The Growler Ontario • Volume 2 Issue 3 • Fall 2019

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O N TA R I O REGIONS COVERED IN THIS ISSUE PUBLISHER Gail Nugent gnugent@thegrowler.ca EDITOR David Ort david@thegrowler.ca CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Crystal Luxmore CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Ted Child Jordan Duff Ben Johnson PRODUCTION & DESIGN MANAGER Tara Rafiq tara@thegrowler.ca PHOTOGRAPHY David Ort COVER ILLUSTRATION Marcus Hynes SOCIAL MEDIA David Ort ADVERTISING Krysta Frederick krysta@thegrowler.ca DISTRIBUTION Craig Sweetman (Newsstand) SUBSCRIPTIONS on.thegrowler.ca/subscribe © The Growler 2019

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NORTHERN & NORTHWEST ONTARIO

MUSKOKA & LAKE SIMCOE // COLLINGWOOD, BRUCE & MANITOULIN HAMILTON, BRANT & WEST GTA CENTRAL WEST & TRI-CITIES

EASTERN ONTARIO & OTTAWA

KAWARTHAS & NORTHUMBERLAND // KINGSTON & PEC NORTH & EAST GTA TORONTO NIAGARA

SOUTHWEST & WINDSOR

Contents

04 UNDER THE INFLUENCE 07 IN THE BOCK OR OUT ON PALE? 08 NORTHERN EXPOSURE 12 BREWER VS BREWER: THE BARREL-AGED EDITION 14 BARROOM LANDSCAPE 17 TRAVEL: CRAFT IN THE COUNTY 20 MICHAEL JACKSON, BEER HUNTER 22 RECIPE: KOJI DRY-AGED GUINEA FOWL 24 ONTARIO BREWERY LISTINGS 122 BEER TO THE GROUND

Breweries by Region 24 TORONTO 40 NORTH & EAST GTA 46 HAMILTON, BRANT & WEST GTA 53 NIAGARA 57 CENTRAL WEST & TRI-CITIES 73 SOUTHWEST // LONDON // WINDSOR & NORTHUMBERLAND // 84 KAWARTHAS KINGSTON & PEC 94 EASTERN ONTARIO & OTTAWA & LAKE SIMCOE // 107 MUSKOKA COLLINGWOOD, BRUCE & MANITOULIN 115 NORTHERN & NORTHWEST ONTARIO Editor’s Note Ontario is packed with driven entrepreneurs and talented beer makers coming together to craft some damn fine brews. New breweries seem to open every week and established ones continue to push themselves to invent new offerings to keep us satiated.

But it can sometimes feel like a struggle to get to the latest and greatest in Ontario craft beer.

One challenge is the sheer size of our province. I haven’t visited all of the Northern Ontario breweries, so I’m happy to see Crystal Luxmore has a guide to them (pg. 8). Also, Jordan St. John takes a look at how bar owners are building mini-empires (pg. 14) to get more of the good stuff into our hands.

And Ben Johnson goes over to the dark side to see how social media has been corrupted (pg. 4) but could still, with a little work, be a force for good beer.

As well, breweries are seeing online ordering for home delivery as a solution for connecting with both die-hard fans and the curious dabblers. So, we added a new icon to our brewery directory (pg. 24) so that you can tell who sells on the web.

But, if you’re like me, you’ll want to join our old-school, in-person tour of Prince Edward County (pg. 17). Plus: fall colours!

That’s just a preview of the great writing and lovely design we have crammed into this late-summer issue. Cheers!

—David Ort, editor

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

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

Availability

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

Suggested Glassware STANGE Kolsch Alt Gose

PILSNER Lager Pilsner Witbier

NONIC PINT

Pale ale Stout and porter Most ales, actually

WEIZEN

Hefeweizen Weizenbock American wheat

TULIP

Saison Double IPA Strong ales

GOBLET

Dubbel Belgian strong Tripel

SNIFTER

Barley wine Quad Anything funky

Social media platforms, and the proverbial influencers, are changing how we find out about new craft beers—and probably not for the better.

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by Ben Johnson

here was a point in time, the early aughts perhaps, when it seemed like the prevalence of social media was something that was changing the world for the better. Like no other time in history, we had access to virtually all the world’s information, Twitter seemed to be helping spread democracy across the globe, Facebook was simultaneously letting us connect with one another 24/7 and giving a voice to the marginalized. The possibilities for achievement seemed limitless.

But then we over did it. We’ve since learned that disinformation can be spread just as fast as actual information, our newfound digital democracy cleared the way for demented despots to dominate our collective conscious, and there is now virtually

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no limit to the amount of fucking invites to improv shows and amateur concerts I receive.

The movement to give everyone a voice and share virtually all information all the time has of course had many casualties (see: America, United States of ), and so it’s not all that surprising that the beer world has not been spared. Yes, on the one hand, the prevalence of social media has allowed small, independent companies to affordably share their stories and their brands and, as a result, craft beer has chipped away at a landscape formerly dominated entirely by behemoth industrial breweries..

But on the other hand, the newly-amplified conversation about beer has…kind of ruined everything.

Because social media has created an atmosphere where virtually all content exists as a sort of attention-deficit version of what it once was, we don’t have any time for anything — and that includes good criticism. In the digital age, no one seems to have the patience or inclination to digest considered commentary on any topic, and so when it comes to thoughtful discussion on beer, the chatter has become even more scarce.

An example: I have occasional tendencies toward masochism and, when they surface, I find myself looking at beer-related Reddit subs. On one such perusal, I read a post where a redditor called writers who were considering larger issues related to the beer industry in Ontario “insufferable.”

All the PeterHoppingtail86 (or something like that) really wanted was to know was “what new beer is out there?” Someone had actually taken the time to write about larger themes shaping the craft beer industry, but people, like this guy, are either too busy or too inundated with content to engage actual criticism and literally just want pictures of new beer.

The result of this need for lowest-common-denominator “news” has, of course, led to a predictable end result: Suddenly, everyone thinks their opinion matters. When no one really gives a shit who has the best information or who wrote the best article about a certain topic, all that really stands out is who was first, who has a bigger audience, or who presented their point of view in the flashiest way possible. Suddenly, the voices leading the conversation have shifted.

It’s not just the quality of beer criticism that’s deteriorated, it might just be the beer, too. what a rare and beautiful thing it is that you’re holding a print publication that pays for beer writing (subscribe today, please)? The concept of “beer criticism” in 2019 has largely been replaced with Instagram posts, vaguely-toxic reddit threads, rarely updated websites, and unedited Youtube videos of people drinking beer they got for free and calling it a review.

And I know, coming from someone who has been writing about beer for almost a decade, this might all seem a little Old Man Yells at Cloud, but I’d argue it’s not just the quality of beer criticism that’s deteriorated, it might just be the beer, too.

Just as influencers have realized how easy is to get free shit in pursuit of followers and likes, brewers have realized it is a cheap and easy marketing ploy to simply send beer to people who are already happily over-sharing online.

And I can’t say I blame them. The cost of sending a beer to @MaltyMary420 is minimal and the potential that she will take a picture with your beer in it and share it with a couple thousand

Enter, the Beer Influencer.

As soon as people figured out that you don’t actually need to put thought into a considered review, you don’t need to engage the owners of breweries, take time to interview the people who actually make beer, or taste and sample beer (let alone visit a brewery) with a critical eye, there came a shit storm of people to fill the void. Every alcoholic with an Instagram account, boozer with a decent Twitter following, or craft beer fan with 30 minutes to set up a YouTube channel now fancies him or herself a tastemaker and, as a result, the critical landscape is basically a wasteland.

Newspapers laid off critics—do you even know a mainstream media outlet with a dedicated drinks person or restaurant critic anymore? — and beer magazines closed up shop. Do you have any idea

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followers is high, so why not? Whereas, even five years ago, sending a beer to say, author Jordan St. John might have earned you a public tongue lashing if you sent him a sub-par lager on an evening he found himself with some time to write in his blog. Today, brewers can ship a dozen cans of their new release to twitterati bros or scantily-clad instarones and there is virtually zero chance of anyone taking a critical stance of the product.

And if someone like St. John does opt to wax poetic on the shortcomings of the beer? Not to worry, few people will take the time to even read anything over 500 words and, instead your beer will be readily hash-tagged with the #excitement at having received free product and you’ll get fomo-inducing images of your product shared across the internet for the cost of half a case of beer.

But this has of course created a sort of negative feedback loop.

Brewers send a sub-par beer to “influencers” and it gets the same dutiful “Look what I’m drinking!” treatment that every other beer gets, so the brewer can infer that the beer is objectively good, and they keep making it. The alternative is that someone with an actual opinion about a beer dares to voice such an opinion and jeopardizes their access to free shit, so they don’t. Because influencers trade on the currency of being likable (they literally gauge performance based on “likes”), being negative puts that currency in jeopardy: If they don’t get free shit, they don’t get likes, and if they don’t get likes, they stop getting free shit, so it is of paramount importance to remain likable.

The result is that no one is offering up real criticism anymore. Brewers reward mediocre social media efforts, mediocre social media efforts are rewarded with the desired traffic, and the cycle repeats itself, pushing the industry toward mediocrity.

Of course, there is a cure and it’s called disclosure.

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There are still some voices on social media who are engaging both their audience and the industry they cover with fairness and transparency. Increasingly, they are the only people I bother to talk to.

So, if you actively follow “beer people” on social media, seek out those who disclose.

If you want to read the work of critics who conduct themselves with integrity look to those who let you know when they are being plied with freebies. If someone is at a dinner hosted by a brewery and the brewery paid for the ticket or meal or drinks, it should be acknowledged so that followers can take the praise for the spinach dip and dutiful hash-tagging with a grain of salt.

"PS - I got this shit for free" goes a long way to building trust.

Beware those who seem to gleefully post the free shit they got without much commentary. It is definitely fun, in the beginning at least, to have a brewery send you free beer in the mail (it’s free beer, what could be more fun?), but that really shouldn’t be what motivates any one to take to their digital soapbox.

If you’re avoiding writing negative stuff that beer drinkers would want to hear because you’re worried it will jeopardize your next “beer mail” delivery, just throw your laptop in a lake and never write anything again because you don’t deserve a public forum any way.

And, breweries, you’ll be better off in the long term if you kick the nasty habit of rotating your freebies through the latest glommers-on. Work with reviewers with integrity and experience and you’ll get more than cheap likes and momentary screen time.

Part of the craft beer anthem is that we’re choosing something more substantial than fizzy corn water marketed with bikinis and patriotic platitudes about beavers.

Let’s put the same consideration into how we talk about craft beer. j

In the Bock or Out on Pale?

A Growler Guide to

(PROBABLY) ORIGINAL BEER NAMES Through bad luck and misadventure, a few craft breweries have landed in hot water recently. Their mistake? Using a beer name that was already taken. So, we’re lending a hand by reviving the ancient Growler tradition of coming up with top-notch beer names. This time, we put our thinking-slashjester caps on to ponder German-style bock and the ever-popular pale ale.

BOCK NEW KIDS ON THE BOCK ROCK AROUND THE BOCK JOHN HAN-BOCK YACKITY YACK, DON’T BOCK BACK IT’S BEER O’BOCK SOMEWHERE BOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS TAKING BOCK OF MY LIFE PETER BOCK AS COLUMBO IGNEOUS BOCK BOCK, PAPER, SCISSORS FRAGGLE BOCK THE KING OF BOCK ‘N’ ROLL BOCK-EYE PIERCE BOCK WITH YAN STEPHEN LEA-BOCK TOMA-BOCK CHOP BORN OUT OF WED-BOCK PUBLICLY TRADED BOCK MAMA ALWAYS SAID LIFE IS LIKE A BOCK OF CHOCOLATES I’LL BE BOCK SHER-BOCK HOLMES JOHAN SEBASTIAN BOCK HOLY HAND GRENADE OF ANTI-BOCK THE SOVIET BOCK ELECTROBOCK THERAPY

PALE ALE YOU’VE GOT PALE ALE OREGON PALE MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY PALE RIDE THE PALES PALE ORDER CATALOGUE FLORENCE NIGHTINGPALE WHEN ALL YOU HAVE IS A HAMMER, EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE A PALE I DIDN’T IN-PALE IT JUST AN OLD WIVES’ PALE THAT’S 92 ON THE FAHRENHEIT PALE ECONOMIES OF PALE CHEQUE’S IN THE PALE MOP AND PALE BRIDAL PALE PALE HIM TO THE CROSS THIS MAP IS NOT TO PALE FINGER ON THE PALE THE PALE-MAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE A LITTLE RE-PALE THERAPY

northern Exposure We find out about the craft beer coming from Ontario’s most northerly breweries

by Crystal Luxmore

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orthern Ontario is a place where people where camo for moose hunting, not for fashion. Majestic pine and cedar forests blanket a gently rolling, rocky landscape criss-crossed by rivers and streams all feeding into some of the coldest, freshwater lakes in the world. It’s a stunning region home to outdoor enthusiasts who drink a lot of beer, and also to almost 20 craft breweries, most of which opened up in the last five years.

The autumn—bug-free, crisp and awash in ambers, yellows and reds, is the best time of year to visit. These craft breweries are farflung—it’s a 17-hour drive from North Bay to Thunder Bay, but Porter Airlines flies to Thunder Bay and Timmins on the regular.

All you need now is a plan to harness that inspiration. Here’s a snapshot of what to drink and what to do for beer lovers up north this fall.

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Lake of the Woods, Kenora Think of Lake of the Woods as the Muskoka of the North. It’s full of cabins and lodges and is a playground for Winnipegers, Minnesotans and Ontarians alike. The friendly craft brewery of the same name is at the heart of it all, recently opening a new brewery in Warroad, Minnesota, and about to open another in Winnipeg.

Drink: Forgotten Lake Blueberry Ale is a legend among Northwesterners for its wild blueberry aroma and deceptive easy drinkability for a 7.1% ABV count. Or try the new Channel Marker Lite, a citra lager clocking in at a respectable 4%.

Do: This isolated region is chock-full of wildlife and tranquility. Book a local cabin and get thee in a canoe. Celebrate Oktoberfest at Lake of the Woods’ own street party October 5.

Sleeping Giant Brewery, Thunder Bay Named for the tabletop mountain jutting out into Lake Superior that looks like, you guessed it, a sleeping giant, Thunder Bay’s first craft brewery is a social engine of the city.

Drink: Northern Logger golden ale, voted Thunder Bay’s Best Beer 2019 by culture magazine Walleye, this bready, kölsch-style ale has subtle stone fruit notes. Brewer’s Pick: Beaver Duck session IPA, which is now rolling out to LCBO locations and Beer Stores across Ontario.

Do: Wake the Giant Music Festival celebrates a movement to make Thunder Bay welcoming and inclusive to Indigenous people, it’s on September 14 and features July Talk, Metric and electro-pop artist, Wolf Saga. On October 5, raise a stein in the brewery’s packed taproom at its 7th Annual Oktoberfest.

Dawson Trail Craft Brewery, Thunder Bay Thunder Bay’s second craft brewery was opened in 2016 by two homebrewers who named it for the nearby Old Dawson Trail, a trade route from Thunder Bay to Manitoba.

Drink: Locals love Border Run, a balanced cream ale. The owner’s pick: low-IBU IPAs like Out Bae’s Haze, a double-dry hopped beauty.

Do: Play pinball and arcade games in the taproom.

Full Beard Brewing Company, Timmins Opened in January 2017, Full Beard is already cranking out a mix of IPAs, easy-drinking pale ales and classics at full capacity. One block down from Main Street, the steel and wood taproom has board games, a chalkboard full of rotating beers and friendly, down-to-earth service.

ABOVE: The impressive taproom at Full Beard has become a Timmins hang-out for board games and pale ales.

BOTTOM LEFT: Growlers are a popular option — even if you're not heading out a canoe trip — for to-go beer from Dawson Trail in Thunder Bay. Supplied photos

Drink: Master of Beta, an unfiltered session IPA explodes with tropical and citrus fruits on the nose, and finishes brisk and clean. Don’t miss The Banks of Mattagami, a smooth, nutty brown ale with an espresso finish.

Do: Take to Mattagami River for the 11th Annual Great Canadian Kayak Challenge & Festival August 23-25th. Or pack a picnic lunch and head 45 minutes east to Kettle Lakes Provincial Park for a day hike.

Compass Brewing, Timmins Opened a few months after Full Beard, Compass Brewing was founded by four Timmins miners and long-time homebrewers, Kevin Patriquin, Corey McLister, Mael Girard and Joel Bradette who built the brewery on their time off from their mine shifts. The beers nod to the lumberjacks and miners at the heart of the city. The trio makes beers they couldn’t easily find in Timmins like grisettes, IPAs and sours.

Drink: La Grisette Belgian Blonde—a unique beer style for Northern Ontario with a lightly fruity Belgian yeast strain and a bready backbone.

Do: Hit up Kapuskasing Beer Fest September 13-14 to sip brews from a dozen breweries, cideries and distilleries. Or grab tickets to a Timmins Rock NHL Junior A Hockey game at the McInytre Arena and head to the mezzanine for a pint of Compass.

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Do: The Soo is a big hub for cyclists—check out Crank the Shield, a massive three-day backcountry bike race in August where Outspoken beer will be flowing.

Northern Superior Brewing Company, Sault Ste. Marie

ABOVE: Compass is the product of four Timmins homebrewers realising their dream. Supplied photo

Stack Brewing, Sudbury One of the first breweries to open in northern Ontario, Stack launched in “The Big Nickel” (a former nickel-mining town with the iconic tourist attraction) in 2013 and has been steadily expanding, opening a second location in July. The new location is home to the main brewhouse and a smokehouse restaurant run by award-winning chef duo, Nicolas Gignac and Jessica Roy. Stack offers a mix of easy-drinking brews like Nickel City, a light lager, and Saturday Night cream ale which are complemented by the bolder flavours in its Sour Series.

Drink: Last Bite pumpkin porter, a roasty, spiced porter made with tons of pumpkin. Or try an altbier, Stack’s Impact is a crisp, earthy brown ale with whispers of toffee.

Do: Visit the new brewery and taproom for lunch or dinner. Say hello to beavers and learn about how Sudbury is reforesting scarred mining lands at Science North, before taking a deep dive underground through old mine shafts and a guided tour of the Big Nickel (wear a sweater!).

Outspoken Brewing Company, Sault Ste. Marie This charming brewery opened in a 1930’s building downtown in the Soo, helped revitalize historic Queen Street. Local thirst led them to expand within three years of opening—that means more tanks, a canning line and tasting room in 2017.

Drink: Split Shot extra pale ale, the brewery’s biggest seller and a gateway craft beer for BudLight-loving locals.

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You’ll find the town’s second craft brewery in the Bushplane Heritage Centre. The brewery pays tribute to the 100-year history of brewing in Sault Ste. Marie, the last brewery in town, the Northern Brewing Company, operated until 2006.

Drink: Try the Northern Superior, a clean lager that veteran brewers from the old Northern Brewing add a dash of salt to before drinking, like in the old days. Or try Northern 55, a toasty Marzen lager perfect for fall.

Do: Visit the cozy taproom and then head next door for a Beaver Tail.

New Ontario Brewing, North Bay Housed in a bright, busy red taproom along the Trans-Canada Highway, New Ontario Brewing was named for North Bay’s former brewery which operated from 1907 to 1915. Opened in 2015, the brewery is a hub of the city thanks to its support for local fundraisers and businesses.

