gifts than the dark and lonely recesses of the Internet.

1. RECLAIMED ROPE BEER LANYARD

$15.99 at Hoomsent.com

Reclaimed Rope Beer Lanyard is not only a great Guided

By Voices album, it combines three of life’s greatest pleasures: reclaimed rope, macramé and beer. Make that four of life’s

greatest pleasures—I forgot the word “lanyard.”

2. BEERVANA BREWGA LEGGINGS

$39 at SudsyStyle.com

Way cooler looking than peanut butter leggings, these apexes of fashion give your gams a jolt of sudsy refinement, while at the same time making it appear that half your body is full of delicious beer, which probably isn’t far from the truth.

3. BEER TIME FLIP FLOPS

$40 at CafePress.com

In another era, this could have been humankind’s fire, wheel or polio vaccine. Instead, it’s just a pair of flip flops that look like beer. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

4. CANADIAN RIDER BEER CAN CHICKEN

$35.99 at Etsy.com

ere are few sights more unsettling than beer can chicken. Seeing your dad cry and beer can chicken. ankfully, this little Etsy wonder adds some bad assery to the cooking process. at’s right, in addition to sticking an open can of beer inside a chicken’s orifice, this handmade contraption will make it look like the chicken is riding a motorcycle. Sweet.

5. BEER CHILLING COASTERS

$51.40 at UncommonGoods.com

Bring a Stonehenge vibe to your beer-drinking experience beyond the usual druid-like scent of urine that your hair can’t seem to shake. Plus these “chillable” coasters are made from reclaimed New Hampshire granite, which will sound super impressive at a house party if you say it while twirling your moustache or stroking your Vandyke.

6. BEER ATHLETIC KNEE SOCKS

$11.95 at Amazon.com

Harkening back to an era before craft beer was even a dimple

in your burgeoning belly, these knee-high athletic socks will make your doughy calves sing. So what if that song is Foreigner’s “I Want to Know What Love Is.”

7. MEN’S LAGER BEER SOCKS-IN-A-CAN

$12.95 at KegWorks.com

In the past few years, flamboyant or “jazzy” socks have become a source of solace for man children and urban hipsters looking to add a little flare to their pasty, beard-hair covered bodies. Although these tread a little too closely to the realm of joke gift to be fashionable, they look damn refreshing, which is something that has never been said about the gnarled tree stumps you call feet.

8. GOOD NIGHT BREW

$25.50 at Chapters.Indigo.ca

Combining a classic children’s book with alcoholism hasn’t been this charming since Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild ings Get Hammered on Lukewarm Baja Rosa. Ann E. Breiated—get it?— and Allie Ogg’s adult parody of Goodnight Moon, about tucking a brewery in for the night, really

goes for it. So much so, it’s described in the press materials as a “pitcher” book. What fun.

9. LOCALLY BREWED ONESIE

$15.99 at Etsy.com

I’m not sure if the implied message of this adorable baby item is that your child was conceived after a blurry evening in barley town or that the baby’s mother is the human equivalent of a fermentation tank. Either way, it’ll give your child the foundation he, she or they needs to become a productive member of society with a manageable number of parental issues, anxieties and resentments.

10. CHILL BABY LI'L LAGER BABY BOTTLE

$14.99 at ToySense.ca

Speaking of alcoholism and toddlers, the Chill Baby Li’l Lager Baby Bottle is pretty much like its name suggests. A baby bottle that looks like a bottle of lager. Funny, my 10-month-old nephew was more of a double dry-hopped lactose gose fan.

11. JUMBO JELLY BEER

$21.40 at eDesignGiftShop.com

All the taste and 10 times the calories, this giant jelly mug

of diabetes is 14.1 ounces of beer-flavoured fun. And by fun, I mean celibacy. Who are you trying to kid.

12. BEER AND FOOD PAIRING GUIDE TOWEL

$20.56 at UncommonGoods.com

Everyone knows tea towels are great for cleaning up spills, tending to kitchen knife accidents and wiping the sweat from your brow when no one’s looking, but sometimes they can also be informative. Case in point: the Beer and Food Pairing Guide Towel. Printed in an array of autumnal colours, this helpful rag includes 61 food entries and 40 beer styles, for 2,440 combo possibilities that you might even consider before being seduced by that Costco-size bag of Funyuns… again.

13. CRAFT IPA BEER SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER

$19.95 at DuffysBrew.com

Your skin, breath and kissing practice pillow already smell like beer, so why not go all the way and actually wash your hair in the hoppy stuff—provided you actually have hair and take showers. Why IPA shampoo and not Hefeweizen or Farmhouse Saison? It’s one of life’s great mysteries next to who let the dogs out and why hasn’t anyone opened a Rick Springfield-themed burger restaurant called Jessie’s Grill yet? j

Braised Sausages with Peppers, Olives and Polenta

from beer at my Table

Paired with Compass Brewing's Polar Night Dry Stout

By Tonia Wilson

Chilly winter nights call for warming, easy-to-throw together dinners. While this sausage and polenta dish looks fancy, it’s a cinch to make and boasts the earthy, savoury flavours of a rustic Italian dish.

Italy is a country that Ontario chef and Prud’homme Beer Sommelier Tonia Wilson knows well. She spent four years as Head Chef at the Canadian Embassy in Rome and even created a gala dinner for the Queen of England. is recipe is part of Wilson’s accessible and delicious cookbook, Beer at My Table, which is influenced both by her time in Rome and then another stint as Head Chef at the Canadian Embassy in Brussels, where she fell deeply in love with beer.

e dish’s rich and savoury flavours find new levels of depth when paired with Compass Brewing’s dry stout. e beer’s roasty notes highlight the sausage’s umami centre and its caramel flavours harmonize with the lightly seared peppers and meat. Plus, the ale’s light body doesn’t overwhelm this easygoing dish. —Crystal Luxmore

INgredients

Serves 4

• 2 tbsp olive oil, divided

• 1½ lb (750 g) mild Italian sausages (or enough for 4)

• 2 sweet yellow or orange peppers, stemmed, seeded and sliced (about 3 cups)

• 1 tbsp tomato paste

• 1 can (14 oz/398 mL) diced tomatoes with their juice

• ½ cup Kalamata or other brined olives, pitted

• 1 tbsp coarsely chopped rosemary

• 1 cup fine cornmeal

• Salt to taste

directions

1. In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of oil over medium-high heat. Add the sausages and brown well, about 5 minutes per side. Remove the sausages from the skillet and set aside.

