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KAWARTHAS & NORTHUMBERLAND // KINGSTON & PEC

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NORTH & EAST GTA TORONTO HAMILTON, BRANT & WEST GTA NIAGARA

Contents

06 DO YOU REALLY DRINK BEER? 08 THE ADVENT OF GOOD BEER 11 WIT'S THIS ALL A-STOUT? 12 BREWER VS BREWER: THE CASK DAYS EDITION 16 BEER & BRINY BIVALVES 19 TRAVEL: TOUR LES BIERES IN MONTREAL 22 BEER GIMMICKS 24 FROM GRAFT TO GLASS 28 RECIPE: ROASTED BUTTERNUT SQUASH GNUDI 110 BEER TO THE GROUND

Breweries by Region

30 49 54 60 64 78 88 97

LEGEND GROWLER-APPROVED BADGE Keep an eye out for our 10 favourite beers this winter!

TORONTO NORTH & EAST GTA

Brewery Details

HAMILTON, BRANT & WEST GTA

GROWLER FILLS

NIAGARA

BOTTLES / CANS

CENTRAL WEST & TRI-CITIES

KEGS

SOUTH WEST & WINDSOR

TASTING ROOM

KAWARTHAS & NORTHUMBERLAND // KINGSTON & PEC EASTERN ONTARIO & OTTAWA

Editor’s Note Autumn is my favourite season. I mean proper autumn, not that leaves falling on a 25-degree day fakery in late September. I’m even part of a group of friends who formed a Fall Patio Appreciation Club.

For sustenance, everyone focusses on apples, squash and root vegetables.

Cold weather is also the time for oysters and we have your guide to pairing them with craft beer (pg. 16). And speaking of squash, we lined up a recipe for homemade pasta made with it (pg. 28).

Can't wait for Christmas? Make an advent calendar (pg. 8).

Have a cousin who still hasn't tried craft? Might be because big breweries buy the tap lines in the sports bars they frequent.

Maybe we can do something about this illegal practice (pg. 24).

If that all sounds like a lot to handle and you need a break, join us on a long weekend beer excursion to Montreal (pg. 19).

On the way there, you’ll pass dozens of breweries in Eastern Ontario. Their details are listed in our new directory sections (pgs. 88-109) along with descriptions by Jordan Duff. In the spring 2019 issue, we’ll add the northern parts for full-province coverage. Also, it turns out that 99.5% of breweries are kid-friendly, so we’re switching that icon out for one that tells you whether you can bring your pup along for a taproom visit.

May the rest of your autumn be pleasant and packed with porters, and your winter short and full of stout. Cheers!

ON-SITE KITCHEN OR FOOD TRUCK TOURS DOG FRIENDLY GLUTEN-FREE BOOZE OPTIONS

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

Do you really drink beer?

YES!

A discussion with Renee Navarro about diversity in Ontario’s craft beer industry

by David Ort

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f I had a dollar for every guy who asked me ‘do you really drink beer?’ we’d be on my private island right now,“ Renee Navarro says as we sit down on my local patio to talk about diversity in craft beer.

It’s that sort of slanted question and closed-door mentality that helped pull the longtime craft brewery sales rep into her current role as an advocate for more diversity.

The turning point for adding “diversity champion” to her day job came around the time when Navarro helped found the Society of Beer Drinking Ladies. “The Society, with the way they did it, got people to think a bit differently and at that time I was their mouthpiece—and the accidental mouthpiece for the lack of diversity in craft beer.”

Part of the focus for her message is definitely on beer marketing, a body of work that has lagged behind on keeping up with current norms on being progressive and inclusive.

That’s especially the case for advertising, where Navarro notes that the point is to get customers to identify with a character in a magazine or TV ad. “When I see me, I’m draped over Billy D. Williams [in an ad for Colt 45] with the tagline ‘works every time’, which means I get raped when he finishes his beer. That’s disgusting.”

“I talk about a 40 being marketed to black people and everyone laughs,” says Navarro about addressing audiences that are predominantly white

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Renee Navarro is committed to getting the industry she loves to do better on diversity. Racheal McCaig photo.

and female. “But I follow it up with that Colt 45 example and everyone gets super quiet. And that surprise is because that’s not what their beer life has ever been.”

The problematic behaviour isn’t just a big-brewery thing from a bygone time. (And there are some giant breweries that have done well like Guinness with their “Sapeurs” ad.) “You don’t see us as sales reps in large numbers,” she says of the current industry “and when you watch something from a craft brewery, you don’t see a multitude of colours.”

Navarro points out that diversity is not just a big-city idea. To a white male brewery employee in northern Ontario who wonders what he can do given the local demographics, she points out “I hear women also live there. Not to mention an indigenous community.”

She consults for restaurants and bars with beer list and education services and obviously loves her job.

I can tell she plans to keep working passionately from the inside to make Ontario’s beer industry stronger: “What I’m pushing for is that there should be space for everyone at that table.”

How to do better today? As well as more inclusive marketing, Navarro wants to see us connect with each other over our shared love of good beer. Breweries, she says, should find out what a person likes to drink and keep the conversation on beer. j

C O M E S E E W H AT ’ S

BREWING IN BUFFALO

With 30+ craft breweries, locally grown hops, and one of the world’s great lakes in our backyard, it’s a wonder you didn’t stop by to wet your whistle sooner. Come see what’s on tap.

And while you’re here, check out beer’s best friend on the Buffalo Wing Trail!

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Whether you're preparing to welcome the messiah or the latest demon movie, here's the Growler guide to creating 24 days of cheer.

by Robin LeBlanc

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remember when I was a kid and the holiday season would roll around.

I was raised in an English family, so we leaned towards the more traditional types of celebration and a big part of that was getting a package in the mail from my gran that contained, among other things, a Woolworth’s advent calendar for December. It was always large and ornate, with a beautiful scene of Father Christmas flying through an old village or carollers singing in an old village or holly and ivy strewn about an old village. Come to think of it, England really is fond of its old villages.

It could be hung up, usually on a wall in our kitchen, or hidden away every day to remove us from the temptation of overindulging on days we shouldn’t. When I arrived home from school or when the holiday started, after supper, my mum would bring out the calendar and we’d reveal the surprise chocolate of that day. Would it be an angel? A candy cane? A Christmas tree? We had no way of knowing until we opened it up, but

the results were always the same; a delicious treat to have every day for the 24 days leading up to Christmas (or, if you were lucky enough to get a calendar with it, 25).

Now I’m in my thirties and I can honestly say that I haven’t done the whole chocolate advent calendar thing in years. But, as I’m sure all of us have seen over the course of our lives, the advent calendar model can be applied to literally any product. Cheese, makeup, pictures of the many faces of famed actor Brian Blessed, and even bottles and cans of craft beer.

Now, beer advent calendars are nothing new.

They’ve been around in the States for years and even here in Canada some intrepid beer stores and importers have released special 24-packs that have a single beer for each day in the holiday season.

Here in Ontario, this year has been a pretty lucky one, seeing us get a hold of the Craft Beer Importers coveted BeerAdvent® calendar without ordering it special from the LCBO. Counting down the 24 days using beers from 12 countries, this calendar is perhaps the most famous one in people’s minds. It gained quick popularity after its first release in 2012 in Canada by being both fun and diverse in its selection. We also notably saw the arrival of a calendar from the Ottawa Craft Collective. Headed up by the folks at Nita Beer Co., the calendar features two beers from each of 12 breweries located in the Ottawa region. Only available to Ontario residents, the calendars are a wonderful sign of the collaborative nature of local craft breweries in the province.

However, with a few exceptions, pre-made calendar packs have rarely come up here, and Ontarians have settled for making their own. After all, as is the case with many gifts, while buying a special item for yourself or someone else can be a lot of >>

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While buying a special item for yourself or someone else can be a lot of fun, nothing can quite beat the thoughtfulness that comes with making it yourself. fun, nothing can quite beat the thoughtfulness that comes with making it yourself.

The construction of a beer advent calendar is fun because you have full control of what you want to do with it. It can be as easy or as complex as you’d like it to be. I’ve seen people get as complicated as cutting up some mail packaging tubes and arranging them as a Christmas tree, complete with decorations to as easy as taking a box-cutter to the top of a 2-4 and writing numbers on each door. Heck, I’ve seen others that completely forgo concealing the beers in a box by simply wrapping them up in festive paper and assigning a number to a random one so even the person making it doesn’t know which one will be which. The possibilities are endless and the only limit is your imagination.

Now, in terms of logistics, I can offer a few pointers: 1. Limiting the number of beers to 24-25 is more in line with tradition and can make construction of a calendar easier. Anything more than that and it just gets bulky.

2. If Christian-based holidays or religion itself isn’t your bag and you still want in on the fun, that’s no problem! You can use the advent calendar model to countdown to any number of things, from weddings and special birthdays, to the opening screening of the new Hellboy movie which, actually, that’s not a bad idea, I might do that.

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3. Make sure you put a varied, eclectic mix of beers in your calendar. Fortunately, in today’s climate where Ontario is certainly not starving for choice, you should have no problem finding individual beers!

4. Not all of the beers necessarily have to be the best beers. This is another instance where the customization of your own beer advent calendar can be fun, since you can choose to throw in a couple of less-than-great beers to make the mystery a little dangerous.

5. You don’t even have to make it all beer. You can make the rules. No gods, no masters! Want to throw in a book or some brewery merch in one of the days? Do it!

And that’s really all there is to it. Now, if you’re a little stuck on what exactly to include in your custom calendar, I’d suggest opting for a healthy mix of thoughtful and festive if you’re making this for a friend, putting in a few of their favourite stand-by beers along with some of the many special seasonal offerings from your local brewery.

And, like I said earlier, don’t be afraid to have fun with it and shake things up. One day could have a Nickel Brook Immodest Imperial IPA, another could have Sawdust City’s Long, Dark Voyage to Uranus imperial stout, and another could have a glass and t-shirt from Muskoka Brewery’s store.

The most important thing, however, is that you have fun and if you’re making this for someone else, that you both stay warm in these cold winter months with the feelings of friendship and joy that can only come from the people you care about most.

And, hey, I mean, a nice strong beer to warm the corners of your own village along with all that good joy and happiness wouldn’t hurt either. j

Craft Beer Importers have brought their BeerAdvent® calendar to LCBOs for the first time this year.

Count down to the big day with a beer selection that spans 12 countries. Supplied photo.

this all a-stout?

GLOSSARY OF UNUSED BEER NAMES Naming beers can be a daunting and frustrating creative process for any brewery, new or old. There’s a balancing act involved to ensure that the name is interesting and memorable enough to stand out among the legions of other beers fighting for attention, and yet manages to stay true to the character of that beer.

Luckily for you, the Growler Brain Trust has created a glossary of unused beer names that are ready for any brewery to use, free of charge. We’ve started this potentially regular feature out with two very popular styles: the witbier and the stout. You’re welcome.

WITBIER NOT IN TO WIT TAKE IT, OR LEAVE WIT CRACK THAT WIT HOW’S WIT GOING? WIT’S ALL GOOD CHAMPING AT THE WIT I WANNA MAKE IT WIT CHU WIT IN YOU, WIT OUT YOU WITS THE BILL SOMETIMES, I WONDER WHETHER OR NOT I REALLY WANT TO BE WIT YOU I WIT ME PANTS KEEP WIT AND HAVE FUN WIT’S COMPLICATED THAT DOESN’T WIT WITH OUR CORPORATE STRUCTURE SO WIT’S BEEN WRITTEN JUST A WITTLE WIT IT’S NOT YOU, WIT’S ME CAN I GET A WIT-NESS WIT’S NOT WIT IT SEEMS I’M WIT YOU, DUDE JUST DO WIT!!!! PIECE OF WIT WITTY TIMING I’M WIT FOR YOU WIT-NEY HOUSTON WIT-CHES OF EAST WIT HAM SAND-WIT

STOUT I’M GETTING’ THE HELL STOUT OF HERE! STOUT AND ABOUT FRESH STOUT OF CASH I’M TAPPED STOUT GOING ON A STOUTING A STOUT OF INSANITY I’M BITTER A-STOUT IT OUT AND A-STOUT STOUT’S HONOUR BOY STOUTS OF CANADA STOUT OF COMMISSION SHORT AND STOUT STOUT OF SERVICE MRS. STOUTFIRE BEYOND A SHADOW OF A STOUT STOUT, STOUT, LET IT ALL STOUT PUT YOUR HANDS UP AND STOUT

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THE CASK DAYS EDITION

by David Ort

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here are a few big weekends in the Ontario craft beer calendar. May 2-4, Canada Day and the rest of summer’s long-weekend gang come to mind, but none is really as important as the one after Thanksgiving when Cask Days takes over the Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto.

This year, the event brought together over 400 beers from nine different states and provinces.

It also brought Matt Tweedy, co-owner and head brewer at Tooth & Nail in Ottawa to town and that meant I had a chance to sit down with him and Indie Alehouse’s brewing director Jeff Broeders.

We got together over a few pints in the front booth at Allen’s on the Danforth to chat about what is driving their shared passion for making great beers.

GROWLER: How did you guys get to be where you’re at now?

BROEDERS: Jason Fisher brought me on six years ago. He found me at Niagara College and we saw eye-to-eye on what we like. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. You start popping beer into barrels and over time we grew to 80 barrels, then 160. We’re hoping to put out 500 hectolitres of barrel-aged beer next year.

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TWEEDY: My wife Dayna and I started Tooth & Nail. For us, creating an environment that we would like to sit and drink in was first and foremost. The beer was going to drive the business, but it was also about the experience. I was adamant that in the beginning we would focus on traditional, clean and easy-drinking styles of beer.

Try to hone in on simplicity instead of trying to out-do everyone else with the new fad. At that point, it wasn’t the long-term plan but because of

There's still a pay-to-play mentality. It's insane in this province. —Matt Tweedy the success we’ve had, we’ve stuck to it. The longterm plan is starting to come into play. We are looking for a facilty to start allowing us to do sour and barrel-aged beer.

GROWLER: Where is the Ontario market at?

TWEEDY: We’re easily 10 years behind the U.S. in terms of customer palate development. You go to any local sports bar in the U.S. and you’ve got a draught line-up that you’d never even see here.

GROWLER: Is that palate or how the marketplace is regulated?

TWEEDY: One probably feeds the other. The more you’re exposed to these quality products— like Allagash White, one of the highest quality beers produced in the U.S.—developing a taste for those products leads the consumer to become discerning. We’ve got a lot of discerning consumers in Ontario but the population as a whole is undergoing a discovery period.

BROEDERS: Distribution has a lot to do with it.

In general, bar owners are lazy. We don’t deal with many lazy bar owners, but others just want to go on that one page from the Beer Store and click.

TWEEDY: There’s still a pay-to-play mentality. It’s insane in this province. I get asked if bars can carry Vim & Vigor. Sure, we can do that. ”It will cost you $2,000 and we’ll be loyal to your product,” they say. I say: “Don’t ever call me again.”

MAT T TWEEDY BROEDERS: Get it in writing.

TWEEDY: I understand the restaurant and bar business very well. I was part of it for 12 years. I still own a bar. [A brewery] sells a keg for $150, that bar owner is generally going to generate $550 in revenue. Why do I need to give you something?

I’m the only reason you can pay your bills. I’m simplifying how hard it is to be a bar owner. It’s one of the hardest jobs out there and I don’t mean to disrespect that. I’m just not going to play the game. I make limited amounts of beer that I think is the best beer that I can possibly produce. I put my heart and soul into so I’m not going to start selling for less.

GROWLER: Is there one thing the Ontario government can do to help craft beer?

BROEDERS: Every brewery would sell more beer if it was in corner stores.

TWEEDY: Tons more beer. But part of that system’s flaw is that you can go to any corner store in Quebec with an amazing beer selection and you pull a six-pack off the shelf and it’s a year old.

GROWLER: What will help?

Jeff Broeders’s collaborative philosophy for his team at Indie means lots of new beer releases to try on a sample flight.

TWEEDY: The number one thing that the government can do is recreate what Brewer’s Retail [was supposed to be.] Indie Alehouse’s bottle shop can sell my beer and vice versa. You save the customer from going to as many places and if I go with Beyond the Pale, Dominion City and Kichessippi I now have three more outlets for my beer where >>

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spect that, but unfortunately beer is a business that I take a huge amount of pride in. Big breweries? I have a little brewery on a corner in Ottawa, I don’t think Molson gives a shit about me.

BROEDERS: I’m upset with people settling for mediocrity. Especially brewers. I put a lot of attention into trying to make sure I’m always getting better.

TWEEDY: That’s what drives you as a brewer.

That’s why you brew.

BROEDERS: If I can do better today it will make my life easier down the road. Contract brewers tie into that. They just hand a piece of paper to someone, not even a recipe, they just want “pilsner.”

At Tooth & Nail, Matt Tweedy focusses on perfecting recipes before customers get to try them in the taproom.

people care about the quality, that it’s kept cold and fresh. You would see growth in the industry like you’ve never seen. Breweries tend to do great things for their communities.

GROWLER: How do you think about the bottle shop?

BROEDERS: We have a slightly different philosophy. We try to do as many releases as posssible.

I’m trying to create a culture at Indie where we’re a team and have everyone experiment their own way. We work together to always execute the best recipe we can, but one thing our customers really like is that new beer on tap once or twice a month.