Drink: The popular Treetopper red ale has subtle notes of toffee and caramel with bold citrusy hops, and the Edwards Pumpkinhands brown ale is eagerly awaited by locals every fall.

Do: Party on Main Street in August for the city’s Block Party headlined by The Dirty Nil and featuring a number of Northern Ontario craft breweries.

Gateway City Brewing, North Bay Founded in 2018, brewmaster John Palko brings years of experience to the tanks as former head brewer at Jasper Craft Brewing.

Drink: Twiggs Fire Tower, an English dark mild conditioned with coffee from local roastery Twiggs. It’s only available in the taproom or at Twigg’s four coffee houses. Brewer’s Pick: Lookout IPA, a single-hopped series — #4 will employ New World German hops and be out this fall.

Do: Take in some open-air blues on Sept. 6 at the Gateway City Brewery Bluesfest on Main Street. j

BREWER vs.

BREWER THE BARREL-AGED EDITION

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Words and photos by David Ort

ntario’s craft beer industry continues to grow and—more strikingly—the quality of beer manages to go up year after year.

Ottawa has a distinct beer culture; London is a hub for new breweries; and PEC is suddenly a destination for craft beer fans.

But, in some ways, Toronto’s west end, especially around the Junction, was where Ontario’s top-quality breweries started to cluster together.

To get a sense of how the area has changed, what that means for beer in general and what’s exciting at their breweries, we sat down with Stéphane Dubois of Bandit and Jordan Rainhard of, you guessed it, Rainhard for a beer-fuelled conversation.

GROWLER: Can you give me a sense of how you got to be running a brewery?

DUBOIS: After Shehzad and I had decided to open a brewery, we spent six months looking for a place. We really loved the area and it is way better than what we thought we could find.

RAINHARD: Your building is attached to the Beer Store there, right? Did they have any concerns?

DUBOIS: No we didn’t even talk about that. [The Beer Store people] were super nice because we don’t really compete. Maybe now we compete a little bit. Now there is more craft beer at the Beer Store, but then, no. We stored some hops in their fridge before we had our own cold storage.

How about you? How did you get into brewing?

RAINHARD: Like you, it was homebrewing.

That was my start. When I started in 2009, I used to say to family and friends that I was really into beer. I cared about beer and I loved talking about beer. My father made beer and my grandparents did, too.

My earliest beer memory is of going with my dad to the u-brew store in Brampton and I used to hate the smell of the hops. I was really young.

My wife brought back some really good double IPAs from the US and I thought, “wow this is really hoppy, interesting and I like this.”

That’s what piqued my interest in brewing because there wasn’t anything like that around in Ontario.

I watched a bunch of video on YouTube and that’s how I learned to brew. The rest is history because one thing led to another.

GROWLER: I want to ask about barrel aging beer. You’ve both committed to that pretty strong-

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We’re really trying to build a programme so that we can be blending different stuff into the small barrels and always have two different types of sours in the foeders.

—Jordan Rainhard

ly and renovated your breweries to accommodate barrels. Why? DUBOIS: At the end of the day you have to make the beer you want to drink. It’s much more enjoyable that way.

RAINHARD: Did you get more space?

DUBOIS: Yes, we pushed a wall and have reorganized. A bit of a downside of being a brewpub is that when you do renovations the kitchen has to close.

We don’t have the new barrels yet but we should be up to 40 barrels. With 20 we can do some blending but with 40 it will be even more fun.

GROWLER: Obviously, barrels have been a big part of brewing at Rainhard.

RAINHARD: Uh, yeah. Started with bourbon barrels. That was kinda our thing for a while because of what got me brewing stouts was a beer I had from Great Lakes. It was from their Project X series and it was a bourbon-barrel-aged stout in Buffalo Trace barrels. I bought it on a whim when I was looking for Karma Citra and they had nothing left but this one stout. Opened it, it was amazing.

different types of sours that we’re going to have in the foeders. It took a bit of time to learn.

GROWLER: How much management is there between batches of barrel-aged beer?

RAINHARD: For us? Too much. We wasted a lot of product on commercial pitches of lacto, pedio or brett only to not pay attention to where we were storing our barrels.

GROWLER: Do you guys get much of a chance to drink other people’s beer?

RAINHARD: Stéphane, when you visit a brewery do you judge it by its IPA? DUBOIS: Well, IPAs tend to be the first, second...and third beer I have. j This is a pared-back version of our conversation. Find the rest at on.thegrowler.ca/bvb6

When I opened the brewery I said we’re going to get our foot in and then we’re going to get some barrels.

And then we started drinking the sours that were going around the city—and Bellwoods was a big part of that because they were actually doing it right.

Recently, we took a step back and evaluated. We’re down to a couple dozen barrels and our two main foeders. So, we’re really trying to build a programme so that we can be blending different stuff into the small barrels and always have the two

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Barroom Landscape We find out how bar owners with a few locations are making it a whole lot easier to find our favourite brews

by Jordan St. John

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t’s hard out there for craft breweries. Market saturation is a real problem. With LCBO shelves at a premium and some breweries having to focus on taproom sales, adding craft beer bars seems like a potential solution.

Despite the obvious demand, the big, established chains of pubs and sports bars, with more than ten locations, tend to focus on large-brewery beers— they have relationships to maintain and don’t want to mess with a working system.

Sitting in the Woodlawn Public House just after Christmas last year, I was struck by its success.

John Oakes of the Harbord House in Toronto has managed to expand the Canadiana-inspired pub to three locations including two in midtown; previously something of a wasteland. He’s not the only one building an empire. I set out to discover what difficulties entrepreneurs face when they begin to build a chain of pubs.

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Location, location, location The restaurant business is fickle and turnover is high. The majority of restaurants will not see two years in business, let alone five. The good news is that there’s always the potential to expand into a turnkey space. The bad news is that it’s fairly likely the space’s previous business closed because they couldn’t make a go of it.

“We’re like lawyers chasing an ambulance,” says Eric Jordan, owner of The John (formerly The Jim) at Dufferin and Bloor.

Jordan, whose experience includes several years at Casino Niagara and Duke’s Refresher, is in the middle of an enormous expansion with three new locations nearing completion this summer, and more planned.

The first, on College Street, replaces Coq of the Walk, an Absintherie — that one was perhaps too

niche to survive anywhere for long. The second and third locations replace KT Bar and Aft on Queen Street, west of Broadview. “This time of year, places are going belly up,” he says. “We were going to space out the openings, but we got a really good deal.”

Each address comes with its own difficulties.

Consider Bar Hop’s third location, just east of Pape and Danforth, which seems to suffer from a lack of foot traffic when compared to the King and Peter Street locations. In the case of a larger chain, like Calgary-based Craft Beer Market’s Toronto location, a new space might have to be created at great expense. “We converted a bank to a restaurant, in a downtown tower that didn’t have the infrastructure for a restaurant. So it took far more time and money than expected.” says owner PJ L’Heureux.

ABOVE: This wall at Craft Beer Market in downtown Toronto proudly displays the kegs from the bar's vast and rotating selection of breweries. Supplied photo

Renovation Failing restaurant spaces go downhill faster in terms of cleanliness than a first-year dorm room.

It may be necessary to remove carpets that have absorbed a decade of spilled beer or to completely gut a badly maintained kitchen where everything is covered by a thick coating of grease.

In a best case scenario, the space is practically turnkey, and all it needs is the proverbial coat of paint and armful of knick-knacks—coordinated with the chain’s existing theme, of course. In the case of the Woodlawn Public House, the commonality with the original location is the low-key Canadiana vibe; you get the comfort of the cottage with a little bit of urban sophistication thrown into the mix. The previous inhabitants had preferred a faux-tudor look, while the updated decor of the Woodlawn lends the space an updated, urbane feel.

All of our locations have rotating taps, but in Toronto, we have rotating rotators.

—Joanna Britton, Craft Beer Market

The aesthetic is key, even when you start from scratch. It has to stretch across the chain. “I believe it is really important to retrofit the room to make our brand stand out. We could have spent less ... but we wanted the overall feel to be warm and inviting, so adding wood cladding to the ceiling, and exposing the character of the building was very important to us,” says Craft’s PJ L’Heureux.

In the worst case scenario, there’s a significant retrofit. “We pulled seven-and-a-half dumpsters of stuff out of the basement of the original location,” says Eric Jordan. “There were computers still in their boxes from years ago.”

Bill of fare Regardless of the condition of the space when it’s occupied, you need taplines. Whether it’s a simple half-dozen or over a hundred, the necessity is the same: New hardware, new keg fridge, new lines.

It’s the kind of technical difficulty that can cause delays, and even after that you still have to meet the demands of the neighbourhood, customizing each location to a specific vibe.

“All of our locations have rotating taps, but in Toronto, we have rotating rotators,” says Joanna Britton, who oversees Craft’s Toronto and Ottawa locations. The demand for novelty is greater than in other markets. Ottawa’s demands are different.

“We used to mandate monthly brewmaster’s

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dinners at every location. Ottawa doesn’t have as many breweries, and fewer of them are brewpubs, so there’s more interest in that.”

The brewmaster’s dinners give the kitchen staff an opportunity to play because each location is too large to offer feature specials. The menu fits Craft’s vision of sustainability, featuring Oceanwise-approved seafood, Beretta Farms beef, and local produce when available.

Sometimes the ethos is driven from an individual direction. “I think I’m the best customer and I asked where would I go? I want the best beer and the best food, and I want to be comfortable,” says Eric Jordan. “Everyone has to be comfortable. I want a single woman to be able to read a book at the bar.”

This has led The John to simplify in a way that opens their doors more widely. For example, all of the beers on draught and in cans are the same price, offering real bargains to the aficionado without gouging those with simpler tastes. While the daily specials frequently feature game meats, nearly everything on the menu can be customized as vegetarian or vegan. “Each one is individual, but no matter which location, you’re still going to get that John experience.”

Each one is individual, but no matter which location, you’re still going to get that John experience.

—Eric Jordan, The John

The strengths Negotiating with a chain may seem like a losing proposition for small brewers, but there are definitely advantages. Each Craft location collaborates on a philanthropic community brew monthly with a local brewery, and that can be useful for R&D. Blood Brothers’ Cactus Head double-dryhopped IPA started out as one in Toronto. From a volume sales standpoint, it represents a significant expansion of what’s possible. The John chain will have 150 taps across four locations by the end of this summer.

There’s also the question of stability. In a larger company, each location of the business can help to keep new ones afloat as they get up and running and establish themselves in the neighbourhood.

That stability allows growth for the chain and also for the careers of the people that work for it. Employees have the potential for career advancement at new locations, taking on more responsibility.

“We’re all industry lifers. Some of us 10 or 20 years. We’re bringing in staff we know from previous jobs,” says Eric Jordan.

You’d be surprised at how many bars and restaurants have been blacklisted by craft breweries for not paying their bills. Doing business with the solid, growing operations can be a relief.

That goes for the consumer, too. It’s confidence to walk into a bar and know that the staff will be trained, the selection of beer will be interesting, and the ambiance will be familiar. Not everything needs to be a challenge. j

Having so many locations with a shared focus on great beer means that The John can dig more deeply into a particular brewery's catalogue, like they have here with Collective Arts out of Hamilton. Joe Frontel photo

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Jenny Thompson photo

Why PEC is the perfect place to unwind with Ontario’s soaring craft beer scene

by David Ort

I

feel sorry for travel agents trying to hawk flights and all-inclusive packages to Ontarians at this time of year. From late summer, through until after Thanksgiving our always-beautiful province is at its very best.

Whether you want to take the kids with you (and sneak in a few brewery visits between the hay-wagon rides and apple picking) or are planning a beer-fuelled getaway for two, Prince Edward County is a top-class destination.

Geographically, it’s a headland—looks a bit like an island but is connected to the mainland by a thin strip—on Lake Ontario’s north shore that is halfway between Toronto and Ottawa. And in proper Ontario fashion, it has a non-standard political system: technically, it’s one city (of just 24,000 people spread over a whopping 1,000 square kilometres) with about ten wards.

Far simpler to think of it under the historical organization: Picton is the main town with a tourist bent, Bloomfield is the arts-and-crafts village

and once-sleepy Wellington is a magnet for new restaurants. Everywhere else has the friendly, rural personality common in Loyalist country.

Give some thought to how you’re going to get between stops. You could get in a few breweries with under 25 km of cycling. Or when the weather cools off, a designated driver or an organized tour company like Rides with John are the preferred options. There are cabs but you may have to wait or book ahead. In any case, don’t drink and drive.

Even more than other parts of Ontario, the County has enjoyed a recent wave of new breweries that present a wide range of beer styles and are tightly focussed on quality brewing.

Gillingham Brewery

Just open this year, Gillingham feels very much like it belongs in Prince Edward County. Perched on the vineyard Andrew Gillingham’s family owns, the beer has a strong connection to his and his wife, Christine’s, family.

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LEFT: Both inside and out, Gillingham has a been-here-forever vibe that belies its youth. George Amaro photo. RIGHT: A flight is the perfect way to get a handle on the awesome range of beer at Parsons. David Ort photo

So, for instance, Dave ESB (5.9% ABV) is a refreshing, malt-forward take on the style that’s named for and designed to please both of their dads. Andrew combines his homebrewing background with his experience as a creative director.

That means different iterations of a concept—such as wide-ranging interpretations for the Howlett IPA (about 6.5% ABV)—are to be expected.

At the same time, Parsons makes Crushable (5% ABV), one of the best and most approachable pilsners in the province. Oh and they also have a bit of a stout obsession with standouts like Devil’s Right Hand – The Son (8.5% ABV) which gets its character from time spent in whisky barrels from nearby distillery, Kinsip.

As we get even further into autumn, my bet is that their back patio will be one of the best spots to enjoy the waning warm weather. And while you’re in Hillier, check out Flossie’s Sandwich Parlor and Sugarbush Winery, both just down the road.

Get in a visit to the beer garden before the snow flies for a relaxing, easy-does-it drinking experience. The Argentinian-style asado grill lends a South American vibe to the food programme that ranges from grilled flatbread with chimichurri aioli ($11) to the gaucho burger ($19).

Parsons

Matron Fine Beer

Across the County and just outside of Picton, Parsons is the brewery with a gold-plated reputation among craft connoisseurs. That was earned with outstanding brews like Noice (8.1% ABV) a double IPA bursting with a tropical cocktail of aromas and flavours from six exotic hop varieties.

Or there’s Sunkissed (7.5% ABV) a beer that’s made with 30% wine from their own pinot noir and chardonnay grapes.

Things tend to the extremely relaxed at PEC’s newest brewery, tucked down a country lane outside of Bloomfield. The renovated former warehouse has just the right amount of polish to make it the perfect spot for a lazy mid-afternoon tasting session.

Beer options centre on their standbys like Janky IPA (6% ABV) that strikes a fine balance between a clear, medium-malt body and fine hop notes on the nose and in the background.

Co-founders and vets of Stone City Ales in Kingston, Mallory Jones and Justin da Silva (plus Jes Nettleton) see the rest of Matron’s beers keeping a tight focus on refined styles from the farmhouse-style catalogue.

Say hi and save an ear-scratch for Rhubarb, Matron’s friendly brewery dog.

Midtown Brewing The former meatpacking plant gave the founders of Midtown plenty of space to work with. David Ort photo

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Without picking favourites, I think it’s fair to say that Midtown might be the most balanced all-rounder. That means the brewpub, built into

a former meatpacking plant offers everything from an old woodstove to a skateboard ramp outside.

The beer programme, led by co-owner Paul “Spike” Lees, has a noticeable British lean that reflects his childhood in Manchester. That means they do a UK-style IPA (5% ABV) with more copper malt character than is strictly typical these days and also a dry Irish stout (4.2% ABV) that swings heavier than its test indicates.

Save a big spot in your eating schedule for chef Neil Dowson’s food. From chicken schnitzel ($20) to fish ‘n’ chips ($17) it manages to be both unpretentious and of top-notch quality.

Given they’re a community cornerstone, it’s no surprise that Midtown has a “pay it forward” board so that customers can buy each other a pint of beer in absentia.

Where Else to Visit

A quick glance at a map makes the County look like an island sticking out into Lake Ontario. It’s easier to get to than most islands but enjoying the lake is a must-do while there. Walking amongst the picturesque dunes at Sandbanks Provincial Park, especially near sunset, should be high on your list.

Like Niagara, PEC started its recent career as a culinary destination with wine — thanks, guys, we’ll take it from here. Kidding aside, there are a few really interesting wineries that stand out from a crowd of winners.

Rosehall Run and Closson Chase specialize in the cool weather grapes—mainly pinot noir and riesling—that Ontario’s climate is built to produce. The Grange is our good-value pick for County wine to go with the country chic atmosphere. Hinterland is the place for clean and crisp sparkling wines—plus they took a crack at making beer, so there’s a kinship here. And Lighthall makes their own cheese to go with a pleasant lineup of light-touch wines.

Getting to PEC

I love finding ways to get out from behind the wheel, but driving really is the easiest route to the County. (There is a VIA station in Belleville but it’s about a $50 cab ride the rest of the way to Picton, Bloomfield or Wellington.)

The southern half of the area, in particular, offers plenty of scenic spots and reasons to pull over and take in the view.

Where to Stay

Bed-and-breakfasts and rental properties were the established go-to until the Drake made PEC their weekend home. First it was the Drake Devonshire on the lakefront in Wellington (opened in 2014) and it has now been joined by the Drake Motor Inn. This is a stylish and very modernized take on the highway motel concept with an app for checking in and the Drake’s trademark, hip-retro aesthetic. Plus, it’s about 25 steps from Midtown Brewing so there’s no need worry how you’re getting home after your last pint.

Speaking of cheese—even better with beer— Fifth Town Artisan Cheese is a world-class producer located out on the eastern side of the County. They take an environmentally respectful approach (Platinum LEED-certified since 2009) to fermenting local goat, cow and water buffalo milk. Their Isabirra is a cow’s milk cheese soaked in dark beer.

In the same neck of the woods, the County Cider Company is a longstanding favourite for its namesake drink and Kinsip is one of the most interesting new distilleries in Ontario. And, of course, there are several more breweries to visit, include Prince Eddy’s, 555 Brewing and Strange Brewing, spread throughout the area's backroads and main thoroughfares.

Farmers’ produce stands, craft stores and antique shops are pretty easy to find, with slightly more in artsier Bloomfield.

And if you didn’t cover off your dining needs at one of the breweries, Sand and Pearl Raw Bar is the place for all things briny. Plus, spots like Ponodoro are great for a full meal. j

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Michael Jackson: The Beer Writer Who Changed the World I

by Ted Child

f you were given the unenviable task of picking the single most important person to modern beer, it might seem odd that it is a writer’s name rather than a brewer or brewery founder’s that you keep coming back to. Yet outside of, say, Josef Groll, who invented the modern pale lager in 1842, or maybe Sierra Nevada founder Ken Grossman, the person who is undeniably essential to all things beer today is writer and critic Michael Jackson. The King of Pop…ular barley-based beverages, if you will.

Jackson was born in 1942 in the English county of Yorkshire and raised in the Leeds area. At the age of 16, he would drop out of school to become a journalist. Having tasted beer for the first time when he was 15, one of Jackson’s first gigs as an underage journalist was a column about the history of and his impression of English pubs called “This is Your Pub,” an idea he himself had pitched to his editor.