2. Pour the excess fat from the skillet. Add the remaining oil to the skillet and reduce the heat to medium. Add the sweet peppers and cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes

3. Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring, for 1 minute to combine the paste with the peppers. Add the tomatoes, olives, rosemary and 1/4 cup water to the skillet and cook for 5 minutes more.

4. Return the sausages to the skillet, along with another 1/4 cup water and bring to a boil over high heat. Cover and reduce the heat, then simmer for 25 minutes.

5. Meanwhile, bring 6 cups of water to a boil in a pot over high heat. Slowly whisk in the cornmeal. Immediately reduce the heat to low and stir the cornmeal mixture. Simmer, uncovered and stirring occasionally, until the polenta is thickened, smooth and creamy, about 20 minutes. Season generously with salt.

6. When the sausages are cooked, remove the lid from the skillet and continue cooking, if necessary, until the sauce thickens. Divide the sausages and sauce among four plates and serve with the polenta. j

Tonia Wilson is a triple threat: a certified sommelier, Prud'homme beer sommelier and a talented chef. Supplied photos

GREAT LAKES BREWERY

30 Queen Elizabeth Blvd., Etobicoke | GreatLakesBeer.com

RETAIL STORE DAILY 10AM-6PM

EST. 1987

In the midst of the pandemic GLB launched a brand new year-round beer, HazeMama New England IPA, which became an instant go-to for juicy IPA drinkers. Hop lovers hoard cases of limited releases like,THRUST! an IPA, and longtime fans stock up on classics like Pompous Ass English Ale.

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Smooth and velvety, this IPA emanates aromas of ripe pineapple, kiwi, tangerine and sweet cotton candy. Juicy.

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A sessionable and juicy ale with manago, strawberry and honeydew melon notes balanced by a subtle malt sweetness. Drinks like a fresh fruit salad.

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“From the entire GLB family to your and yours, THANK YOU for your support of our fiercely independent craft brewery during COVID-19. Whether you purchased #FreshGLB for home delivery, curbside pick-up, shopped at the LCBO or at your local grocery store, or sent us notes of encouragement, we are humbled and honoured. ank you! Supporting local never tasted so good.” —GLB Team

COLL EC TIVE A RTS

777 Dundas St. W. | CollectiveArtsBrewing.com

DAILY 11AM-10PM

EST. 2020

is newly opened small-batch brewery is crafting experimental brews while also offering the full Collective lineup and a curated product assortment from other craft makers.

ORIGIN OF DARKNESS SERIES

BA RREL-AGED DA RK BEERS

One-off: B, L

ABV I BU 9%-11.6%N/A

Four barrel-aged porters and stouts made in collaboration with brewers from around the world.

RASPBERRY DRY-HOPPED SOUR FR UIT ED SOUR

Year-round: B, L, LC

ABV I BU 5.5%N/A

Tart, fruity sour ale made with raspberries and berry-forward mosaic and barbe rouge hops.

INDIE ALEHOUSE BREWING CO.

2876 Dundas St. W. | IndieAleHouse.com

Shop Indie’s high quality brews at two locations, the Junction flagship and Bloor West’s buzzy marketplace Eataly.

BANDIT BREWERY

2125 Dundas St. W. | BanditBrewery.ca

THE GRANITE BREWERY

245 Eglinton Ave. E. | GraniteBrewery.ca

A pretty, sprawling Roncesvalles spot. Daily free delivery in Toronto and Ontario-wide shipping, plus free weekly deliveries to rotating regions.

is beloved family-owned brewpub will celebrate the big 3-0 in 2021. Nosh on traditional pub fare paired with English-style ales and experimental one-offs.

GIN LANE (AGED 1 YEAR)

HALO BREWERY

247 Wallace Ave. | HaloBrewery.com

LEFT FIELD BREWERY

36 Wagstaff Dr. | LeftFieldBrewery.ca

Halo dreams up experimental, culinary inspired beers in their tiny Junction triangle brewhouse. Homebrewers take note, all of their recipes are open source.

With daily Toronto and weekly GTA and tricities deliveries, stock up on seasonals like Sweet Spot Mocha Marshmallow Stout and classics like Greenwood IPA.

MUDDY YORK BREWING CO.

22 Cranfield Rd. | MuddyYorkBrewing.com

Stop by this East York gem for a pint on the patio 7 days a week. Or, order the elegant Helles Lager and juicy Working Hard NEIPA for delivery province wide.

WORKING HARD NEW ENGLAND

AMSTERDAM BREWING CO.

45 Esandar Dr.; 87 Laird Dr.;

245 Queens Quay W., Toronto

AmsterdamBeer.com

AVLING BREWERY

1042 Queen St. E., Toronto Avling.ca

BEACHES BREWING CO.

1953 Queen St. E., Toronto BeachesBrewing.com

BELGIAN MOON BREWERY AT

STACKT MARKET

3 Tecumseth St., Toronto

Can.BelgianMoon.ca

BATCH

TEMPORARILY CLOSED

5 Victoria St., Toronto

BatchToronto.com

BELLWOODS BREWERY

124 Ossington Ave., 20 Hafis Rd., Toronto

BellwoodsBrewery.com

BIG ROCK BREWERY (LIBERTY COMMONS)

42 Liberty St., 1589 e Queensway, Toronto

LibertyCommons.ca

BIRROTECA AT EATALY

TORONTO

55 Bloor St West, Toronto

IndieAleHouse.com

BLACK LAB BREWING

818 Eastern Ave., Toronto

BlackLab.beer

BURDOCK BREWERY

1184 Bloor St. W., Toronto

BurdockTO.com

COMMON GOOD BEER CO.