TWEEDY: Do those new beers on tap go through the bottle shop as well?

BROEDERS: Yes. We’ll decide how much goes out, but yes. We’re able to do this because we’re so small batch. We do 10 barrels at once.

GROWLER: Are you more concerned with craft brewers that are fine with mediocrity or big-brewery marketing?

TWEEDY: I’m most concerned with contract brewers, to be honest. I’ve come to have a disdain for some of those brands. Some have created what, in my opinion, is pretty mediocre beer. They flooded the marketplace with huge marketing initiatives.

It becomes very difficult for a brewery owner, like myself, to get a bar owner interested in paying for my product. I think the people in charge of those products are very savvy businesspeople, and I re-

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TWEEDY: The flipside is that we’re both drinking [Left Field’s] Eephus, which was a contract-brewed beer in the beginning. It was very clear from the first pint of Eephus that came out that Mark and Mandie were going to build a brewery. That’s extremely rare. It does happen and I do respect it.

GROWLER: What’s Cask Days about for you guys?

BROEDERS: Inspiration, no.

TWEEDY: Every single brewer walks in the front door and goes straight to their cask because with cask-conditioned ale…

BROEDERS: You never know what you’re going to get.

TWEEDY: Cask ale is hard to plan for. We think about trying a couple of fun ideas. But you have no clue what it’s going to be like.

BROEDERS: It’s not about making the best cask beer.

TWEEDY: Nobody really remembers that one that was really outstanding. There’s a lot of good beer, there’s a lot of bad beer.

This is a pared-back version of our conversation. Find the rest at on.thegrowler.ca/bvb3 j

I’m upset with people settling for mediocrity.

Especially brewers. —Jeff Broeders

Beer and briny bivalves Cold weather and celebrations call for oysters. Here is your guide to pairing them with your favourite brew.

by Jon Sufrin

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n her seminal 1941 book Consider the Oyster, M.F.K. Fisher contends that oysters, due to their sheer versatility, can be paired with pretty much any beverage. “One man can drink wine with them, another beer, and another fermented buttermilk, and no man will be wrong,” she writes.

When it comes to oysters and beer, Fisher’s approach—doing whatever makes you happy, essentially—is a valid one. But a pairing easily benefits from a bit of deeper thought. When done properly, a pairing is like a delicious feedback loop, with the drink improving the food and vice versa.

Ontario is home to a thriving craft beer scene and some of the country’s most important oyster purveyors. With prime oyster season approaching, it’s time to get some answers. Is there a worthwhile system for pairing oysters with beer, and if so, what is it?

To address this question, it seems obvious to begin with stout. Long considered a quintessential beer pairing, oysters and stout go back to Victorian-era England. Walk into any pub in 1860s London and

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The earthy intensity of stout is a perfect foil for the gamey brineyness of oysters.

—Michael Jackson, beer historian

you’d likely find oysters as the primary snack, since the ocean was not yet a seething mass of cigarette butts and microplastic. And since Untapped badges did not yet exist, the beer selection would likely consist of various grades of porter, including stout and not much else.

Like an arranged marriage, oysters and stout were bound together by proximity and practicality. Still, the pairing happens to make a lot of sense. As beer historian Michael Jackson writes, “the earthy intensity of stout is a perfect foil for the gamey brineyness [sic] of oysters.” This is important, because a beverage should taste different from the food with which it’s paired. Contrast is key, and a nice dry stout provides plenty of it.

But while Occam’s Razor does have its appeal, it’s kind of silly to think that one style of beer is always appropriate for oysters. For one thing, oysters are weird—even the cleanest and most refreshing oyster is a confounding mix of tastes and textures, of salt, sweet and seaweed. Then consider that there are five main species of oyster cultivated in North America, and hundreds of varieties, each with a distinct flavour profile.

East Coast oysters are salty and clean-tasting, while West Coast oysters are bolder, taking on notes of melon, umami or copper. The taste of an oyster, too, fluctuates with the season. As winter approaches, they become fat and sweet as they prepare for

hibernation, and in spring, they’re thin and milky.

Taking all of these variables into consideration, the oyster-beer conundrum can appear daunting.

“Oysters are as individual as every one of us,” says veteran Toronto chef Mark Cutrara. “An oyster takes a person five years to grow. We owe that person some semblance of respect to pair it with something great.”

Cutrara has served many oysters alongside many craft beers at both Bar Hop and Northern Maverick Brewing Company in Toronto. This is a subject he’s contemplated deeply, to which he’s found no simple answers. He prefers to start with the oyster, to determine its origin and flavour profiles, and work from there.

“With West Coast oysters, I like a citra-hopped IPA,” he says, indicating that the citrusy, lemon-peel flavours of the hops are a good complement to the hits of summer melon typically found in a West Coast oyster.

Then he runs into some difficulty.

“With East Coast, I like Sauvignon Blanc. But that’s not a beer is it?” He pauses for a moment, veering into overthinking territory. “I’m going to go with pilsner. You could also go with porter or stout, but you have to be comfortable with that.”

Cutrara’s approach seems loosely terroir-based. Citra hops originated in the Yakima Valley in Washington State, on the West Coast, so it makes sense that they would pair well with an oyster from the nearby Pacific. Porters, of course, were developed in England, near the Atlantic Ocean.

“I want every dish to taste like a place,” he says.

Ian Davis, executive chef at Chicago’s Band of Bohemia, the first-ever Michelin-starred brewpub, says that when in doubt, going the terroir route is probably a wise choice. >> FAR LEFT: Oysters have a prominent place on the sustainability-first menu at lbs in Toronto. Photo David Ort. LEFT: Chef Mark Cutrara has lots of recent experience with creating menus to match with craft beer.

Supplied photo.

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beer’s crispness, and he topped the grilled oyster with white soy and black garlic, highlighting the beer’s nuttiness. The fried oysters were coated with polenta (flour and buttermilk didn’t match the beer) and then finished with an Old Bay aioli, for which the beer provided palate-cleansing refreshment.

“Every time you ate one of those oysters and tasted the beer, you’d experience something different,” he says. “Each garnish showcased something new in the beer.”

Ian Davis is the executive chef at Band of Brothers, the first brewpub to earn a Michelin Star. Supplied photo.

“The pairing should be something from the same region,” he says.

At Chicago’s Band of Bohemia, Davis took the oyster-beer challenge head-on by offering an appetizer of oysters done three ways: raw, grilled and fried.

This might sound like a pairing nightmare, but his approach was to work backward.

He took Pacific shigoku oysters—meaty, full-bodied, redolent of cucumber—and found they paired well with Band of Bohemia’s Jasmine beer, a crisp but multilayered rice ale made with jasmine rice, jasmine tea and Vienna malt. Using that match-up as a starting point, he ensured that each addition to the appetizer would enhance the pairing.

He garnished the raw oysters with a rhubarb and black pepper mignonette, which showcased the

It’s crucial, he says, to keep things simple and not overthink the pairing—not always an easy task with so many paths to choose from.

Julius Chapple, front of house manager at Rodney’s Oyster House in Toronto, understands first-hand that with all the possibilities, one can easily slide into a beer-and-oyster rabbit hole.

“You could do a real deep dive into pairing oysters with beer,” he says. “The taste of an oyster all depends on where it lived and what time of year it is. You can get as nerdy as you want.”

While he acknowledges there’s a certain appeal to the classic stout pairing, Chapple sees potential in sour beers, which mimic the effect of common oyster garnishes such as mignonette or lemon. He also suggests a beer with high salinity, such as a gose, or a clean and crisp lager that won’t overpower a delicate oyster. Beau’s Lug Tread, he says, is a great seafood beer.

The important thing, he says, is to keep an open mind and to experiment.

“Enjoy what you’re drinking, he says. “It’s 2018. If you want to try something preposterous, do it. Part of the fun is experimentation and the research.” j

The taste of an oyster all depends on where it lived and what time of year it is.

You can get as nerdy as you want. —Julius Chapple, Rodney's Oyster House 18

TOUTES LES BIÈRES Montreal might be the most walkable beer city in Canada

Henry MacDonald/Tourisme Montréal photo

by David Ort

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bought my very first beer in Montreal. My friends, Mickey and Senwung, and I were there to kick McGill’s tires. It doesn’t matter what the beer was (er, a sixer of Molson Canadian) because the point was that we were adults in the eyes of this French-speaking world.

with the distinct impression of how much things have changed.

Since then, I’ve been back to Montreal on a few well-remembered occasions. (Once to crash a political convention and then for a whirlwind visit that included steamies and a visit to Martin Picard’s Cabane à Sucre for the launch of his second cookbook.) My most recent visit focussed more intently on beer and food and I came away

Foie gras at one end of the luxury scale and poutine at the other are still staples. Certainly, there have always been options for lighter food in Montreal, but these days fewer of the new restaurants are depending on drafting behind the success of places like Au Pied du Cochon with their dishes like pig’s feet in a can. >>

Beer is hacking (sometimes desperately) away at the ingrained idea that wine goes with restaurant meals. And that means some wonderfully creative food can be included on a beer trip to Montreal.

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DIEU DU CIEL! Montreal is becoming a city of brewpubs, but DDC’s home at Laurier Ave. is still the king. It’s best for a quick snack and a few beers from their awesome, wide-ranging selection. Things get a bit hectic at peak times, so plan this one for a tourist-only time like 3 p.m.

They do stouts to perfection at DDC and Péché Mortel (9.5% ABV) with vanilla and dark roasted notes is the archetypal imperial, coffee-infused version. Equally strong, Immoralité (9.2% ABV) is their hazy, double IPA with tons of citrusy hops, notes of stone fruit and a warm backbone.

BENELUX Patios like the one at Benelux make me wonder why all brewpubs don’t just copy theirs. It manages to be both peacefully lush and buzzing with energy and activity.

A tasting paddle of samples is nearly mandatory to get a proper sense of the broadly influenced beers at Benelux. Sabotage (7% ABV) is their mainstay IPA with a nice malt backbone supporting the tropical fruit and zest of hops. Lapsus (7% ABV), out of a bottle, is a great way to get

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ABOVE LEFT: DDC has a huge range of specialties, from light to dark. ABOVE: The ever-changing tap list at Vices & Versa is an all-star tour of Quebec craft beer. LEFT: Wellmade, subtle beers at Harricana match well with cheese.

acquainted with their sour beer programme. It shows tart raspberry with an amber body and an extra gear from funky brett.

Foodwise, the EuroDogs at Benelux are sort of max-volume take on a Montreal steamie.

HARRICANA Harricana’s popularity is a very good sign. I wish there were more businesses that so successfully combined good food, well-made beer and an environment that welcomes both locals in for lunch as easily as beer nerds looking for something new to try.

The in-house beer selection rotates frequently so these recommendations are more of the “watch out for” type. Harricana 68 Blonde Funky (5.7% ABV) was a brett ale with everything from tropical pineapple to a clean, tart finish. Conversely, Harricana 21 (5.6% ABV) is a lightly flavoured blonde ale with a pleasant grassy herbal note that complements mild cheese very nicely.

WHERE ELSE TO VISIT With such great brewpubs, it makes sense that it took a while for Montreal to get a really exceptional beer bar. But these days, one spot stands out

so completely that it was the first stop on my visit.

Vices & Versa has a dynamite tap list with recognizable standbys Dunham, Trois Mousquetaires and Charlevoix featured alongside up-and-comers like Lagabière, Matera and cider from Milton.

Rounding out the picture, the food is comfortable, especially the burgers and the patio is one of the coziest I’ve seen.

When alcohol was introduced to Ontario grocery stores a few years ago, we could finally buy cheese and beer in one place. And yet, dépanneurs still feel like a better place to shop for beer. Dépanneur Peluso is the reigning champ for good reason, but you’ll need a car to get there.

Dépanneur AS is a neighbourhood hidden-gem (check for freshness and don’t expect great deals) but my new favourite is Les Bon Buveurs. The space features a brilliant combination of an outlet for all the wonderful duck products from Lac Brome; artisanal Quebec fare at the Ils en Fument du Bon counter; and a tightly curated mostly Quebec beer selection.

The other advantage is the location is in the same block as Jean-Talon Market—the number one place to buy all things edible in Montreal. Two new favourites are Fromagerie La Moutonniere for the deepest chèvre selection I’ve seen and Les Cochons Tout Ronds for carnivorous delights, especially stellar cured meat.

Quincaillerie Dante, only a short walk away, might be unique in Canada. It’s half gourmet shop—both cookware and tools, plus ingredients to go in them—and half hunting supply store.

Celebrity chef Stefano Faita’s family owns Dante

David Ort photo Pulling in a tight selection of bottles and cans from all over Quebec is the big selling feature of Les Bon Buveurs.

and has a lock on the neighbourhood restaurants.

Impasto, the rustic pasta joint is especially popular and for good reason.

After realizing that they have competition for “coolest city in Canada”, Montreal has seemed to put a greater emphasis on evolving and trying new things—in food, beer and culture. If staying current on developments seems a bit tough, there’s a solution. Spade and Palacio run tours on foot and bike that do an excellent job of connecting visitors to neighbourhood haunts that don’t make it into the guidebooks.

GETTING TO MONTREAL There are as many ways to get to Montreal as there are to leave your lover. Porter and Air Canada both have plenty of flights and you could drive. But my hands-down favourite method is the train, Via 1 if you can swing it.

Pro tip: Opt for the early dinner and you can usually get an extra round from the digestif cart.

WHERE TO STAY

David Ort photo From fresh to aged in all sorts of treatments and provenances, Fromagerie la Moutonniere is the master of chèvre.

I can’t entirely explain it, but there is something about Montreal that demands a stay in a boutique hotel. Maybe it’s about finding innovative new uses for old spaces (and there are plenty) like Hôtel Place d’Armes. Right downtown on St. Jacques St., it offers a convenient location plus dining that’s good enough that you don’t want to leave the building. j

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by Rebecca Whyman

ecently, gruits—that ancient, hopless beer style flavoured with herbs that seems to be all the rage right now—got me thinking about the elusive line that divides fads, trends, and gimmicks from creative innovations and emerging styles. How do beer geeks decide where they categorize any given beer? Are gimmicky beers harming the reputation of craft beer?

I like to think of myself as a beer evangelist (also brilliant, witty, gorgeous and humble…). It is therefore my self-appointed duty to bring people into the fold. I love finding the craft beer that makes

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a former macro lager drinker’s eyes light up, and introducing a non-beer-drinker to a style they can’t believe is actually beer because it tastes so good.

I worry, probably too much, about how people perceive craft beer. Craft beer gets kudos for qualities like authenticity, innovation and community-mindedness.

Besides “bad” beer, what are the things that turn people off from craft beer? Or fail to entice consumers over to the craft side? Do jokey beers make people think craft beer is a joke? Does being surrounded by so many beer styles confuse folks

into avoiding everything craft? Like duck confit nachos, are people rolling their eyes at the “elevated” beer styles?

I am not suggesting that we’re one gimmicky beer away from total annihilation here. Nor am I saying that there’s no place for innovation or creativity— quite the opposite in fact. I’m tickled pink that brewers are bringing the gose back. The rise of session ales? Now there’s a trend that is bringing consumers into the craft beer fold.

(in Victoria, B.C.) argue that they put a lot of time and care into its development, ensuring that it’s true to the original style, but with a modern local twist. And it’s shelf-stable!

ZERO IBU Everyone agrees this is a gimmick. Potentially a great conversation starter about bitterness measurement, but a gimmick nonetheless.

No, what keeps me up at night is the worry that too much hype about the crazy new beer those wacky craft brewers made from prairie oysters/ beard yeast/wasp bellies/in space/under the sea is taking the focus away from the care that goes into making every single craft beer.

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It’s good to get some perspective from others when your worries are swirling. I didn’t convene a panel of experts, who all came to consensus, but I did casually interrogate beer geeks and industry folks about gimmicky beers and their effect on the industry. The unscientific data I gathered is summed up below.

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The words “hype,” “fad” and “trend” were bandied about. As was my absolute favourite, “hipster fuckery.” What’s hipster fuckery, you ask? According to its utterer, it is the completely unnecessary addition of whimsical ingredients and brewing techniques, especially piled on top of each other.

You’re left with a beer that is fighting itself.

Hipster fuckery is a great way to alienate potential craft beer fans.

So how about we all just agree to be innovative as hell, but stop well short of hipster fuckery?

Excellent! But, umm, where is that line exactly?

Perhaps a look at how the not-panel perceives some headline-grabbing beers can guide us:

PUMPKIN ALES Nobody likes them. The consensus is that they’re not a seasonal, no sirree, they’re a gimmick. One brewery representative said they’d brew one over her dead body.

RAW ALE Some see it as gimmicky. The guys at Category 12

Some think it’s a new style that is going to stick around. (I think it is going to replace the NW IPA in popularity, it’s just so darned accessible!) Others think fad or trend. Either way, not gimmicky.

Some thought it was a gimmick, others a seasonal/ legitimate beer style. Hype? Check! But that can be waved off because of the tiny time frame in which they can be brewed, marketed and sold.

When you fresh hop a non-hop-forward style, though, you’re in gimmick-land. If the hops aren’t showcased, using fresh ones is masturbatory.

KETTLE SOURS There’s no deceptive element if they are clearly labelled, and priced, as kettle sours. Probably a fad, but not a gimmick.

