The Growler Ontario • Volume 2 Issue 2 • Summer 2019

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Breweries by Region

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NORT H & E AST GTA

HA M ILTON , B RANT & W EST GTA

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CENTRAL W EST & T RI - CITIES

S OUTHWEST // L ON D ON // W IN D SOR

K AWART H AS & NORT HUM BERLAN D // K INGSTON & PE C

E ASTERN ONTARIO & O TTAWA

MUSKOKA & L AKE S I MCOE // COLLINGWOO D, B RU CE & MANITOULIN

N ORT H ERN & NO RT H WEST O NTARIO

Editor’s Note

One of beer’s greatest strengths is to help put us at ease. A break from work, from stress and from politics.

Over the past 20 years, when Ontario politicians have had something to say about beer it has usually been to deliver a token change or a bigger tax bill. For better or worse, our current premier has decided to make beer his bread and circus.

With announcements of everything from legal tailgating (likely to only a ect a slim minority of beer drinkers) and beer in corner stores (potentially huge, pending details) we’re going to see a new playing eld for craft beer in Ontario.

Cideries are also keen to see how the new rules will a ect them and we have a guide to the best ones (pg. 10). If you’re looking for beer a bit further a eld, join us in Philly (pg. 17).

Between road trips, summer is the time for lighting the grill for a family cookout. We have a chef-designed sausage recipe (pg. 26) and recommendations for pairing junk food with craft beer (pg. 4). And if you’re planning a home reno maybe consider adding a beer-related touch? (pg. 22).

As the eggs of better beer rules hatch into chickens, let’s remember that they’re part of a broader basket of policies and not let ourselves be distracted from what matters.

Spend the summer digging through our brewery directory and get out there to celebrate Ontario’s great craft beer!

—David Ort, editor

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Keep an eye out for our 10 favourite beers this winter!

Brewery Details

GROWLER FILLS

BOTTLES / CANS

KEGS

TASTING ROO M

ON- SITE KITCHEN OR F OOD TRU CK

TOURS

D OG-FRIEN D LY

G LUTEN - FREE B OOZE OPTIONS

Suggested Glassware

STANGE

Kolsch Alt Gose

PILSNER

Lager

Pilsner

Witbier

N ONI C P INT

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

Forget competing with wine for the sou é crowd, beer is most at home with ballpark hot dogs and dill pickle chips.

by Ben Johnson

Irecently had one of those family trips that makes parents remember why a family trip is actually a very di erent thing than a “vacation.” For March break, my wife and I took our veyear-old son to Florida for a week that was plagued by myriad maladies, the highlights of which included temperatures cooler than many parts of Canada, bed bugs, half of our party departing early due to an actual death in the family, and, perhaps worst of all, a full day elbowing mouth-breathers and hemorrhaging money at the monument to consumerism and unchecked labour conditions that is Disney World.

It was, in the parlance of our times, an absolute shit show.

Predictably, throughout the week I occasionally sought respite in a pint of beer and some food and so, if there were a silver lining to the chaos of that family trip, it was something of a revelation about the simple joys of pairing good beer and good food—particularly that of the less-fancy variety.

One overcast afternoon, for example, when my wife and son had opted to head up to our room, I grabbed a solo bite at a nearby bar/restaurant, the charmingly named “Beach Bucket.” It promised a decent selection of Florida craft beer and menu items that included peeled shrimp priced by the pound. I gured my lunch would either be transcendent or the story I would later tell when people asked, “Jesus, how did you get a parasite?”

Given the week we’d had thus far, I rolled the dice.

ankfully, my bet was on the money.

My crispy, warm, golden, fried shrimp served in a plastic basket alongside thinly sliced, made-in-house, potato chips—paired with a pint of Cigar City Brewing’s Jai Alai IPA—proved a near biblical experience that day, verging close to erasing my troubling thoughts of the infestation of insects waiting to literally feast on my blood as I slept that night.