For the next 20 years, Jackson would have a successful career as a journalist, including editing magazines and working as a TV investigative

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No one has done more to legitimize beer than writer Michael Jackson. His seminal work, The World Guide to Beer, helped spark the craft beer revolution.

reporter and producer. Maybe most importantly, he and two others founded a publishing company focusing on illustrated books called Quarto. When another writer was a no-show for a proposed book on the English pub, Jackson stepped in and wrote it.

The English Pub, published in 1975, like the namesake establishments, is charming and full of history. Jackson knew his subject matter very well, even down to the history of the images on the sign outside the door or how English religious and political changes affected the names on those signs.

One other thing that becomes very clear while reading The English Pub, something that would be essential to the rest of his life, was that Michael Jackson was a very good writer.

The next year Jackson would put his skill to work on the book that would change his life and beer forever, The World Guide to Beer. Inspired by Hugh Johnson’s The World Atlas of Wine, Jackson decided to do the same thing for beer. The World Guide to Beer was a landmark in modern beer writing for many reasons. Back in 1977, writers did not talk nor write about beer in the same way they did about wine, something we take for granted now. By writing that one should taste beer in a similar way that one tastes and judges wine, Jackson changed that.

Maybe even more importantly, by creating a system of beer styles by which to judge and understand the many different kinds of unique beer in the world, Jackson single-handedly created the beer judge/critic, a role he himself would spend the rest of his life being the most famous example of.

The World Guide to Beer was also incredibly important to the current state of modern beer for the effect it would have on two vastly different beer cultures. It was sometime in the late 1960s that “one weekend in Belgium changed my life,” according to Jackson.

But that beer epiphany, something all beer geeks can relate to, was inspired by a beer culture that was in danger of going extinct. The unique and idiosyncratic beers and beer styles of Belgium were slowly disappearing. Family-owned breweries closed up shop as aging brewers retired or died, and the flood of pale lagers rolled in. Jackson—who would write extensively about Belgian beer, not just in the World Guide, but also in his other great work, The Great Beers of Belgium—would help wake up a generation of Belgians that it was necessary to protect their unique beer culture. It also helped create a world wide market that was thirsty to drink it.

On the other side of the world, the U.S. market had all but succumbed to the pale lager spectre.

Changes in the law, related to making your own beer, however, would allow a wedge in the homog-

enization. But what to brew? There is no end to the many future brewers who would turn to The World Guide to Beer as a source of information and inspiration on beer styles.

After the World Guide, Jackson’s publication history is a bit difficult to track. He would leave Quarto without any rights to his book and would see little or no profit. Thankfully, he was now the world’s leading expert on beer, criss-crossing the globe, writing, hosting and judging. At one time, he was the person who had visited more breweries than anyone else alive. He was instrumental in championing the emerging craft beer scene. Unfortunately, Quarto would continue to pump out reprints of the World Guide without any revisions. Jackson would write his Beer Companion, what some would say is his best book, that basically competed against his own classic.

Finally, out of frustration, he agreed in the 1990s to update the World Guide, completely rewriting the entire text and calling it the New World Guide to Beer. When he wasn’t writing about beer, Jackson also wrote about whisky.

His three books on whisky are widely regarded as classics.

It was also in the ’90s when Jackson used his experience in TV to produce and host his other claim to fame, the TV show The Beer Hunter, further evangelizing and elevating beer (it's on YouTube).

For the last 10 years of his life, Jackson would suffer from Parkinsons. This wouldn’t prevent him from continuing to write and work until very close to the end of his life. He died of a heart attack in 2007 at the age of 65.

The world of beer would be vastly diminished if it was not for the tireless and profound work and writings of Michael Jackson. You can find many of his articles online and you should never pass up a chance to pick up one of his books at a used book store. Think of him, if only briefly, the next time you drink a fine ale or lager. j

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RECIPE

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Bar Lupulus’s Koji dry-aged guinea fowl with wheat berry risotto Paired with Maclean’s Blonde Ale

BY CHEF JUSTIN CHAMPAGNE-LAGARDE

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s that a cool breeze in the air? Can we finally turn the a/c off and open the window again?

It’s the perfect time of a year for a return to hearty-but-not-too-heavy cooking.

We can also spend more time in our kitchen and this recipe from Bar Lupulus in Ottawa is the perfect push to try something new.

Guinea fowl is a relative of the chicken with stronger flavour and darker, leaner meat. Talk to your butcher about ordering one, or if you must, sub in a top-quality chicken.

And koji is a Japanese ingredient, related to miso, that is grown on rice or barley and adds a ton of deep umami flavour. Find it in the fridge at Japanese grocery stores.

There are a lot of savoury flavours bouncing around this plate and Macleans blonde ale does a sublime job of brightening them up. A bière de garde would also do the trick.

—David Ort

I N g r ed i ents • 1 guinea fowl • 1 Tbsp koji

• 1 cup wheat berries • ½ tsp salt

• 2 ½ cups chicken stock

OPPOSITE PAGE: Bar Lupulus really does this dish up, so it comes fully plated with other elements. ABOVE: From the core of the Macleans lineup, Farmhouse blonde is a great complement.

Place on a tray and refrigerate (with plenty of space around it for airflow) for 4 days.

3. Bring 2 ½ cups of water to a boil. Add wheat berries and salt. Cover and simmer on low for 20-25 minutes. Strain and toss with a little oil.

Cool if not making the risotto immediately.

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4. Remove the breasts from the bone. Heat 1 Tbsp of butter over medium heat in a large frying pan. Brown the guinea fowl pieces on all sides. Reduce heat to low, 1 cup of chicken stock and cook, covered for 30 - 35 minutes. Turn the pieces as they cook until the breast meat is firm.

1. Remove the legs, wings and back from the guinea fowl. (Bar Lupulus uses these to make a stock and confit croquette to serve as part of a composed dish. You can cook them along with the breasts.)

5. Meanwhile, bring 1 ½ cups chicken stock to a boil and add the par-cooked wheat berries. Cook over medium-low heat until the stock has been absorbed and the wheat berries are tender but toothsome. Add butter, cheese and salt to taste.

2. Blitz the koji in a food processor and dust the guinea fowl breasts (still on the bone) with it.

6. Serve with seasonal vegetables, such as charred scallions and charred cabbage. j

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GREAT LAKES BREWERY

30 Queen Elizabeth Blvd., Etobicoke | GreatLakesBeer.com MON-TUE 11AM-6PM ^ WED-SAT 10AM-9PM ^ SUN 9AM6PM EST. 1987 On Sept. 21, Great Lakes hosts one of the premier events of Toronto Beer Week with their 5th annual Pig Roast. Everything from suckling pig to live music performances to games for the kids — plus beer for the adults!

KARMA CITRA IPA

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Eight hop varieties lend tropical aromas and just the right bitterness to match the malty body.

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A local leader in the APA style, Canuck balances tropical citrus, pine and a smooth body.

Season of Citra GLB makes some top-notch IPAs but Karma Citra might have the most devoted following. Look for it to make a limited-time appearance at the LCBO, better beer bars and the brewery’s retail store from September to November this year.

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2876 Dundas St. W. | IndieAleHouse.com SUN-THU 12-11PM ^ FRI-SAT 12PM-12AM EST. 2012 This Junction standby continues to grow and has established a production facility in Etobicoke. Behind the bar, they also have a fine selection of bottled offerings including a wide choice of rare lambics and hard-to-find American craft beers. Find their beers online.

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AMSTERDAM BREWING CO.

AVLING BREWERY

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

1042 Queen St. E. | Avling.ca

Fall is a great time to venture into the hoppy end of their lineup. Brewmaster Iain McOustra heads to Yakima to pick out his own hops in person.

The commitment to a small environmental footprint runs deep here—see the huge rooftop garden for evidence. Chef Suzanne Barr has come on to lead the kitchen team.

BONESHAKER

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TORONTO

BANDIT BREWERY

BATCH

2125 Dundas St. W. | BanditBrewery.ca

75 Victoria St. | BatchToronto.com

Place an order (over $100) from their brandnew online store and they’ll throw in free shipping. A great way to get your Bandit fix at home.

The big screen at this historic Victoria Street brewpub gets heavy use this season as we get into prime sports-watching territory.

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BELLWOODS BREWERY

BEACHES BREWING CO.

1953 Queen St. E. | BeachesBrewing.com

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

Born in the Beaches neighborhood of Toronto, inspired by beaches around the world, Beaches Brewing Company has made the jump from contract brewing to their own brewpub.

Mark Sept. 28 for this year’s Witchstock. It’s a festival of “an eclectic, uniquely curated selection of [their] absolute favourite breweries from around the world.”

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BIG ROCK BREWERY (LIBERTY COMMONS)

BLACK CREEK HISTORIC BREWERY

42 Liberty St., 1589 The Queensway LibertyCommons.ca

1000 Murray Ross Pkwy. | BlackCreek.ca

The Liberty Village location for this brewery, originally from Calgary, is a popular stoppingoff point for those heading to concerts.

A popular parental diversion at familyfriendkly Black Creek Pioneer Village. They make ales as they were made in the days when Ontario was a frontier for a fledgling country.

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TORONTO

BLACK LAB BREWING

BLACK OAK BREWING CO.

75 Horner Ave. | BlackOakBeer.com

818 Eastern Ave. | BlackLab.beer

Snoopy, their friendly brewery dog, turns ten this August and that means Black Lab has a mini beer festival planned, including guest breweries.

Autumn means it’s time to slip back into dependable favourites. The Black Oak range does an excellent job of delivering on that.

SOCIAL PARADE

NUT BROWN

CORNERSTONE

D O U B L E D RY- H O P P E D I PA Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

BLACK LAGER

Year-round: B,L

6.5% 55

ABV IBU

5% 8

TORONTO

AMERICAN-STYLE B R OW N A L E

I M P E R I A L I PA

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

10 BITTER YEARS

5% 24

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

8% 80

TORONTO

BLOOD BROTHERS BREWING

BRUNSWICK BIERWORKS

165 Geary Ave. | BloodBrothersBrewing.com

25 Curity Ave. | BrunswickBierworks.com

This growing brewery has adding a kitchen with a comfort-food menu to their offerings.

Find them in Niagara on Sept. 7 pouring at Soupalooza Festival.

They are a contract-brewing facility (with some pretty collabs of their own) and also a venue for live comedy, specical fundraisers and all types of booked events.

BLOOD LIGHT

BLACK & BOLD

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

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4.5% 7

BLOODVAR PILSNER

GERMAN-STYLE PILSNER

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% 2

DOPPELBOCK

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

ORA ET LABORA

5% 39

Year-round: B ABV IBU

7.5% 30

TORONTO

TORONTO

BURDOCK BREWERY

COMMON GOOD BEER CO.

1184 Bloor St. W. | BurdockTO.com

475 Ellesmere Rd. | CommonGoodBeer.com

Expanded hours mean you can stop-in to their restaurant on Bloor from 11 to 11 every day.

Check out the bottle shop and live-music venue while you’re there.

This summer, Scarborough’s contract-brewing facility hosted the IG Brew Crew for the brewing of their Kwahi Me A River DIPA.

ZESTÉ LIME

RUNNER DUCK

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

5.2% 30

RICE LAGER LAGER

AMBER LAGER

IBU

4.7% 35

TORONTO

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

Small-batch: B

Seasonal: B ABV

SOLACE

ABV IBU

Small-batch: B,L

5% 15

ABV IBU

6.9% 69

TORONTO

EASTBOUND BREWING CO.

FOLLY BREWING

700 Queen St. E. | EastboundBeer.com

928 College St. | FollyBrewing.com

This Queen East brewery has turned over a new leaf with their first sour-beer release. More in the same vein are planned for the future.

Events like karaoke and live music add to the long list of reasons to visit one of Toronto’s smallest (but mightiest) brewpubs.

HIDDEN LAKE

HEIST

HEFEWEIZEN

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.7% N/A

RYESING RIVER RY E S A I S O N

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

6.1% N/A

FLEMISH CAP

S O U R PA L E A L E

SAISON

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5% 25

Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.5% 25 33

TORONTO

TORONTO

GODSPEED BREWERY

242 Coxwell Ave. | GodspeedBrewery.com

GOOSE ISLAND BREWHOUSE TORONTO

70 The Esplanade | GooseIsland.com

Keep an eye on their Facebook page for slightly adjusted hours. As always, Luc Lafontaine’s beer motto is “more lagers, less haze”. Look for an upcoming online bottle shop this fall.

This summer this outpost of the Chicago-based brewery celebrated two years of brewing locally designed beers at their Toronto brewpub.

SV TLÝ LEŽÁK 12º

THUNDER GUN

JUICE ISLAND

Year-round: B

Seasonal: B

CZECH-STYLE PREMIUM PA L E L A G E R Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

KEKKON

R A S P B E R RY S O U R / GOSE/WEIZEN HYBRID Seasonal: B,L

5% 30

ABV IBU

5% 16

TORONTO

S E S S I O N I PA

ABV IBU

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA

4.3% 38

ABV IBU

7% N/A

TORONTO

GRANITE BREWERY

HALO BREWERY

245 Eglinton Ave. E. | GraniteBrewery.ca

247 Wallace Ave. | HaloBrewery.com

The new closed fermenter is ticking along nicely at Granite and they are continuing to expand their lineup. Fall is a great time to check out their top-notch brewpub menu.

Hop-heavy beers like their System Overload imperial IPA share the limelight with fruited versions (think blood orange) of their offerings.

PECULIAR

MAGIC MISSILE

DARKSIDE

ENGLISH-STYLE STRONG ALE

B L A C K I PA

Year-round: B ABV IBU

34

6% 26

D RY- H O P P E D PA L E A L E

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

7% 70

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.5% 24

UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES B R E T T S A I S O N W/ F R U I T One-off: B ABV IBU

7.5% 14

TORONTO

TORONTO

HENDERSON BREWING CO.

JUNCTION CRAFT BREWING

128A Sterling Rd. | HendersonBrewing.com

150 Symes Rd. | JunctionCraft.com

The fall schedule for their Ides of releases is: Aug. 16, Sept. 20, Oct. 18 and Nov. 15. These are great opportunities to try something new.

This brewery in the Aleyards tends to put on large-scale and sometimes offbeat events. That meant a bike ride-in during August and a c

HENDERSON BEST

CONDUCTOR’S CRAFT ALE

ENGLISH-STYLE BITTER Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS ABV IBU

5.5% 30

UNION PEARSON ALE

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

6.5% N/A

TORONTO

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

5.3% 32

JUNCTION ROAD BLACK LAGER

S C H WA R Z B I E R Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.5% 38

TORONTO

KENSINGTON BREWING CO.

LEFT FIELD BREWERY

299 Augusta Ave. KensingtonBrewingCompany.com

36 Wagstaff Dr. | LeftFieldBrewery.ca

The brand-new patio is still ticking along and they are keeping thirst slaked with local spirits, wine and premixed cocktails — to go with their small-batch beer.

Sadly, we won’t see any playoff baseball at Rogers Centre this year, but that’s just another reason to focus on the beer when you pay Left Field a visit this autumn.

TEMPER TEMPER

BIG TRAIN

CONVERGENCE

D RY S TO U T W I T H R OA S T E D C A C A O N I B S Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5.8% 30

D RY- H O P P E D K E T T L E SOUR W/FRUIT

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

4.5% 24

LASER SHOW

Z E R O - I B U I PA

D O U B L E I PA

Seasonal: B,L,LC ABV IBU

6.1% 0

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

8% 80 35

TORONTO

TORONTO

LOUIS CIFER BREW WORKS

LOT 30 BREWERS

303 Lansdowne Ave. | Lot30Brewers.com

417 Danforth Ave. LouisCiferBrewWorks.com

Small but mighty, this Lansdowne brewery makes a wide range of styles. On weekday evenings, they do a “hoppy hour” from 4 - 7 p.m.

Movie nights with hearty dose of nostalgia— from the Goonies to Dirty Dancing—have filled the Sunday night event schedule here.

GALAXY SOUR S O U R I PA

SIA PORTER OG ENGLISH-STYLE P O RT E R

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

Small-batch: B

5.4% N/A

ABV IBU

COCONUT LEMONGRASS THAI-PA

I PA W / F R U I T Year-round: B,L,LC

6.9% N/A

TORONTO

ABV IBU

IRISH DRY STOUT

I R I S H - S T Y L E S TO U T Year-round: B

6.5% 60

ABV IBU

4.1% 33

TORONTO

MASCOT BREWERY

MILL ST. BREW PUB

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

21 Tank House Ln. | MillStreetBrewery.com

As well as their production facility out in Etobicoke, Mascot has reopened downtown with a space near King and Peter.

With brewpubs across the province (and beyond) Mill St. is still a big draw in the historic Distillery District.

MASCOT PILSNER

WHITE SPACE WHEAT

HAZE IPA

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA

PILSNER

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

36

5% 24

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.8% 50

WITBIER

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5% 5

FRIENDLY NEIGHBOUR

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

4.6% 57

TORONTO

TORONTO

MUDDY YORK BREWING CO.

22 Cranfield Rd. | MuddyYorkBrewing.com

NORTHERN MAVERICK BREWING CO.

115 Bathurst St. | NorthernMaverick.ca

The You Can Kiss My CASK! event on Sept.

21 is an excellent, understated opportunity to try top-notch cask beer by both Muddy York and guest breweries.

Over the summer this brewpub with a wideranging beer and food menu continued to be a meeting spot for Toronto sports fans, including those cheering on the Wolfpack.

WORKING HARD RICKY’S (ROTATING REFRESHER HOPS) N E W STRAWBERRY-LIME

HANDCRAFTED LAGER

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

6.5% 20

SOUR B ER LIN ER W EIS S E Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

VIENNA LAGER

Year-round: B,L,LC

3.5% 5

ABV IBU

5% 12

TORONTO

TORONTO

PEOPLE’S PINT BREWING CO.

RADICAL ROAD BREWING CO.

ENFORCER

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

7% 40

90 Cawthra Ave. | PeoplesPint.com

1177 Queen St. E. | RadicalRoadBrew.com

Maris comes to the brewery straight from the OSPCA’s Working Cat Adoption and Rescue programme. Apparently, he’s settling in well and catching plenty of mice!

This summer they run the proverbial bell for making it to three years of selling locally made beer in Leslieville. Congrats to Radical Road!

HELLES ISLAND AMERICAN LAGER MUNICH-STYLE HELLES Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5% 12

MANGO FETT

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA W / L A C TO S E Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6% 19

ENTROPY

REVOLUTION 81

S TO U T

BIERE DE GARDE Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5% 20

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

9% 25 37

TORONTO

TORONTO

RAINHARD BREWING CO.

RORSCHACH BREWING CO.

100 Symes Rd. | RainhardBrewing.com

1001 Eastern Ave. | RorschachBrewing.com

Catch the last of their summer pop-ups (think food trucks to art therapy) before the weather cools off. Some of the best hop-forward beers on the west side.

Look for Reminiscence, Rorschach’s Mexicanstyle lager at an LCBO near year. Note that dogs are allowed on the front patio—at least until it closes for the winter.

FOUR ON THE FLOOR

REMINISCENCE

GERMAN-STYLE PILSNER Seasonal: B ABV IBU

4.9% 30

RAGE AND LOVE

MEXICAN-STYLE LAGER

SOUR W/FRUIT

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.4% 0

TORONTO

HEDONISM

B L A C K B E R RY S O R B E T S O U R I PA

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

Seasonal: B

4.9% 20

ABV IBU

6.9% 35

TORONTO

SAULTER STREET BREWERY

SHACKLANDS BREWING CO.