GRUITS And the gruits that started me thinking: Nobody likes these either. Why is anyone trying to get these on store shelves? That question put them into the gimmick category.

There you have it. Lines clearly drawn. Okay, not at all. But what the discussions did crystalize for me is that hype is the antithesis of authenticity. It’s okay to be novel, but you’ve got to have substance backing it up. It’s okay to grab headlines, but do it for good reason. Envelopes are meant to be pushed, but you’ve got to keep your integrity while doing so.

Craft beer is awesome. You know it. I know it.

Let’s make sure the rest of those louts know it too.

Then I’ll be able to sleep at night. j

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by Ben Johnson

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s a paying customer in a bar, you might think that the beer on tap is chosen to suit your tastes. It feels like a safe assumption that not only the food but also the beer pouring from the gleaming row of taps is selected to appease you, in order to make you spend money, return, and maybe even invite friends along.

But it usually isn’t. Those beers are there for different reasons and that bar isn’t actually a really big fan of the 12 very similar lagers that Labatt offers.

The truth is, most bar and restaurant owners treat their draught taps, and often their fridges of bottles and cans too, as not much more than prime

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real estate, available to the highest bidder. Brewery sales reps come into bars with an arsenal of free shit in order to “influence” their way onto these tap lines. They’re flush with “swag” like t-shirts, patio umbrellas, bar mats and chalkboards. They have budgets to offer keg deals, buy five get one free, for example; and they often simply hand over cash or offer to pay for a bar to install draught lines so that the brewery can make sure their beer is always in that line. There is no loyalty in the hospitality business. A bar manager’s love for a brewery is really only as good as the last rep who walked in the door with free tickets to a Ti-Cats game and a fucking snapback hat.

This practice has historically been limited to the realm of big brewers, like Molson and Labatt, who have money to throw around. These days, craft brewers both medium and large—even the ones professing their “craft credibility”—are no longer too proud to enter bidding wars for taps, bedeck staff in branded aprons, or send a front-of-house team on an overnight bender. Of course, this is still not a game most small brewers can afford to play, and definitely not for very long. If your game is to throw free shit and trips at bars, you’re never going to compete with bigger breweries who have massive budgets—let alone the mega-breweries who throw so much cash at marketing that they literally have arenas and stadiums named after them. It’s not sustainable, and it ends up hurting most brewers more than it helps.

You might be tempted to say that this just sounds like normal sales activities and pretty savvy business, and so I’d like to suggest that this practice is at the heart of keeping Ontario from having more great beer. Sure, if you’re the happy-go-lucky Joe Schmoe who saddles up to the bar for a pound of sloppily-sauced wings and whatever lager is on special, this might seem like a non-issue. Beer is beer, you might say. It’s cold, these wings are delicious, and my bartender has a low-cut top. I’m doing fine. Who cares how this keg got here?

I’m willing to bet that you do. You’re reading a beer magazine, after all. You give a shit about what you drink. And we should also object that a lot of the decisions being made about what beer is available at your local bar, your go-to franchise restaurant, or even your favourite semi-decent beer bar, aren’t being carefully curated by a discerning bar manager. They aren’t eager to please sophisticated customers like yourself, and they likely aren’t even thinking about what the Joe Schmoes of the world want. Instead, the draught lineup is like-

ly determined by the will of greedy bar managers and restaurant owners who choose what you will get to drink based on personal gain, and that, my discerning friend, should piss off all of us.

Because not only does it mean that someone else chooses what you can pick from when you get to the bar, it is also, arguably, dictating the offerings that brewers can produce. Making good beer, you see, costs money. And when the practice of getting product into the market (i.e. your local) is reduced to being able to bribe or induce your way onto draught lines, it doesn’t leave much room for small brewers to experiment. All that market pressure for lower margins (or sports-ticket graft) actually reduces the wiggle room and flexibility that breeds innovation and results in the weird, wacky, and wonderful beers we craft beer drinkers love to try.

So everybody ends up making the same shit.

Jason Fisher is the owner of the Indie Alehouse, a small brewpub in Toronto, and he is convinced that the widespread practice of brewers purchasing draught lines is slowing innovation. “Less than six years ago,” he says, “Ontario’s options were severely limited. No one made a year-round porter, there were very few IPAs that tasted like real IPAs, there were no farmhouse beers, no milkshake beers, sours, or wine-barrel beers. They didn’t just show up because we finally invented them. It’s because they cost more to make and so why would a brewer bother spending more to create a beer they couldn’t sell to bar managers who were looking for a payoff to put the beer on tap?”

And aside from limiting choice and stunting innovation, it's also worth noting that selling your taps to the highest bidder is illegal.

According to Ontario’s Liquor Licence Act: "A manufacturer of liquor or an agent or employee of a manufacturer shall not directly or indirectly offer or give a financial or material inducement to a person >>

Why would a brewer bother spending more to create a beer they couldn’t sell to bar managers who were looking for a payoff to put the beer on tap? —Jason Fisher, Indie Alehouse 25

The breweries we deal with don’t need to offer discounts or incentives because they supply incredible beer. And our customers can taste that.

It’s probably worth noting that Kahnert also confirmed to me that literally zero fines have ever been issued related to this rule, BUT an update of the AGCO’s web presence means that submitting complaints anonymously is easier than ever. So if you are a consumer who suspects foul play, or a brewery who is constantly being asked for freebies, you can now report the activity to the AGCO online without anyone knowing it was you.

who holds a licence or permit under the Act or to an agent or employee of the person for the purpose of increasing the sale or distribution of a brand of liquor."

There are a handful of great beer bars in this province that pay breweries a fair price for their product. Natalie Schnurr is the co-owner and general manager of Arabella Park, in Kitchener.

—Natalie Schnurr, Arabella Park

In other words, it is against the law to buy from the brewery willing to give you the best keg deal (we have legally mandated minimum pricing to prevent this), the most glassware, or the all-expenses-paid staff trip to cottage country. And yet, I challenge you to find a bar in this province that hasn’t been decked out with a certain brewery’s branding gratis or hasn’t had a bar manager attend a big-name concert. It happens every day.

So what’s to be done about it?

Well, the simplest solution is to snitch. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is the regulatory body charged with policing these practices and they claim to take infractions of the Liquor Licence Act very seriously. Ray Kahnert, a Senior Advisor in the AGCO’s Communications and Corporate Affairs Division recently confirmed for me that “Ontario’s Liquor Licence Act (LLA) not only prohibits manufacturers from offering [incentives], it also prohibits licensees from directly or indirectly requesting any financial or material benefit from a manufacturer.” Meaning that bars and restaurants are just as accountable for soliciting or accepting payola as breweries are for offering it. Kahnert also confirms for me that if the AGCO becomes aware of a violation as a result of an inspection or complaint, they “typically take a progressive approach to achieving compliance” which can include “a warning letter, a monetary penalty, a suspension of their licence for a period of time, or a revocation of the licence.”

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Finally, the best way to stop the small-brewery-hurting, innovation-squashing practice of draught line payola is to simply drink at good bars.

“The breweries we deal with don’t need to offer discounts or incentives because they supply incredible beer,” she says. “And our customers can taste that. They understand that we offer the best beers we can get our hands on and are okay with paying for quality—at what we believe to be a very fair price.” If you’re not sure if the bar you frequent is on the level, ask. Tell them about the beer you want to drink and that you choose to patronize places that pay suppliers fairly. Maybe also mention that bars who think otherwise are hampering our province’s awesome and otherwise flourishing craft beer scene. And shit, it might not hurt to let bar managers know that the AGCO has a mechanism to report those soliciting kickbacks.

Because if bars no longer feel empowered to illegally auction their draught lines off to the beer companies willing to ply them with the most swag, trips to ball games, or free kegs of beers, they might just start to listen to another influential group: You, their customers. j

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RECIPE

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Roasted butternut squash and ricotta gnudi paired with Exchange Brewery’s peppercorn rye saison

BY CHEF TARA LEE, EASTBOUND BREWING

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o me, late autumn feels like the most difficult season to stick to veg-first eating habits. The call of meaty bolognese and chicken stews rings through my head when the snow starts flying.

This recipe from Eastbound Brewery’s chef Tara Lee, leans in the fall trio of squash, kale and mushrooms. Together with the silky, rich ricotta, these elements help create a hearty and satisfying meal without a hint of bacon.

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Gnudi is the rustic version of gnocchi with a cheeky name. It’s also, basically, the easiest pasta to make at home.

Chef Lee uses her brewery’s Basecamp saison for the sauce and we’ve paired the finished dish with the Exchange’s peppercorn rye saison for an added layer of complexity and seasonally appropriate spice.

—David Ort

I N g r ed i ents Gnudi: • 1 butternut squash, halved • 2 cups ricotta • 1 egg • 1 egg yolk • 1 tsp salt • 1/2 tsp pepper • 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese • 3 cup all-purpose flour • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg • 1/2 cup butternut squash puree • cornmeal, for rolling

Sauce: • 1/4 cup olive oil • 1 bunch dinosaur kale, rip leaves, chop stems • 2 cups mixed mushrooms, stemmed and sliced thinly • 2 shallots, sliced thinly • 2 Tbsp minced garlic • 1 1/2 cups Eastbound Basecamp saison • 3 cups 35% cream • 1/2 cup butternut squash puree • Ricotta salata, for garnishing

David Ort photo Exchange has a lovely taproom on Queen St. and Niagara-on-the-Lake is an under-appreciated winter destination.

This gold-medal-winning saison with strong aging potential is also available at the LCBO.

d i r ecti o ns Gnudi: 1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Cover squash halves in olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

Roast in preheated oven for 45 - 50 minutes, or until soft. Start flesh side down and flip halfway through. Discard seeds and scoop flesh out of skin. Puree in food processor.

2. In a bowl, mix together ricotta, egg, egg yolk, parmesan and squash puree. In a separate bowl, combine salt, pepper, flour and nutmeg.

Fold dry ingredients into wet until fully combined, try not to overwork the dough.

3. Portion dough into 20 g balls (about the size of a walnut) and roll in cornmeal onto a tray.

4. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.

Working in batches, blanch gnudi for 3 - 4 mins. Toss in oil when removed from water.

Sauce: 1. In a large pan, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add shallots and garlic and saute until translucent.

2. Add in kale stems and continue cooking. Add mushrooms and increase heat to get some colour on them, about 10 mins. Add in kale leaves.

3. Deglaze the pan with beer; reduce by half. Add cream and bring to a simmer. Add in gnudi, toss to coat. Divide gnudi among 6 plates, distributing gnudi, kale and mushrooms evenly.

4. Shave ricotta salata over top to finish. j

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The only (slightly) difficult parts of making gnudi at home are remembering to handle them gently and adding them one at a time to the water so they don't stick. Cornmeal helps, too.

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JUNCTION CRAFT BREWING

150 Symes Rd. | JunctionCraft.com

WED 4-9PM ^ THU-SAT 11AM-11PM ^ SUN 11AM-7PM EST. 2011 Their diverse lineup of beer styles, in a number of different categories, continues to draw crowds to the historic space in the Aleyards. Look out for releases from their barrel-aging programme.

HEY, PORTER!

ESSEX ALE

P O RT E R

BITTER

Seasonal: B,L ABV

6.2%

Seasonal: B,L IBU

40

Roasted malt and cocoa notes anchor this classic porter. Gold medal at the 2017 CBAs.

ABV

30

GHOST TRAIN IPA A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

S C H WA R Z B I E R Seasonal: B,L,LC 5.5%

IBU

Balanced, subtle and crisp are the calling cards for this English-style bitter. Great with cheese.

JUNCTION ROAD BLACK LAGER

ABV

4.5%

Seasonal: B,L

IBU

38

A touch of bitterness from noble hops keeps the roasted malts in line. Recent gold-medal winner.

ABV

6.8%

IBU

56

This Hoppercar series IPA gets grapefruit and citrus aromas from summit and cascade hops.

Fun & Games A full calendar of events will keep “The Destructor” humming with beer drinkers this fall and winter.

Fridays feature live music by acts like Colonel Tom and The American Pour. Board games, bingo and trivia fill the card on Thursday nights.

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Get it at the LCBO for a limited time

TORONTO

EASTBOUND BREWING CO.

700 Queen St. E. | EastboundBeer.com TUE-SUN 11-12AM ^ MON 1-9PM EST. 2017

Chef Tara Lee’s kitchen draws in locals keen on a bite with brewer Dave Lee’s beer. Available to go in short cans and 950 ml crowlers.

MIDNIGHT COW TIPPER M I L K S TO U T Small-batch: B ABV

5.2%

R OTAT I N G S I N G L E H O P S E R I E S Year-round: B,L

IBU

19

Round and comforting with a medium body and a touch of chocolate; ideal for winter.

38

FRESH START APA

ABV

5%

IBU

N/A

You’ll see hops at their most prominent in brewer Dave Lee’s ever-changing series of APAs.

TORONTO

NORTHERN MAVERICK BREWING CO.

115 Bathurst St. | NorthernMaverick.ca

SUN-TUE 11-12AM ^ WED 11-1AM ^ THU-SAT 11-2AM EST. 2017 The all-star team has turned this brewery near the foot of Bathurst into go-to spot for events, food and especially their beer.

ENFORCER IPA

BERRY GOSE-ZILLA

Year-round: B

Seasonal: B

I PA

ABV

6%

IBU

GOSE WITH FRUIT

50

ABV

Citra, mosaid and eldorado hops converge in this tropical IPA that hides its 6% very smoothly.

4.7%

IBU

12

They do a rotating series of goses with an added element. This time, berries add to the tartness.

TOGETHER AT LAST

Experience quality crafted beers alongside local artisanal dishes, inside one of Toronto’s best new restaurants.

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TORONTO

BIG ROCK BREWERY (LIBERTY COMMONS)

42 Liberty St., 1589 The Queensway | LibertyCommons.ca SUN-MON 11-11AM EST. 2017

Liberty Villagers have their own Big Rock outpost with unique beers.

O&B runs the food side of the operation, including wood-fired BBQ.

RHINESTONE COWBOY

TRADITIONAL ALE E N G L I S H - S T Y L E B R OW N A L E

LAGERED ALE Seasonal: B,L,TBS ABV

4.6%

IBU

Year-round: B,L,TBS

18

ABV

A light and clean execution of the classic style with a touch of hops. OBA winner in 2017.

TORONTO

5%

IBU

20

Thirty years on this core brand is still going strong with its malty (Canadian) backbone.

TORONTO

AMSTERDAM BREWING CO.

AVLING BREWERY

45 Esandar Dr.; 87 Laird Dr.; 245 Queens Quay W. | AmsterdamBeer.com

1042 Queen St. E. | Avling.ca

News came this fall that Amsterdam is bringing back their much-missed imperial stout, Tempest.

In a former A&P, this 5,000-square-foot brewery will eventually also have a restaurant and rooftop garden. With a planned opening in the new year, details are still tentative.

SPACE INVADER

BALTIC

TEMPEST

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS ABV IBU

40

6% 64

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

IPA

BA LT I C P O RT E R

9% 100

I PA

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6.4% 45

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6% 65

TORONTO

TORONTO

BATCH

BANDIT BREWERY

2125 Dundas St. W. | BanditBrewery.ca

75 Victoria St. | BatchToronto.com

Head out to one of the west end’s better breweries for their Hibernator (Bourbon barrel-aged imperial Stout), which will be released on December 10.

Creemore’s Toronto brewpub makes special on-site brews. It’s in a historic space that many former breweries have passed through, including one called Growlers.

CAKE MONSTER

PALE ALE

PA S T RY P O RT E R

JUICEBOX

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

6.6% 35

ABV IBU

5.5% N/A

TORONTO

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.6% 35

ENGLISH IPA

E N G L I S H - S T Y L E I PA Year-round: B ABV IBU

6.2% 58

TORONTO

BLACK CREEK HISTORIC BREWERY

BELLWOODS BREWERY

124 Ossington Ave., 20 Hafis Rd. BellwoodsBrewery.com

1000 Murray Ross Pkwy. | BlackCreek.ca

The cold-weather seasons are release time for their special ABV creations like Grandma’s Boy and Bring Out Your Dead.

Jump back two centuries with this recreation at Black Creek Pioneer Village and drink ales as they were made in the days when Ontario was a frontier for a fledgling country.

JUTSU

RIFLEMAN’S RATION

GOBLIN SAUCE

I N D I A PA L E A L E

D O U B L E I PA

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.6% N/A

B R OW N A L E

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

8.5% N/A

Year-round: B,LC,TBS ABV IBU

5% 20

CANADIAN FRONTIER BEST BITTER

Year-round: B,LC,TBS ABV IBU

5% 25 41

TORONTO

TORONTO

BLACK LAB BREWING

BLACK OAK BREWING CO.

75 Horner Ave. | BlackOakBeer.com

818 Eastern Ave. | BlackLab.beer

This east-side newcomer, owned by Billy and Anne Madden was inspired by their trusty and loyal black labrador mix named Snoopy.

One of the best Ontario breweries for winterworthy brown ales and porters. Reserve your spot on the Ken Woods-guided tours (he founded the brewery in ’99) every Saturday.