It wasn’t a complicated dish—it was fried shrimp I had doused in Cholula hot sauce from a sticky bottle—but with that beer, it was perfect. It wasn’t exactly a new idea either, and certainly one that I had explored uno cially in-depth previously, but beer, I realized once again, is really, really great with trashy food.

Duh.

Obviousness aside, I spent much of the rest of the week experimenting with the concept and was able to replicate the blissful experience with varying success using Mexican food, stfuls of chips in my room, and fried chicken from the sort of artery-clogging franchise restaurants that make America great.

But it turns out, there actually is some science behind my joy of putting down pints alongside trashy food. Beer is uniquely suited to cutting through heavy avours like fat and spice.

Jesse Valins is the executive chef at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Tavern and he has spent 20 years in restaurants. He’s also a co-founder and partner at Merit Brewing Co. in Hamilton. A self-proclaimed " avour geek," he too is a fan of the occasional low-high combo like the chicken balls with martinis or pork scratchings and Greene King Gold IPA that recently made his Instagram feed, @snacktimusprime.

“ e best pairings are often simple, regardless of beverage or what it’s accompanying,” he says. “All

of the examples you mentioned, though di erent, have salt and fat in common. All beer has some level of carbonation, and those bubbles help to lift fat o the tongue. Bitterness helps to counterbalance richness as well. At the same time, salt dulls our perception of bitterness, so when you drink beer with salty foods it can make the beer taste rounder and sweeter. We’re hardwired from birth to like sweet things so that just works.”

Beer, of course, also works very well with more complex dishes. I have been to many an event that tried vigorously to make the case for beer paired with ne cuisine. I have even opined pretentiously on the subject, once (pre-child and pre-mortgage) dedicating an entire ridiculous month to exploring the topic of better food and beer pairings, interviewing cicerones, seeking out restaurants that put care into their cellar program and writing about the need to elevate beer’s status.

I’d like to think I am far less self-important now, and so while I still believe that beer is as up to the task as wine, I often nd the whole search for beer and gastronomic enlightenment a little fucking exhausting.

Maybe it’s because I’m getting older or less fussy or maybe it’s because the rigours of schlepping one's family through the Magic Kingdom create an immediate need to cram alcohol and fat-heavy animal protein into one’s suckhole, but I nd

OPPOSITE: e Two Dogger Lager Combo is summertime classic where the ballpark mustard and squishy bun are just as important as the beer and hot dog. ABOVE: Dill pickle avour play a helpful bass line to some hop varieties. David Ort photos

e chef-recommended combination of Vienna lager and a grilled cheese (Wonder Bread, of course) makes both beer and food taste more like themselves. David Ort photo

I don’t actually want to hear about the delicate interplay of an acidic gueuze with oily seafood anymore.

When did beer get so precious? I’d just like a nice beer and some satisfying snacks now, please.

Vallins, despite having more patience for the task and a decidedly more sophisticated palate than I do, seems to understand the draw of beer’s apparent simplicity. “I love salty snacks, and beer is usually what I’ve got on hand ready to drink,” he says. “Committing to cracking open a bottle of wine so you can do damage to a sack of Lays doesn’t happen nearly as often. Maybe a sparkling wine would work just as well, or even better in some cases, but I think that just speaks to the nature of both of those beasts. It doesn’t necessarily mean that beer was speci cally made to pair with trash, but beer is de nitely suited for snacking: it has an a ordable price, is easily accessible, and comes in an ideal portion size.”

And whether I’m at home on the couch, watching a game with a bowl of pretzels, or scratching bug bites and recovering from a Mickey Mouse wallet-biopsy over a basket of something deep fried, that sounds just about right to me. j

GUILTY PLEASURE BEER AND FOOD PAIRING SUGGESTIONS

GRILLED CHEESE

Vallins recommends grilled cheese sandwiches made with Wonder Bread and Kraft Singles paired with a märzen or Vienna lager. “ ese beers are full of caramelized avour and taste like toasted bread, or bread crusts. Pairing them with a grilled cheese, for me, makes the grilled cheese taste more like itself.” Try Dream City by Hamilton’s Fairweather or the märzen from Beau’s.