1-31 Saulter St. | SaulterStreetBrewery.com

101-100 Symes Rd. | Shacklands.com

Toronto’s most tucked-away (in a good way) brewery is the perfect destination for a fall brewery crawl of the east side.

Expect more quick sours at the Shack including apricot and ginger versions. Find them at Brewer’s Backyard on Labour Day.

MAGIC HOUR

BBA BELGIAN PORTER

GOLDEN ALE

ENGLISH-STYLE ALE

Year-round: B ABV IBU

38

IT’S ABOUT BLOODY TIME

5% 55

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.2% 20

HYBRID ROBUST P O RT E R A N D D U B B E L Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

8.7% 25

FUZZIER PEACH B R E T T I PA

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.7% 25

TORONTO

TORONTO

THE SIX BREWING CO.

STEAM WHISTLE

777 Dundas St. W. | TheSixBrewingCo.com

255 Bremner Blvd. | SteamWhistle.ca

They’re taking some of the beer made for the Skyline Sour series and aging it with fruit for even more complexity.

The big news from these guys is that, after 19 years, they have started making a second beer.

It’s an approachable pale ale.

HOPSTER

PILSNER

STREETCAR DELAY

S E S S I O N I PA

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

Year-round: B ABV IBU

Year-round: B

4.3% 40

ABV IBU

6% 60

TORONTO

CZECH-STYLE PILSNER

PALE ALE PA L E A L E

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

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

5% 22

ABV IBU

5% 30

TORONTO

VEGANDALE BREWERY

VON BUGLE BREWING

1346 Queen St. W., | VegandaleBrewery.com

249 Evans Ave. | VonBugle.ca

This Queen West brewpub continues to offer beer to go with the plant-based menu served on-site and at associated restaurants.

As well as visiting them in Etobicoke, you can also find Von Bugle at Steam Whistle’s (their sister brewery) Biergarten downtown.

SEE THE LIGHT

MUNICH LAGER

AMERICAN-STYLE LIGHT LAGER

Year-round: B ABV IBU

4% N/A

PRICIPLED PILSNER

MUNICH DUNKEL

PILSNER

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% N/A

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

5% 33

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FALCON BREWING

CHRONICLE BREWING CO.

30 Barr Rd. | FalconBeer.beer

422 Lake Rd., Unit 3 | ChronicleBeer.com

This just-east-of-Toronto sticks closely to its Second World War theme. They now have one of their beers in the LCBO.

With 20 beer taps it’s no surprise that this relatively new brewery in Bowmanville has already put out several dozen different beers.

RED FALCON ALE

LANDO CAL-JUICE-IAN

IRISH-STYLE RED ALE

HOP SERIES: CITRA

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

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

Small-batch: B

5% N/A

ABV IBU

7.1% 47

BOWMANVILLE

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA Small-batch: B ABV IBU

HEROS HANDBAG

ENGLISH-STYLE MILD Small-batch: B

6% N/A

ABV IBU

4% N/A

MARKHAM

MANANTLER CRAFT BREWING CO.

ROUGE RIVER BREWING CO.

182 Wellington St., Unit 18 | Manantler.com

8-50 Bullock Dr. | RougeRiverBrewery.com

The trivia league and monthly progressive euchre tournaments are still the star of the event-calendar show at this brewery in Bowmanville.

On weekends, house-made pizza joins the long list of reasons to pay Rouge River a visit. They mix it up with bottles and short cans.

CAUSE WORTHY

HOLY TRINITY

LIQUID SWORDS

CREAM ALE

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

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.4% 15

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.5% 60

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

7% 35

APRICOT AND CITRA DRYHOPPED SOUR SOUR ALE

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5% 5 41

NEWMARKET

NEWMARKET

ARCH BREWING CO.

MARKET BREWING CO.

4-11 Pony Dr. | ArchBrewing.ca

4-17775 Leslie St. | MarketBrewingCo.com

Especially on Fridays and Saturdays, look for comedy or live music in the taproom. Events are announced on their Facebook page.

They put on an impressive calendar of live music acts for the taproom. Also, look for everything from yoga to euchre on schedule.

FLIP FLOP PORTER

ONTAREGON

ENGLISH-STYLE P O RT E R Year-round: B ABV IBU

PINEY MCPINE FACE

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

6.8% N/A

ABV IBU

5.5% 45

OSHAWA

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA

BEAR HUG

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

Year-round: B ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L,LC

6.5% 20

ABV IBU

7% 55

PICKERING

ALL OR NOTHING BREWHOUSE

COUNTY DURHAM BREWING CO.

439 Ritson Rd. S. | AllOrNothing.beer

1885 Clements Rd.

Now fully established in their new Oshawa home, pay them a visit for a food truck Friday or check out their binder of local restaurants for ordered-in food options.

Cask beer really comes into its own when the weather cools off a bit and County Durham make some of the best in Ontario. They don’t have an on-site bottle shop or taproom.

HUSTLE OVER HYPE

SIGNATURE ALE

AMERICAN-STYLE W H E AT Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS ABV IBU

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5.1% 35

THINK BIG’GER CREAM ALE

ESB

B R I T I S H - S T Y L E I PA

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.8% 20

Year-round: L,LC ABV IBU

5% 28

EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER Year-round: L ABV IBU

4.6% 35

PORT PERRY

UXBRIDGE

OLD FLAME BREWING CO.

135 Perry St. | OldFlameBrewingCo.ca

THE SECOND WEDGE BREWING CO.

14 Victoria St. | TheSecondWedge.ca

No Regrets is their brand-new all-malt light lager that clocks in at just 2.9% ABV and 99 calories per short can. Sales have been brisk.

They’re collaborating with Uxbridge’s award-winning independent book store, Blue Heron Books, on a festival beer for The Book Drunkard Festival, Oct. 17 - Nov. 3.

NO REGRETS

THE BOOK DRUNKARD

LIGHT LAGER

Year-round: B ABV IBU

2.9% 10

SCARY MARY D O U B L E I PA

MARZEN

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

MONDAY NIGHT PIPER

8% 90

S C OT T I S H - S T Y L E A L E

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

6% 21

ABV IBU

4.8% 27

LADY BEER FEST

Saturday September 28th 6-11pm Wychwood Barns 601 Christie St. Toronto

Tickets LADYBEERFEST8.EVENTBRITE.COM Beer! Cider! Food! Entertainment! Non-Alcoholic & All-in Passes Available

Safe and welcoming space open to women-identified folks

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VAUGHAN

LAKE WILCOX BREWING CO.

MAGNOTTA BREWERY

3-1033 Edgeley Blvd.

LakeWilcoxBrewing.com

271 Chrislea Rd. | MagnottaBrewery.com

This brewery in Vaughan combines a wideranging lineup of award-winning beer with bustling taproom.

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

BLACK HOPS

TRUE NORTH INUKSHUK IPA

B L A C K I PA

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.5% 49

SOLSTICE

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

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

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

6.2% 55

ABV IBU

WHITBY

DOUBLE DROOLING DOG IPA B L A C K I PA Year-round: B,L,TBS

6.5% 38

ABV IBU

6.4% 64

WHITBY

5 PADDLES BREWING CO.

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

BROCK STREET BREWING CO.

244 Brock St. S. | BrockStBrewing.com

This longtime GTA favourite has a dozen beers on tap and usually as many in their fridge.

Taproom guests are welcome bring outside food with them.

Keep your eyes peeled for Gus, their 1949 Chevy panel delivery van, or pay them a visit at 12welve Bistro & Tapwerks.

HOME SWEET HOME

BROCKTOBERFEST

HONEY BEER

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

44

5.5% 29

DARK POETRY BLACK LAGER

MÄRZEN

Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.5% 18

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

6.1% 27

BLONDE ALE BLONDE ALE

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.3% 13

WHITBY

WHITBY

LITTLE BEASTS BREWING CO.

TOWN BREWERY

2075 Forbes St. | LittleBeastsBrewing.com

1632 Charles St. | TownBrewery.ca

Oct. 12 is the big 2nd anniversary at this Forbes Street brewery. Look for Mark’s Pizza then and for other weekend pop-ups. Cask releases happen last Friday of every month.

Fans of this Whitby brewery will be happy to read that one of their beers is now on the shelves at area LCBO locations.

LA SAISON D’AUTOMNE

SQUARE WHEELS

SAISON W/FRUIT

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

7.5% 20

WAHEELA

H A Z Y I PA W / L A C TO S E Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6% 50

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

6.2% N/A

CYNIC’S PARADISE WITBIER

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.1% N/A

PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY OPPORTUNITY

Incredible town mill in historic village of Consecon, PEC. This restored grist mill consists of 3 buildings (500, 1500 and 3500 sq ft) and is one of the few commercial spots available for rent by the water. This is the closest town to Toronto and is only 15 minutes to The Drake Hotel in Wellington. Nearby North Beach and multiple wineries within 10 min. Ideal for restauranteur, craft beer or cider maker to make a presence in The County. Kitchen facilities and huge deck. Lots of recent upgrades. Plenty of parking. Landlord is willing to make further improvements. Great lease for the perfect tenant. Contact Mark McLean at 416-569-4285.

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BURLINGTON CITY

NICKEL BROOK BREWING CO.

864 Drury Ln. | NickelBrook.com SUN-TUES 11AM-6PM ^ WED-SAT 11AM-9PM EST. 2005 Zap! Sour IPA is available in the LCBO now! A brand new hoppy and sour beer that merges two of their favourite beer styles.

GLORY & GOLD

CHEEKY BASTARD

Seasonal: B,LC

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

CUVEE

ABV

9.5%

IBU

37

A fine-tuned blend of spices match with barrel-aged, slightly funky base.

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ABV

4.5%

IBU

35

The trunk of an impressive tree of stout variations, starts roasty and finishes sweet.

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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

Looks for cask nights, trivia challenges and live music performances to fill this taproom in the telephone’s hometown.

Locals in Brantford head on down to Mash Paddle every other Saturday for their regular fix of live music.

TOO WOUND DOWN

GUAVA THE HUTT

S E S S I O N I PA

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

EUREKA CREAM ALE

S A I S O N W / G UAVA

Year-round: B,L,LC

4.6% 10

ABV IBU

Seasonal: B,L

5.8% 38

ABV IBU

BRANTFORD

3.9% 20

UNNAMED PALE ALE

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

5.6% 24

BURLINGTON

STEEL WHEEL BREWERY

PEPPERWOOD BREWERY BISTRO

105 Powerline Rd. | SteelWheel.ca

1455 Lakeshore Rd. | Pepperwood.on.ca

Interesting trivia from their hopyard: apparently Japanese beetles prefer raspberries over hops so co-plant as pest control.

A favourite in Burlington, this restaurant-style brewpub focusses their brewing programme on UK styles that go well with food.

GRAPEFUIT IPA

ESB

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

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

48

4.9% 63

STATION PALE ALE

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

5.8% 35

CREAM ALE

ESB

CREAM ALE Year-round: B ABV IBU

4% N/A

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% N/A

CALEDON

CALEDON

BADLANDS BREWING COMPANY

CALEDON HILLS BREWING COMPANY

13926 Chinguacousy Rd. BadlandsBrewing.ca

CaledonHillsBrewing.ca

Light two candles this August because this brewery northwest of Toronto is celebrating their birthday. They also have a new bottle shed to toast!

Wrap-up the warm weather event season with a keg from these guys who make it their business to keep gatherings going.

ELEVATE

BOHEMIAN PILS

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

BARRY & MARY D O U B L E I PA

Occasional: B

6.5% N/A

ABV IBU

8.2% N/A

CALEDON

PILSNER

PREMIUM LAGER

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

Year-round: B,LC,TBS

5% N/A

ABV IBU

ABV IBU

5% 18

CALEDON

SONNEN HILL BREWERY

GOODLOT FARMSTEAD BREWING CO.

18825 Shaws Creek Rd. | GoodLot.beer

20683 Heart Lake Rd. instagram.com/sonnenhill

Oct. 15 is when their patio closes and they switch over to winter hours at GoodLot. But that means the Sipping Container bottle shop opens again.

Combine specialized yeast strains from Escarpment Labs, plenty of barrels and their own coolship and you’re sure to get interesting beers out of this brewery in Caledon.

SESSION PORTER

LIL SPIFFY

HOP BIN BLACK ALE

P O RT E R

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

4.7% 35

OA K - F E R M E N T E D SAISON

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5% 65

Small-batch: B,L ABV IBU

4.5% N/A

WHIFF

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

4.4% N/A 49

DUNDAS

GEORGETOWN

SHAWN & ED BREWING CO.

FURNACE ROOM BREWERY

65 Hatt St. | LagerShed.com

1 Elgin St. | FurnaceRoomBrewery.com

As the weather cools off, this brewery’s taproom becomes an even more relaxing spot to while away an afternoon with a crokinole board and samples of their beers.

Find them at Head for the Hills on Sept. 14 in Georgetown. If you get hungry while sampling the beer at Furnace Room, they allow patrons to order in food.

BARRELSHED NO. 1

WRIGHT HOUSE

BA R R E L - A G E D E S B

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

6.5% 49

LAGERSHED DARKER DA R K L A G E R

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

5.5% 29

HAMILTON

IRISH-STYLE RED ALE

COYOTE LOOKOUT DA R K L A G E R

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

Seasonal: B

5% 15

ABV IBU

5.2% N/A

HAMILTON

COLLECTIVE ARTS BREWING

CLIFFORD BREWING CO.

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

207 Burlington St. E. | CollectiveArtsBrewing.com

There’s a lot to be proud of at Clifford, not least of which is winning brewery of the year at this year’s Canadian Brewing Awards. Tap That Cask happens the last Thursday of each month.

The Hamilton brewery with a beer garden on Burlington Street continues to do Ontario proud by making inroads south of the border.

CLIFFORD PORTER

BLACKBERRY, CHERRY, LEMON

MARIGOLD BELGIAN-STYLE GOLDEN ALE

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

50

5.9% 38

Year-round: B, ABV IBU

6.5% 32

MILKSHAKE SOUR Seasonal: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.1% N/A

IPA NO. 11

I PA W / L A C TO S E One-off: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.8% N/A

HAMILTON

HAMILTON

FAIRWEATHER BREWING CO. GRAIN & GRIT BEER CO.

1-5 Ofield Rd. | FairweatherBrewing.com

11 Ewen Rd. | GrainAndGritBeer.com

This Ofield Road brewery cut the ribbon on their 1,200-square-foot, tropical patio this summer and its been hopping from day one.

On Sept. 28, the G&G parking lot will become one big beer garden with live music, schnitzel, sausages and games. Alex, their head brewer and German transplant, should feel right at home.

DREAM POP

IN THE PALMS

AMERICAN-STYLE KETTLE SOUR

HIGH GRADE

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

6.2% 20

ABV IBU

6.6% 44

I PA W / M A N G O , PINEAPPLE AND L A C TO S E Year-round: B ABV IBU

6% 90

BERRY GOOD

SOUR W/RASPBERRIES, BLACK CURRANTS, L E M O N & L A C TO S E Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5% 23

HAMILTON

MERIT BREWING

107 James St. N. | MeritBrewing.ca

Nostalgia and hazy IPAs are on the menu for Aug. 25’s Milkshake Day. And Oct. 6 is the 2nd annual Good Things day celebrating the local harvest and those who make it possible.

FASHIONABLY LATE KVEIK W/BRETT

& SPENT GIN BOTANICALS (COLLAB X WILLIBALD) Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

7.6% 9

TAKE A KNEE

H A Z Y I PA W. G A L A X Y & CITRA (COLLAB X ASLIN BEER CO.) One-off: B,L ABV IBU

5.4% 24 51

MILTON

MISSISSAUGA

ORANGE SNAIL BREWERS

OLD CREDIT BREWING CO.

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

6 Queen St. W. | OldCreditBrewing.com

This brewery takes an active role in their community’s culture. That means everything from live comedy in the taproom to sponsoring the Radfest music festival on Sept. 7.

Founded by the Listas in 1994, Old Credit is now one of the oldest in Ontario. Stop in on your way to or from a fall colours drive.

IRON PIG

PALE PILSNER

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

5% 28

FOGGY HOP

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA Seasonal: B ABV IBU

PILSNER

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

6.5% 30

MISSISSAUGA

ABV IBU

5% 12

AMBER

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

5% 22

OAKVILLE

STONEHOOKER BREWING CO.

CAMERON’S BREWING

866 Lakeshore Rd. E. | Stonehooker.com

1165 Invicta Dr. | CameronsBrewing.com

Weekends at this new Port Credit brewery are a great time to visit for pop-up food trucks and beer tasting.

With their comfortable taproom and wide distribution across the province this awardwinning brewery is both a local favourite and a far-flung crowd pleaser.

FOUR SISTERS

AMBEAR

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

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

52

10% 80

SNATCH BLOCK SOUR NEW ENGLANDS T Y L E I PA

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6.5% 30

JURASSIC IPA

AMBER ALE

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

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5% 30

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

6.8% 64

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BEAMSVILLE

FONTHILL

KAME & KETTLE BEER WORKS

BENCH BREWING CO.

3991 King St. | BenchBrewing.com

25 Pelham Town Square | KameAndKettle.ca

Surrounded by Niagara’s farmstands and vineyards this is a no-brainer stop on your autumn road trips. You’ll find that produce and wine in some of their beers, too.

BALL’S FALLS S E S S I O N I PA

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

PINOT NOIR WILDWOOD

FOEDER-AGED GOLDEN SOUR WINE HYBRID Small-batch: B,L

4.5% 30

ABV IBU

7.5% 10

NIAGARA FALLS

Along with Habitat for Humanity Niagara, they’re raising funds to support the construction of the “house that beer built”.

GAME OF ZITRONES HEFENADE

RIGHTEOUS RED

HEFEWEIZEN Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

IRISH-STYLE RED ALE Year-round: B,L

4.5% 10

ABV IBU

5.3% 18

NIAGARA FALLS

COUNTERPART BREWING

NIAGARA BREWING CO.

4915-A Clifton Hill NiagaraBrewingCompany.com

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

They’ve added cans to their fridge at Counterpart and bring out new releases (in pairs) about every two to three weeks.

This brewery has plenty of seating and tasting flights for when you’re ready for a break from the mayhem of Clifton Hill.

BETTER PLACE

BEERDEVIL

BERLINER WEISSE W/ F R U I T & L A C TO S E

Small-batch: B,L ABV IBU

54

4% N/A

FLOW H A Z Y I PA

E N G L I S H - S T Y L E I PA Small-batch: B,L ABV IBU

5.2% N/A

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.5% 62

AMBER EH! AMBER ALE

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 28

NOTL

NOTL

THE EXCHANGE BREWERY

7 Queen St. | ExchangeBrewery.com

NIAGARA COLLEGE TEACHING BREWERY

135 Taylor Rd. | NCTeachingBrewery.ca

The second instalment for their top-notch beer festival, Sourpalooza is just around the corner on Sept. 7. Find more details on their website.

It’s back-to-school time for Niagara’s campus brewery. Their 101 series of (mainly) classic styles is the best way to see what Ontario’s future brewers are up to.

NEW ENGLAND IPA

PORTER 101

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

PEACH PI BLONDE ALE

Year-round: B,L,LC

7% 71

ABV IBU

SAISON 101

ENGLISH-STYLE P O RT E R

5.9% 21

NOTL

FA R M H O U S E A L E

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

Year-round: B

4.5% 30

ABV IBU

6.5% 41

NOTL

NIAGARA OAST HOUSE BREWERS

SILVERSMITH BREWING CO.