CORNERSTONE

NUTCRACKER SPICED PORTER

BLACK LAGER

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% 25

SITTING PRETTY

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.5% 40

TORONTO

P O RT E R

PALE ALE PA L E A L E

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L,LC

5.8% 25

ABV IBU

5% 35

TORONTO

BLOOD BROTHERS BREWING

BRUNSWICK BIERWORKS

165 Geary Ave. | BloodBrothersBrewing.com

25 Curity Ave. | BrunswickBierworks.com

Many Toronto breweries do sours, but the Brothers do them consistently well. Watch their social for release dates to make sure you snag some of the best tart, dark beers in Ontario.

A world-class brewing team help a range of brands, both Canadian and international, brew their product. Friendly space for sampling the range. Limited hours.

GUILTY REMNANT

OMNIPOLLO ZODIAK

S P I C E D D E S S E RT S TO U T Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

42

6% N/A

DARK ‘N’ SOUR S O U R S TO U T

I N D I A PA L E A L E

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

7% N/A

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

6.2% 64

SUMAC BRUT IPA B R U T I PA

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5.1% 18

TORONTO

TORONTO

BURDOCK BREWERY

COMMON GOOD BEER CO.

1184 Bloor St. W. | BurdockTO.com

475 Ellesmere Rd. | CommonGoodBeer.com

The masters of walking the line between beer and wine. Their on-site music hall features an eclectic mix of acts throughout the week.

Scarborough’s only brewery switches hats between making their own beer and acting as a contract-brewing hub for many recognizable brands. Both are available on site.

BURDOCK PILSNER

SOCIABLE PILSNER

VERMONT BLOND

PILSNER

BLOND ALE

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

BOHEMIAN PILSNER

Year-round: B,L

5.1% 29

ABV IBU

#10 IPA

Year-round: B,L,LC

4.5% 29

TORONTO

ABV IBU

W E S T C OA S T- S T Y L E I N D I A PA L E A L E Small-batch: B

4.7% 27

ABV IBU

6.2% 56

TORONTO

GODSPEED BREWERY

FOLLY BREWING

928 College St. | FollyBrewing.com

242 Coxwell Ave. | GodspeedBrewery.com

As the weather closes in, neighbourhood brewpubs like this haunt on College become even more inviting. Look for the frequently changing selection on their guest tap.

For the winter season, you can expect to see bigger beers coming out of the brewery side of the operation including releases for their bottleconditioned, barrel-aged beers.

FLEMISH CAP

FUYU

O L D - WO R L D S A I S O N Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.5% 15

MYSTIC BLOSSOM PLUM SAISON

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

MONDAI

BA R L E Y W I N E

6.5% N/A

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

9.5% 75

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E A L E W I T H J A PA N E S E CITRUS Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5.6% 40 43

TORONTO

TORONTO

GOOSE ISLAND BREWHOUSE TORONTO

70 The Esplanade | GooseIsland.com

GRANITE BREWERY

245 Eglinton Ave. E. | GraniteBrewery.ca

A Toronto outpost for a Chicago icon serves a deep list of made-on-site beers. Mark Nov. 23 on your calendars, that’s Bourbon County Brand Stout day.

The Keefe family has been the driving force here since Ron founded it in 1991. Mary Beth now runs the Ringwood-fuelled open fermenters that make ales especially good on cask.

BOURBON OFF-SEASON COUNTY BRAND LAGER STOUT 2018 MARZEN

DARKSIDE BLACK IPA

BA R R E L - A G E D S T R O N G One-off: B,L

ABV IBU

P O RT E R

B L A C K I PA

Seasonal: B,L

ABV 14.7% IBU N/A

1812 PORTER

Seasonal: B,L

6.2% 26

ABV IBU

TORONTO

7% 70

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

6.8% 55

TORONTO

HALO BREWERY

HENDERSON BREWING CO.

247 Wallace Ave. | HaloBrewery.com

128A Sterling Rd. | HendersonBrewing.com

Even after an ownership change, it has been steady as she goes at this Wallace Emerson brewery. Top-notch food popups rotate through on weekends.

On top of the two regular beers, every month brings a new one-off for their “Ides of...” series.

These rotating releases land near mid-month.

MAGIC MISSILE

WINTER SEASONAL

D RY- H O P P E D PA L E A L E Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

44

5.5% 28

EVENT HORIZON

F O R E I G N E X T R A S TO U T W I T H S A R S A PA R I L L A Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

6% 25

HENDERSON’S BEST

S TO U T

ENGLISH-STYLE BITTER

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

6.5% 50

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

5.5% 48

TORONTO

TORONTO

KENSINGTON BREWING CO.

LEFT FIELD BREWERY

299 Augusta Ave. KensingtonBrewingCompany.com

36 Wagstaff Dr. | LeftFieldBrewery.ca

A warm space in the heart of Kensington Market, their taproom overlooks the brewery.

Watch out for special events like their sausagemaking and beer-pairing workshop.

Spend the off-season and count the days until spring training at this family-friendly brewery in a former east-side industrial space.

TEMPER TEMPER

GREENWOOD

D RY S TO U T W I T H C A C A O NIBS Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

CONVERGENCE - PLUM KETTLE SOUR WITH PLUM PUREE Seasonal: B,L

5.8% 30

ABV IBU

5.2% 15

TORONTO

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

LASER SHOW V E R M O N T- S T Y L E I M P E R I A L I PA

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L,LC

6.3% 65

ABV IBU

8% 80

TORONTO

LOUIS CIFER BREW WORKS

LOT 30 BREWERS

303 Lansdowne Ave. | Lot30Brewers.com

417 Danforth Ave. LouisCiferBrewWorks.com

Darrin Earley’s brewery in Brockton Village continues to turn out a rotating selection of small-batch and seasonal brews.

Brewpub meets bar at this Danforth favourite.

The lively room attracts groups of locals with a mix of house-made brews and favourites from other local craft breweries.

SOUR IPA WITH GALAXY HOPS

COCONUT LEMONGRASS THAI-PA

I PA

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5.4% N/A

IMPERIAL STOUT W/ COFFEE, CHOCOLATE I M P E R I A L S TO U T Seasonal: B ABV IBU

9.9% N/A

I PA W I T H F R U I T Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

6.5% 60

IRISH DRY STOUT S TO U T

Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.1% 33 45

TORONTO

TORONTO

MILL ST. BREW PUB

MUDDY YORK BREWING CO.

21 Tank House Ln. | MillStreetBrewery.com

22 Cranfield Rd. | MuddyYorkBrewing.com

Early November saw them launch their brand new single barrel whisky programme. Stop in for a tour during the Distillery Christmas Market this December.

Look out for their Inkwell imperial stout (aged in cognac barrels) this Christmas and see if you can still snag some of their barley wine. Their 4th anniversary party is planned for February.

FRAMBOOZEN

SWITCHBOARD SESSION IPA

F R U I T W H E AT B E E R

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

7.8% 18

BETTYS WHITE CHOCOLATE

F L AV O U R E D N I T R O S TO U T Small-batch: B ABV IBU

S E S S I O N I PA

Year-round: B,L

5% 30

ABV IBU

TORONTO

5% 25

STORK DERBY STOUT S TO U T

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5.5% 40

TORONTO

PEOPLE’S PINT BREWING CO.

RADICAL ROAD BREWING CO.

90 Cawthra Ave. | PeoplesPint.com

1177 Queen St. E. | RadicalRoadBrew.com

They’re dropping their first barrel-aged beer in late-November. It’s a Confederation-era recipe for a porter that has been aged in a whiskey barrel and then conditioned in bottle.

Seasonally tuned and independent; this brewery needs to be visited to take its measure.

RR has one of Toronto’s best selections of coldseason lagers in trad German styles.

DIAMOND PARK

ENTROPY

ENGLISH MILD

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

46

3% 20

TIME LORD

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

7% 55

THREE KINGS

S TO U T

HIBISCUS SAISON

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

4.5% 20

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

6% 18

TORONTO

TORONTO

RAINHARD BREWING CO.

RORSCHACH BREWING CO.

100 Symes Rd. | RainhardBrewing.com

1001 Eastern Ave. | RorschachBrewing.com

Stop in on Friday for their food truck popups and watch for special events to continue complementing the most hop-forward beer programme in the Aleyards.

The closing of patio season just means more reason to pop inside at this Eastern Ave. standby. They’re doing especially interesting things with fruit beers these days.

SWEETBACK’S

TRUTH SERUM

M I L K S TO U T

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5% 25

HEARTS COLLIDE I M P E R I A L S TO U T (BOURBON & RUM BA R R E L A G E D ) Seasonal: B ABV IBU

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

HEDONISM

S O U R I PA W I T H C H E R RIES

Year-round: B,L

11% 80

ABV IBU

TORONTO

Seasonal: B,L

6.3% 65

ABV IBU

6.9% N/A

TORONTO

SAULTER STREET BREWERY

SHACKLANDS BREWING CO.

1-31 Saulter St. | SaulterStreetBrewery.com

101-100 Symes Rd. | Shacklands.com

The poster child for an endearingly small-scale take on brewing. Their excellently named Krampus imperial stout (2018) launches December 5 on Krampusnacht.

Go for the full-flavoured saisons, and other Belgian-style ales; stay for the kitschy decor and friendly conversation.

PARADISE FOUND

TRIPEL

KRAMPUS

T R O P I C A L DA R K A L E Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5.8% 35

I M P E R I A L S TO U T Small-batch: B ABV IBU

SAISON DAVENPORT

TRIPEL

10% 50

SAISON Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

7% 20

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.4% 22 47

TORONTO

TORONTO

THE SIX BREWING CO.

STEAM WHISTLE

777 Dundas St. W. | TheSixBrewingCo.com

255 Bremner Blvd. | SteamWhistle.ca

Whether by taxi, bike, transit or on foot, this is one of the easiest breweries to get to and feels right at home in the creative and youthful Trin-Bellwoods neighbourhood.

Tour the brewery in its landmark railroad roundhouse for an opportunity to sample the unfiltered (and therefore more complex) version of their Czech-style pilsner.

HOPSTER

PILSNER (UNFILTERED)

LINE 1

S E S S I O N I PA

LAGER

Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.3% 40

CZECH-STYLE PILSNER Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.8% 22

TORONTO

PILSNER

CZECH-STYLE PILSNER

Year-round: B ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

5% 22

ABV IBU

5% 22

TORONTO

VEGANDALE BREWERY

VON BUGLE BREWING

1346 Queen St. W., | VegandaleBrewery.com

249 Evans Ave. | vonbugle.ca

This controversy courting Parkdale brewery wears its philosophy on its sleeve and in its logo. Beer brewed by Duggan’s, their downstairs neighbours on Queen West.

To Steam Whistle as Frasier was to Cheers, Von Bugle continues the make-one-beer-well mantra, this time with a dark lager.

MORALLY SUPERIOR IPA

VON BUGLE MUNICH LAGER

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Year-round: B ABV IBU

48

6.5% N/A

SHINING EXAMPLE STOUT

I R I S H D RY S TO U T Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.2% N/A

MUNICH DUNKEL

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 33

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BREWERIES

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MARKHAM

48

407

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412

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BOWMANVILLE

BOWMANVILLE

CHRONICLE BREWING CO.

422 Lake Rd., unit 3 | ChronicleBeer.com

MANANTLER CRAFT BREWING CO.

182 Wellington St., unit 18 | Manantler.com

The team behind Bowmanville’s latest have started their brewery with a nano system and a love board games. Beer lineup is diverse and rotates frequently.

They are growing into a local hangout with a cool aesthetic. Thursday is open mic night and weekends feature live music. The art on the walls is by local artists and is for sale.

SMOOTH OPERATOR

CREAMED BY BICKELL

GOLDEN AXE

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Availability: B ABV IBU

BLONDE ALE

CREAM ALE

Availability: B

6% N/A

ABV IBU

4% N/A

MARKHAM

DARK PRINCE B L A C K I PA

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

4.4% 16

ABV IBU

6% 90

NEWMARKET

ROUGE RIVER BREWING CO.

ARCH BREWING CO.

8-50 Bullock Dr. | RougeRiverBrewery.com

4-11 Pony Dr. | ArchBrewing.ca

The bottle shop has both cans and bottles in a range of styles and flavours. They keep Markham’s beer fans satiated with an evolving range of seasonal brews.

Newmarket’s two-year-old brewery has a Canadiana-cool vibe from the Dinner Jacket IPA in its recognizable “lumberjack formal” plaid-adorned can to a Chesterfield kölsch.

WINTER IPA

SHORTY LONG BACK

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Seasonal: B ABV IBU

50

6.5% 63

KING DANKSTER T R I P L E I PA

S E S S I O N I PA

Year-round: B ABV IBU

11% 70

Year-round: B ABV IBU

3.8% 40

CHESTERFIELD KÖ L S C H

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

5.3% 20

NEWMARKET

OSHAWA

MARKET BREWING CO.

OSHAWA BREWING COMPANY

4-17775 Leslie St. | MarketBrewingCo.com

875 Wilson Rd. S., Unit 1 facebook.com/oshawabrewingcompany

Live music on Fridays and Saturdays is the entertainment highlight for this north-ofToronto brewery.

The only brewery in Oshawa, just opened this year, puts out a focussed lineup of straightforward brews.

METROPOLITAN

MAPLE ALE

P O RT E R

BEAR HUG

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L,LC

5% 30

ABV IBU

7% 55

PICKERING

BLONDE ALE

RED ALE

BLONDE ALE

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.5% N/A

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.5% N/A

PORT PERRY

COUNTY DURHAM BREWING CO.

OLD FLAME BREWING CO.

135 Perry St. | OldFlameBrewingCo.ca

1885 Clements Rd.

If you spot their ales on cask at your local, that’s what you should order. Straightforward and complex. No on-site bottle shop or taproom.

A bit under-the-radar in Port Perry, Old Flame took home medals in two of the North American lager categories at the 2017 Canadian Brewing Awards.

SIGNATURE ALE

RED VIENNA LAGER

B R I T I S H - S T Y L E I PA Year-round: L,LC ABV IBU

5% 28

BLACK KATT STOUT I R I S H S TO U T

Year-round: L,LC ABV IBU

4.4% 26

VIENNA LAGER

Year-round: B,LC ABV IBU

5% 20

BRUNETTE MUNICH DUNKEL

MUNICH DUNKEL Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.8% 20 51

UXBRIDGE

VAUGHAN

THE SECOND WEDGE BREWING CO.

LAKE WILCOX BREWING CO.

14 Victoria St. | TheSecondWedge.ca

3-1033 Edgeley Blvd.

LakeWilcoxBrewing.com

Uxbridge is the trail capital of Canada and this is your best bet for an après beer after crosscountry skiing or showshoeing! They’ll mark their 3rd anniversary with a party on Dec. 28.

Lake Wilcox took home two gold medals at the 2018 Ontario Brewing Awards, for Mad Quacker and their coffee stout. Follow their social for info about events and extended hours.

SWEATER WEATHER

OOMPH LAGER

SPICE FACTORY W I N T E R WA R M E R

DA R K S A I S O N

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5.5% 25

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

7.5% 23

VAUGHAN

D RY- H O P P E D L A G E R

MAD QUACKER AMBER LAGER

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

Year-round: B,L,TBS

5% 16

ABV IBU

5% 24

WHITBY

MAGNOTTA BREWERY

5 PADDLES BREWING CO.

The Vaughan stalwart has a longstanding connection to wine country (beyond also making wine) that includes their own strain of hops grown in Vineland.

One of Durham’s most successful craft breweries, 5 Paddles runs two side-by-side brew systems. That setup gives them the flexibility to brew a style for every palate.

DOUBLE DROOLING DOG IPA

HOME SWEET HOME

271 Chrislea Rd. | MagnottaBrewery.com

B L A C K I PA

Seasonal: B,L,TBS ABV IBU

52

6.4% 64

TRUE NORTH INUKSHUK IPA E N G L I S H - S T Y L E I PA

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

6.5% 38

#3-1390 Hopkins St. | 5PaddlesBrewing.ca

SPICED BEER

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

5.5% 29

SKULL PUCKER S O U R I PA

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5% 65

WHITBY

WHITBY

BROCK STREET BREWING CO.

LITTLE BEASTS BREWING CO.

1501 Hopkins St. | BrockStBrewing.com

2075 Forbes St. | LittleBeastsBrewing.com

This November, they plan to open 12welve Bistro & Tapwerks in their new space.

Approachable ales and lagers fuel the strong event schedule at this community clubhouse.

This Whitby brewery took now best newcomer at the Golden Tap awards. Erin Broadfoot and team have made a friendly space for sampling well-made takes on classic styles.

BOHEMIAN PILSNER

LA SAISON D’AUTOMNE

BLONDE ALE

BOHEMIAN-STYLE PILSNER Year-round: B,LC,TBS ABV IBU

LAGERED ALE

FRUITED SAISON

Year-round: B,LC,TBS

5.2% 35

ABV IBU

4.2% 25

TELEVISION SHEPHERD M I L K S TO U T

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

Year-round: B

7% 23

ABV IBU

5% 35

WHITBY

TOWN BREWERY

WWW.CANADAKEGS.COM

1632 Charles St. | townbrewery.ca

PAKTECH

CAN CARRIERS IN STOCK!

They celebrated their first anniversary on Nov. 3 by releasing their first barrel-aged beer: The Land of Milk and Honey, whiskey barrel imperial honey and milk stout.