475 Ellesmere Rd., Toronto

CommonGoodBeer.com

DUGGAN’S BREWERY

1346 Queen St. W., Toronto

DuggansBrewery.com

BLACK OAK BREWING CO.

75 Horner Ave., Toronto

BlackOakBeer.com

EASTBOUND BREWING CO.

700 Queen St. E., Toronto EastboundBeer.com

BLOOD BROTHERS BREWING

165 Geary Ave., Toronto

BloodBrothersBrewing.com

FOLLY BREWING

928 College St., Toronto FollyBrewing.com

BRUNSWICK BIERWORKS

25 Curity Ave., Toronto

BrunswickBierworks.com

GODSPEED BREWERY

242 Coxwell Ave., Toronto

GodspeedBrewery.com

MILL ST. BREW PUB

21 Tank House Ln., Toronto

MillStreetBrewery.com

NORTHERN MAVERICK

BREWING CO.

115 Bathurst St., Toronto

NorthernMaverick.ca

PEOPLE’S PINT

BREWING CO.

90 Cawthra Ave., Toronto

PeoplesPint.com

RADICAL ROAD BREWING CO.

1177 Queen St. E., Toronto

RadicalRoadBrew.com

RORSCHACH BREWING CO.

1001 Eastern Ave., Toronto

RorschachBrewing.com

SAULTER STREET BREWERY

1-31 Saulter St., Toronto

SaulterStreetBrewery.com

SHACKLANDS BREWING CO.

101-100 Symes Rd., Toronto

Shacklands.com

STEAM WHISTLE

255 Bremner Blvd., Toronto

SteamWhistle.ca

RAINHARD BREWING CO.

100 Symes Rd., Toronto

RainhardBrewing.com

3 BRASSEURS

Unit 100-120 Adelaide St. W., Toronto

Les3Brasseurs.ca

RED TAPE BREWERY

159 Main St., Toronto

RedTapeBrewery.com

WOODHOUSE BREWING CO.

303 Landsdowne Ave., Toronto

WoodhouseBrewing.com

FALCON BREWING

30 Barr Rd. | FalconBeer.beer

OLD FLAME BREWING CO.

135 Perry St. | OldFlameBrewingCo.ca

A small brewery down by the lake in Ajax serving up classic beer styles and meat pies. Try the gold medal-winning Salem Stout.

Crafting award-winning lagers since 2013. Pop by the brewery for live music Saturdays (1-5pm) and check out their new Newmarket location opening in 2021.

THE SECOND WEDGE BREWING CO.

14 Victoria St. | eSecondWedge.ca

Nestled in the Trail Capital of Canada, stop by the outdoor beer garden for a cold one after a scenic hike. Celebrating 5 years.

ROOTED

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5 PADDLES BREWING CO.

#3-1390 Hopkins St, Whitby

5PaddlesBrewing.ca

MAGNOTTA BREWERY

271 Chrislea Rd., Vaughan MagnottaBrewery.com

ALL OR NOTHING BREWHOUSE

439 Ritson Rd. S., Oshawa AllOrNothing.beer

MANANTLER

CRAFT BREWING CO.

182 Wellington St., Unit 18, Bowmanville Manantler.com

BROCK STREET BREWING CO.

244 Brock St. S., Whitby BrockStBrewing.com

MARKET BREWING CO.

4-17775 Leslie St., Newmarket MarketBrewingCo.com

CHRONICLE BREWING CO.

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

ROUGE RIVER BREWING CO.

8-50 Bullock Dr., Markham RougeRiverBrewery.com

COUNTY DURHAM

BREWING CO.

1885 Clements Rd., Pickering

TOWN BREWERY

1632 Charles St., Whitby TownBrewery.ca

LITTLE BEASTS BREWING CO.

2075 Forbes St., Whitby

LittleBeastsBrewing.com

NI C KE L BR OO K

BREWIN G C O.

864 Drury Ln. | NickelBrook.com

SUN-WED 11AM-6PM ^ THURS-SAT 11AM-8PM

EST. 2005

Help Nickel Brook choose a new beer by voting for your fave in their second Mystery Pack. Pop over to the retail shop for carry-out or hang out for a pint on the patio.

MYSTERY PACK

VOL. 2

I NDI A P A LE ALE 4-P A CK

One-off: B, LC

ABV I BU 3.5%-6.5%5-45

A limited-edition, experimental mix pack of IPAs, expect juicy, hoppy, citrus, tropical fruit and stone fruit flavours.

METAL HEAD

DO UBLE I PA

Year-round B, L, LC

ABV I BU 9.0%85

Exploding with notes of citrus, papaya, and fresh berries, this IIPA is a balanced, beautiful example of the style.

C OLL EC TIVE ARTS

BREWIN G

207 Burlington St. E. | CollectiveArtsBrewing.com

DAILY 11AM-9PM

EST. 2013

Celebrate the holiday season at CA’s Winter Market through November and December. Shop local vendors and sip one-off brews in a socially distanced festive environment.

IPA NO. 15 DIPA IMP ERI A L I NDI A P A LE ALE

Seasonal: B, LC, B

ABV I BU 8.2%N/A

A throwback to fan fave IPA No. 5, Grapefruit, mango, passionfruit and dank pine with lactose sweetness.

BOURBON-BARREL AGED

IMPERIAL PORTER 2020 IMP ERI A L POR T ER

Seasonal: B, LC, B

ABV I BU 11.5%N/A

A year in Kentucky bourbon barrels adds vanilla and warming notes to ale’s rich, smooth chocolate flavour.

FURNACE ROOM BREWERY

1 Elgin St. | FurnaceRoomBrewery.com

STONEHOOKER

BREWING CO.