1523 Niagara Stone Rd. SilversmithBrewing.com

2017 Niagara Stone Rd. OastHouseBrewers.com

Drop in for new releases in the Rural Route series. August brings the ever-popular oak-aged peach hefeweizen and then it’s on to Country Bumpkin pumpkin ale.

Some of the best sources for Niagara’s autumn bounty—peaches, apples, grapes—are within easy reach of this brewery on Niagara Stone Road. Stop in for a flight on your next trip.

OAK-AGED PEACH HEFEWEIZEN

BLACK LAGER

HEFEWEIZEN Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5% 18

COUNTRY BUMPKIN

S C H WA R Z B I E R

PUMPKIN ALE

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5.5% 18

FRUIT BEER

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

BREWER’S WHINE

5% 10

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

4.8% 10 55

PORT DALHOUSIE

PORT DALHOUSIE

BREAKWALL BREWING CO.

LOCK STREET BREWING CO.

46 Clarence St. | BreakwallBrewery.com

104-15 Lock St. | LockStreet.ca

Get to Port Colborne on Sept. 28 for Breakwall’s oktoberfest celebration. Check their social feeds for more details.

The Founders’ Club, including custom steins and discounted beer, continues to be a popular offering at this brewery in Port Dalhousie.

NICKEL BEACH SOUR PEACH

OKTOBERFEST

SOUR ALE

PORT COLBORNE PILSNER

MARZEN

PILSNER Small-batch: B ABV IBU

5% 8

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

5.2% 25

RIDGEWAY

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

JEALOUS MISTRESS

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

5% 18

ABV IBU

6.8% 12

ST CATHARINES

BRIMSTONE BREWING CO.

THE MERCHANT ALE HOUSE

209 Ridge Road N. | BrimstoneBrewing.ca

98 St. Paul St. | MerchantAleHouse.com

Activities at this brewery in Ridgeway include Rock Your Life Yoga on Tuesday mornings starting in mid-September.

This 20-year-old favourite in St. Kitts has expanded and diversified to include a retail bottle shop.

HAIL MARY SESSION ALE

BLUEBERRY WHEAT

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

56

4.5% 45

SINISTER MINISTER

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

7% 90

PA L E W H E AT

One-off: B ABV IBU

4.4% 13

20 YEARS OF BEER SOUR ALE

One-off: B ABV IBU

5.1% 20

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GREAT LOCAL BEER DESERVES GREAT LOCAL FOOD. GREAT LAKES BREWERY TORONTO, ON

Find your next perfect pairing at one of these Feast On® Certified breweries and pubs near you.

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FOR MORE LOCAL FOOD & DRINK ADVENTURES, VISIT: ONTARIO CULINARY.COM BLUE ELEPHANT CRAFT BREWHOUSE NORFOLK COUNTY, ON

COWBELL BREWING CO BLYTH, ON

BOSHKUNG BREWING MINDEN, ON

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KITCHENER

RED CIRCLE BREWING CO.

137 Glasgow St., Unit 385 | RedCircleBrewing.ca

SUN-TUE 11:30AM-10PM ^ WED-THU 11:30AM-11PM FRI-SAT 11:30AM-12AM EST. 2018 Iron Horse Trail, their American-style IPA, took home a bronze medal at this year’s Canadian Brewing Awards. Their Complete the Circle video series is a behind-the-scenes look at operations.

BELMONT VILLAGE

CRYSTAL PARK

Year-round: B

Year-round: B

BLONDE ALE

ABV

4.8%

IBU

PILSNER

15

ABV

Crisp and easy-drinking with citrus & floral notes. Cascade, citra and centennial are the hops.

IBU

IRON HORSE TRAIL

NIGHT SHIFT

Year-round: B

Year-round: B

ABV

6.3%

IBU

C O F F E E P O RT E R

60

ABV

Waves of tropical fruit with citrus and peach undertones. Brewed and dry-hopped 3 hops.

IBU

25

VICTORY LAP N O R W E G I A N I PA

FRUITED SOUR One-off: B 4.5%

5%

Full-bodied with notes of mocha, vanilla and coffee. Cold-conditioned with Red Circle espresso.

BRAIDED ROADS (BLACKBERRY)

ABV

30

This traditional German Pils is brewed with 100% Pilsner malt and German noble hops.

I PA

One-off: B IBU

3

ABV

Packed with over 500 lbs of whole blackberries this brew is tart, fruity, and extremely refreshing.

58

5.4%

5.8%

IBU

40

Their anniversary (collab with Escarpment Labs) has tropical guava and mango with a dry finish.

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CAMBRIDGE

CAMBRIDGE

BARNCAT ARTISAN ALES

GRAND RIVER BREWING

1600 Industrial Rd., Unit B5 BarncatAles.com

295 Ainslie St. | GrandRiverBrewing.com

These guys are active supporters of the local homebrew community and this summer were selling Pistols of Fire the winning recipe from a recent competition.

Head into their taproom for a chance to taste the latest experiments from their pilot-brew system. Beer yoga resumes in September.

TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE

HIGHBALLER

D O U B L E I PA

ONE LOVE IDAHO 7

S I N G L E - H O P PA L E A L E

One-off: B ABV IBU

Small-batch: B

8.1% N/A

ABV IBU

5.3% N/A

CAMBRIDGE

PUMPKIN ALE

Seasonal: B,L,LC ABV IBU

PLOWMAN’S ALE

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

4.8% 37

ABV IBU

4.7% 60

CAMBRIDGE

JACKASS BREWING

100 Sheldon Dr., Unit 36 | JackassBrewing.ca

NORTH WORKS BREWING CO.

46 Stafford Ct. Unit B | NorthWorksBrewing.com

One Off Wednesdays feature small-batch, limited releases only by the glass in the taproom. Fall means new beers featuring fruit from Cambridge-area farms.

Brewery hours are expanding at this relatively new brewery in Cambridge. An in-person visit is the best way to find out what’s new.

JACK & JENNY

WIRED SLOTH

PA L E A L E W / C R A N B E R RY, HIBISCUS & APPLE Seasonal: B ABV IBU

60

5.5% N/A

HAZY PEAR I PA

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5.7% N/A

S TO U T W / C O F F E E

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

8% N/A

SPROCKET

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

7% 60

CAMBRIDGE

CAMBRIDGE

RHYTHM & BREWS BREWING CO.

WAVE MAKER CRAFT BREWERY

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

639 Laurel St. | WaveMakerBrewery.com

It’s easy to catch the drift that music is important for this Cambridge brewery—many of their creations even make sly reference to recognizable songs.

Pay them a visit to see what’s new in their bottle fridge—bottles plus short and tall cans are all represented here.

PADDY O’LANTERN

SMOOTHIE SMOOTH

I R I S H D RY S TO U T

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4% N/A

THE AMBER CRUTCH

B E L G I A N S T R O N G DA R K ALE Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

7.5% N/A

KITCHENER

MAXIMUS DOPPELBOCK

CREAM ALE

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

One-off: B

4.2% N/A

8% 25

ABV IBU

KITCHENER

ABE ERB

COUNTERPOINT BREWING CO.

151 Charles St. W., Kitchener 15 King St. S., Waterloo 143 Northumberland St., Ayr | AbeErb.com

#4-935 Frederick St. | counterpointbrewing.ca

Now with a third brewpub location in Ayr this group contiues to grow. Head into their Tannery location in downtown Kitchener on a Friday for the latest cask release.

Beers in their taproom are sorted into three tiers: from “approachable” to “nuanced” to “wall of sound.” Find the one that’s right for you or try all three.

1857 KÖLSCH

ANOTHER RIESLING ANOTHER SEASON S A I S O N

KÖ L S C H

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

4.8% 25

SETTLE DOWN PA L E A L E W / C O F F E E

Small-batch: B,L ABV IBU

5.5% 23

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.4% N/A

NOCTURNE OAT M E A L S TO U T

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.3% 17 61

KITCHENER

KITCHENER

SHORT FINGER BREWING CO.

DESCENDANTS BEER & BEVERAGE CO.

319 Victoria St. N. | DescendantsBeer.com

20 Hurst Ave. | ShortFingerBrewing.com

Sept. 8 is the next Spotlight Day when they put 3 - 4 experimental beers on a flight to try.

And Sept. 25 is their Cards Against Humanity tourney at the brewery.

Get your entry in by Oct. 12 for the 2nd annual Funks Homebrew Compeition. It’s BJCPsanctioned and for only sour and funky beers.

Winner’s recipe gets a full-scale recreation.

RADICAL LARRY

MAUS

GUSTAVO S TO U T

E X P E R I M E N TA L Small-batch: B ABV TBD IBU TBD

GOSE W/CUCUMBER & MOUSE MELON

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

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

Seasonal: B,L

7% N/A

KITCHENER

TRUE BELIEVER

ABV IBU

3.5% 0

ABV IBU

5.2% 30

KITCHENER

TOGETHER WE’RE BITTER CO-OPERATIVE

300 Mill Street, Unit 1 | Brewing.coop

WATERLOO BREWING

400 Bingemans Centre Dr. WaterlooBrewing.com

On Oct. 5 & 6, TWB joins a bunch of area (and Ontario) craft breweries to put on Craftoberfest in downtown Kitchener.

September is when their new Taphouse is slated to open in Waterloo. That’ll be a new venue for beers from one of Ontario’s oldest small breweries.

WOBBLY WHEEL

WATERLOO CRAFT LAGER

BIRDS & BEES

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

62

6.5% 47

BLONDE ALE

LAGER

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 20

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

4.8% 17

WATERLOO DARK DA R K L A G E R

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

5% 14

NEW HAMBURG

ST. JACOBS

BITTE SCHÖN BRAUHAUS

BLOCK THREE BREWING

68 Huron St. | BitteSchonBrauhaus.com

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

New Hamburg’s hometown brewery is one of the many in Ontario supporting local restaurants by encouraging customers bring in outside food to enjoy with the beer.

If you’re heading to St. Jacobs this fall stop in to the Village Biergarten. It shares an ownership connection to Block Three and their beer is on tap there. Mekong Brasserie provides the food.

THE WILD

BEAUTY AND THE BELGIAN

GINGER SNAP

CREAM ALE

B R OW N A L E W / G I N G E R

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

Seasonal: B

4.5% N/A

ABV IBU

5% N/A

WATERLOO

B E L G I A N S T R O N G DA R K ALE Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

KING STREET SAISON

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

6.3% 15

ABV IBU

4.6% 16

WOODSTOCK

INNOCENTE BREWING CO.

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

UPPER THAMES BREWING CO.

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

Rakau, a wet-hop pale ale is coming down the pipe in September with the award-winning No Marzen for Error to follow and Evil Conscience black IPA in late October.

As well as regular board games nights in the taproom, this brewery also goes out of its way to support good causes like the Terry Fox Run.

NO MARZEN FOR ERROR

PORTAGE

MARZEN

TAVISTOCK RAKAU WET HOP ALE

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

PA L E A L E Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

4.5% 10

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5.5% 35

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.6% 60

LONG FAREWELL D O U B L E I PA

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

7.5% N/A 63

BLYTH CITY

COWBELL BREWING

40035 Blyth Rd. | CowbellBrewing.com

SUN-THU 11AM-9PM ^ FRI-SAT 11AM-11PM EST. 2016 Cowbell’s skilled brewing team brews a deep catalogue of styles for the world’s first closed-loop brewery. The restaurant ups their road trip worthiness. Their beer is available online for home delivery.

MCNALL’S MISSION

DOC PERDUE’S BOBCAT

H O N E Y B R OW N A L E

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

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV

4.8%

IBU

20

ABV

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

IBU

30

ABSENT LANDLORD C O U N T RY KÖ L S C H

I N D I A PA L E A L E Year-round: B,L,LC 6.3%

IBU

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

DOC PERDUE’S BOXING BRUIN

ABV

5.5%

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

50

ABV

Named for a local character and his trained bear, it punches with weighty doses of lime and lychee.

5.3%

IBU

18

Warm fermentatoin provides more flavour than most kölsches. Crisp and refreshing.

Hop on the cowbell express Grab your friends and hop on the Cowbell Express! Service runs from Toronto to this destination craft brewery located on 120 acres of beautiful farmland in Blyth, Huron County.

Next stop… fresh air and fresh beer.

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SickKids is more than just a children’s hospital – it’s a world leader in child health. Over 150,000 children rely on SickKids every year, from across Canada and around the world, because SickKids can offer specific and specialized treatments. However, the aging 70-year-old building and home of SickKids can no longer accommodate the newest technology necessary to treat the most complex cases.

That’s why SickKids has launched the $1.3 billion SickKids VS Limits fund-raising campaign. With your help, SickKids will build a new, state-of-the-art hospital and allow research to be translated into improved treatments and cures.

SickKids is calling on every supporter to unite as a crew to help fund the fight.

Cowbell Brewing Co. has answered that call. Join SickKids and Cowbell Brewing in the fight for child health by signing up to be part of the Craft Brew Crew.

The Craft Brew Crew will host monthly pop-up events, collaborations, and experiences in support of SickKids. Join Cowbell Brewing and the makers and shakers in Ontario Craft Beer for the launch of the Craft Brew Crew this Fall.

Details to be released on social media. Follow @CowbellBrewing for the latest.

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WELLINGTON BREWERY

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

Amongst the 25 casks (per session) at the annual Welly Cask Fest on Sept. 6-7 you’ll find “guest features from celebrated brewers across Ontario, and one-of-a-kind collaborations.”

UPSIDE IPA

HELLES LAGER

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

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ABV

6.8%

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HELLES LAGER

58

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A juicy New England-style take on the IPA with plenty of tropical and citrus notes from the hops.

4.5%

IBU

20

Easily one of the consistently best lagers in Ontario with just the right amount of hops.

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BAYFIELD

BAD APPLE BREWING CO.

RIVER ROAD BREWING AND HOPS

73463 ON-21 | BadAppleBrewingCo.com

35549 Bayfield River Rd. RiverRoadBrewing.com

There are at least two Pouring with Ellie— painting and beer tasting—events planned for this fall at Bad Apple. Find their beer through Small Batch Dispatch.

You can now enjoy their beer while wandering around the farm at River Road, including a tour of the hop yard, a visit with the Highland cows or just relaxing in the beer garden.

SERIOUSLY BLACK

TWO COCONUTS ONE LONELY WALK INTO A SCOTCH NIGHT BAR S C OT C H A L E

D RY- H O P P E D P O RT E R

BANNOCKBURN 1314 S C OT C H A L E

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

S TO U T

Year-round: B

5% 40

ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

5.5% N/A

ABV IBU

ELORA

Year-round: B,L

5.2% 31

ABV IBU

6% 14

FORMOSA

ELORA BREWING CO.

FORMOSA SPRINGS BREWERY

107 Geddes St. | EloraBrewingCompany.ca

1120 Bruce Rd., Unit 12 FormosaBrewery.ca

With a handful of listings at the LCBO and wide distribution across better beer bars, Elora has become an ambassador for Southwest Ontario’s craft breweries.

Their special release honey brown, made with hyper-local honey, became an instant favourite with the brewery’s fans when it was released this summer.

LADY FRIEND

FORMOSA SPRINGS DRAFT

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

COLLUSION S TO U T

HONEY BROWN LAGER W/HONEY

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

68

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Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.6% 22

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 9

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

5% N/A

GODERICH

GUELPH

BROTHERS BREWING CO.

SQUARE BREW

430 Parsons Crt. | SquareBrewCo.com

15 Wyndham St. N. BrothersBrewingCompany.ca

Monthly trivia plus other special events keep the taproom calendar full at Square in Goderich. This is a great stop for fall colours road trips this season.

From open-mic comedy to Simpsons trivia to the regular Brothers Live Music Series there’s lots to do at this brewery. Watch their Facebook page for details.

ONTARIO’S WEST COAST IPA

ANTIQUITY

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

6.5% 45

SQUARE ONE PILSNER PILSNER

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 25

GUELPH

INSANITY LATER

BIERE DE GARDE

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6.5% 25

D RY- H O P P E D B R E T T SAISON Seasonal: B ABV IBU

6.7% 25

GUELPH

FIXED GEAR BREWING CO.

ROYAL CITY BREWING CO.

20 Alma St. S. | FixedGearBrewing.com

199 Victoria Rd. S. | RoyalCityBrew.ca

Fixed Gear puts together a lineup of uncommonly interesting food popups and they encourage BYO food the rest of the time.

Tuesday trivia nights at Royal City get special, crowd-pleasing themes such as Friends or the movies of Quentin Tarantino.

BREAKAWAY IPA

SMOKED HONEY

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

5% N/A

DOMESTIQUE

D RY- H O P P E D S A I S O N Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.8% N/A

GORDON HILL

S M O K E D B R OW N A L E W/HONEY Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.5% 25

HEFEWEIZEN

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.2% N/A 69

HANOVER

KINDARDINE

MACLEAN’S ALES

GREY MATTER BEER CO.

52 14th Ave. | MacLeansAles.ca

726 Queen St. | GreyMatterBeer.com

ALES INC.

The first Thursday of every month is trivia night at MacLean’s. Also, watch out for announcements about their homebrewer’s club.

Get your oktoberfest fix on Sept. 28 in Kindcardine. Live music is a regular feature in their taproom, as well.

CHERRY PORTER

THEORY OF RELATIVITY

ARMCHAIR SCOTCH ALE

P O RT E R

S C OT C H A L E

Seasonal: B,L,LC,TBS ABV IBU

O K TO B E R F E S T M A R Z E N Seasonal: B

Seasonal: B,L,LC,TBS

5.6% 30

ABV IBU

7.5% 22

NEUSTADT

ABV IBU

NO MAN’S AN ISLAND

P O RT E R W / TOA S T E D COCONUT Seasonal: B

5.6% 18

ABV IBU

5.2% 25

ORANGEVILLE

NEUSTADT SPRINGS BREWERY

HOCKLEY VALLEY

25 Centennial Rd. | HockleyBeer.ca

456 Jacob St. | NeustadtSprings.com

This brewery, with historic digs, has been open for more than twenty years and winning brewing awards for almost as long.

Widely available at LCBO locations as a goodvalue price these beers have been favourites well before the current wave of craft.

10W30

DARK

ENGLISH-STYLE MILD ALE Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

70

5.5% N/A

BIG DOG BEAUJOLAIS PORTER

P O RT E R - W I N E H Y B R I D Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5.5% N/A

E N G L I S H - S T Y L E B R OW N ALE Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS ABV IBU

5% N/A

AMBER

AMERICAN-STYLE RED ALE Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS ABV IBU

5.2% N/A

SEAFORTH

SHAKESPEARE

HALF HOURS ON EARTH BREWERY

SHAKESPEARE BREWING CO.

151 Main St. S. | HalfHoursOnEarth.com

2178 Line 34 | ShakespeareBrewingCompany.ca

Adding online the guidance about online retailing to our directory was made for breweries like HHOE. Wednesday is the best day to watch for new releases from them.

One of their wildlife-named beers, Bumbling Bear Blueberry Wheat, is made with produce from nearby TNT Berries.

INTO THE GROOVEY

THE GRUMPY GOAT

CENTIGRADE

OA K - A G E D FA R M H O U S E SOUR W/CHERRIES Small-batch: B ABV IBU

OAK AGED BUCKWHEAT SOUR RAW ALE WITH BLACK CURRANT LEAVES, DANDELION ROOT & LEMON ZEST

Small-batch: B

7.5% N/A

ABV IBU

5.5% N/A

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THE CLASSY COW M I L K S TO U T

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

6% 60

ABV IBU

5.5% 22

STRATFORD

BLACK SWAN BREWING CO.