HOT DOGS

My favourite summertime meal is two hot dogs and a lager (a.k.a. e Two Dogger Lager Combo). Top your dogs generously with classic yellow mustard and this dish rivals any sauterne and foie gras o ering on the planet. e fatty, salty, juiciness of a hot dog with a touch of tang from mustard pairs perfectly with the palate cleansing and e ervescent freshness of a good helles. Go for the helles from Toronto’s Muddy York or the one from Wellington. Resist the urge to include a fancy bun. e whiter and softer the better.

SPICE

Lauren Richard is an Advanced Cicerone and bar manager at Hotmess Tex Mex in Toronto. She favours some malt-forward beers to balance heat. “Junky food is often highly salted, which, for me, accentuates malt character, and can help in certain instances where people can’t take the heat. If someone is having an adverse reaction to spice, I’ll give them the brown ale from Anderson Craft Ales. It’s a touch lower in carbonation, so no aggravation for the already prickled tongue, and the malt sweetness can be soothing.”

DILL PICKLE CHIPS

For perhaps the most common pairing on Earth— chips and beer—there is something magical about pairing dill pickle chips with a hop-forward pale ale. ere are subtle dill notes to a handful of hop varieties, like Sorachi Ace, and a symbiosis of like avours when you get the right beer. In contrast, the piney bitterness of hoppy beer acts like a palate reset, working with carbonation to cleanse between salty bites so you never overload on either avour, and can more easily over-indulge on both the chips and beer. I like Lays Dill Pickle and Canuck pale ale from Etobicoke’s Great Lakes Brewery.

When did beer get so precious? I’d just like a nice beer and some satisfying snacks now, please.

REAL ALE rambles on

Spend your summer seeking out the subtle and traditional cask ale

by David Ort

We are lucky to have Cask Days on the Ontario beer calendar. It pretty famously is the largest cask ale festival outside of the United Kingdom.

But here, on the other side of year from when it happens, I think it's important to make sure it’s not the only time you drink real ale this year.

We certainly don’t have to be exclusive with the festival the Morana family runs. During our discussion for this month’s Brewer vs. Brewer, Mary Beth Keefe from Granite Brewery (where they have four cask engines) mentioned how much she enjoyed the Tynedale Beer and Cider Festival. By happy coincidence, it’s held every June in the village where her husband’s family lives.

“ ey just do it so well,” she says, “they all have hand pumps. And they have ice water running through all of the casks so that they’re served at a perfect temperature. ey were all amazing. What I love so much is that they are consistently making beers that are four-and-a-half per cent and under but with so much avour.”

Out west, Milo’s Craft Beer Emporium in London has made a commitment to cask with two cask engines. And Ottawa fans of real ale can count on Clock Tower for their x.

In Toronto, there are more than a dozen options for a well-pulled pint of ale. Enough, in fact, that there is an annual crawl organized to visit as many of them as feasible in one day.

“From the second year onward,” says co-founder of the Toronto Cask Crawl, Dominik Halas “we've been starting at the Feathers for brunch and a

pint at eleven, and then continuing on to Castro’s. Initially, the crawl went as far west as Indie Ale House and e Hole in the Wall, in the Junction; and at least once it's ended at the Monk’s Kettle, on Bloor at Royal York.”

is year, they planned to visit House on Parliament, Harbord House and others before nishing at Another Bar on Bloor. And, remarkably, in years when the weather is ne Halas will walk between the stops—in 2017, that meant 21 kilometres.

When you sample the wares from 11 pubs in one day you start to notice the ner points of cask ale service. ings like the mugs used at the Oxley make a di erence. “Another pleasant but hard-toexplain part of the experience,” says Halas, “is the physicality of working the pump handle. at last bit of manual labour required to bring the beer up from the cask is a visible symbol of all the work that went into making the beer. A publican who knows how to smoothly and elegantly work the mechanism may not be pouring a better pint in any measurable sense but they’re certainly contributing to the entirety of the aesthetic experience.”