866 Lakeshore Rd. E. | Stonehooker.com

eir Saturday Sour Series pairs a new release sour beer with live music and an onsite food truck. Follow IG and FB for new beers.

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Take it to-go or drop by for a pint of Pumpkin Pie Ale, served up by Christine, a real live descendant of a Port Credit Stonehooker.

BROAD REACH

BADLANDS BREWING COMPANY

13926 Chinguacousy Rd., Burlington BadlandsBrewing.ca

BELL CITY BREWING CO.

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

CALEDON HILLS BREWING COMPANY

17219 Hwy 50, Palgrave

CaledonHillsBrewing.ca

CAMERON’S BREWING

1165 Invicta Dr., Oakville CameronsBrewing.com

CLIFFORD BREWIN

G

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

CO.

FAIRWEATHER

BREWING CO.

1-5 Ofield Rd., Hamilton FairweatherBrewing.com

FLUX BREWING CO.

185 Oakland Rd., Scotland

FluxBrews.ca

GOODLOT FARMSTEAD BREWING CO.

18825 Shaws Creek Rd., Caledon

GoodLot.beer

GRAIN & GRIT BEER CO.

11 Ewen Rd., Hamilton

GrainAndGritBeer.com

ORANGE SNAIL BREWERS

1-32 Steeles Ave. E., Milton

OrangeSnailBrewers.ca

SHAWN & ED BREWING CO.

65 Hatt St., Dundas

LagerShed.com

SONNEN HILL BREWERY

20683 Heart Lake Rd., Caledon

Instagram.com/SonnenHill

MASH PADDLE BREWING CO.

111 Sherwood Dr., unit 3A, Brantford

MashPaddleBrewing.com

STEEL WHEEL BREWERY

105 Powerline Rd., Brantford

SteelWheel.ca

MERIT BREWING

107 James St. N., Hamilton

MeritBrewing.ca

OLD CREDIT BREWING CO.

6 Queen St. W., Mississauga

OldCreditBrewing.com

THIRD MOON

BREWING

295 Alliance Rd., unit 3, Milton

irdMoonBrewing.com

3 BRASSEURS

2041 Winston Park Dr., Oakville

Les3Brasseurs.ca

BRIMSTONE BREWING CO.

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

NIAGARA BREWING CO.

4915-A Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls

NiagaraBrewingCompany.com

NIAGARA COLLEGE TEACHING BREWERY

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

NCTeachingBrewery.ca

NIAGARA OAST HOUSE BREWERS

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

KAME & KETTLE BEER WORKS

25 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill

KameAndKettle.ca

LOCK STREET BREWING CO.

104-15 Lock St., Port Dalhousie

LockStreet.ca

THE MERCHANT ALE HOUSE

98 St. Paul St., St. Catharines

MerchantAleHouse.com

SILVERSMITH BREWING CO.

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

SilversmithBrewing.com

Cenosillicaphobia:

The fear of an empty beer glass.

WELLINGTON BREWERY

950 Woodlawn Rd. W. | WellingtonBrewery.ca

MON-SUN 11AM-6PM

EST. 1985

Celebrating 35 years as one of Ontario’s original independently owned breweries. Wellington recently won three medals at the Canadian Brewing Awards, we’re fans of Faces Double IPA, which snagged a bronze in the competitive IIPA category.

IMPERIAL

RUSSIAN STOUT IMPERIAL

ABV IBU

8.0%40

Year-round: B, L, LC, TBC

Exploding with juicy grapefruit, peach, and tropical hop flavours. Pillowy mouthfeel and balanced bitterness.

48 Sponsored content GUELPH

CHILL HAZY IPA WITH GIN BOTANICALS

Seasonal: B, L, LC

A creamy winter-inspired IPA with tangerine and mango hop flavours complemented by juniper, lemon peel and bitter orange peel botanicals.

HELLES LAGER

Beer that Builds Community: Queen of Craft

TOGETHER WE’RE BITTER CO-OPERATIVE

300 Mill Street, Unit 1 | Brewing.coop

A small but mighty co-op run by workerowners with a passion for great beer and building community!

WOBBLY WHEEL IPA A

S TRATFORD CITY WATERLOO

JOBSITE BREWING CO.

45 Cambria St. | JobsiteBrewing.ca

INNOCENTE BREWING CO.

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

Founded by pals and former construction workers and housed in a historic building that used to be a church, construction biz and lumber yard.

IMPACT IPA E AST / W

Voted Waterloo Region’s “Favourite Craft Brewery” in 2016 and 2020, Innocente makes premium, hand-crafted, quality beers.

FRUIT SALAD T

BAD APPLE BREWING CO.

73463 ON-21, Bayfield BadAppleBrewingCo.com

COUNTERPOINT BREWING CO.

#4-935 Frederick St., Kitchener CounterpointBrewing.ca

BARNCAT ARTISAN ALES

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

DESCENDANTS BEER & BEVERAGE CO.

319 Victoria St. N., Kitchener DescendantsBeer.com

BITTE SCHÖN BRAUHAUS

68 Huron St., New Hamburg BitteSchonBrauhaus.com

FIXED GEAR BREWING CO.

20 Alma St. S., Guelph FixedGearBrewing.com

BLACK SWAN BREWING CO.

144 Downie St., Stratford BlackSwanBrewing.ca

FORMOSA SPRINGS BREWERY

TEMPORARILY CLOSED

120 Bruce Rd., Unit 12, Formosa FormosaBrewery.ca

BLOCK THREE BREWING

1430 King St. N., Unit 2, St. Jacobs Block reeBrewing.Ca

GREY MATTER BEER CO.

726 Queen St., Kincardine GreyMatterBeer.com

BROTHERS BREWING CO.