THE LAND OF MILK & HONEY

BA R R E L A G E D I M P E R I A L M I L K S TO U T One-off: B ABV 11.9% IBU N/A

MASH OF THE TITANS

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Seasonal: B ABV IBU

6.5% N/A

PAKTECH CAN CARRIERS WITH CANS BECOMING THE PACKAGING STANDARD OF THE INDUSTRY, OUR PAKTECH CAN CARRIERS ARE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND EASY TO USE PACKAGING OPTION. MADE FROM 100% CANADIAN POST CONSUMER WASTE. 1 BOX MINIMUM ORDER!

SOLD BY THE BOX OR PALLET: • ALWAYS IN STOCK IN 8 DIFFERENT COLOURS • SHIPS FROM OUR DELTA BC WAREHOUSE OR OAKVILLE, ON WAREHOUSE • 4, 6, 8 AND 12 PACKS AS WELL AS CROWLER CAN 3 PACKS AND, SLIM/SLEEK CAN 4 PACKS – IN STOCK

CANADA KEGS & PACKAGING INC.

3600 BILLINGS COURT, SUITE 100 BURLINGTON, ON L7N 3N6 JENNIFER@CANADAKEGS.COM | 905-220-2311

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BURLINGTON CITY

NICKEL BROOK BREWING CO.

864 Drury Ln. | NickelBrook.com MON-TUES 11AM-6PM ^ WED-FRI 11AM-9PM ^ SAT 10-6PM ^ SUN 12PM-4PM EST. 2005 They plan to have a new taproom open this November and that means more of their top-rate beer. Check their social for details like hours.

CUVEE

CHEEKY BASTARD

Seasonal: B,L,LC

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

BA R R E L - A G E D S P I C E D A L E

ABV

8%

IBU

37

Accented with fruit, spice and demerara, a cellar-worthy pick with room to age.

S TO U T

ABV

4.5%

IBU

35

The stout that launched a series. Look for well integrated roasted malt with a light-med body.

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BRANTFORD

BELL CITY BREWING CO.

MASH PADDLE BREWING CO.

51 Woodyatt Dr., unit 9 BellCityBrewing.com

111 Sherwood Dr., unit 3A MashPaddleBrewing.com

The brewery gets its name from Brantford’s nickname, a reference to its second-most famous past resident, Alexander Graham Bell. Beers here really lean into their stated flavour.

Entirely family-owned and operated by self-declared beer geeks. A rotating selection of releases fills the lively taproom with locals.

EUREKA CREAM ALE

CITRANATTI BENGAL

AMBER CREAM ALE

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

PEEPSHOW IPA

W E S T C OA S T- S T Y L E I PA Year-round: B,L,LC

5.8% 38

ABV IBU

SESSION ALE

Year-round: B,L

6% 60

BRANTFORD

ABV IBU

4.5% 30

THE TREWS’ NORTH STRONG

SPICED WINTER ALE Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

6.6% 12

BURLINGTON

STEEL WHEEL BREWERY

PEPPERWOOD BREWERY BISTRO

105 Powerline Rd. | SteelWheel.ca

1455 Lakeshore Rd. | pepperwood.on.ca

Located on an existing hop farm in Brant County that belongs to Harold Kuret and Cindy Blair. Taproom is in a fully-renovated 1890s farmhouse with a patio.

The house beers at the Burlington bistro are designed to complement classic fare like haddock and frites and curried lamb shank.

EAST COAST IPA

CREAM ALE

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA Year-round: B ABV IBU

56

6.3% N/A

PALE ALE

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.2% N/A

CREAM ALE

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% N/A

MONKEY BROWN ALE

AMERICAN-STYLE B R OW N A L E Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% N/A

CALEDON

CALEDON

BADLANDS BREWING COMPANY

CALEDON HILLS BREWING COMPANY

13926 Chinguacousy Rd. badlandsbrewing.ca

caledonhillsbrewing.ca

Good beer from the Badlands, the retro-fitted farm-based brewery specializes in sours and hop-forward ales. They are hoping to open their bottle shop soon, so check their social.

The outside-the-city brewery with a woodpecker for a logo. They focus on selling tall cans and kegs for events.

DISTORTED RE(ALE)ITY

BOHEMIAN PILS

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE Year-round: L,TBS ABV IBU

THROUGH THE GLASS

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA Year-round: L,TBS

5.6% N/A

ABV IBU

6.5% N/A

DUNDAS

BOHEMIAN-STYLE PILSNER

Year-round: B,LC,TBS ABV IBU

5% N/A

PREMIUM LAGER

VIENNA-STYLE LAGER Year-round: B,LC,TBS ABV IBU

5% 18

HAMILTON

SHAWN & ED BREWING CO.

CLIFFORD BREWING CO.

65 Hatt St. | LagerShed.com

1-398 Nash Rd. N. | CliffordBrewing.com

Lagershed beers are sessionable lagers in three varieties. The Barrelshed range represents the brewery’s connection to wine and are all aged in pinot noir barrels from Flat Rock Cellars.

After plenty of experience brewing on small systems in tiny spaces, it’s good to see Brad Clifford stretch his wings in his own space— East Hamilton’s first craft brewery.

LAGERSHED ORIGINAL

PINBALL WIZARD

LAGER

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

5.2% 18

BARRELSHED NO.1 BA R R E L - A G E D E S B

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

6.5% 49

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS ABV IBU

5.7% 55

CLIFFORD PORTER

R O B U S T P O RT E R Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS ABV IBU

5.9% 38 57

HAMILTON

HAMILTON

COLLECTIVE ARTS BREWING FAIRWEATHER BREWING CO.

207 Burlington St. E. | CollectiveArtsBrewing.com

1-5 Ofield Rd. | FairweatherBrewing.com

Regular calls for submissions have built a series of the most recognizable can artwork in all of craft beer. Sundays from 5-7 p.m. the taproom is filled with live acoustic music.

Part of the brewery boom in West Hamilton, Fairweather opened in May 2017 and already has plans for offering online ordering soon.

BARREL AGED IMPERIAL PORTER 2018

IMPERIAL PILSNER

BA R R E L - A G E D P O RT E R Small-batch: B,LC ABV 11.5% IBU N/A

RADIO THE MOTHERSHIP I M P E R I A L I PA

Seasonal: B,L,LC ABV IBU

OLD SOUL

D RY- H O P P E D I M P E R I A L PILSNER One-off: B

8.2% 100

ABV IBU

HAMILTON

BA R R E L - A G E D S A I S O N One-off: B

7.5% 25

ABV IBU

6.5% 10

HAMILTON

GRAIN & GRIT BEER CO.

MERIT BREWING

11 Ewen Rd. | GrainAndGritBeer.com

107 James St. N. | MeritBrewing.ca

A bright and sunny space with thoughtfully made beers from a variety of styles. Their event calendar stretches from cross stitching to live music to a weekly dog day on Wednesday.

What do you get when a chef, biz school grad and brewmaster walk into Hamilton? Vallins, Sandhu and Spinney have created a wide open space with well-made beer and sausages.

WEST END IPA

SVP

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Seasonal: B ABV IBU

58

6.8% 75

WINTER WHITE STOUT W H I T E S TO U T

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5% 22

F R E N C H TA B L E B E E R Year-round: B ABV IBU

3% 13

GOOD THINGS 2018 I M P E R I A L S A I S O N W. NIAGARA FRUIT Seasonal: B ABV IBU

8.1% 23

MILTON

OAKVILLE

ORANGE SNAIL BREWERS

ALL OR NOTHING BREWHOUSE

1-32 Steeles Ave. E. | OrangeSnailBrewers.ca

1156 Speers Rd. | AllOrNothing.beer

Family-owned and operated in Milton, this neighbourhood brewery has eight beers on tap.

They make a wide range of English-leaning beer under the tagline “blissfully ignorant ales”.

Changes have been afoot at Trafalgar since it was bought by All or Nothing in 2016. That meant a capital investment and a maintained focus on meads, spirits and beer.

RATTLE ‘N’ NEMO

MASALA CHAI MEAD

IRON PIG BLONDE ALE

AMBER ALE

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 25

TEA-INFUSED MEAD

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

T R O P I C A L W H E AT

Year-round: B,LC

5% 18

OAKVILLE

ALL OR NOTHING HOPFENWEISSE

ABV IBU

Year-round: B,LC,TBS

7% N/A

ABV IBU

5.1% 30

PORT CREDIT

CAMERON’S BREWING

OLD CREDIT BREWING CO.

1165 Invicta Dr. | CameronsBrewing.com

6 Queen St. W. | OldCreditBrewing.com

Still a hidden gem after 20 years and an impressively-full trophy case. Pay ‘em a visit for the new hazy beer series and special on-siteonly beer features over the next year.

Founded by the Listas in 1994, Old Credit is now one of the oldest in Ontario. They make a focused lineup of straightforward styles.

HAZE ACROSS THE 7 C’S

PALE PILSNER

HAZY AMERICAN-STYLE PA L E A L E Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

4.5% 35

BLACK FOREST DA R K L A G E R

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

4.5% 20

PILSNER

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

5% 15

AMBER ALE AMBER

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

5% 22 59

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FONTHILL

KAME & KETTLE BEER WORKS

BENCH BREWING CO.

3991 King St. | BenchBrewing.com

25 Pelham Town Square | kameandkettle.ca/

The new space in Beamsville has become popular with locals, especially on game night.

They’re another entry on the growing list of breweries doing crowlers.

The Niagara-area brewery boasts a huge taplist. The brewery’s name is a play on a double-entendre around the region’s geological formation. Rock jokes are the best.

CITRA GROVE

MIDNIGHT BLUE

D RY- H O P P E D S O U R

TWENTY MILE FA R M H O U S E A L E

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

SOUR FRUIT BEER

Year-round: B,L,LC

6% 14

ABV IBU

MINIVAN KÖ L S C H

Seasonal: B

5.3% 27

ABV IBU

NIAGARA

Year-round: B,L

4.9% 10

ABV IBU

4.8% 18

NOTL

NIAGARA COLLEGE TEACHING BREWERY

NIAGARA BREWING CO.

4915-A Clifton Hill NiagaraBrewingCompany.com

135 Taylor Rd. | NCTeachingBrewery.ca

An oasis in a desert of tourist traps and souvenir shops, this is the place to stop in for an approachable beer when your in the Falls over the holiday break.

Graduating brewmasters will each present their unique, handcrafted brews at the next Project Brew on Dec 7 at Market Square in downtown St. Catherines.

NIAGARA PREMIUM LAGER

STOUT 101

HENNEPIN S TO U T

CHERRY PILSNER

S TO U T

PILSNER

LAGER

Year-round: B,TBS ABV IBU

4.5% 20

Year-round: B,TBS ABV IBU

4.4% 33

Year-round: B,LC ABV IBU

5.5% 26

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.5% 12 61

NOTL

NOTL

NIAGARA OAST HOUSE BREWERS

SILVERSMITH BREWING CO.

1523 Niagara Stone Rd. SilversmithBrewing.com

2017 Niagara Stone Rd. OastHouseBrewers.com

Late autumn into winter is when their farmhouse style really shines brightest. Their biere de garde is an ideal match if your planning turkey for Christmas dinner.

Virgil’s church brewery has many breweryonly beer options. They have a major expansion underway at their historic space.

BIERE DE NOEL

BLACK LAGER

B E L G I A N DA R K S T R O N G

BIERE DE GARDE

BIERE DE GARDE

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

S C H WA R Z B I E R

Year-round: B

7.5% 35

ABV IBU

7% 20

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5% 15

LET IT RIDE

B E L G I A N - S T Y L E RY E ALE Small-batch: B ABV IBU

5% 24

NOTL

THE EXCHANGE BREWERY

7 Queen St. | ExchangeBrewery.com

Refined and elevated are the names of the game at the NOTL brewery. Niagara-on-the-Lake is postcard perfect when under snow and The Exchange is ideal place to warm up.

PEACH PI

TA RT B L O N D E A L E W I T H PEACHES AND SPICES Seasonal: B,LC ABV IBU

62

5.9% 21

SESSION SAISON SAISON

Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.5% 25

A blonde ale barrel-aged on a generous amount of peaches with cinnamon bark, vanilla beans and a touch of Brettanomyces.

AVAILABLE NOW AT THE LCBO, FOR A LIMITED TIME!

PORT COLBORNE

PORT DALHOUSIE

BREAKWALL BREWING CO.

LOCK STREET BREWING CO.

46 Clarence St. | BreakwallBrewery.com

104-15 Lock St. | LockStreet.ca

They have returned local brewing to Port Colborne after a 100-year absence. A full menu of pub fare is served at the on-site restaurant.

The entire 19th-century historical buildling that they call home is dog-friendly. See the event page on the website for a schedule of upcoming gigs in the biergarten.

SUGARLOAF HILL

ZEE INDUSTRIAL DUNKELWEIZEN PALE ALE

B R OW N A L E

Small-batch: B,L ABV IBU

5.5% 30

TOASTED WALNUT DUNKEL

D U N K E LW E I Z E N Small-batch: B,L ABV IBU

5.5% 20

RIDGEWAY

E U R O P E A N DA R K L A G E R Seasonal: B

5% 20

ABV IBU

I PA

Year-round: B,LC ABV IBU

5.8% 63

ST. CATHARINES

BRIMSTONE BREWING CO.

THE MERCHANT ALE HOUSE

209 Ridge Road N. | BrimstoneBrewing.ca

98 St. Paul St. | merchantalehouse.com

Brimstone takes its religious decor from its home in a modern church, called The Sanctuary Centre for the Arts in Ridgeway, Ont.

Look for well-made pub fare and a deep bottle list to complement their house beers. You’ll also find those brews in their new bottle shop.

SINISTER MINISTER

DANKFRUIT

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

7% 90

ENLIGHTENMENT

AMERICAN-STYLE BLONDE ALE Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.5% 25

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Small-batch: B ABV IBU

5.9% 70

SIGNAL COLD BREW COFFEE STOUT N I T R O M I L K S TO U T Seasonal: B ABV IBU

4.4% 32 63

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BLUE ELEPHANT CRAFT BREWHOUSE NORFOLK COUNTY, ON

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FOR MORE LOCAL FOOD AND DRINK ADVENTURES, VISIT: ONTARIO CULINARY.COM GREAT LAKES BREWERY TORONTO, ON

THE PUBLICAN HOUSE PETERBOROUGH, ON

RHUBARB AT BOSHKUNG BREWING MINDEN, ON

CAMBRIDGE

CAMBRIDGE

BARNCAT ARTISAN ALES

GRAND RIVER BREWING

1600 Industrial Rd., Unit B5 BarncatAles.com

295 Ainslie St. | GrandRiverBrewing.com

A small brewery in Cambridge with a deft hand making hop-forward IPAs and an advanced barrel programme including foeders and local chardonnay barrels.

One of Ontario’s most established craft breweries with a focus on English-leaning and low-alcohol styles. Recently purchased by Magnotta, another Ontario craft brewery.

GRISETTE

PLOWMAN’S ALE

DOUBLE THE JUICE

GRISETTE

D O U B L E I PA One-off: B ABV IBU

One-off: B

4.2% 10

ABV IBU

8.6% 30

CAMBRIDGE

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

RUSSIAN GUN I M P E R I A L S TO U T

Year-round: B,L,LC

4.7% 60

ABV IBU

8% 37

CAMBRIDGE

JACKASS BREWING

NORTH WORKS BREWING CO.

100 Sheldon Dr., Unit 36 | JackassBrewing.ca

46 Stafford Ct. Unit b | NorthWorksBrewing.com

This Cambridge brewery is owned by two brothers making the wide range of beer styles they love to drink. Selection rotates frequently.

Find their IPA-dominated list (plus a handful of other complementary styles) at a few Cambridge bars and in their taproom.

SUNKISS JUICY IPA

MOSAIC SMASH

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.5% 45

RED BEARD IRISH RED ALE

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

6.5% 20

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.2% N/A

THE EXCHANGER B L A C K I PA

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

7.2% N/A 65

CAMBRIDGE

KITCHENER

RHYTHM & BREWS BREWING CO.

ABE ERB

The Tannery, 151 Charles St. W., Kitchener 15 King St. S., Waterloo | AbeErb.com

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

The 18,000-litre system keeps patrons wellwatered at this brewery that plans to double as a blues bar with live bands on stage.

SPOTLIGHT

SELF-TITLED

LIGHT LAGER

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4% 10

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.5% 55

KITCHENER

Named after two Mennonite brothers, Abraham and John Erb, who in the early 19th century decided to leave Pennsylvania in search of new opportunity in Upper Canada. Two locations.

1857 KÖLSCH LAGERED ALE KÖ L S C H

DAS SPRITZHAUS HEFEWEIZEN

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

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

4.8% 25

ABV IBU

4.7% 10

KITCHENER

RED CIRCLE BREWING CO.

DESCENDANTS BEER & BEVERAGE CO.

319 Victoria St. N. | DescendantsBeer.com

137 Glasgow St., Unit 385 redcirclebrewing.ca

One of the standbys of the Kitchener beer scene, Descendants brews a range of sessionable options. Taproom events range from music bingo to family movie trivia on Sundays.

Housed in the innovative Catalyst 137, the brewpub fits right in with digitally interactive tables, an upscale menu and a solid lineup of flavour-forward beers.