WWW.CANADAKEGS.COM

144 Downie St. | BlackSwanBrewing.ca

PAKTECH

CAN CARRIERS IN STOCK!

Active in Stratford’s beer-loving community, this relatively young brewery hosts weekly running events—go earn your beer! Their online store is coming soon.

PORTER

ESB

P O RT E R

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

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.3% 43

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% 29

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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HERALD HAUS BREWING CO.

JOBSITE BREWING CO.

45 Cambria St. | JobsiteBrewing.ca

21 Market Pl. | @HeraldHaus

Their Dingman dark lager took home bronze at the 2019 CBAs. LCBO, Beer Store and grocery store availability for their beers has expanded recently.

This new Stratford brewery has been “on the job” for one year this August. Find them at the Revival House Summertime Craft Beer Festival on Aug. 25.

ABANDONED AT THE ALTAR

HANDYMAN HARVEST ALE

SOUR W/RASPBERRIES

H2 GOLDEN ALE GOLDEN ALE

Year-round: B,L,TBS ABV IBU

WET HOP ALE

Year-round: B,L,TBS

5.3% 0

ABV IBU

4.7% 15

STRATFORD

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5% 25

WEISSE ANKLES

HEFEWEIZEN One-off: B ABV IBU

5% 11.7

VARNA

STRATFORD BREWING CO.

STONE HOUSE BREWING CO.

Facebook.com/StratfordBrewing

76050 Parr Line | StoneHouseBrewing.ca

Get a taste of Ontario’s most famous theatre town at your local bar or LCBO. (They don’t have an on-site taproom.)

Fittingly, Huron County’s original brewery operates out of a farm shop—with the door open on warm days. Worth the trip to Varna!

STRATFORD PILSNER

CREAM LAGER

PILSNER

Year-round: L,LC ABV IBU

72

4.9% N/A

STRATFORD CALIFORNIA COMMON

CALIFORNIA COMMON Year-round: L ABV IBU

5% 30

AMBER LAGER

DA R K L A G E R

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

GERMAN DARK LAGER

5% N/A

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 18

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LONSBERY FARMS BREWING CO.

8728 Howard Ave. | GLHeritageBrewing.ca

7781 Howard Ave. | LonsberyFarms.beer

This brewery is located on a 150-year-old family farm. Check the hours before heading out—right now, their tasting room and bottle shop are only open on weekends.

Wide distribution across area establishments helps keep this brewery top-of-mind with local craft beer fans.

RY-ED ALE

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RY E B E E R

S TO U T

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Year-round: B,L

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Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

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RED RYE PA I PA W / RY E

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5.2% 68

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SONS OF KENT BREWING CO.

BAYSIDE BREWING CO.

970 Ross Lane | BaysideBrewing.com

27 Adelaide St. S. | SonsOfKent.com

Thursday trivia night trades off with live music on the weekend to fill the entertainment roster here at Chatham’s craft brewery.

Live music, especially on Saturdays and Sundays, keeps this brewery property in Erieau hopping with beer drinkers.

8TRACK XPA

LONG POND LAGER

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

74

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1792

ENGLISH-STYLE ALE Year-round: B,L,TBS ABV IBU

4.9% 32

LIGHT LAGER

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5% 13

HONEY CREAM ALE CREAM ALE W/HONEY

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% N/A

JARVIS

KINGSVILLE

CONCESSION ROAD BREWING CO.

THE GROVE BREW HOUSE

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

12 Main St. E. | BrewEatSleepRepeat.com

Find out about the latest taproom event—from community jams to trivia to live comedy—by checking in on their Facebook page.

The Grove is running a special programme where fans can buy a ticket to participate in a brewer-for-a-day event.

SUMMERS HERE

NORTH ERIE FOGCUTTER

T R O P I C A L I PA

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5.8% 27

LITTLE BRITAIN ESB

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

4.5% 30

LA SALETTE

RAMBLIN ROAD BREWERY FARM

2970 Swimming Pool Rd. | RamblinRoad.ca

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA Small-batch: B ABV IBU

6.2% N/A

WESTCOTT CREAM ALE

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

4.7% N/A

Get dressed!

Look as good as the beer you drink.

The retail bottle shop and tasting room for this on-farm brewery are open every day and their restaurant, the Roost, has separate lunch hours.

3D TRIPLE CHOCOLATE STOUT

HIGH ROAD

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

S TO U T

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6.1% 30

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% 48

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SARNIA

REFINED FOOL BREWING CO.

STONEPICKER BREWING

7143 Forest Rd. | StonepickerBrewing.com

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

Food popups like gourmet burgers and live music nights have helped make Stonepicker a social hub in their community.

These guys are better than average about booking midweek entertainment for their midtown and downtown Sarnia locations.

HACK ‘N’ SLASH

PINKY BREWSTER

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

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

Year-round: B ABV IBU

Year-round: B

6.4% N/A

ABV IBU

6% N/A

SARNIA

AMERICAN-STYLE W H E AT W / R A S P B E R R I E S Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

THE BROUHAHA

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

5.5% 25

ABV IBU

5.7% 23

SIMCOE

RIVER RUN BREW CO.

CHARLOTTEVILLE BREWING CO.

146 Christina St. N. | Facebook.com/RiverRunBrewCo

1207 Charlotteville West Quarter Line Rd. CharlottevilleBrewingCompany.ca

This brand new brewery makes beer that is only available (for now) at its upstairs, the Tin Fiddler pub.

The brewery’s ambiance fits nicely into the Norfolk County surroundings and they go out of their way to support the community. Hours recently expanded to include Thursday evening.

COCONUT COVE

THE POUR HOUSE

RED LITE

P O RT E R W / C O C O N U T Year-round: B ABV IBU

76

5.1% 25

AMERICAN-STYLE AMBER Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.6% 37

POTTY MOUTH

BRITISH-STYLE GOLDEN ALE Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.9% 30

OAT M E A L P O RT E R O N NITRO

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

5.5% 23

SIMCOE

ST. THOMAS

NEW LIMBURG BREWERY

2353 Nixon Rd. | NewLimburg.com

CAPS OFF BREWING CO.

Unit C-168 Curtis St. | CapsOffBrewing.com

The hamlet of Nixon boasts this craft brewery with bistro-style “slow food” and a beach volleyball court while the weather cooperates.

August brings new equipment to the brewing team at Caps Off. Also, they regularly host trivia and live music nights.

GRISETTE

STOVEPIPE

AMBER

BELGIAN-STYLE GRISETTE

AMBER LAGER

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

5% N/A

Year-round: B ABV IBU

STRAWHAT

S TO U T

6% N/A

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.8% 61

SAISON W/ S T R AW B E R RY & R H U BA R B Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.8% 30

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STRATHROY

RUSTY WRENCH RAILWAY CITY BREWING CO. BREWING CO. 130 Edward St. | RailwayCityBrewing.com

9 Front St. W. | RustyWrench.ca

The next time you’re at the CN Tower for an event, check out the special beer that this St. Thomas brewery made for the landmark.

Strathroy gets its own barn-burner of an oktoberfest party on Sept. 28 at the brewery.

Rusty Wrench is an always-dependable spot for their pub-style menu.

ORANGE CREAM SIC ALE

CRAPPY TIRE STOUT

CREAM ALE W/ORANGE A N D VA N I L L A Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

4.8% 8

JUICE CABOOSE

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

6.8% 48

STRATHROY

S TO U T

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

7.5% 18

OKTOBERFEST LAGER

One-off: B ABV IBU

4.8% 23

WEST LORNE

STRATHROY BREWING CO.

62 Albert St. | StrathroyBrewingCompany.ca

NATTERJACK BREWING CO.

25292 Talbot Line | NatterjackBrewing.ca

Two cask engines have pride of place at this small-town brewery that tends to pick beer names related to the War of 1812.

On Sept 20 - 22, they’ll have a fun-packed weekend of special events and beer tasting to celebrate the one-year anniversary at Natterjack.

RED VALLEY

LUNKER

RED ALE

FRUIT BEER Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

78

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5.7% N/A

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5.5% N/A

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1030 Elias St. | AndersonCraftAles.ca

420 Talbot St. | Beerlab.com

On August 24, this London brewery will mark three years in brewing with 30 taps as well as special food and live entertainment.

The brand-new, small-scale brewery located right next Milos’ Craft Beer Emporium takes the lab part of their name seriously—the “v11” for the porter means it’s the 11th version!

IPA

PORTER V11

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

CREAM ALE CREAM ALE

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L,LC

6.5% 60

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CLEARER THAN NEVER

P O RT E R

4.8% 24

LONDON

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ABV IBU

5% N/A

LONDON

DUNDAS & SONS BREWING

FORKED RIVER BREWING CO.

400 Adelaide St. N. | DundasAndSons.com

45 Pacific Crt., Unit 4 ForkedRiverBrewing.com

Designated drivers and aficionados of all things non-alcoholic will be happy to find that they have added their own soft drinks (ginger ale and tonic water) to the menu.

Recently, they put 250 lbs. of mango purée into a special-release session IPA called Summers in Rangoon. Visit their east London taproom to sample interesting offerings like that one.

THE BLACK KNIGHT

INTERSTELLAR

FRED SAUVAGE

Year-round: B,L,LC

Small-batch: B

B L A C K I PA

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

SAISON Year-round: B ABV IBU

80

HONEY ELDERFLOWER SAISON

6.5% 51

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

7% 40

ABV IBU

6.5% 55

WILD FERMENTED ALE W/RASPBERRIES

ABV IBU

5.8% N/A

LONDON

LONDON

POWERHOUSE BREWING CO.

LONDON BREWING

521 Burbrook Pl. | LondonBrewing.ca

100 Kellogg Ln. | PowerhouseBrewery.beer

Drop in to London Brewing every Friday night and Sunday afternoon to enjoy their rotating live-music offerings with your beer.

The opening of a patio this summer was a sure sign that things are getting more polished at this sprawling brewery with an industrial vibe.

LONDON NATURAL LAGER

BUCKLEY’S IRISH RED

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

DOWNTOWN COCONUT BROWN

B R OW N A L E Seasonal: B,L

4.7% 18

ABV IBU

4.5% 20

GENERATOR

IRISH-STYLE RED ALE Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4% 20

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

6.1% 45

LONDON

STORM STAYED BREWING CO.

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

Every Wednesday from 4 - 7 p.m. their parking lot is converted into a farmers’ market featuring an array of local vendors.

THE SOLOIST: CASHMERE

SINGLE-HOP NEW E N G L A N D - S T Y L E PA L E Small-batch: B,L ABV IBU

5.4% 36

THE HUNTER AMERICAN-STYLE P O RT E R

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.2% 73 81

LONDON

TECUMSEH

TOBOGGAN BREWING CO.

FRANK BREWING CO.

585 Richmond St. | TobogganBrewing.com

12000 Tecumseh Rd. | FrankBeer.ca

This popular brewpub makes an awardwinning blackberry cider to go with their extensive lineup of beers.

One of Windsor’s larger craft operations has a rotating brew programme and a taproom with occasional food specials.

RUST SLED

SIMPLE MAN

LUNATIC FRIDGE

AMBER LAGER

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

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.6% 35

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.2% 40

WINDSOR

OAT M E A L S TO U T

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.1% 22

SMOOTH HOPERATOR

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% 32

WINDSOR

BREW MICROBREWERY

635 University Ave. E. | BrewWindsor.com

CHAPTER TWO BREWING CO.

2345 Edna St. | ChapterTwoBrewing.com

Get ready for cooler weather by grabbing your fix of their bestselling maple beer from the online store on their website.

Watch out for details on the launch of their mug club featuring vessels made by the local artisans at River Rock Pottery.

IT’S BREW MOTHER PUCKER

ZUG ISLAND

MAPLE BEER

SPICED ALE W/MAPLE SYRUP

WILD ALE

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

82

4.7% 25

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 15

ENGLISH-STYLE P O RT E R

Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.7% 32

DANGER BIRD

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

6.5% 70

WINDSOR

WINDSOR

CRAFT HEADS BREWING CO.

MOTOR CRAFT ALES

89 University Ave. W. | CraftHeads.ca

888 Erie St. E. | ThisIsMotor.com

Creative doesn’t fully describe how far these guys go above average when it comes to taproom events and brewed creations.

Go beyond the burgers at their auto-themed restaurant and try other classics like the poutine. Complex beer coming out of an impressively small operation.

SQUIRREL NUT BROWN

DRAGULA

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

5.6% 33

PEANUT CHOCOLATE PORTER

BRASS MONKEY

S C H WA R Z B I E R

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA

P O RT E R

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.4% 30

WINDSOR

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.4% 24

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6% 59

WINDSOR

SANDWICH BREWING CO.

WALKERVILLE BREWERY

3230 Sandwich St. | @SandwichBrewing

525 Argyle Rd. | WalkervilleBrewery.com

Grab a Barrels, Bottles and Brews passport and make a brewery tour of Sandwich and other area establishments.

Summer 2019 brought a brand new patio to Walkerville Brewery. Fridays are the hot night for special events, including live music, at the taproom on Argyle.

WHITE BRONCO

ROB ROY SCOTCH ALE

RUBY SUE

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE PA L E A L E Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.8% 33

ENGLISH-STYLE MILD ALE Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.9% 23

S C OT C H A L E

Seasonal: B,L,LC ABV IBU

7% 25

EASY STOUT M I L K S TO U T

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.5% 32 83

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85 86 84 85

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08 09

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CAMPBELLFORD

PETERBOROUGH 7A 115

28

COBOURG

57

05 10

CAMPBELLFORD

401 2

COBOURG

NORTHUMBERLAND HILLS BREWERY

CHURCH-KEY BREWING

1678 County Road 38 ChurchKeyBrewing.com

1024 Division St., Unit 1 | NHB.beer

Wondering about the name? That’s what we called bottle openers in decades past—you know, like the 90s. See their social media for updates on live music in the pub.

Look for this brewery to have a table at many events in their community. This is one of several Ontario breweries splitting their lineup between bottles and cans.

HOLY SMOKE PEAT SMOKED SCOTH ALE

BAILEY’S COMET

SMOKED BEER Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

84

6.2% N/A

IRISH RED ALE

IRISH-STYLE RED ALE Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.5% N/A

OXY MORON

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

5.5% N/A

D O U B L E B L A C K I PA Year-round: B ABV IBU

7.5% N/A

COBOURG

HAVELOCK

WILLIAM STREET BEER CO.

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

FENELON FALLS BREWING CO.

4 May St. | FenelonFallsBrewing.com

Visit the taproom and their easy-drinking beers with a side of Canadiana—think vintage crokinole and house-cured peameal bacon.

August sees the opening of their new taproom and restaurant plus the release of three totally new beers. Stop in for a visit!

HARVEST ALE

KAWARTHA SPARKLING ALE

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

IMPERIAL PUMPKIN STOUT

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

9.8% 44

HAVELOCK

S PA R K L I N G A L E

EAST COAST IPA

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

Year-round: B ABV IBU

Year-round: B

4.7% 19

5% 22

ABV IBU

LINDSAY

BELMONT LAKE BREWERY

PIE EYED MONK BREWERY

54 Fire Rte. 17 | BelmontLakeBrewery.com

8 Cambridge St. N. PieEyedMonkBrewery.com

With somewhat limited opening hours, it’s best to confirm that this brewery is open before you make the trek off the beaten path to see them.

Find this brewery pouring their beer at the Bobcaygeon Craft Beer and Food Festival at Kawartha Settler’s Village on Aug. 17.

HARRY SCOTT

FIRST RESPONSE

EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER Small-batch: B ABV IBU

6.8% N/A

MILE OF MEMORIES

ENGLISH-STYLE BITTER Small-batch: B ABV IBU

5% N/A

DIRTY BIRD

AMERICAN-STYLE AMBER

B R OW N A L E

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.5% 24

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6.5% 23 85

PETERBOROUGH

PETERBOROUGH

BOBCAYGEON BREWING CO.

THE OLDE STONE BREWING CO.

191 St David St., Unit 2 BobcaygeonBrewing.ca

380 George St. N. | OldeStone.ca

Cinnamon and ginger added to an ESB gives you their Foliage ale. Find it at the brewery and LCBOs starting mid-August.

This is one of the stops on the PedalBoro party bike that launched this summer and visits some of Peterborough’s breweries.

FOLIAGE AUTUMN ALE

OR DUBH STOUT

ESB W/SPICES

Seasonal: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.4% 21

DOCKSIDE RED ALE

AMERICAN-STYLE RED ALE Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS ABV IBU

5% 30

PETERBOROUGH

PUMPKIN ALE

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

5.1% N/A

PUMPKIN BEER

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5% N/A

PETERBOROUGH

PUBLICAN HOUSE BREWERY

300 Charlotte St. | PublicanHouse.com

SMITHAVENS BREWING COMPANY

687 Rye St., Unit 6 | SmithavensBrewing.ca

Despite the very local sounding name, this brewery’s (mainly English-style) beer makes it outside of Peterborough. They’ve acquired the old KLB Raspberry Wheat recipe.

The food menu for this brewpub in Peterborough is frequently updated. Look for both bottles and cans in their beer fridge.

RASPBERRY WHEAT

AMBER SOLACE

W H E AT W / F R U I T

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

86

4.5% 15

SQUARE NAIL PALE ALE

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

5.6% 43

AMBER LAGER

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.6% 20

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

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5.2% 12

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62

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WESTPORT

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SPEARHEAD CITY

SPEARHEAD BREWING

675 Development Dr. | SpearheadBeer.com

SUN-MON 11AM-9PM ^ TUE-THU 11AM-10PM FRI-SAT 11AM-11PM EST. 2018 One of Ontario’s most recognizable pale ales (plus the rest of the lineup) has a new-look can just in time for summer 2019.

SAM ROBERTS BAND ALE

MOROCCAN BROWN ALE

AMERICAN-STYLE AMBER Year-round: B,L,LC ABV

4.5%

IBU

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

33

ABV

This one has a foot in both the US and UK camps with a biscuit-y body and hoppy finish.

6%

IBU

35

It only takes a little digging to spot the Maghreb accent from the dates, figs, raisins and cinnamon.

DRINK IN THE JOURNEY Our brewers are always experimenting and creating bold new beers that break from the ordinary, but with a nod to tradition.

Available at the LCBO, Kingston Taproom, or purchase online.

SPEARHEADBEER.COM 88

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BATH

BLOOMFIELD

MACKINNON BROTHERS BREWING

MATRON FINE BEER

65 Barker Lane | MatronFineBeer.ca

1915 County Road 22 MackinnonBrewing.com

They’re adding a 10,000-square-foot, timberframe expansion to their brew house, packaging and storage facility. Back to the Farm beer and music festival happens in mid-August.

The founders of this shiny, new brewery in PEC have deep roots in the Ontario craft beer community, including at Stone City.

HARVEST ALE

JANKY

ALE MADE FROM 100% FA R M - G R OW N INGREDIENTS Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

BACK TO THE FARM SAISON

Seasonal: B,L

5% 18

ABV IBU

4% 15

CORBYVILLE

YEASAYER

I PA

GERMAN-STYLE LAGER Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

6% N/A

ABV IBU

4.8% N/A

GANANOQUE

SIGNAL BREWING COMPANY

86-87 River Rd. | Signal.beer

GANANOQUE BREWING COMPANY

9 King St. E. | GanBeer.com

The weekend entertainment at Signal varies widely from a 90s dance party on Aug 31 to a Neil Young cover band on Oct. 5.