Since it closed (after 28 years) in 2016, the Moranas’ Bar Volo has been greatly missed by Ontario’s cask community—many of us fell in love with craft beer there. Happily, it’s re-opening this June in a new home at 17 St. Nicholas St. in Toronto and Giulian Morana has con rmed that they will have six hand pumps for cask ale.

So, this summer, between the afternoons whiled away on sunny patios seek out the pubs with cask options, look for those all-important hand pumps and help keep an important tradition alive. j

Trees and bees

by Crystal Luxmore

Cider 101

Ontario’s climate and soil are made for apple growing. And our rich cider tradition, once lost to Prohibition, is having a renaissance. ere are over 40 cideries and mead makers in the province—here’s our guide to tasting the most interesting stu out there.

Cider is made from apples. Cider fanatics look for heirloom or cider apples because they’re rich in tannins, acids, bitterness and sugar. Makers usually blend them together for the perfect balance. Ciders range widely from quite sweet to bone dry, and still to sparkling.

Perry is made from just pears. Pears have more unfermentable sugars than apples, so perries tend to be sweeter. Most cideries make a perry or two.

Mead is made from honey. Wild ower honey gives mead a complex range of aromas and avours—and while some are “dessert” ready, most of them are not overly sweet.

Beer’s country cousins have become much more sophisticated.

MEAD

Rosewood Estates Winery

e story: e Roman family inherited their love of beekeeping from their Ukranian grandfather, E.W. His son, Eugene and his wife Renata, turned that honey into money when they opened Rosewood Estates in 2008 on a vineyard on the Niagara Escarpment near Beamsville.

Visit: e newly-renovated tasting room hosts fun experiences like a cocktail class, or rock up casually with friends to sip through their meads and wines over a cheeseboard.

Taste: Start with the Mead Royale—a barrel-aged beauty with notes of jasmine and orange peel. en explore Rosewood’s thoughtful blends (like a “cyser” made by fermenting honey and apple juice), single-batch experimental meads and low-intervention wines. •••

Royal Canadian Mead

e story: Royal Canadian Mead began in Tulum, Mexico, where partners behind NewSkew, a food brand company, tasted a sparkling mead at the famed Noma pop-up restaurant. When they got back to Burlington, they saw an opportunity to make bubbly, canned mead—refreshing, dry and low in sugar, and RCM was born.

Visit: Not yet! RCM is buying honey from a family honey farm near Kingston and having their rst four sparkling, canned, low-ABV meads brewed at a production facility. One day they plan to have a tasting room, in Burlington or Hamilton, with a bee colony, of course.

Taste: Feels Like Friday is the agship brand, made with earthy buckwheat honey and dryhopped with tropical-fruit-like citra hops, sparkling and just 5.5% ABV, it will shift your perception of what mead can be.

Orchard-Based Cideries

West Avenue

e story: Founded by a British chef, Chris Haworth, and his Canadian partner, Amy Robson,

in 2008 West Avenue is one of the most venerated cideries in the country.

Visit: e cidery sits on picturesque Somerset Orchards, just outside of Hamilton—it’s a stunning, family-friendly spot with sheep, 16 acres of apple and pear trees, and a modern taproom serving snacks from local farmers.

Taste: Haworth never adds yeasts to his ciders: everything is spontaneously fermented and barrel-aged. Try Heritage Funk, a bone dry, earthy beauty that is a yearly take on their Heritage Dry.

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Twin Pines Orchard and Cider House

e Story: Set on 50 acres this estate cidery is run by Mark and Mike Vansteenkiste, sons of Alma and Joe, who moved their four kids to this 50-acre farm in 1968. e Estate Cidery grows 1 million pounds of apples—many of them heritage and cider varieties.