HARBINGER

IRON HORSE TRAIL

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

66

5.5% 38

EL BUSCADOR

MEXICAN-STYLE LIGHT LAGER Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

4% 15

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.3% 60

NIGHT SHIFT C O F F E E P O RT E R

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 25

KITCHENER

KITCHENER

SHORT FINGER BREWING CO.

TOGETHER WE’RE BITTER CO-OPERATIVE

20 Hurst Ave. | ShortFingerBrewing.com

300 Mill Street, Unit 1 | Brewing.coop

A well-regarded homebrew shop since 2015, they added a brewery in the spring of 2018.

Their primary focus is blended sours, and are also fond of low(er)-ABV, hop-forward brews.

Known to locals as just “TWB” and the best spot to grab a growler. It’s a legit co-op with a community focus. Only special releases go into cans or bottles here.

TO EVIL

WOBBLY WHEEL

N E C TA R I N E BA R REL-AGED GOLDEN SOUR Small-batch: B,L ABV IBU

HOP LT.

SESSION ALE

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

Year-round: B,L

5.8% N/A

ABV IBU

4% 30

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.5% 47

PULLMAN PORTER

R O B U S T P O RT E R Occasional: B,L ABV IBU

5% 31

KITCHENER

WATERLOO BREWING

400 Bingemans Centre Dr. WaterlooBrewing.com

Whether under the Waterloo or Brick Brewing name, this is another claimant to the title for oldest craft brewery in Ontario. They make dependable beers in low-ABV styles.

WATERLOO DARK

GRAPEFRUIT RADLER

DA R K L A G E R

RADLER

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

5% 14

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

3.1% N/A 67

NEW HAMBURG

ST. JACOBS

BITTE SCHÖN BRAUHAUS

BLOCK THREE BREWING

68 Huron St. | BitteSchonBrauhaus.com

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

At approx. 1,000 sq feet this is one of the smallest breweries in Ont. Their Berlin-trained brewmaster is from Dublin. Family-friendly and cooperatively promote rural ON breweries.

Right in the core of St. Jacobs, this is the oldest operating microbrewery in the Kitchener Waterloo region. Kevin Freer runs one of the area’s top barrel programmes here.

HURON ST. HEFEWEIZEN

KING ST SAISON

HEFEWEIZEN

Year-round: B,L

5% 13

ABV IBU

WILMOT WILD CREAM ALE

FICKLE MISTRESS

SAISON

Occasional: B,L ABV IBU

4.5% 14

WATERLOO

D RY- H O P P E D S O U R

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

Year-round: B,LC

4.6% 16

ABV IBU

5.5% 20

WOODSTOCK

INNOCENTE BREWING CO.

UPPER THAMES BREWING CO.

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

225 Bysham Park Dr., unit 9 | UpperThamesBrewing.ca

The brewery’s founder, Steve Innocente, makes a wide range of award-winning styles. Look for a new online bottle shop and details on barrelaged releases on their website in December.

They have a second location opening in Woodstock soon. It’s a brewpub with an openconcept brewing facility as well as counterservice light pub fare.

CHARCOAL PORTER

DUSK TO DAWN

L O N D O N P O RT E R

Year-round: B,LC ABV IBU

68

5.1% 21

EVIL CONSCIENCE C A S C A D I A N I PA

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

6% N/A

W H I T E S TO U T

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5% 24

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COWBELL BREWING

40035 Blyth Rd. | CowbellBrewing.com

SUN-THU 11AM-9PM ^ FRI-SAT 11AM-11PM EST. 2016 Stephen Rich brews a deep catalogue of styles for the world’s first closed-loop brewery. The restaurant ups their road trip worthiness.

Their beer is now available for home delivery through their website.

SHINDIG

GRAVEL RUN

HURON COUNTY LAGER

S E S S I O N I PA

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

4.2%

IBU

14

This light and refreshing lager features bready malts and a crisp finish. Great with food.

MCNALL’S MISSION H O N E Y B R OW N A L E

4.8%

IBU

ABV

4.5%

IBU

40

Punches above its weight with citrus zest, lime, pineapple and pine. Very easy drinking.

DOC PERDUE’S BOBCAT

W E S T C OA S T R E D A L E Year-round: B,L,LC

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

20

With notes of biscuit, toffee and a touch of cocoa this honey brown ale is just right for winter.

ABV

5.5%

IBU

30

From Ontario’s west coast, this ale packs citrus, zesty tropical fruit and the zip of pine.

Grow Your Community Through their Greener Pastures Community Fund, Cowbell Brewing Co. contributes 5¢ from the sale of every pint and can, starting with the very first can of beer sold in May 2016, to support the four children’s hospitals across Ontario.

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GUELPH CITY

WELLINGTON BREWERY

950 Woodlawn Rd. W. | WellingtonBrewery.ca MON-SUN 11AM-7PM EST. 1985

With over three decades under their belt, one of the original craft breweries in Canada continues to push their drinkable beers forward.

SPICE ODYSSEY C H A I L AT T E S TO U T

I M P E R I A L S TO U T Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

Seasonal: B,L,LC,TBS ABV

7%

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25

Black tea and chai spices round out this stout created along with the Queen of Craft crew.

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8%

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With a chocolate and coffee duet, this smooth imperial stout deserves its many awards.

STRATFORD

BLACK SWAN BREWING CO.

144 Downie St. | BlackSwanBrewing.ca SUN-MON 12PM-5PM ^ TUE-SAT 11AM-9PM EST. 2014 A recent expansion doubled the capacity at Black Swan. They expect to add 355 ml bottles for both licensees and bottle shop sales.

ENGLISH PALE ALE

PORTER

Year-round: B,L

Year-round: B,L

PA L E A L E

ABV

5%

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P O RT E R

29

Copper in colour and leaning on the malt, this pale ale fits squarely in trad British style.

ABV

5%

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35

This balanced porter delivers coffee and chocolate on both nose and palate into a smooth finish.

#ItsWhatWeDrink

NOW AVAILABLE IN 355 mL BOTTLES 144 DOWNIE ST, STRATFORD, ON

519 • 814 • 7926

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ELORA

RIVER ROAD BREWING AND HOPS

ELORA BREWING CO.

35549 Bayfield River Rd. RiverRoadBrewing.com

107 Geddes St. | EloraBrewingCompany.ca

The first farm-based brewery in Huron County grows ingredients that go into making their beer right on the farm. They’ll have barrel-aged beers to celebrate turning 1 in November.

Brewer Alex Nichols turns out a beer lineup full of soft-spoken stars. The setting in downtown Elora is picturesque and the food in their taproom has a farm-to-table focus.

BLIND DESCENT

ELORA BOREALIS

ONE LONELY SCOTCH NIGHT

OAT M E A L S TO U T

S C OT C H A L E

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

PA L E A L E W I T H C I T R A

Year-round: B,L

5.8% 26

ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L,LC

6% 14

FORMOSA

ABV IBU

5.1% 30

LODESTAR WITH PINK GUAVA SOUR ALE

Seasonal: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.1% 3

GODERICH

FORMOSA SPRINGS BREWERY

SQUARE BREW

1120 Bruce Rd., Unit 12 FormosaBrewery.ca

430 Parsons Crt. | SquareBrewCo.com

This brewing operation with a historic connection was bought from Brick and reopened. They do particularly well in the lighter lager categories at beer competitions.

German and American styles share the beer focus for this small-sized brewery in Goderich.

Plenty of nearby sightseeing after you’re done at the taproom.

FORMOSA SPRINGS DRAFT

SQUARE ONE PILSNER

RED BARON BLONDE LIGHT LAGER

LAGER

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

74

5% 9

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.8% 10

PILSNER

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 30

FOG DAY!

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

4.5% 25

GUELPH

GUELPH

FIXED GEAR BREWING CO.

BROTHERS BREWING CO.

15 Wyndham St. N. BrothersBrewingCompany.ca

20 Alma St. S. | fixedgearbrewing.com

They once brewed a beer in an 853-lb pumpkin and made an IPA using a certain widely consumed light lager in place of water. Watch the evidence on their YouTube page.

The new brewery is set up in a former garage in Guelph’s Junction neighbourhood and earns extra points for having a personalized Airstream on site.

TROPIC THUNDER

BREAKAWAY IPA

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.3% 35

DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR DUBBEL

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6.5% 23

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.5% 70

PELOTON PILSNER PILSNER

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.2% 30

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KINCARDINE

ROYAL CITY BREWING CO.

GREY MATTER BEER CO.

199 Victoria Rd. S. | RoyalCityBrew.ca

726 Queen St. | GreyMatterBeer.com

The four-year-old brewery aims to make interesting and approachable beers made with as many local ingredients as possible.

Four core beers stay on tap all year and share the spotlight with a mix of one-offs. Their event space overlooks the beautiful Kincardine marina and lighthouse.

HIBISCUS SAISON

CHECKMATE

SMOKED HONEY BROWN ALE

SAISON

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.4% 20

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

5.5% 20

SEAFORTH

HELLES

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

MISSION TO MARS

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE Year-round: B,L

4.8% 12

ABV IBU

SHAKESPEARE

HALF HOURS ON EARTH BREWERY

SHAKESPEARE BREWING CO.

151 Main St. S. | HalfHoursOnEarth.com

2178 Line 34 | ShakespeareBrewingCompany.ca

Right out of the gate, HHOE made some of the finest funky beers in the province. Seaforth is easier to get to than you think, but thankfully they ship anywhere in Ontario.

All of the beers made at this modest-sized operation outside of Stratford are made exclusively with Ontario-grown hops.

LEMON MERINGUE PIE

THE CLASSY COW

D RY- H O P P E D S O U R A L E Seasonal: B ABV IBU

76

7.5% N/A

5% 44

TOTALLY

TA RT FA R M H O U S E A L E WITH RASPBERRIES & HIBISCUS Seasonal: B ABV IBU

6.5% N/A

M I L K S TO U T

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% 25

THE GRUMPY GOAT

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Year-round: B ABV IBU

6% 60

STRATFORD

STRATFORD

HERALD HAUS BREWING CO.

JOBSITE BREWING CO.

21 Market Pl. | @HeraldHaus

45 Cambria St. | jobsitebrewing.ca

The soon-to-open taproom will take up residence in the former home of the Herald on Market Place in downtown Stratford.

With the founders history in construction, the brewery’s name and location were designed to highlight craftsmanship. Good news: Their beer is paired with wood-fired pizza.

H2 GOLDEN ALE

2X4

GOLDEN ALE

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

PERTH COUNTY CONSPIRACY A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE Year-round: B,L

4.7% 15

ABV IBU

IMPACT

CREAM ALE

R E D I PA

Year-round: B

5% 35

ABV IBU

STRATFORD

Year-round: B

4.8% 15

ABV IBU

6.9% 44

VARNA

STRATFORD BREWING CO.

STONE HOUSE BREWING CO.

Facebook.com/StratfordBrewing

76050 Parr Line | StoneHouseBrewing.ca

A longtime fixture in Ontario’s most famous theatre town. No on-site taproom but they are in the LCBO and on tap in the area and elsewhere in the province.

The focus is lagers for this quaint brewery in rural Huron County. The beer programme is overseen by a German-trained brewer.

STRATFORD PILSNER

CZECH PILSNER

PILSNER

Year-round: L,LC ABV IBU

4.9% N/A

STRATFORD CALIFORNIA COMMON

CALIFORNIA COMMON Year-round: L ABV IBU

5% 30

LAGER

GERMAN DARK LAGER LAGER

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 32

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

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FRANK BREWING CO.

BREW MICROBREWERY

12000 Tecumseh Rd. | FrankBeer.ca

635 University Ave. E. | BrewWindsor.com

Sports bar meets pizza restaurant meets fully fledged brewery at this popular spot in Tecumseh, Ont.. Particularly lively when there’s a game on.

The focus at BREW is on making easydrinking options that appeal widely. The taproom is especially popular on Unfiltered Fridays.

NO NONSENSE

MAPLE BREW

LAGER

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

78

5.4% 21

OLD COMRADE AMERICAN-STYLE RED ALE

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

4.7% 21

SPICED ALE

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 15

BREW LAGER LAGER

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.7% 15

WINDSOR

WALKERVILLE BREWERY

525 Argyle Rd. | WalkervilleBrewery.com

SUN-WED 11AM-5PM ^ THU&SAT 11AM-7PM ^ FRI 11AM9PM EST. 2012 The brewery has been in and out of use since the 1890s when Hiram Walker was in the business. Beer lineup is full of sessionable options.

PURITY PILSENER

EASY STOUT

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

GERMAN-STYLE PILSENER

ABV

5.2%

IBU

30

A touch of grainy malt and a slight floral note from Hallertau put this one in the German style.

CBA 2018 GOLD AWARD WINNER PURITY PILSENER

M I L K S TO U T

ABV

5.5%

IBU

32

A nutty aroma joins coffee and chocolate along with a round body and a dry finish.

519-254-6067 525 ARGYLE RD. WINDSOR ON. WALKERVILLE BREWERY.COM 79

WINDSOR

WINDSOR

CHAPTER TWO BREWING CO.

CRAFT HEADS BREWING CO.

2345 Edna St. | chaptertwobrewing.com

89 University Ave. W. | CraftHeads.ca

The Edna Street brewery is lead by Ciceronecertified brewer Michael Beaudoin and boasts a surprisingly sophisticated hotdog menu.

Their 30 taps are (impressively) kept supplied by a tiny nano-sized system. The underground taproom was a famous blues bar in a former life. An online bottle shop is coming soon.

THREE ON THE LEASH ENGLISH PUB ALE

TURBULENT ‘BLUES’BERRY CHOCOLATE BLONDE PEANUT BUTTER B L O N D E A L E

BEST BITTER Year-round: B ABV IBU

BELGIAN GOLDEN STRONG BELGIAN-STYLE STRONG ALE One-off: B

4.3% 33

ABV IBU

9.5% 22

WINDSOR

F L AV O U R E D P O RT E R Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.4% 30

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.2% 18

WINDSOR

SANDWICH BREWING CO.

MOTOR CRAFT ALES

888 Erie St. E. | ThisIsMotor.com

3230 Sandwich St. | @SandwichBrewing

They really have the car theme dialled in at this Windsor favourite. With a brewpub named Motorburger the food menu should be obvious.

Open less than a year in Windsor’s west end Sandwich has already found a devoted local following. Part of their mission was to bring their historic home back into use.

DRAGULA

PRAIRIE SUNSHINE

C-HOP TOP

S C H WA R Z B I E R

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

Year-round: B ABV IBU

80

5% 24

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.5% 59

RUBY SUE

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E W H E AT A L E Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.9% 19

ENGLISH-STYLE MILD Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.9% 23

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CHATHAM

LONSBERY FARMS BREWING CO.

SONS OF KENT BREWING CO.

7781 Howard Ave. | LonsberyFarms.beer

27 Adelaide St. S. | SonsOfKent.com

Their beer is crafted with the best ingredients that are locally grown in southwestern Ontario to provide a farm-to-glass experience.

Four friends founded this 20-tap brewery in downtown Chatham’s once iconic movie theater. Deliveries made in a ’77 El Camino Classic.

CREAM OF THE CROP

8 TRACK XPA

CREAM ALE

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.4% 11

BLACK IPA B L A C K I PA

E X T R A PA L E A L E

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.9% 55

ERIEAU

ZEPHYR

D RY- H O P P E D S O U R

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

Year-round: B

5.7% 57

ABV IBU

5.3% N/A

JARVIS

CONCESSION ROAD BREWING CO.

BAYSIDE BREWING CO.

970 Ross Lane | BaysideBrewing.com

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

Based out of a little, laid-back fishing village, they creates beers that go well with the village’s easy-going vibes. A large patio looks out on to Rondeau Bay and they’re close to the beach.

This Jarvis, Ont. brewery has an impressive list of fall releases including a brown ale and the two beers below. The first Friday of every month, they host a stand up comedy show.

LONG POND LAGER

MOCHA LATTE STOUT

LAGER

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5% 13

HONEY CREAM ALE CREAM ALE

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5% 14

C O F F E E M I L K S TO U T

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

4.5% 22

SOUR AS HUELL - PEACH D RY- H O P P E D F R U I T KETTLE SOUR Seasonal: B ABV IBU

4.6% N/A 83

LA SALETTE

LONDON

RAMBLIN ROAD BREWERY FARM

2970 Swimming Pool Rd. | RamblinRoad.ca

ANDERSON CRAFT ALES

1030 Elias St. | AndersonCraftAles.ca

John Picard runs his brewery farm in Norfolk County. The crop selection on this going concern includes a hop garden and they make Picard’s fresh kettle chips on site.

Every couple months they release a different barrel-aged take on a base of saison with grape must. Holidays 2018 sees a very limited number of 2017 Holiday Belgians released.

COUNTRY CREAM ALE

WINTER

COUNTRY LAGER

CREAM ALE

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

EUROPEAN-STYLE LAGER Year-round: B,L,LC

5% 18

ABV IBU

5% 22

LONDON

SPICED WINTER ALE

AUTUMN MÄRZEN

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

Seasonal: B,LC

7% 32

ABV IBU

5.5% 26

LONDON

FORKED RIVER BREWING CO. LONDON BREWING

45 Pacific Crt., Unit 4 ForkedRiverBrewing.com

521 Burbrook Pl. | LondonBrewing.ca

They focus on brewing styles that range from approachable to complex barrel aged brews.