This brewery is very well positioned for an autumn road trip pitstop—the Gananoque farmers’ market sets up across the street and the antiques market is downstairs.

WAVE

NAUGHTY OTTER LAGER

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

6.1% N/A

RADIO TUBE PILSNER

PA L E L A G E R Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.5% 25

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.2% 24

BELL RINGER

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

6.5% 62 89

GLENORA

HILLIER

LAKE ON THE MOUNTAIN BREWERY

GILLINGHAM BREWING CO.

11369 Loyalist Pkwy.

LakeOnTheMountainBrewCo.com

1316 Wilson Rd. | GillinghamBrewing.ca

What could be more Canadian than a resortconnected brewery that closes for the winter?

Open now and some of their beers feature hops grown on the property.

Relaxation comes easily at this 30-person taproom with 7 rotating taps. The snack that comes with a beers in the brewery is a very cool touch.

LAKE MONSTER SOUR IPA

PALE ALE 25

S O U R I PA

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5.1% 60

ONOKENOGA PALE ALE

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

5.2% 44

HILLIER

H Y B R I D PA L E A L E

JM PORTER P O RT E R

Year-round: B ABV IBU

Seasonal: B

5.8% 36

ABV IBU

5.8% 38

KINGSTON

STRANGE BREWING CO.

KING’S TOWN BEER CO.

371 Chase Rd. | facebook.com/The-StrangeBrewing-Company

675 Arlington Park Pl., Unit 3 KingsTownBeerCo.ca

Off the beaten track in Hillier, this backyard brewery goes well beyond the ordinary for their 200-litre nano batches.

Back-to-school is a big time for every brewery in a university town, but doubly so for the craft breweries based in Kingston.

HORN TRIP

COFFEE PORTER

PA L E A L E W / J U N I P E R Seasonal: B ABV IBU

90

N/A N/A

VELO TRIP

RADLER W/SUMAC Seasonal: B ABV IBU

N/A N/A

P O RT E R W / C O F F E E Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.9% 30

BREAKWATER LAGER DA R K L A G E R

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% 17

KINGSTON

KINGSTON

KINGSTON BREWING COMPANY

RIVERHEAD BREWING CO.

631 Fortune Cres. | RiverheadBrewing.com

34 Clarence St. | KingstonBrewing.ca

As well as their house beers, this brewpub covers off wine, cocktails and selections from some of the best breweries in Eastern Ontario.

Midweek events here include the usual beer releases and trivia nights, plus unusual ones like a sign and pillow case-making workshop.

DRAGON’S BREATH CASK ALE

IRISH RED

ENGLISH-STYLE ALE Year-round: B ABV IBU

SAISON WITH HASKAP BERRIES

SAISON W/FRUIT Year-round: B

6% N/A

ABV IBU

4.4% N/A

KINGSTON

IRISH-STYLE RED Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.3% 28

TROPICAL IPA

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

NAPANEE

STONE CITY ALES

NAPANEE BEER COMPANY

275 Princess St. | StoneCityAles.com

450 Milligan Lane | NapaneeBeer.ca

The food menu—think fresh oysters and pork belly sandwiches—at this brewpub is just as elevated as the creative beers.

One of Eastern Ontario’s most popular breweries has lots of their beer in grocery stores.

Look for monthly beer releases from them.

CHERRY CHÉRIE

BLACKLIST

UNCHARTED IPA

FRUIT SOUR

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

One-off: B ABV IBU

5% N/A

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

7% 70

MAYDAY

DA R K L A G E R

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

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.3% 24

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.7% 23 91

PICTON

PICTON

BARLEY DAYS BREWERY

555 BREWING CO.

124 Picton Main St. | 555Beer.com

13730 Loyalist Parkway BarleyDaysBrewery.com

Sunday evening at 6 p.m. their regular Sundowner Sessions feature a rotating roster of local live music.

The senior stateman of Prince Edward County breweries has plenty of offerings to suit the cooler-weather beer seasons.

THE JURY

WIND & SAIL

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

5.6% N/A

LONG BLACK

B L A C K I PA W / C O F F E E Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.6% 55

PICTON

DA R K A L E

SCRIMSHAW OY S T E R S TO U T

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

5% N/A

ABV IBU

4% 25

PICTON

PARSONS BREWING CO.

876 County Road 49 | ParsonsBrewing.com

PRINCE EDDY’S BREWING CO.

13 Macsteven Dr. | PrinceEddys.com

Firm believers in the all-year versatility of stout, these guys have at least half-a-dozen of the black beers available all summer. Even better now the temperature is dropping.

They might have the only ping pong table with a mezzanine view of brewing equipment.

Find their beer across the province.

GRANDPA MIGUEL’S COFFEE STOUT

MILK SHAKA STOUT

S TO U T W / C O F F E E Year-round: B ABV IBU

92

5.6% 45

MOUSETRAP RY E PA L E A L E

M I L K S TO U T

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6% 39

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.5% 11

C.R.E.A.M. ALE CREAM ALE

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5% 17

TRENTON

WELLINGTON

WILDCARD BREWING CO.

MIDTOWN BREWING CO.

38 Gotha St. | WildcardBrewCo.com

266 Wellington Main St. MidtownBrewingCompany.com

They’re releasing several barrel-aged beers and fruited sours from August through October.

Follow their social channels for more about release dates and availability.

The light-touch British influence gives pretty much their full range a very sessionable quality.

Extremely solid brewpub menu to match the beer and friendly ambiance.

YELLOW SOUR RANGER

ESB

KETTLE SOUR W/PINEAPPLE AND COCONUT Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

BASIC BLONDE PUMPKIN SPICE BEER

Seasonal: B,L

4.8% 8

ABV IBU

5.2% 14

WESTPORT

EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

DRY IRISH STOUT

I R I S H - S T Y L E S TO U T Year-round: B,L

5.2% 32

ABV IBU

4.2% 35

WOLFE ISLAND

WESTPORT BREWING CO.

WOLFE ISLAND SPRING CRAFT BREWERY

41B Main St. WestportBrewingCompany.ca

1570 County Road 96 | WolfeIsland.beer

Thanksgiving weekend is their first birthday at Westport and they have a big celebration planned. Follow their social media for more updates.

A fancy new canning line means more of their beer will be travelling across the province this year—some of it with nitro.

BEAVER POND TRAIL

DIGGLER’S DIRT SQUIRREL

B R OW N A L E

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% 26

LAKESIDE LAGER LAGER

N U T B R OW N A L E

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.1% 22

One-off: B ABV IBU

4.5% N/A

CANNONBALL STEINBIER

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% N/A 93

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BEAU’S ALL NATURAL BREWING CO.

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

The New Pornographers and Shad are headlining Beau’s Oktoberfest on Sept. 20 - 21. One of the biggest events on the craft beer calendar.

NIGHT MÄRZEN

WAG THE WOLF

Seasonal: B,L,LC

Seasonal: B,L,LC

ORGANIC AMBER LAGER

ABV

5.5%

IBU

O R G A N I C W H I T E I PA

30

ABV

Just the right amount of sweetness checks the moreish German hops and clean finish.

5%

IBU

30

A classic from before haze was trendy, wheat malt keeps it fresh with lemon and grapefruit.

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ALMONTE

BECKWITH

CROOKED MILE BREWING

453 Ottawa St., Unit 3 | CrookedMile.ca

ASHTON BREWING COMPANY

113 Old Mill Rd. AshtonBrewingCompany.com

Most of the brewed options here hew fairly closely to traditional British styles that are balanced and subtle.

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

Lorne Hart makes the beer for their authentic British-style pub.

CROW’S CASTLE

EAST COAST IPA

ENGLISH-STYLE BITTER Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.5% 35

STANDING STONE

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

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

6.2% 53

CALABOGIE

ABV IBU

HARVEST BROWN B R OW N A L E

Year-round: B,L

5% N/A

ABV IBU

6% 18

CARLETON PLACE

CALABOGIE BREWING CO.

BRAUMEISTER BREWING CO.

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

19 Moore St. | Braumeister.ca

The two locations are both bursting with news: in Calabogie there’s a new kitchen and Kanata has a sunny patio. Both are open every day.

This Carleton Place brewery really excels at the styles from deep in the German catalogue. And cool weather (plus Oktoberfest) are when those styles shine.

MASHING PUMPKINS

RHEINWASSER

HIGHLANDER N U T B R OW N A L E

PUMPKIN ALE

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

96

5.5% 20

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

6% 23

KÖ L S C H

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

4.8% 22

SOMMERFEST GERMAN-STYLE GOLDEN ALE

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5.5% 30

CARLETON PLACE

CASSELMAN

STALWART BREWING CO.

CASSEL BREWERY

10 High St. | StalwartBrewing.ca

2 Racine St. | CasselBrewery.ca

Cask ale fans head to Stalwart on the second weekend of every month for special offerings.

They also do music jams here every Satuday from 1 - 4 p.m.

Cassel’s new location at 2 Racine St. is now open for business. Hold onto the last strands of warm weather with their 1844 pilsner.

BIG PAPA

1844 PILSNER

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

5.8% 38

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

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6.8% 69

PILSNER

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.9% 25

CABOOSE IPA

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

6.4% 69

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CORNWALL

EMBRUN

RURBAN BREWING

412 Cumberland St. | RurbanBrewing.ca

ÉTIENNE BRÜLÉ BREWERY 893 Notre-Dame St. | EtienneBrule.ca

EST.

If you’re lucky enough to make it to a festival in Cornwall, you might find a limited edition cask by Rurban. If not, they now fill growlers from their taproom!

A family-friendly brewery in Embrun that makes a very wide range of beers—from American-style IPAs to a milk stout.

WHITE TAIL BROWN ALE

NOTRE-DAME

SOUTHERN ENG L A N D - S T Y L E B R OW N Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

PLZNRD - SAAZ PILSNER

Small-batch: B,L

5% 25

ABV IBU

4.5% 28

EMBRUN

CZECH-STYLE PILSNER Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.8% 25

BLACK CREEK B L A C K I PA

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5.1% 35

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.

Fall is paddling season in eastern Ontario and these guys would be more than happy to supply the beer for your trip.

GOUGOUNES ROUSSES

WILD BOG

AMERICAN-STYLE AMBER Year-round: B ABV IBU

98

5.8% 22

CAVALERIE D’HOUBLONS

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

5.5% 45

SOUR W/CRANBERRIES Seasonal: B,L,LC ABV IBU

6% 5

WHISTLING PADDLER

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

4.5% 36

INGLESIDE

JOHNSTOWN

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS BREWING CO.

25 Thorold Ln. HumbleBeginningsBrewing.ca

WINDMILL BREWERY

5 Newport Dr. | WindmillBrewery.ca

Look for Humble Beginnings at the Russell Fair on Sept. 7. And on Sept. 28 they co-host the Apples and Arts Studio Tour with Victoria Street Studios.

Live music from a rotating roster of acts in a broad range of style keep brewery guests entertained at this eastern Ontario brewery.

DAY HIKER

FESTBIER

AIM FOR THE LIMES

I PA

RADLER Seasonal: B ABV IBU

Seasonal: B

7.6% 50

ABV IBU

2.6% 10

NORTH GLENGARRY

BARRACKS

FESTBIER

BLACK LAGER

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

6.5% N/A

ABV IBU

4.5% N/A

PAKENHAM

WOOD BROTHERS BREWING CO.

CARTWRIGHT SPRINGS BREWERY

2980 Wylie Rd. WoodBrothersBrewingCo.com

239 Deer Run Rd. | CSBeer.ca

It’s definitely advisable to check their social media feeds before paying them a visit. The bottle shop closes when they sell out.

New releases at Cartwright include offthe-wall options like Patong Beach, which incorporated pineapple and jalapeno.

HIGHLAND HAZE

HOPPING JACKS

OVERCAST

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA Small-batch: B ABV IBU

6.5% 45

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA Small-batch: B ABV IBU

6.8% 35

COFFEE STOUT

W E T- H O P P E D I PA Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5% N/A

C O F F E E S TO U T

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% 30 99

PEMBROKE

PERTH

SQUARE TIMBER BREWING CO.

PERTH BREWERY

800 Woito Station Rd. | SquareTimber.com

121 Dufferin St. | PerthBrewery.ca

This small brewery has become a regular sight at community events in the Pembroke area and has been an avid following with locals.

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

SLABTOWN IPA

HOPSIDE IPA

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

6.5% 70

LALA SAISON SAISON

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.7% N/A

SMITHS FALLS

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

CALYPSO IPA S E S S I O N I PA

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

5.5% 52

ABV IBU

4.8% 42

VANKLEEK HILL

4 DEGREES BREWING CO.

HALCYON BARREL HOUSE

275 Brockville St. | 4DegreesBrewing.com

10 Terry Fox Dr. | Halcyon.beer

This brewery is so Canadian that during the summer they make dockside deliveries of kegs by boat to some of their accounts.

The Halcyon Lounge at Beau’s Oktoberfest Sept. 20 - 21 is the place to try all the latest releases from Halcyon Barrel House.

OLD SLYS ‘69

LIFE ADVICE

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

100

6.9% N/A

HILL 70

BELGIAN BLONDE

O R G A N I C TA B L E B E E R

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

7% 20

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

3.5% N/A

CHERRY GRAVITY WELL

ORGANIC SOUR ALE W/ CHERRIES Small-batch: B ABV IBU

9% N/A

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BIG RIG BREWERY

103 Schneider Rd. | BigRigBrewery.com

EVERGREEN CRAFT ALES

EvergreenCraftAles.com

Brewmaster Lon Ladell is sticking around as director of brewery operations after this Ottawa-area brewery is taken over by franchising firm Foodtastic.

Evergreen is moving out of their garage setup and into a permanent home in Kanata. Check to make sure they’re open before heading out.

SABRO PORTER

DOWN THE ROAD

C O F F E E P O RT E R

BLACK IPA B L A C K I PA

Small-batch: B,L ABV IBU

BLONDE ALE

S E S S I O N I PA

Year-round: B,L,LC

4.8% 20

BENDER

ABV IBU

8.2% N/A

KANATA

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

Small-batch: B

5.3% 30

ABV IBU

5.1% 22

ORLEANS

SMALL PONY BARREL WORKS

STRAY DOG BREWING CO.

501 Lacolle Way, Unit 4 | StrayDogBrewing.ca

101 Schneider Rd. SmallPonyBarrelWorks.com

The 2020 Culture Club membership will be opening in November. Watch their social to make sure you get in before spots sell out!

Their second anniversary is just around the corner. Head to this Orleans brewery on Sept.

14 for the big celebration.

JAM HANDS

TROPICAL KNOCKOUT

BA R R E L - A G E D S O U R W / RASPBERRIES Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

102

5% 0

ALL THE BEST HATS

BA R R E L - A G E D S O U R W / HASKAP One-off: B ABV IBU

5.4% 0

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

5.6% 30

BLEU NUIT

SAISON W/BLUEBERRIES Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

6% 27

OTTAWA

OTTAWA

BEYOND THE PALE BREWING BICYCLE CRAFT BREWERY

250 City Centre Ave., Bay 108 BTPShop.ca

850 Industrial Ave., Unit 12 BicycleCraftBrewery.ca

The annual birthday party for this Ottawaarea stalwart is on the horizon for later in the fall. Until then, enjoy their restaurant and expanded taproom.

Always great to see an Ontario brewery make it to five! Bicycle celebrates their anniversary on Sept. 14.

CLEAN CUT

ON THE LAM

CLOUD TOWN

KÖ L S C H

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5% N/A

SESSION NEW ENG L A N D - S T Y L E PA L E ALE Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

4.5% N/A

OTTAWA

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA

MR. TEMPLETON’S W E E H E AV Y

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

6.6% 56

ABV IBU

7.5% 22

OTTAWA

BROADHEAD BREWING CO.

CLOCKTOWER BREWPUB

81 Auriga Dr. | BroadheadBeer.com

575 Bank St. | Clocktower.ca

Their new location was a bit delayed this summer, but they managed to find time to bring their popular beer to many of the area’s top festivals and special events.

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.

NUTS & BOLTS

BANK ST. BROWN

B R OW N A L E W / S O U T H ERN PECANS Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5% 22

TIGHT SQUEEZE A M E R I C A N - S T Y L E I PA W / TA N G E R I N E S

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5% 55

WISHART’S ESB

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

4.8% 28

EXTRA-SPECIAL BITTER Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5% 32 103

OTTAWA

OTTAWA

DOMINION CITY BREWING CO.

FLORA HALL BREWING

37 Flora St. | FloraHallBrewing.ca

5510 Canotek Rd., Unit 15 | DominionCity.ca

This Ottawa brewery is sneaking up on their five-year anniversary. We’re pretty sure they’ll some excellent brewed creations to celebrate.

Flora Fest 2, their annual hoohaw, goes Oct. 26 and promises live music to go with the special releases. Keep your eyes peeled for their barrel-aged golden sour.

NORTHFIELD

GOLDEN SOUR

FOEDER-FERMENTED SAISON

PAPER SALESMAN PA L E A L E

Seasonal: B

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

6.5% N/A

ABV IBU

5.6% N/A

OTTAWA

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

WEST COAST IPA

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

One-off: B ABV IBU

7.5% N/A

ABV IBU

6.3% 55

OTTAWA

KICHESIPPI BEER CO.

LOWERTOWN BREWERY

73 York St. | LowertownBrewery.ca

2265 Robertson Rd. | KBeer.ca

They celebrated the move out to Robertson Road with a big bash this summer. More space for one of Ottawa’s favourite breweries.

Every Wednesday is bike night at Lowertown and live music fills the room on other nights of the schedule.

WUCHAK BLACK

NITRO DRY STOUT

1855

AMERICAN-STYLE AMBER

B L A C K I PA

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

104

6% 77

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5.1% 31

TIMBER SLIDE

I R I S H - S T Y L E S TO U T Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.5% 25

I PA

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.8% 56

OTTAWA

OTTAWA

OVERFLOW BREWING

NITA BEER CO.

190 Colonnade Rd., Unit 17 | NitaBeer.com

2477 Kaladar Ave. | OverflowBeer.com

They’re continuing the Brew Camp where beer enthusiasts come brew with their experts on Sept. 14 and Nov. 16. Also, early warning for another Christmas beer box from Nita.

On Sept. 17, Aaron Pritchett brings the Out on the Town tour to Overflow and Sept. 27 is the 7th Retro Rock & Rescue in support of local dog shelters.

PERCY MAPLETON

PB10

P O RT E R

TEN12

BLONDE ALE

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

6.7% 45

ABV IBU

LANDLOCKED IPA

S E S S I O N I PA

5% 30

OTTAWA

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

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

4.3% 00

ABV IBU

6.7% 60

OTTAWA

RIDGE ROCK BREWING CO.

TOOTH AND NAIL BREWERY

421 Donald B. Munro Dr. RidgeRockBrewCo.ca

3 Irving Ave. | ToothAndNailBeer.com

This brewery in Carp continues to evolve their beer lineup with a devotion to consistency and clean beer.

Sept. 14 is the fourth anniversary party for this Hintonburg brewery with one of the deepest beer lineups in Ontario.