Visit: e A-frame farmhouse is located between Grand Bend and Sarnia. Take a wagon ride to pick apples or pumpkins, taste their award-winning ciders with a hot cider donut most weekends, and stroll through the plentiful fruit and vegetable gardens that make for perfect ambiance.

Taste: Hammer Bent Red won Best in Show at the world’s biggest cider awards in 2014, and continues to medal in cider awards annually. Don’t miss their perry and scrumpy.

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Spirit Tree

e Story: omas and Nicole Wilson are cider pioneers: over 10 years ago they sold omas’s family’s pick-your-own fruit farm in Caledon, bought a nearby orchard, and omas trained to be a cider master in England.

Visit: A handsome, straw-bale building houses the cidery, French brick-oven bakery, tasting room, farm store and bistro. Stop in for lunch Wednesday to Sunday, or a pizza oven dinner on Friday and Saturday.

Taste: Spirit Tree’s ciders have a lightly funky, house character and are complex but really accessible. Try their perry that balances sweet, overripe pear with crackling, lemony acidity and whispers of earthy funk and white pepper.

Windswept Cider

e story: Mark and Courtney Skinner are on a mission to save and restore the “lost orchards” of Grey County, around Meaford. e couple started their own cidery on a 100-acre property in 2017, and have been winning awards for their heritage and single-variety ciders ever since.

Visit: Not yet! But a tasting room is scheduled to be open by the end of this year. Until then, you can order online, and nd them at Toronto and Collingwood farmers’ markets or on tap—check their website for locations.

Taste: Try the single-variety Golden Russet and their gold-medal perry made with wild pears harvested from an old grove on the couple’s property. And don’t miss the Lost Orchard lineup—ciders crafted from heritage apples that the family picks from heritage orchards in the County.

Experimental & New Cideries

Revel

e story: Founded four years ago by Tariq Ahmed, a self-proclaimed fermentation geek, this tiny cidery has made a big name for itself thanks to its dedication to working only with indigenous yeasts and its knack for creating swoon-worthy and surprising avours. Using Ontario apple juice as a base, Ahmed combines everything from riesling skins and red plums, to lactobacillus, sea salt and limes for tart, lightly funky, fruit-forward tipples that Revel’s fans love.

Visit: Sorry! Cideries are licensed as wineries, so in order to have a bottle shop or tasting room, they need to have ve acres of trees planted in the ground. at’s not cheap—and means production facilities like Revel can only sell online or through

the LCBO’s network of stores.

Taste: Revel’s ciders aren’t in the LCBO. But you can order online anytime. Select your own mixed pack of six bottles and cans—you won’t regret it. •••

Garage D’or

e story: is super small operation started in 2016 by beer sales rep, Brian Yeo, and head winemaker at Niagara Teaching Winery, Gavin Robertson.

Visit: Nope! e cidery uses a mix of purchased juice, and hand presses “abandoned” pome fruit from urban homes.

Taste: Culinary inspo plays a big role in avour pro les—like a cider made with carrots, citrus and ginger. Hunt for Garage D’Or on tap at better beer and cider bars in Southern Ontario. Check their Facebook page for details.

Steel Town Cider Co.

e story: Inspired by the natural wine movement and Old World ciders, wine sommelier and avid home cidermaker Alex Hamilton went profesh in 2017, opening Steel Town Cidery with two friends.

Visit: Not yet, Alex is the sole employee, making cider from hand-picked crab apples and a blend of Ontario juice, out of a warehouse in Hamilton. Follow their Insta for a glimpse into his process.

Taste: Steel Town bottles Old World styles, like acidic, funky Basque sidras but also cans playful ciders inspired by what’s happening in craft beer or cocktails. Look for their cider on tap or in bottles at 60 restaurants in Southern Ontario. j

Hit the road this summer in Ontario’s Southwest and one thing becomes obvious immediately—you’re never very far from a farmer’s eld. Our surroundings have a strong and positive impact on the beer we brew. And the brewers of Ontario’s Southwest take care to honour the local produce in their own creations.