15 Wyndham St. N., Guelph BrothersBrewingCompany.ca

HALF HOURS ON EARTH BREWERY

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

JACKASS BREWING

100 Sheldon Dr., Unit 36, Cambridge JackassBrewing.ca

MACLEAN’S ALES

52 14th Ave., Hanover MacLeansAles.ca

NEUSTADT SPRINGS BREWERY

456 Jacob St., Neustadt NeustadtSprings.com

NORTH WORKS BREWING CO.

TEMPORARILY CLOSED

6 Stafford Ct. Unit B, Cambridge NorthWorksBrewing.com

THE PARIS BEER CO.

31 Mechanic St., Paris

ParisBrewing.com

RED CIRCLE BREWING CO.

137 Glasgow St., Unit 385, Kitchener RedCircleBrewing.ca

REVERENCE BARREL

WORKS

1144 Industrial Rd. Unit 3, Cambridge

ReverenceBarrelWorks.beer

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

RURAL ROOTS BREWING COMPANY

21B Industrial Dr., Elmira RuralRootsBrewery.ca

SHAKESPEARE BREWING CO.

2178 Line 34, Shakespeare ShakespeareBrewingCompany.ca

SHORT FINGER BREWING CO.

20 Hurst Ave., Kitchener ShortFingerBrewing.com

SPARROW BREWING & ROASTING CO.

4-54 Guelph Ave., Cambridge SparrowBrewCo.com

SQUARE BREW

430 Parsons Crt., Goderich

SquareBrewCo.com

ROYAL CITY BREWING CO.

199 Victoria Rd. S., Guelph

RoyalCityBrew.ca

STONE HOUSE BREWING CO.

76050 Parr Line, Varna

StoneHouseBrewing.ca

SONS OF KENT BREWING CO.

27 Adelaide St. S. | SonsOfKent.com

ANDERSON CRAFT ALES

1030 Elias St. | AndersonCraftAles.ca

Located in a former iconic movie theater in Downtown Chatham, Sons of Kent turned three over the summer! JUICE

Anderson’s Cream Ale won silver at the 2020 Canadian Brewing Awards. Free shipping province wide on orders of two cases or more, stock up!

WINDSOR

WALKERVILLE BREWERY

Contact Kristina Mameli to discuss your advertising options in the Growler.

kmameli@glaciermedia.ca

A historic whisky warehouse turned brewery, Walkerville won four medals in this year’s Canadian Brewing Awards. Free local delivery.

BAYSIDE BREWING CO.

970 Ross Lane, Erieau

BaysideBrewing.com

CHARLOTTEVILLE

BREWING CO.

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

BEERLAB!

420 Talbot St., London

Beerlab.com

BLACK GOLD

BREWERY

395 Fletcher St, Petrolia

BlackGold.beer

BREW MICROBREWERY

635 University Ave. E., Windsor

BrewWindsor.com

CAPS OFF BREWING CO.

Unit C-168 Curtis St., St. omas

CapsOffBrewing.com

CONCESSION ROAD

BREWING CO.

17 Talbot St. E., unit 4, Jarvis

ConcessionRoadBrew.com

CRAFT HEADS BREWING CO.

89 University Ave. W., Windsor CraftHeads.ca

CURED CRAFT

BREWING CO.

43 Mill St. W., Leamington

CuredCraftBrewing.com

DUNDAS & SONS BREWING

400 Adelaide St. N., London

DundasAndSons.com

CHAPTER TWO BREWING CO.

2345 Edna St., Windsor

ChapterTwoBrewing.com

FORKED RIVER BREWING CO.

45 Pacific Crt., Unit 4, London

ForkedRiverBrewing.com

FRANK BREWING CO.

12000 Tecumseh Rd., Tecumseh

FrankBeer.ca

GL HERITAGE BREWING COMPANY

8728 Howard Ave., Amherstburg

GLHeritageBrewing.ca

THE GROVE BREW HOUSE

12 Main St. E., Kingsville

BrewEatSleepRepeat.com

IMPERIAL CITY

BREW HOUSE

1330 Exmouth St., Sarnia

ImperialCityBrew.com

KINGSVILLE BREWERY

15 Main St. W., Kingsville

KingsvilleBrewery.ca

LONDON BREWING

COOPERATIVE

521 Burbrook Pl., London

LondonBrewing.ca

LONSBERY FARMS

BREWING CO.

7781 Howard Ave., Amherstburg

LonsberyFarms.beer

MOTOR CRAFT ALES

888 Erie St. E., Windsor isIsMotor.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

RAILWAY CITY BREWING CO.

130 Edward St., St. omas

RailwayCityBrewing.com

RAMBLIN ROAD BREWERY

FARM

2970 Swimming Pool Rd., La Salette RamblinRoad.ca

RED BARN BREWING COMPANY

20466 Lagoon Rd., Blenheim

RedBarnBrewing.com

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

STONEPICKER BREWING

7143 Forest Rd., Plympton-Wyoming StonepickerBrewing.com

RUSTY WRENCH BREWING CO.

9 Front St. W., Strathroy RustyWrench.ca

SANDWICH BREWING CO.

3230 Sandwich St., Windsor @SandwichBrewing

STORM STAYED BREWING CO.

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

STRATHROY BREWING CO.

TEMOPORARILY CLOSED

62 Albert St., Strathroy StrathroyBrewingCompany.ca

TOBOGGAN BREWING CO.

585 Richmond St., London TobogganBrewing.com

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x

S PE ARHE AD BREWING

675 Development Dr. | SpearheadBeer.com

SUN-TUE 12PM-7PM ^ WED-SAT 12PM-10PM

EST. 2018

Book a table in this east Kingston taproom and sample the newest release from Spearhead’s Globetrotter Series™ a rotation of exclusive bi-monthly brews inspired by global flavours, like Swiss Chocolate Raspberry Porter and India Wheat Ale.

HAWAIIAN STYLE

PALE ALE PALE A LE

Year-round: B, L, LC, TBS

A BV IBU 6.0%60

A west coast pale ale bursting with tropical fruit, citrus zest and pine needle aromas with a refreshingly dry finish.