OKTOBERFEST

SUSTENANCE

MARZEN

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5.4% 28

ELECTRIC MAYHEM

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

6.7% 60

B R OW N S A I S O N W I T H RAISINS Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

7.2% 20

VICTORY PARADE FESTBIER

One-off: B,L ABV IBU

5.6% 24 105

OTTAWA

OTTAWA

VIMY BREWING COMPANY

WALLER STREET BREWING

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

14 Waller St. | WallerSt.ca

On Aug. 21, they’re getting a jump on autumn with a fancy pumpkin decorating session. If you can’t make that, Wednesday is trivia night.

Right in the Byward Market in downtown Ottawa, this brewery is a must (and convenient) if you’re visiting Ottawa.

VIMY STOUT

MOONLIGHT PORTER

I R I S H - D RY S TO U T

VIMY RED

IRISH-STYLE RED ALE

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L

4.5% 42

ABV IBU

5% 18

OTTAWA

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

SPEAKEASY RED RY E B E E R

Year-round: B,L

6.3% 50

ABV IBU

4.4% 30

STITTSVILLE

WHIPRSNAPR BREWING CO.

COVERED BRIDGE BREWING

14 Bexley Pl. | WhiprsnaprBrewingCo.com

119 Iber Rd., Unit 6 CoveredBridgeBrewing.com

Their Unfiltrd Project brings a new beer to market every week in 2019. Team members have worked with outside collaborators and some creations have their own YouTube video.

This Stittsville brewery puts new beer releases out fairly regularly—from Raspberry Princess Witbier to a barrel-aged beer with peaches.

F’N’L

LAZY BREWER

B R I T I S H - S T Y L E I PA Seasonal: B ABV IBU

106

6% 50

ALT SCHULE A LT B I E R

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

4.8% 25

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

6% 40

WALK ON THE MILD SIDE

ENGLISH-STYLE MILD Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.2% 18

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If you’re up near Algonquin Park, a visit to this brewery is nearly mandatory. Claim Jumper launched earlier this year as their first IPA.

Their pizza (including the Philly cheesesteak version) is popular enough that they now deliver—sadly, you can’t add beer to your order.

BLACK QUARTZ

BILLY BISHOP BROWN

DA R K A L E

RUSTY HUSKY B R OW N A L E

Year-round: B ABV IBU

B R OW N A L E

Year-round: B

5.5% 38

ABV IBU

ACCELERATED STALL

5.5% 25

BARRIE

D O U B L E I PA

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L,LC

3.8% 18

ABV IBU

8.5% 80

BARRIE

FLYING MONKEYS CRAFT BREWERY

REDLINE BREWHOUSE

107 Dunlop St. E. | FlyingMonkeys.ca

8 & 9-431 Bayview Dr. RedlineBrewhouse.com

Their Dunlop Street taproom has a whopping 16 of their own beers on tap—it’s no wonder that they continue to create new recipes.

Look for some of their beers in crowler-only releases. Also, they sometimes do promotions offering free shipping for online orders that hit a certain minimum.

JUICY ASS

CLUTCH

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

T R I P L E I PA

Year-round: B,L,LC

Year-round: B,L,LC

6.5% 69

ABV 10.2% IBU 37

ABV IBU

108

SPARKLEPUFF

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

4.8% 42

AIR RIDE

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

6.1% 67

BAYSVILLE

BRACEBRIDGE

LAKE OF BAYS BREWING CO. MUSKOKA BREWERY

117-2681 Muskoka District Rd. LakeOfBaysBrewing.ca

1964 Muskoka Beach Rd. MuskokaBrewery.com

While the weather is warm, look for them at pretty much every major festival in cottage country. After that, you’re likely to find live music at the brewery.

This year, Muskoka continues to churn out the special releases in their Moonlight Kettle series.

The yuzu pale ale was an eye-opener.

FLIGHT PLAN

HAZED AND CONFUSED

D O U B L E I PA

PUMPKIN ALE PUMPKIN ALE

Seasonal: B,LC ABV IBU

Seasonal: B,LC

8% 8.4

ABV IBU

6% 25

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

HARVEST ALE

O N TA R I O S P R I N G PA L E ALE

6.5% 52

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

6.7% 40

CARLING

NORSE BREWERY

11 Ritchie Dr. | NorseBrewery.com

Can art for this brewery stays on-theme by drawing inspiration from Viking artifacts, including ceremonial drinking cups.

DARK ALE

GOLDEN ALE

DA R K A L E

GOLDEN ALE

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

YOUR AD

3.9% N/A

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

5% N/A

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GRAVENHURST

HALIBURTON

HALIBURTON HIGHLANDS BREWING

SAWDUST CITY BREWING CO.

397 Muskoka Rd. N. SawdustCityBrewing.com

1067 Garden Gate Drive HaliburtonHighlandsBrewing.ca

They have a lot to celebrate at Sawdust, including a new outdoor patio and marking five years of brewing on Labour Day weekend.

Halloween bash happens Oct. 26 this year.

The summer of 2019 goes out with a bang on Aug. 31 at their Summer Send-Off featuring five live bands. Bring your own chair!

BLOOD OF CTHULHU

HONEY BROWN ALE

BEETS BY CAL

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

9.5% 50

BEET SOUR

One-off: B,L ABV IBU

5% 10

MINDEN HILLS

AMERICAN-STYLE B R OW N A L E W / H O N E Y Year-round: B,L

BLUELINE BLONDE ALE BLONDE ALE

Year-round: B,L

5% 25

ABV IBU

ABV IBU

5% 22

PARRY SOUND

BOSHKUNG BREWING CO.

TRESTLE BREWING CO.

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

9 Great North Rd. | TrestleBrewing.com

Toast the final days of summer 2019 at their new Minden location—now equipped with a food truck. Plus bingo on Tuesday at the Boshkung Social location.

On Sept. 21, they host a full-on honey festival in Parry Sound, including a contest to determine the best honey taster.

KING KUNG IMPERIAL STOUT S TO U T

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

110

7.5% 30

BARREL AGED SERIES 3 BA R R E L - A G E D S TO U T

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

6% 30

BRAG LOAD

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

9% N/A

30 000 ISLANDS IPA I PA

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

6.3% 63

SOUTH RIVER

TORRANCE

HIGHLANDER BREW CO.

CLEAR LAKE BREWING CO.

309B Hwy. 124 | HighlanderBrewCo.com

4651 Southwood Rd. | ClearLakeBrewing.co

Interesting takes on British styles is the specialty at this brewery in South River. It’s always good to see a mild on a brewery’s list.

Their hometown, Torrance, turns 150 this summer and they are getting in on the celebrations, including with a Hip cover band concert.

HAPPY LANDING

SESSION ALE

BLACKSMITH

ENGLISH-STYLE MILD

S M O K E D P O RT E R

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

5.4% 34

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

6.5% 27

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

4.8% 21

AMBER ALE AMBER ALE

Year-round: B ABV IBU

5.4% N/A

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NORTHWINDS BREWHOUSE

10 Sandford Fleming Dr. | TheCollingwordBrewery.com

499 First St. | NorthwindsBrewery.com

This ski-country brewery took home three trophies from this year’s Canadian Brewing Awards, including the English-style IPA gold for their White’s Bay IPA.

Get your Collingwood brewery tours in before the snow flies and things get more crowded up here. The bar stools at this local favourite have a perfect view of the brewery.

KINGPOST ESB

RAINMAKER IPA

EXTRA-SPECIAL BITTER Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

112

5.8% 40

WHITE’S BAY IPA

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

6.1% 45

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

6.9% 67

CHECKERED FLAG B L O N D E S TO U T

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5% N/A

COLLINGWOOD

COLLINGWOOD

SIDE LAUNCH BREWING CO.

1-200 Mountain Rd. | SideLaunchBrewing.com

THORNBURY VILLAGE CIDERY & BREWHOUSE

90 King St E. | ThornburyCraft.com

Look for regular markets to continue here as well as the Growling Beaver Brevet, a charity bike ride over multiple distances in support of Parkinson’s fundraising on Sept. 28.

The combination brewery and cidery has sketched out plans for a major expansion to their building in Thornbury.

NORTHBOUND

DAM DARK LAGER

LAGER

Year-round: B,L,LC ABV IBU

4.4% 14

GETAWAY I PA

LADDER RUN

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

6.3% 55

VIENNA-STYLE LAGER

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.8% 15

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.8% 25

GORE BAY

SPLIT RAIL BREWING CO

31 Water St. | SplitRailManitoulin.com

PICKUP PILSNER ALC/VOL 4.8% IBU 40 Aug. 24 is the big day for the 2019 edition of the Craft Brews Cruise on Lake Huron.

Split Rail will be there along with other area breweries and on-theme live music.

LOON SONG OATS STOUT OAT M E A L S TO U T

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5% N/A

GORE BAY IPA

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

5.5% N/A

Brewed with Bohemian Malts, Saaz hops and genuine Czech yeast. Pleasing malty flavours and a soft floral and spicy hop character make this a wellbalanced Pilsner.

Enjoy a tasting flight of craft beer, fill a growler or howler, tip back a pint, or just pick up some cans and bottles to go!

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MANITOULIN BREWING CO.

KILANNAN BREWING CO.

43 Manitowaning Rd ManitoulinBrewing.co

103015 Grey Rd. 18 | KilannanBrewing.ca

Started by three friends with a passion for representing North Ontario through their beer.

Browse the full selection in their online store.

The beer lineup at this Owen Sound brewery shifts nimbly to change with the season—right now, from radlers to stouts.

HAWBERRY STOUT

THE MEN WHO STARE AT OATS

S TO U T

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

CUP AND SAUCER ENGLISH ALE

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

5.5% N/A

ABV IBU

5% 33

SOUTHAMPTON

OAT M E A L S TO U T

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

TOUCH MY SWEATER CASHMERE IPA

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

4.8% N/A

ABV IBU

6.5% 60

TOBERMORY

OUTLAW BREW CO.

TOBERMORY BREWING CO.

196 High St. | OutlawBrewCo.com

28 Bay St. | TobermoryBrewingCo.ca

Having just turned five, this brewery, tiedhouse and restaurant (brunch to dinner) all in one is going strong in Southampton.

Surrounded by some of Ontario’s most beautiful scenery this is the perfect fall destination. Their can lineup continues to expand.

THE BANDIT DARK ALE

FRANK N STOUT

DA R K A L E

Year-round: B ABV IBU

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THE SHERIFF IPA

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

6% N/A

FATHOM FIVE PORTER

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

P O RT E R

Year-round: B ABV IBU

8.4% 18

Year-round: B ABV IBU

4.5% 25

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LAKE OF THE WOODS BREWING CO.

350 2nd St. S. | lowbrewco.com

SUN-WED 11AM-11PM ^ THU 11AM-12AM ^ FRI-SAT 11AM-1AM EST. 2013 Their Lakeside Lounge will be part of Manyfest, Winnipeg’s largest outdoor festival on September 6 - 8. And they’re bringing the party back out onto the street to celebrate Oktoberfest on October 5.

CHANNEL MARKER

NAUTICAL DISASTER

Year-round: B,L,LC

Seasonal: L,LC

C I T R A D RY- H O P P E D L I G H T L A G E R

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4%

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D RY- H O P P E D I PA

11

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Citra hops make for a crisp, zesty edge to this entirely sessionable lager built for the dock.

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FORGOTTEN LAKE BLUEBERRY ALE

KÖ L S C H

FRUIT BEER Year-round: B,L,LC

Year-round: B,L,LC

5%

IBU

An IPA made to travel the seas; this one has plenty of citrus and resin hops and a dry finish.

LAKESIDE

ABV

6.4%

IBU

6

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A balanced lagered ale whose subtlety qualifies it as an all-year-round session beer.

7.1%

IBU

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A subtle touch of blueberry adds an intriguing touch to this ale with a clean finish.

What Makes our Beer Unique?

Brewing beer on the shores of Lake of the Woods was no accident. Its water is perfect for brewing beer, and since beer is over 90% water, it’s a pretty darn important ingredient. The low mineral content and softness of Lake of the Woods water is one of the things that makes our beer stand out in a crowd of many.

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NORTH BAY

BIG WATER BREWING CO.

123 McIntyre St. W. Facebook.com/BigWaterBrewing

GATEWAY CITY BREWERY

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

A small-batch brewery in downtown North Bay, Big Water aims to put their spin on a range of classic craft beer styles.

This new brewery in North Bay has come on as the main sponsor for the local Bluesfest on Sept.

6 - 7 at the Capitol Centre.

AMERICAN AMBER

LOOKOUT

AMERICAN-STYLE AMBER Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5.1% N/A

ENGLISH PALE ALE

ENGLISH-STYLE MILD

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

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

Seasonal: B,L

5.5% N/A

NORTH BAY

ABV IBU

REAL LOVE GOLDEN LAGER

Seasonal: B,L

6.5% 65

ABV IBU

5.2% 20

SAULT STE. MARIE

NEW ONTARIO BREWING CO.

1881 Cassells St. | NewOntarioBrewing.com

NORTHERN SUPERIOR BREWING CO.

50 Pim St. | NorthernSuperior.org

Get in the end of nice weather with the last of the concerts on their patio stage before things move inside for the fall.

They wear the historical connections to Dorran’s Northern Breweries and the long track record of brewing in The Soo on their sleeve.

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S E S S I O N I PA

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

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WAXMAN

B E L G I A N S T R O N G DA R K ALE Seasonal: B ABV 10.5% IBU N/A

MÄRZEN

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

5.5% 30

VOLSTEAD ORIGINAL LAGER

AMBER LAGER Year-round: B ABV IBU

5% N/A

SAULT STE. MARIE

SUDBURY

OUTSPOKEN BREWING

46 NORTH BREWING CO.

They have a full roster of live-music concerts at Outspoken, including Milana Boss on Aug. 23 and Holly Rees on Sept. 14.

Look for a wide style range—especially where hops are in the spotlight—at this new brewery in Sudbury. They also support the homebrew community with learn-to-brew days.

RABBIT’S FOOT IPA

SON OF JUICE

350 Queen St. E. | OutspokenBrewing.com

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

ANVIL

AMERICAN-STYLE RED Year-round: B

5.5% 40

ABV IBU

5.5% N/A

Unit 1-1275 Kelly Lake Rd. | 46North.ca

NEW ENGLAND-STYLE I PA Small-batch: B ABV IBU

5.9% N/A

VERIDIAN

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

5.2% 32

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SPACECRAFT BREWERY

STACK BREWING

854 Notre Dame Ave. | Facebook.com/Spcrft

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

From vinyl swaps to live shows in their taproom, Spacecraft makes music a big part of their brewery’s community.

The second location at 947 Falconbridge Rd. is now open. Look for smokehouse-style food on the menu there.

SUPERPOSITION TRACTOR BEAM

LES PORTES DE L’ENFER

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

KÖ L S C H

Small-batch: B ABV IBU

BIERE DE GARDE Year-round: B

6% N/A

ABV IBU

5% N/A

THUNDER BAY

IMPACT A LT B I E R

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

Year-round: B,L,TBS

8% 30

ABV IBU

5.2% 22

THUNDER BAY

DAWSON TRAIL CRAFT BREWERY

SLEEPING GIANT BREWING CO.

905 Copper Cres. | DawsonTrailCraftBrewery.com

712 Macdonell St. | SleepingGiantBrewing.ca

One of the few Ontario craft breweries still putting their beer into the classic stubbies. A great destination for a fall colours road trip.

It’s been seven years of beer making for Thunder Bay’s brewery with an iconic name. Check their social for Oktoberfest celebration details.

OATER LIMITS

BEAVER DUCK

OAT M E A L S TO U T

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

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THE MAD CARVER

3.8% 17

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

6.2% 60

S E S S I O N I PA

Year-round: B,L ABV IBU

4.5% 34

OKTOBOT MÄRZEN

Seasonal: B,L ABV IBU

6.5% 28

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COMPASS BREWING

FULL BEARD BREWING CO.

20-1300 Riverside Dr. | CompassBrewing.com

219 Wilson Ave. | FullBeardBrewing.com

The “This Brews for You” board at Compass lets customers buy a beer for a friend, even if they’re not in the building at the time.

Weekends often bring a local food popup to this Timmins brewery. Plenty of small-batch releases cycle through the beer selection.

THE SKIPPER

DROP BEAR

I PA

MAY RUN SAISON

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

SAISON Seasonal: B ABV IBU

7% 45

Seasonal: B ABV IBU

5.5% 30

BEARDED PROSPECTOR CREAM ALE

Year-round: B ABV IBU

6.8% 65

Year-round: B,L,TBS ABV IBU

4.5% 28

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Cap-off another fantastic Ontario summer or celebrate fall by heading into a new brewery taproom in your neck of the woods.

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MATRON FINE BEER

Sudbury (spring 2019) The growing landscape of northern breweries has a new entry with a latitudinal name. Graham Orser, an accomplished homebrewer, is at the mash paddle creating a range of approachable ales, plus a few wild cards. Find them at 1275 Kelly Lake Rd. @46northbeer Toronto (summer 2019) We had a strong impression that this was a contract brewers that would successfully make the jump to a physical location. This summer, they move into their own space at 1953 Queen St. E. in the namesake neighbourhood. They'll expand their lineup, plus sun-friendly styles. @beachesbrewingco

BEERLAB!

London (summer 2019) Some towns have a good beer bar, London has a craft-beer centre of gravity at Milos’ Craft Beer Emporium.

Two former employees have opened their own brewery, Beerlab!, next door. It sounds like their constantly changing lineup will put the latest hops in the spotlight. @beerlabldnon

BIG RIG

Ottawa (summer 2019) A stalwart of the Ottawa craft beer scene has been bought by Montreal’s Foodtastic, a specialist in franchising restaurant brands. Lon Ladell, Big Rig’s recognizable co-owner, will stay on as director of brewery operations. Big Rig's restaurants were also included in the deal. @bigrigbrewery

GILLINGHAM

Hillier (summer 2019) It’s hard to imagine how a PEC brewery could be more true to type — think low-key, rustic aesthetic, a dog-friendly patio and rows of grapes literally in the backyard. Co-owner and head brewer Andrew Gillingham clearly enjoys experimentation and presenting different versions of his lineup to the brewery’s devoted fans. @gillinghambrewing

Toronto and Cannington (summer 2019) Partnering with Berkeley Events to be the house beer for their venues, this is a contract brewer with a different slant. First off, they plan to grow ingredients on a farm near Cannington. As well, they've set out to support animal welfare charities. @lordsimcoebrewingco Bloomfield (summer 2019) Not to be left out of the great County Craft Beer Boom of 2019, Bloomfield also welcomed a new brewery this summer. Matron has a proven track record (from experience brewing under contract), especially for their core beers, Yeasay and Janky. Pay ‘em a visit at 65 Barkers Lane. @matronfinebeer

STONEHAMMER

Guelph (2019) A few issues back, we reported on the closing of one of Ontario craft beer’s old guard. News came this spring that Mike Oosterveld, owner of Fixed Gear Brewing, is buying the space and reviving the StoneHammer beers as part of his brewery.

THIRD MOON BREWING

Milton (2019) Canadian Beer News reports that Milton is getting a second brewery by the end of this year. They have their eye on trendy styles — everything hazy and/or pastry themed.

Look for them in units 2 and 3 at 295 Alliance Road. @ThirdMoonBeer

WOOD BROTHERS

Glen Robertson (summer 2019) This new brewery was opened by Mark Rickert in his small town in the stretch of Eastern Ontario between Ottawa and Montreal. You’ll also find their beers (with a pronounced hop character) on tap in local bars. @woodbrothersbrewingcompany Heard about a new brewery near you? Send tips about brewery openings to david@thegrowler.ca.

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