Pop-up on Nov. 17: Shop local vendors and Nov. 22 is paint night at the brewery.

They call themselves a plough-to-pint brewery because of the spotlight given to locally-grown, organic malts. Friday is free-concert night with food on site.

CAPITAL BLONDE ALE

LONDON NATURAL LAGER

BLONDE ALE

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

84

4.7% 15

FULL CITY

C O F F E E P O RT E R Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5.5% 25

NORFOLK RED RED ALE

MUNICH-STYLE HELLES Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS ABV IBU

4.7% 18

Year-round: B,L,TBS ABV IBU

5.3% 42

LONDON

LONDON

POWERHOUSE BREWING CO.

STORM STAYED BREWING CO.

100 Kellogg Ln. | PowerhouseBrewery.beer

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

Set to open soon in a restored factory space in London’s Old East Village. They’re familyowned and operated with a focus on local.

Justin Belanger, one of the owners, brings East Coast hospitality from his native PEI as well as the name. The kitchen serves house-cured meats, fermented vegetables, and BBQ.

HOMECOMING

MOONSHADOW

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE

COFFEE MILK STOUT M I L K S TO U T

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B

5.5% 32

ABV IBU

4.5% 30

BERLINER WEISSE

SUNBURST

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE PA L E A L E

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.2% 4

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.4% 36

LONDON

TOBOGGAN BREWING CO.

585 Richmond St. | TobogganBrewing.com

The restaurant and biergarten patio have helped establish this relative newcomer as a popular fixture in London.

MR. INSURANCE MAN BLONDE ALE

S TO U T

Year-round: B ABV IBU

BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE VANILLA STOUT

4% 18

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6% 35

Blue Elephant Craft Brew House blueelephant.ca

Charlotteville Brewing Company charlottevillebrewingcompany.ca

Hometown Brew Co. hometownbrew.ca

New Limburg Brewing Co. newlimburg.com

Ramblin’ Road Brewery Farm ramblinroad.ca

1-800-699-9038 | norfolktourism.ca 85

PLYMPTON-WYOMING

SARNIA

REFINED FOOL BREWING CO.

STONEPICKER

7143 Forest Rd. | stonepickerbrewing.com

1326 London Rd., 137 Davis St. | RefinedFool.com

An on-farm brewery near Forest, Ont. with a deep lineup of beers the partners developed over several years of homebrewing together.

Refined Fool has pretty much cornered the craft beer market in Sarnia with the opening of their second full-service taproom.

STONEPICKER 21

TROLL TOLL

AMBER ALE

TRACTOR ON THE WALL OAT M E A L S TO U T

Year-round: B ABV IBU

Year-round: B

5.5% N/A

ABV IBU

6% N/A

SIMCOE

CREAM ALE

PINKY BREWSTER

R A S P B E R RY W H E AT

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

Year-round: B,L

5% 18

ABV IBU

5.5% 25

SIMCOE

CHARLOTTEVILLE BREWING CO.

NEW LIMBURG BREWERY

1207 Charlotteville West Quarter Line Rd. CharlottevilleBrewingCompany.ca

2353 Nixon Rd. | NewLimburg.com

An estate craft brewery located on a family farm, housed in two old barns. One was built in the 1860s and the other in 1913. The barns were disassembled and moved here.

A popular spot with a patio out front and a volleyball court. Live music on summer weekends, with comedy every second week and trivia and karaoke during the colder weather.

LOCAL 519

BELGIAN BLONDE

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

86

4.9% 28

WEDGIE DELIGHT

AMERICAN-STYLE B R OW N A L E Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% 22

ST. ARNOLDUS

B E L G I A N - S T Y L E FA R M HOUSE ALE Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

7% N/A

DUBBEL

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

7% N/A

ST. THOMAS

STRATHROY

RAILWAY CITY BREWING CO.

STRATHROY BREWING CO.

130 Edward St. | RailwayCityBrewing.com

62 Albert St. | StrathroyBrewingCompany.ca

The name comes from the town’s past as a hub for US railways in Canada. Their Dead Elephant is brewed in honour of Jumbo the Elephant who died in St.Thomas in 1885.

This small-town brewery has an independent streak and a historical bent. It’s particularly focussed on the history of the War of 1812.

DEAD ELEPHANT

1815 XXXX PEACEMAKER

ORANGE CREAMSIC-ALE

I PA

F L AV O U R E D W H E AT A L E

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

Year-round: B,L,LC

6.5% 60

ABV IBU

4.8% 16

TRADITIONAL ALE

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6.5% N/A

STRATHROY

WEST LORNE

RUSTY WRENCH BREWING CO.

NATTERJACK BREWING CO.

1812 INDEPENDENCE ALE A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.5% N/A

9 Front St. W. | RustyWrench.ca

25292 Talbot Line | natterjackbrewing.ca

Local and ethical sourcing is the focus for this small-town brewery. The kitchen also features beer ingredients across the menu. As they say, their “beers range from mild to wild.”

This is the legacy of Matt Soos, a graduate of the Niagara College Teaching Brewery and former Muskoka Brewing employee, lost his life in 2015 to health complications.

OXIDATION AMBER ALE

NATTERJACK TOAD

LEFT HANDED SPANNER

DA R K A M B E R

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

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 24

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6.1% 64

SPICED BELGIAN BLONDE Year-round: B ABV IBU

7.6% 24

SOOS’S JUICES AMERICAN-STYLE STRONG ALE

Year-round: B ABV IBU

9.7% 50 87

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NORTHUMBERLAND HILLS BREWERY

CHURCH-KEY BREWING

1678 County Road 38 churchkeybrewing.com

1024 Division St., Unit 1 | nhb.beer

Founded in 2000 the brewery is situated in an 1878 Methodist Church on the outskirts of Campbellford, Ontario. They’re known widely as smoked-beer specialists.

Owner-brewer Rick Bailey was inspired to take his homebrewing to the professional level after watching the success of upstart 5 Paddles Brewing Co. Brewers helping brewers.

HOLY SMOKE

SUPER CONTINENTAL

P E AT- S M O K E D S C OT C H ALE

FUSSED WITH BA R R E L - A G E D S O U R

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

PA L E A L E

ABV IBU

6% 15

COBOURG

DA R K L A G E R

Year-round: B,L

Small-batch: B,L

6.2% N/A

PROJECT 22

ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

5.5% 20

ABV IBU

5% N/A

LINDSAY

WILLIAM STREET BEER CO.

PIE EYED MONK BREWERY

975 Elgin St. W. #4 | williamstreetbeer.com

8 Cambridge St. N. pieeyedmonkbrewery.com

Though named for its original location, the brewery is now located on Elgin Street after moving to a more event-friendly space to better the thirsty people of Cobourg.

All the beer for Lindsay’s own brewpub is made in-house on their seven-barrel system. Find them in the historic C.L. Baker Building.

CLIFF TOP

DIRTY BIRD

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.5% 35

FARMSTEAD LAGER

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 18

RY E A L E

LAUGHING TROLL LAGERED ALE

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6.5% 22.5

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% 15 89

PETERBOROUGH

PETERBOROUGH

THE OLDE STONE BREWING CO.

BEARD FREE BREWING

649 The Parkway, Unit 4 beardfreebrewing.com

380 George St. N. | oldestone.ca

“Beard Free” is a play on the lack of facial hair on the partners and nods a chin to the malting process that removes a bristly beard from the wheat kernels they use.

A tight rotation of house-made beers, generally in styles from the British Isles, power the drinks menu at Peterborough’s downtown pub.

SIMCOE STREET

OR DUBH STOUT

I PA

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6.7% 64

LOCK 21 CREAM ALE

I R I S H D RY S TO U T

Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.5% 10

PETERBOROUGH

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% N/A

RED FIFE WHEAT ALE

AMERICAN-STYLE W H E AT A L E Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.1% N/A

PETERBOROUGH

PUBLICAN HOUSE BREWERY

300 Charlotte St. | publicanhouse.com

SMITHAVENS BREWING COMPANY

687 Rye St., Unit 6 | smithavensbrewing.ca

The family-owned business opened in downtown Peterborough in 2008. Among their year-round lineup is Paddler’s Ale, sales support the Canadian Canoe Museum.

A family-owned brewery on the outskirts of town. Their taster pack of three different beers is popular with out-of-town visitors.

PUB HOUSE ALE

KELLERBIER

KÖ L S C H

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

90

4.8% 21

HIGH NOON

U N F I LT E R E D A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E W H E AT A L E Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS ABV IBU

4.5% 14

KELLERBIER

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.2% 20

DUNKELWEIZEN D U N K E LW E I Z E N

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.2% 12

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MACKINNON BROTHERS BREWING

SIGNAL BREWING COMPANY

1915 County Road 22 mackinnonbrewing.com

86-87 River Rd. | signal.beer

Located on a centuries-old family-farm, the estate-brewery grows their own hops and malts in the surrounding fields and has re-purposed the buildings to house brewing equipment.

This brewery raises a glass to its local history by brewing beer in the historical distillery district that was once a big enough employer to have the whole town named after them.

RED FOX

RADIO TUBE

8 MAN

ALE

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

Small-batch: B,L,LC ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L,LC

4.2% 26

ABV IBU

PILSNER

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE PA L E A L E

Year-round: B,L

5.8% 26

GANANOQUE

WAVE

ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

4.5% 30

ABV IBU

6.1 55

GLENORA

LAKE ON THE MOUNTAIN BREWERY

GANANOQUE BREWING COMPANY

9 King St. E. | ganbeer.com

11369 Loyalist Pkwy. lakeonthemountainbrewco.com

The location makes this a popular spot for visitors to the 1,000 Islands and a bustling schedule of live music keeps the taproom full of local regulars, as well.

Appropriately for the area, this brewery is connected to a resort. Some of the hops used are grown on the property.

NAUGHTY OTTER

CREAM ALE

BELL RINGER

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

PA L E L A G E R

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

92

5.2% 24

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.5% 65

CREAM ALE

HOOK LINE & CITRA I.P.A

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

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.5% 25

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 75

KINGSTON

KINGSTON

KINGSTON BREWING COMPANY

KING’S TOWN BEER CO.

675 Arlington Park Pl., Unit 3 kingstownbeerco.ca

34 Clarence St. | kingstonbrewing.ca

Looking to serve Kingston’s underserviced West-End, the brewery will offer approachable lower ABV beers and aims to be a neighbourhood hub.

A mainstay brewpub in downtown Kingston has been making their own beer for several years. Food menu leans to pub favourites.

KING’S TOWN ALE

DRAGON’S BREATH ORIGINAL

AMBER ALE

BACK LAKES LAGER LAGER

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

5.6% 16

ABV IBU

4% 12

KINGSTON

WHITETAIL CREAM ALE

ENGLISH-STYLE BITTER Year-round: B ABV IBU

6% N/A

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% N/A

KINGSTON

RIVERHEAD BREWING CO.

SPEARHEAD BREWING

631 Fortune Cres. | riverheadbrewing.com

675 Development Dr. | spearheadbeer.com

The Kingston Tied House offers four mainstays brews plus an extensive menu and are, surely, the only brewery with a dedicated mascot— Brewster the beer-loving Sasquatch.

Their Hawaiian style-IPA helped convert many beer drinkers into the craft scene, fast forward to today and they have a bricks-andmortar setup in Kingston.

TROPICAL IPA

MOROCCAN

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS ABV IBU

6.1% 60

OKTOBERFEST LAGER

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5.5% 12

B R OW N A L E

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

6% 35

BEDROCK

MUNICH-STYLE LAGER Year-round: B,L,TBS ABV IBU

4.5% 30 93

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NAPANEE

STONE CITY ALES

NAPANEE BEER COMPANY

275 Princess St. | stonecityales.com

450 Milligan Lane | napaneebeer.ca

Conveniently situated along vibrant Princess Street, the brewpub serves flavourful food and beer, including special one-offs and barrel-aged gems. They’ve just launched online bottle sales.

In 2017 the brewery won New Brewery of the Year at the Ontario Brewing Awards. They have since lived up to the hype and continue to win awards.

UNCHARTED

BLACKLIST

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

SHIPS IN THE NIGHT OAT M E A L S TO U T

Year-round: B,L

Year-round: B,L

7% 70

ABV IBU

ABV IBU

5.6% 25

PICTON

BLACK GERMAN-STYLE LAGER

EXTREMIST

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

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L,LC

5.3% 28

ABV IBU

7.2% 80

PICTON

BARLEY DAYS BREWERY

555 BREWING CO.

124 Picton Main St. | 555beer.com

13730 Loyalist Parkway barleydaysbrewery.com

Drew Wollenberg’s beer and pizza from the wood-fired oven draw visitors to the “Triple Nickel” on Picton Main Street in PEC.

Open since 2007, this is the oldest brewery in the County. Look for their special-release stout brewed with oysters around the holidays.

FOOTPRINT

HARVEST GOLD

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Year-round: B ABV IBU

94

7.2% 60

LONG BLACK C O F F E E B L A C K I PA

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.6% 55

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

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

4.8% 22

WIND & SAIL DA R K A L E

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5% 28

PICTON

PICTON

PARSONS BREWING CO.

876 County Road 49 | parsonsbrewing.com

PRINCE EDDY’S BREWING CO.

13 Macsteven Dr. | princeeddys.com

The picturesque wine country of Prince Edward County really needed more beer.

Parsons brings the malt with a long list of flagship and seasonal brews.

In addition to a taproom, tasting bar and brewery, Prince Eddy’s also offers a 1959 Chevy Suburban delivery vehicle and a beach volleyball court.

SUNKISSED GRAPE ALE

CHIN DROPPER

WINE-BEER HYBRID Seasonal: B ABV IBU

7.5% N/A

#154 FARM BREW

C A N A D I A N W H E AT A L E

BLONDE ALE

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5% 38

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.7% 20

HAZE BRIGADE NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5.5% 55

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WELLINGTON

WILDCARD BREWING CO.

MIDTOWN BREWING CO.

38 Gotha St. | wildcardbrewco.com

266 Wellington Main St. midtownbrewingcompany.com

The Trenton brewery isn’t afraid to experiment with styles and ingredients. Stop in at their bottle shop or they’ll send their creative creations to you through the mail.

An elevated brewpub is just what the upand-coming cottage town needed. Their shop offers local produce, prepared food products and artisan goods.

ABSOLUTE MONARCHY (IRISH NOBILITY)

EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER

4 SHADOW

E N G L I S H M I L K S TO U T

BA R R E L A G E D S TO U T Small-batch: B ABV IBU

Seasonal: B

11% 40

ABV IBU

4.8% 30

WESTPORT

ESB

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.4% N/A

DRY IRISH STOUT S TO U T

Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.5% N/A

WOLFE ISLAND

WESTPORT BREWING CO.

WOLFE ISLAND SPRING CRAFT BREWERY

41B Westport Rd. westportbrewingcompany.ca

1570 County Road 96 | wolfeisland.beer

The charming community known for its boating culture along the Rideau Canal system welcomed its first brewery in the fall of 2018.

Will be a must for those dropping anchor.

Brewery attached to the Wolfe Island Grill.

Their Cannonball is made by pitching a redhot cannonball into the brew.

UPPER RIDEAU

CANNONBALL

BLONDE ALE

IBU

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AMBER LAGER

LAGER

Year-round: B ABV

LAKESIDE LAGER

4.7% 15

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.2% 22

Year-round: B,LC,TBS ABV IBU

5% N/A

OUT FOR A SIP BLONDE ALE

Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.5% N/A

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BEAU’S ALL NATURAL BREWING CO.

10 Terry Fox Dr. | beaus.ca MON-SUN 10AM-6PM EST. 2006

Organic trailblazers since 2006—Beau’s has entertained thousands through their epic, annual Oktoberfest and St. Patrick’s Day events.

LUG TREAD

FULL TIME I.P.A.

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

LAGERED ALE

ABV

5.2%

IBU

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

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Certified organic and a province-wide bestseller since ’06. Graham cracker and fresh hay notes.

98

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6.7%

IBU

60

Tropical fruit complemented by resiny pine make for a juicy, moreish IPA that finishes clean.

ALMONTE

BECKWITH

CROOKED MILE BREWERY

ASHTON BREWING COMPANY

453 Ottawa St., Unit 3 | crookedmile.ca

113 Old Mill Rd. ashtonbrewingcompany.com

A small batch brewery that focuses on British ale styles. They serve snacks and guests are welcome to bring their own food to the taproom in Almonte.

The Hodgins family has a decades-long association with running a pub in the area.

Lorne Hart makes the beer for their authentic British pub.

HIGHLAND HILLWALKER

HARVEST BROWN

S C OT T I S H E X P O RT A L E Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.4% 20

STANDING STONE

E N G L I S H - S T Y L E I PA Year-round: B ABV IBU

E N G L I S H - S T Y L E B R OW N ALE Year-round: B

6.2% 52

CALABOGIE

ABV IBU

VANILLA STOUT S TO U T

Year-round: B

6% 18

ABV IBU

5.8% 75

CARLETON PLACE

CALABOGIE BREWING CO.

BRAUMEISTER BREWING CO.

12612 Lanark Rd. | calabogiebrewingco.ca

19 Moore St. | braumeister.ca

Calabogie’s new second location in Kanata will increase brewing capacity by adding several new fermentation and brite tanks. Expect to see more of their popular beer.