Year-round: B, L, LC, TBS

A BV IBU 10.0%100

Warrior, cascade and hallertau blanc hops marry up with pure pineapple juice in this hefty IPA.

555 BREWING CO.

124 Picton Main St., Picton 555Beer.com

GAN BREWING COMPANY

9 King St. E., Gananoque GanBeer.com

BARLEY DAYS BREWERY

13730 Loyalist Parkway, Picton BarleyDaysBrewery.com

KINGSTON BREWING COMPANY

34 Clarence St., Kingston

KingstonBrewing.ca

BELMONT LAKE BREWERY

54 Fire Rte. 17, Havelock BelmontLakeBrewery.com

LAKE ON THE MOUNTAIN

BREWERY

11369 Loyalist Pkwy., Glenora LakeOn eMountainBrewCo.com

BOBCAYGEON BREWING CO.

191 St David St., Unit 2, Peterborough BobcaygeonBrewing.ca

LINDSAY BREWING

COMPANY

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

CHURCH-KEY BREWING

1678 County Road 38, Campbellford

ChurchKeyBrewing.com

MACKINNON BROTHERS

BREWING

1915 County Road 22, Bath

MackinnonBrewing.com

FENELON FALLS BREWING CO.

4 May St., Fenelon Falls

FenelonFallsBrewing.com

MATRON FINE BEER

65 Barker Lane, Bloomfield

MatronFineBeer.ca

MIDTOWN BREWING CO.

266 Wellington Main St., Wellington

MidtownBrewingCompany.com

PUBLICAN HOUSE BREWERY

300 Charlotte St., Peterborough

PublicanHouse.com

NAPANEE BEER COMPANY

450 Milligan Lane, Napanee

NapaneeBeer.ca

NORTHUMBERLAND HILLS BREWERY

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

THE OLDE STONE

BREWING CO.

380 George St. N., Peterborough OldeStone.ca

RIVERHEAD BREWING

631 Fortune Cres., Kingston

RiverheadBrewing.com

CO.

SIGNAL BREWING COMPANY

86-87 River Rd., Corbyville Signal.beer

SKELETON PARK B

REWERY

675 Arlington Park Pl., Kingston SkeletonPark.ca

PARSONS BREWING CO.

876 County Road 49, Picton

ParsonsBrewing.com

SLAKE BREWING

181 Mowbray Rd, Picton

SlakeBrewing.com

PRINCE EDDY’S BREWING CO.

13 Macsteven Dr., Picton

PrinceEddys.com

SMITHAVENS BREWING COMPANY

687 Rye St., Unit 6, Peterborough

SmithavensBrewing.ca

STONE CITY ALES

275 Princess St., Kingston StoneCityAles.com

WILDCARD BREWING CO.

38 Gotha St., Trenton WildcardBrewCo.com

STRANGE BREWI

NG CO.

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

WILLIAM STREET BEER CO.

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

WESTPORT BREWING CO.

41B Main St., Westport WestportBrewingCompany.ca

MICROBRASSERIE CASSEL BREWERY

2 Racine St. | CasselBrewery.ca

SPARK BEER

702 Somerset St. W. | Spark.beer

Cassel opened a second location earlier this year. Order an assortment of craft beer alongside curated local products from cider to maple syrup at casselbrewery.ca

A small, fun brewery in Ottawa’s beautiful Chinatown, specializing in Belgian and American style sours and IPAs.

BEAU’S ALL NATURAL BREWING CO.

10 Terry Fox Dr. | Beaus.ca

Beau’s is a Certified B Corp: they care about their employees and the environment. Try Lug Tread Extra Light, a crisp 2.5% version of the flagship.

LUG TREAD

LAGERED ALE

1,000 ISLANDS BREWING CO.

65 King Street West, Brockville

1000IslandsBrewery.ca

BRAUMEISTER BREWING CO.

19 Moore St., Carleton Place Braumeister.ca

4 DEGREES BREWING CO.

275 Brockville St., Smiths Falls

4DegreesBrewing.com

BROADHEAD BREWING CO.

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

ASHTON BREWING COMPANY

113 Old Mill Rd., Beckwith AshtonBrewingCompany.com

CALABOGIE BREWING CO.

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

BEYOND THE PALE BREWING

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

CARTWRIGHT SPRINGS BREWERY

239 Deer Run Rd., Pakenham CSBeer.ca

BICYCLE CRAFT BREWERY

850 Industrial Ave., Unit 12, Ottawa

BicycleCraftBrewery.ca

BIG RIG BREWERY

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

BigRigBrewery.com

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

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

BREWI

NG CO.

25 orold Ln., Ingleside

HumbleBeginningsBrewing.ca

CROOKED MILE BREWING

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

KICHESIPPI BEER CO.

2265 Robertson Rd., Ottawa KBeer.ca

DOMINION CITY BREWING CO.

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

LOWERTOWN BREWERY

73 York St., Ottawa

LowertownBrewery.ca

ÉTIENNE BRÜLÉ BREWERY

893 Notre-Dame St., Embrun EtienneBrule.ca

NITA BEER CO.

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

EVERGREEN CRAFT ALES

21-767 Silver Seven Rd., Ottawa

EvergreenCraftAles.com

OVERFLOW BREWING

2477 Kaladar Ave., Ottawa

OverflowBeer.com

FLORA HALL BREWING

37 Flora St., Ottawa

FloraHallBrewing.ca

PERTH BREWERY

121 Dufferin St., Perth

PerthBrewery.ca

SQUARE TIMBER

BREWING CO.

800 Woito Station Rd., Pembroke SquareTimber.com

VIMY BREWING COMPANY

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

STALWART BREWING CO.

10 High St., Carleton Place StalwartBrewing.ca

WALLER STREET BREWING

14 Waller St., Ottawa WallerSt.ca

STRAY DOG BREWING CO.

501 Lacolle Way, Unit 4, Orleans StrayDogBrewing.ca

WHIPRSNAPR BREWING CO.