A new brewery specializing in traditional German-styles, currently four clean, wellconstructed brews available for takeout. Expect this brewery to make a name for itself.

HIGHLANDER

ROUTE 21

N U T B R OW N A L E

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

6% 23

BROWN COW N I T R O M I L K S TO U T

Year-round: B,L,TBS ABV IBU

5.5% 25

BIERGARTEN BLONDE

MÄRZEN

HELLES Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.5% 22

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% 20 99

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CASSELMAN

STALWART BREWING CO.

CASSEL BREWERY

10 High St. | stalwartbrewing.ca

715C Principale Rue | casselbrewery.ca

One of the best bootstrap stories in beer. From kitchen-based brewery, called Stockpot Ales, to now drawing folks into downtown Carleton Place for three years.

When Cassel purchased land adjacent to their brewery in 2015, they acquired space to house a new packaging line, lab and cellar. Plus a fully functional car wash!

THRILLER

FRANCO

I M P E R I A L P O RT E R

DOS JEFES

I PA W I T H G R A P E F R U I T A N D VA N I L L A

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

Seasonal: B

7.8% 44

7% 61

ABV IBU

CORNWALL

CABOOSE IPA

LAGER

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

4.5% 35

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

6.4% 69

EMBRUN

RURBAN BREWING

412 Cumberland St. | rurbanbrewing.ca

ÉTIENNE BRÜLÉ BREWERY 893 rue Notre-Dame St. | etiennebrule.ca

EST.

Combining the hard-to-pronounce words of rural and urban, Rurban encapsulates their hometown of Cornwall—where the city and it’s agri-surroundings meet.

The brewery is perfectly located in a former firehall in the small Franco-community of Embrun. Like their namesake, the brewery explores new styles and ingredients.

CORNWALL GOLDEN LAGER

CHERRY MILK STOUT

MUNICH-STYLE HELLES Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

100

4.9% 21

ALL THAT RAZZ GOSE

M I L K S TO U T Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

4.5% 21

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

6% 26

CAMPFIRE

S M O K E D H O N E Y B R OW N ALE Seasonal: B ABV IBU

4.5% 20

EMBRUN

FORESTERS FALLS

TUQUE DE BROUE BREWERY

WHITEWATER BREWING CO.

189 Bay St. | tuquedebroue.ca

22 Fletcher Rd. | whitewaterbeer.ca

One of two breweries in Embrun, the “Tuque” is a well-poured beer’s head, which seals in all the best aromas and effervescence, to the benefit of the drinker.

Started by three friends with a passion for rafting 2011, Whitewater now has a second brewery location in Cobden in addition to their brewpub in Foresters Falls.

ST-NICOLAS

CLASS V

C O F F E E P O RT E R

IBU

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

HARVEST ALE

Seasonal: B,L ABV

HOPS AND BROS

4.8% 23

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5.6% 38

MIDNIGHT STOUT S TO U T

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.5% 72

Year-round; B ABV IBU

4.5% 30

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JOHNSTOWN

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS BREWING CO.

25 Thorold Ln. | humblebeginningsbrewing.ca

WINDMILL BREWERY

5 Newport Dr. | windmillbrewery.ca

Big things brewing along the St. Lawrence River, as this 2018 brewery has already been embraced by the community and is heavily involved in giving back.

A family-run brewery operated by Sean and Amanda Lucey, with a focus on approachable, easy-drinking styles.

MAD CANADIAN

1838 PILSNER

FOURTH AND OAK

KÖ L S C H

OAT M E A L S TO U T

Year-round: B ABV IBU

Seasonal: B

5.2% 23

ABV IBU

5% 30

PAKENHAM

PILSNER

BARRACKS BLACK DA R K L A G E R

Year-round: B ABV IBU

Seasonal: B

5% N/A

ABV IBU

4.5% N/A

PEMBROKE

CARTWRIGHT SPRINGS BREWERY

SQUARE TIMBER BREWING CO.

239 Deer Run Rd. | csbeer.ca

800 Woito Station Rd. | squaretimber.com

Andre Rieux’s Pakenham paradise is worth the drive - his enthusiastic tours are coupled with inventive brews and innovative brewery technologies.

Pembroke’s history is married to the lumber industry, when squared logs would be floated down the Ottawa. The Valley brewery respects this history with its name and brews.

SPRUCE TIP IPA

PEMBROKE PILS

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

102

5.1% 40

I’D TAP THAT PILSNER PILSNER

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.8% 11

BOHEMIAN-STYLE PILSNER Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

4.5% 36

DEACON SEAT HEFEWEIZEN

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.2% 15

PERTH

SMITHS FALLS

PERTH BREWERY

4 DEGREES BREWING CO.

A family operation that has a strong local fan base in Perth. Their beers also make it into bars and restaurants across Eastern Ontario.

When the community mall faltered, this Smiths Falls brewery stepped up and moved into the space, helping bring new life to the town’s centre.

BONFIRE BLACK LAGER

LIVIN’ NORTH OF 7

275 Brockville St. | 4degreesbrewing.com

121 Dufferin St. | perthbrewery.ca

S C H WA R Z B I E R

CALYPSO IPA

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

4.9% 20

ABV IBU

4.8% 42

VANLEEK HILL

HALCYON BARREL HOUSE

10 Terry Fox Dr. | halcyon.beer

HELLES-STYLE LAGER Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% 18

HILL 70

BELGIAN-STYLE BLONDE Year-round: B ABV IBU

7% 20

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The ‘C’ is soft but the beer is solid: specializing in sours, they are Beau’s sour start-up, operating independently under the umbrella and sharing the specialty for organic brewing.

ECHO CHAMBER

O R G A N I C D RY- H O P P E D SOUR Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

4.8% N/A

CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE

O R G A N I C FA R M H O U S E SAISON Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.8% 24

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BIG RIG BREWERY

101 Schneider Rd. smallponybarrelworks.com

103 Schneider Rd. | bigrigbrewery.com

Who knew Kanata would be home to Canada’s only brewery exclusively crafting barrel-aged sour beers? Their blends are outstandingly complex and have received wide attention.

Big Rig’s Brewmaster Lon Ladell is the real deal. He’s been brewing professionally for over 20 (!) years, first learning his trade with Victoria, BC’s Spinnaker’s Brewpub.

ONE YEAR WISER

MIDNIGHT KISSED MY COW

HALF REMEMBERED BARREL AGED SOUR WITH WINE DREAM POMACE AND TONKA BEANS One-off: B,L ABV IBU

BA R R E L A G E D S O U R Year-round: B,L,LC

6.9% N/A

ABV IBU

5% N/A

ORLEANS

ALPHA BOMB

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

M I L K S TO U T Seasonal: B,L,LC ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

5.6% 19

ABV IBU

6.6% 83

OTTAWA

STRAY DOG BREWING CO.

BEYOND THE PALE BREWING

501 Lacolle Way, Unit 4 | straydogbrewing.ca

250 City Centre Ave., Bay 108 btpshop.ca

Located in a suburban industrial park, the brewery has become a community hub for Orleans. Regular events include stand-up comedy, live music and burlesques shows.

With a penchant for fun, the brewery recently added a new play-space to their City Centre brewery, a large patio adorned with BTP’s signature picket fence.

THIS ONE

AROMATHERAPY PINK FUZZ

CALIFORNIA COMMON Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.2% 35

SHAGGIN WAGON

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

I PA

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.4% 55

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

6.5% N/A

GRAPEFRUIT AMERIC A N - S T Y L E W H E AT Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

6% N/A 105

OTTAWA

OTTAWA

BICYCLE CRAFT BREWERY

BROADHEAD BREWING CO.

850 Industrial Ave., Unit 12 bicyclecraftbrewery.ca

81 Auriga Dr. | broadheadbeer.com

The brewery is well-named, as the bicycle represents owners Laura & Fariborz’s vision for the brewery—simple, traditional, and down to earth.

Super-nice guys live the Canadian Dream: quit their day jobs, grow beards and open a brewery in a west-end industrial park.

VELOCIPEDE

TIGHT SQUEEZE

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

VINTERNAT LIQUOURICE STOUT

TA N G E R I N E I PA

S TO U T Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

Seasonal: B

6% 70

ABV IBU

5.3% 23

OTTAWA

BLUEPRINT

B L U E B E R RY B L O N D E ALE

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

5% 55

5% 12

ABV IBU

OTTAWA

DOMINION CITY BREWING CO.

CLOCKTOWER BREWPUB

575 Bank St. | clocktower.ca

5510 Canotek Rd., Unit 15 | dominioncity.ca/

In business for over two decades, Clocktower is the senior statesman of Ottawa craft beer. They have six locations, Rideau is the newest, in addition to their HQ in the Glebe.

The pride of Beacon Hill, these Canadianaloving hosers brew some of the best hazy IPAs in the country. The team is committed to supporting their community.

RASPBERRY WHEAT

SUNSPLIT

F L AV O U R E D W H E AT Year-round: B,LC,TBS ABV IBU

106

4.4% 18

PUMPKIN PUMPKIN

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

Seasonal: B,TBS ABV IBU

5% 20

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.5% N/A

PAPER SALESMAN

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E PA L E ALE Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5.6% N/A

OTTAWA

OTTAWA

FLORA HALL BREWING

KICHESIPPI BEER CO.

37 Flora St. | florahallbrewing.ca

866 Campbell Ave. | kbeer.ca

Flora is housed in a former garage-turnedengineering- facility-turned brewery. Owner David Longbottom has carefully preserved numerous historical aspects of the building.

The company takes its name, Kichesippi, from the former name of the Ottawa River, which means “The Great River”. Fittingly, they’ve been brewing great beer locally since 2010.

NORWEGIAN KVEIK

BRISTOL STOUT

PA L E A L E

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.5% 22

ENGLISH ORDINARY BITTER

M I L K S TO U T

ENGLISH-STYLE BITTER Year-round: B ABV IBU

3.5% 30

OTTAWA

WUCHAK BLACK B L A C K I PA

Seasonal: B,LC,TBS ABV IBU

Seasonal: B

4.8% 36

ABV IBU

6% 77

OTTAWA

LOWERTOWN BREWERY

NITA BEER CO.

73 York St. | lowertownbrewery.ca

190 Colonnade Rd., Unit 17 | nitabeer.com

This Byward Market standby makes great beer but also focuses on food (including from their smoker) and events in their York St space.

Fun fact: Head brewer Andy Nita commutes to the brewery (weather permitting) on a skateboard built from recycled beer cans.

TIMBER SLIDE IPA

PINEAPPLE SOUR

I N D I A PA L E A L E

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.8% 56

DARK LAGER DA R K L A G E R

Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.9% 16

F L AV O U R E D K E T T L E SOUR Year-round: B,L,TBS ABV IBU

4.4% 10

OPA

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.5% 75 107

OTTAWA

OTTAWA

OVERFLOW BREWING CO.

2477 Kaladar Ave. | overflowbeer.com

RIDGE ROCK BREWING CO.

421 Donald B. Munro Dr. ridgerockbrewco.ca

With an impressive production space, the focus for Overflow is on events and a rotating selection of local food trucks while they wait for their taproom to be ready to open.

Carp’s easy-going brewpub features a focused food menu to go with their equally tight lineup of beers. Sundays are open mic night.

REARVIEW

AMERICAN PALE ALE

LANDLOCKED

PILSNER

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

5.3% 21

ABV IBU

A M E R I C A N PA L E A L E

BLONDE ALE

Year-round: B

6.7% 60

OTTAWA

BLONDE

ABV IBU

Year-round: B

5% N/A

ABV IBU

5% N/A

OTTAWA

TOOTH AND NAIL BREWERY

VIMY BREWING COMPANY

3 Irving Ave. | toothandnailbeer.com

145 Loretta Ave. N., Unit 1 vimybrewing.ca

Tooth and Nail brews the beer that other brewers drink. Owners Matt and Dayna, met while working at Toronto’s Beerbistro but now call Hintonburg home.

The Sirko brothers travelled the world with the Navy, discovering new beers and flavours in their travels. Their brewery celebrates Canada and its accomplishments.

SUSTENANCE

VIMY CREAM ALE

B E L G I A N - S T Y L E B R OW N ALE WITH SPICES AND FRUIT Seasonal: B ABV IBU

108

7.2% N/A

VIM & VIGOR PILSNER

CREAM ALE Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.2% N/A

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5% 15

VIMY RED RED ALE

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 18

OTTAWA

OTTAWA

WALLER STREET BREWING

WHIPRSNAPR BREWING CO.

14 Waller St. | wallerst.ca

14 Bexley Pl. | whiprsnaprbrewingco.com

Quite possibly the coziest brewery in the province. Custom built in the basement of a stone heritage building, the prohibition-styled space is as warming as the beer.

The taproom and bottle shop at Whiprsnapr has become a community hub for the Bells Corners neighbourhood. Outside food is welcome.

MOONLIGHT PORTER

INUKSHUK CANADIAN IPA

AMERICAN-STYLE P O RT E R Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

JUICE JOINT SOUR

D RY- H O P P E D S O U R SAISON Year-round: B,L

6.3% 50

ABV IBU

5.4% 12

A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA

Year-round: B,TBS ABV IBU

5.5% 55

ROOT OF EVIL LIGHT LAGER

Year-round: B,TBS ABV IBU

4.5% 30

STITTSVILLE

COVERED BRIDGE BREWING

119 Iber Rd., Unit 6 coveredbridgebrewing.com

Every year, the brewery makes a new anniversary barrel-aged beer and a releases batch of the previous year’s anniversary ale, after a year of bottle conditioning.

WALK ON THE MILD SIDE E N G L I S H - S T Y L E

DA R K M I L D Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.1% 20

WITCHES BREW

B L A C K I PA / H A R V E S T ALE Seasonal: B ABV IBU

6.8% 106 109

BEER GROUND To the

The great thing about the next few months is that you’re almost guaranteed a seat in your favourite taproom and no lines in the bottle shop. Here are the new places to check out.

CALABOGIE BREWING Kanata (winter 2018) This Eastern Ontario brewery (maybe the most fun name to say) is opening a second location. Word comes via Canadian Beer News that they’re adding a 7,000-square-feet space at 105 Schneider Rd in Kanata. With Big Rig and Small Pony nearby, it’s becoming a very beer-focussed neighbourhood. @calabogiebrewingco

COWBELL BREWING Blyth (early 2019) Already one of the province’s largest breweries, Cowbell has ambitious expansion plans. They’ve bought out their next door neighbour and plan to use the additional 18,000 square feet for much more packaging capacity and also a craft beer education centre. @cowbellbrewing

GRAND RIVER Cambridge As we reported last issue, one of Ontario’s oldest breweries is no longer for sale.

The familiar stalwart from Cambridge was purchased by Magnotta, one of Ontario’s oldest wine companies. Their plan is to stay the course for the beer lineup and recipes at Grand River. @grandriverbrewing

HIGH PARK BREWERY Toronto The longtime contract brewery is getting set to move into their own home at 839 Runnymede Rd. in Toronto’s west end. While still waiting for permits they did hold an open house on the weekend before Halloween. News also came this summer that they have bought Draught Dodger, another contract brewing brand. @highparkbrewery

MASCOT Etobicoke (winter 2018) The popular downtown brewery has found a new location at 37 Advance Rd. and plans to be open early in 2019. Like Mercer St., they'll have a full bar

and restaurant with two patios and a retail shop featuring Siobhan McPherson's brews. @mascotbrewing

NATTERJACK BREWING West Lorne (autumn 2018) This new brewery in southwestern Ontario, has opened with a mission. It is owned by the parents of Matt Soos, a brewer who passed away in 2015 at the age of 26. The brewery will use Soos’s recipes and will also be donating to a scholarship fund to support brewing students at Niagara College. @natterjackbrewingcompany

RIDGE ROCK BREWERY Carp (autumn 2018) This small town just outside of Ottawa now has a brewpub with its own brewery. The opening lineup ranged from Flower & Farm saison to Diefenbunker Dark.

They’re located at 421 Donald B. Munro Dr. @ridgerockbrewco

STONEPICKER BREWING Lambton Shores (summer 2018) Four partners hung out the open sign on their new brewery outside of Forest, ON, just in time to catch the end of August. Stonepicker is located on Joe and Mary Donkers’ farm and co-owned with Jim and Laura Soetemans. Their deep lineup of styles was developed over several years of homebrewing. @stonepickerbrewingcompany

WESTPORT BREWING Westport (autumn 2018) On Thanksgiving weekend, as millions of Canadians got together with friends and family for a celebratory meal, the folks behind the newest brewery in Eastern Ontario were clinking glasses of their own blonde ale. Brewer Thomas Nelson also makes a German lager and plans to gradually expand their range. @WestportBrew What’d we miss? Send tips on new brewery openings to david@thegrowler.ca. j

MONTHLY ROTATING CASK DRAUGHT

KITCHEN OPEN TIL 2AM

154 Queen St W | @donnellygroup

Some kids don’t get gifts over the holidays.

Drink this beer to change that.

GO O DWI LL L AGE R

Over 18 years Donnelly Group’s employee-led holiday Toy Drive has donated nearly one million dollars worth of gifts and funds to families in need. The year with your help, we’re also giving back $1 from ever y can of Goodwill Lager, available at all of our pubs.

Learn more at donnellygroup.ca/toydrive