14 Bexley Pl., Ottawa WhiprsnaprBrewingCo.com

TOOTH AND NAIL BREWERY

3 Irving Ave., Ottawa ToothAndNailBeer.com

WHITEWATER BREWING CO.

22 Fletcher Rd., Foresters Falls WhitewaterBeer.ca

TUQUE DE BROUE BREWERY

189 Bay St., Embrun TuqueDeBroue.ca

3 BRASSEURS

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

WINDMILL BREWERY

5 Newport Dr., Johnstown WindmillBrewery.ca

WOOD BROTHERS

BREWING CO.

2980 Wylie Rd., North Glengarry

WoodBrothersBrewingCo.com

SAWDUST CITY BREWING CO.

397 Muskoka Rd. N. SawdustCityBrewing.com

VILLAGE

90 King St E. | ornburyCraft.com

It’s worth the drive to cottage country to sample Brewmaster Sam Corbeil’s IPAs and barrelaged ales. Also, check out Lone Pine IPA’s new look.

ornbury’s brand new full-sized brewery is opening in 2021. Try Ladder Run Amber Lager, it just won a bronze medal at the Canadian Brewing Awards.

BANCROFT BREWING CO.

4 Hastings St. N., Bancroft BancroftBrew.ca

BARNSTORMER BREWING &

DISTILLING CO.

3-384 Yonge St., Barrie BarnstormerBrewing.com

BOSHKUNG BREWING CO.

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

FLYING MONKEYS CRAFT

BREWERY

107 Dunlop St. E., Barrie FlyingMonkeys.ca

HALIBURTON HIGHLANDS

BREWING

1067 Garden Gate Dr., Haliburton

HaliburtonHighlandsBrewing.ca

HIGHLANDER BREW CO.

309B Hwy. 124, South River HighlanderBrewCo.com

CLEAR LAKE BREWING CO.

4651 Southwood Rd., Torrance ClearLakeBrewing.co

KATALYST BREWING CO.

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

THE COLLINGWOOD BREWERY

10 Sandford Fleming Dr., Collingwood eCollingwordBrewery.com

COUCHICHING CRAFT

BREWING CO.

162 Mississaga St. E., Orillia CouchichingBrewing.com

LAKE OF BAYS BREWING CO.

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

LakeOfBaysBrewing.ca

LAKE OF BAYS

BARREL HOUSE

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

MANITOULIN BREWING CO.

43 Manitowaning Rd., Little Current ManitoulinBrewing.co

REDLINE BREWHOUSE

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

MUSKOKA BREWERY

1964 Muskoka Beach Rd., Bracebridge MuskokaBrewery.com

SIDE LAUNCH BREWING CO.

1-200 Mountain Rd., Collingwood SideLaunchBrewing.com

NORSE BREWERY

11 Ritchie Dr., Carling NorseBrewery.com

SPLIT RAIL BREWING CO.

31 Water St., Gore Bay SplitRailManitoulin.com

NORTHWINDS BREWHOUSE

499 First St., Collingwood NorthwindsBrewery.com

THREE SHEETS BREWING

705 Goderich St., Port Elgin eWismerHouse.ca

OUTLAW BREW CO.

196 High St., Southampton OutlawBrewCo.com

TOBERMORY BREWING CO.

28 Bay St., Tobermory TobermoryBrewingCo.ca

QUAYLE’S BREWERY

4567 Line 12 N., Oro-Medonte QuaylesBrewery.ca

TRESTLE BREWING CO.

9 Great North Rd., Parry Sound TrestleBrewing.com

LAKE OF THE WOODS BREWING CO.

350 2nd St. S. | LOWBrewCo.com

Try LoW’s first non-alcoholic release, Hockeytown Old Style Root Beer, 10% of all proceeds support youth and minor hockey in their Northern community.

WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKE PORTER

Seasonal: B

Year-round: B, L, LC, TBS

NORTH BAY

GATEWAY CITY BREWERY

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

46 NORTH BREWING CO.

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

A community-minded brewery serving up high-quality vegan beer. Miso & Shiso offers plant-based Japanese fusion on Saturdays and Sundays.

AUNT MAY’S MULTIGRAIN GOLDEN ALE GOLDEN ALE

Year-round: B, L

137 (ONE. THREE. SEVEN)

Year-round: B, L, LC

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., under Bay DawsonTrailCraftBrewery.com

FULL BEARD BREWING CO.

219 Wilson Ave., Timmins FullBeardBrewing.com

SLEEPING GIANT

BREWING CO.

712 Macdonell St., under Bay SleepingGiantBrewing.ca

SPACECRAFT BREWERY

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

NEW ONTARIO BREWING CO.

1881 Cassells St., North Bay NewOntarioBrewing.com

NORTHERN SUPERIOR BREWING CO.

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

OPTIMIST BREWERY & KITCHEN

1500 Regent St., Sudbury OptimistBrewing.ca

OUTSPOKEN BREWING

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

STACK BREWING

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

WHISKEYJACK BEER CO.

485 Ferguson Ave., Haileybury WhiskeyjackBeer.ca

The Weihenstephan Abbey Brewery, the world’s oldest surviving commercial brewery, was established in Germany almost 1,000 years ago.

To the

BEER GROUND

No fewer than 19 breweries have opened in Ontario since the spring. Spanning from Sarnia to Sudbury, from farmhouse breweries to juice-bomb hype machines, rev your engine or click your mouse to taste the province’s newest brews.

BIG RIG KITCHEN & B R EWE RY

GTA (Summer 2020) is Ottawa-based brewpub chain is now in the GTA offering comfort food staples like juicy burgers and Montreal-style pizzas. e Kitchen locations don’t brew, but they do carry one-offs and seasonals from the Ottawa brewery. A welcome addition to Mississauga (5860 Mavis Road) and Richmond Hill (125 York Blvd #135). BigRigBrew.com

BLACKB UR N B R EW H OUSE

Niagara Falls (Summer 2020) Blackburn is an enormous facility at 8001 Blackburn Parkway looking to be a real player in the contract brewing game. Its own line of beers is themed around the falls area and available for sipping on the patio. BlackburnBrewHouse.com

C OLD B R EA K B R EWING

St. Catharines (Winter 2020) Cold Break at 193 St. Paul Street predominantly features IPAs and light, fruited sours, but also offers eclectic choices like a Baltic porter. e 125-seat taproom is catered by the Righteous Monger and features a full menu of bistro fare. ColdBreakBrewing.ca

C OLLECTIVE ARTS TOR ONTO B R EWE RY

Toronto (Fall 2020) ink of this small Toronto brewpub as the Hamilton giant’s piedà-terre in Canada’s biggest city. e brewpub will act as an “innovation centre” to make experimental beers with collaborators from around the world. Grab these, plus Collective’s flagships and one-offs at the taproom and retail shop on 777 Dundas Street West. CollectiveArtsBrewing.com

C OUCHICHING CR AFT B R EWING

Orillia (Spring 2020) While advertised as a brewery with a taproom, Couchiching is more

sophisticated, featuring chef Brandon Conrad, late of Toronto’s e Butcher’s Son, serving a seasonally adjusted bill of fare. e beer list is accessible with standard options. It looks to become something of a community hub at 162 Mississauga Street East.

CouchichingBrewing.com

CUR ED CR AFT B R EWING

Leamington (Summer 2020) Headed up by brewer Evan Bauer, and located at 43 Mill Street West, Cured is a departure for downtown Leamington. e brewery features a welcoming ambiance and patio, with a menu that reflects the fact that the owners are also butchers. You’ll definitely want to try the barbacoa. CuredCraftBrewing.com

F LUX B R EWING

Scotland (Summer 2020) Flux is an impressively large brewery at 185 Oakland Road. Its heated patio looks onto nearby farmland, with a beer lineup featuring kettle sours and NEIPAs in addition to more traditional styles. Food truck, Tacos vs. Ice Cream, is parked onsite (spoiler alert: there are ice cream tacos). FluxBrews.ca

I MPE R IAL C ITY B R EWING

Sarnia (Winter 2020) Located on 1330 Exmouth Street, Imperial City has a wide variety of beer available for shipping across the province including an early standout: Coffee Blonde, brewed with locally-roasted beans. ImperialCityBrew.com

KATALYST B R EWING

Bracebridge (Spring 2020) Katalyst has moved into the original home of the Muskoka Brewery at 13d Taylor Road, but brings modern styles of beer to a venue that once specialized in cream ale. Early standouts include a cranberry sour and a saison. KatalystBrewing.com

L A K E OF BAYS B R EWING BA RR ELHOUSE

Bracebridge (Summer 2020) Just 20 minutes from its production brewery, Lake of Bays’s recent venture is a 125-seat restaurant with a comprehensive menu including one-off brews made on site, beer cocktails and a beer-inspired soup of the day. LakeOfBaysBrewing.ca

L INDSAY B R EWING

Lindsay (Fall 2020) Previously brewing under the guise of the Pie Eyed Monk at 8 Cambridge Street North, the Lindsay Brewing Company shares a building with that establishment. e ownership has changed, but functionally speaking the experience ought to remain similar.

O PTIMIST B R EWE R Y AND KITCHEN

Sudbury (Fall 2020) Located at 1500 Regent Street, Optimist is a welcome addition to Sudbury’s brewing scene. e beer list featured six beers at their launch in early October and the menu has something for everyone including the eponymous Optimist Bowl. OptimistBrewing.ca

QUAYLE’S B R EWE R Y

Coldwater (Summer 2020) Situated in a gorgeous, purpose-built barn on a twelve acre hop yard, Quayle’s (4567 Line 12 North) promises to expand on the concept of the estate beer in Ontario. e food menu changes seasonally, but displays some influence from Mexican street food. QuaylesBrewery.ca

RED BA R N B R EWING

Blenheim (Summer 2020) Red Barn is aptly named, given that it occupies a handsome one at 20466 Lagoon Road. e brewery offers four year round beers at their retail store, with an early star being their Sharecropper Belgian Wit. Its comfortable patio makes it a must-visit when rolling through Western Ontario. RedBarnBrewing.com

REFINED F OOL B R EWING S PO R TS BA R

Sarnia (Summer 2020) It’s hard to tell whether Refined Fool Sports is an entirely new venture. It is attached to the 1326 London Road location, but expands your entertainment possibilities to include bocce ball, shuffleboard and cornhole so you can burn a few calories while you drink. RefinedFool.com

REVE R ENCE BA RR EL W O RK S

Cambridge (Spring 2020) One of a very few breweries in the province to launch with barrel-aged product only, Reverence is barrel aging a variety of beer styles—some for a few months, and others for many years. Order these slow brews online, or become a member of their Barrel Club, which may prove to be a bargain if early reports are anything to go by. Located at 1144 Industrial Road, Unit 3. ReverenceBarrelWorks.beer

S LA K E B R EWING

Picton (Fall 2020) Slake is a farm brewery built into a limestone hill on 99 acres of land at 181 Mowbray Road. Delicious, terroir-driven things are coming. In the meantime, it has launched with a series of beers made with 100 per cent Ontario malt. SlakeBrewing.com

S PA RR OW B R EWING & ROASTING.

Cambridge (Summer 2020) Sparrow’s time is equally split between beer and coffee. ey are arranging their indoor space for the winter as of this writing, and should reopen retail shortly at 4-54 Guelph Avenue. SparrowBrewCo.com

T HI R D M OON B R EWING

Milton (Spring 2020) Fresh out of the gate and already darlings of the scene, ird Moon is a production brewery making some of the haziest juice bombs this side of Trillium. As of this writing beer is available for pickup only a couple of days a week at 295 Alliance Road, Unit 3 in Milton. irdMoonBrewing.com j