FIELD-TO-KETTLE OPERATIONS

In fact, some breweries have taken it upon themselves to get their hands dirty and grow their own ingredients.

La Salette’s Ramblin’ Road was the rst brewery farm in Ontario with both hops and spring water coming from their own fertile land. Over at Stonepicker in Forest, this farm-based brewery goes the extra acre and also produces their own barley. And Charlotteville Brewing adds foraged ingredients to their brews as well as produce from their fruit-and-vegetable patch. Even relatively urban operations, like BREW Windsor, are getting in on the fun by establishing remote hop yards—theirs was set up in Amherstburg in 2017.

A QUESTION OF TASTE

Other Southwest breweries bene t from picking and choosing fresh produce or local hops from neighbouring growers.

at ethos means that London Brewing Co-op has a local-focussed lineup featuring beers like Local 117, which is made with ingredients from within 117 k.m. of the brewery. Railway City buys local as much as possible, including the honey they use for Honey Elixir and maple syrup in their Maple Bock.

Chocolate can be tough to manage locally, but Upper ames gets the cacao nibs for their chocolate stout from Habitual Chocolate in Woodstock. ey also send their beer to Gunn’s Hill Cheese to make the Dark Side of the Moo! ey've also launched the Brewed Exploration Experience. It takes you through grain avour pro les, bottling your own beer—with a custom label—and plenty of sampling along the way.

Tasting is believing when it comes to appreciating the importance of local, so plan a brewery tour this summer and check out the wonderful beer coming from Ontario’s Southwest! j

Find out more at OntariosSouthwest.com.

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To paraphrase everyone’s favourite prison movie, Ontario’s craft beer scene “went and got itself in a big damn hurry.” And, so with so many breweries opening production facilities, barrel warehouses, satellite locations and spin-o brands, it was good to sit with two brewers bucking the trend.

Mary Beth Keefe of Granite and John Jenkinson of Folly are two brewers who head operations that are content to sell most of their beer at their home brewpub instead of being in hundreds of retail outlets.

True to type for their style of brewery, the beer they make goes well with food and the styles rotate fairly often.

at doesn’t stop either of them from challenging themselves to push the boundaries of their brewing knowledge. e two well-respected brewers were kind enough to meet me at e Jim on Bloor for a discussion of everything from Scandinavian farmhouse yeast strains to adding a closed fermenter to a previously all-ringwood brewery.

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BREWPU B EDI T ION

by David Ort

GROWLER: You both are head brewers at breweries you didn’t start. Can you talk about what that’s like?

KEEFE: It is my family’s business. My dad opened Granite when I was 10. And it was very much a part of my life from the very beginning. I started helping him in the brewery from when I was 11. Filling casks and doing whatever he needed me to do. I thought it was amazing and cool what he did, “oh my dad makes beer, that’s what I want to do when I’m older.”

But then I went to university and I studied something completely di erent. I went travelling for a while and met my husband who’s from England and I lived there for a year. I worked in a pub and was just immersed in English ale which is what we do primarily. It was the reminder I needed that what I had back home was pretty amazing.

When I got back from travelling I said, “okay, I’m ready to do this now.” And about ve months later, I was in charge because our assistant brewer left and my dad was slowing down in the brewery because he was doing everything else.

JENKINSON: is was not my intended career path. I was involved with the homebrewing community in London—I did my PhD at Western— helped start the brewers’ guild. At some point, I started looking into brewing jobs, too because there weren’t a lot of academic positions available. e original brewers, Chris [Conway] and Christina [Coady] had a job posting up to be a brewer at

Folly. I applied for it, got the job, found out it was to take over their position.

I went from home brewer to brewing at Folly. Realistically, it’s a fairly small system, so it was a natural transition. Obviously, there’s more to do than with homebrewing—draught accounts, ordering and brewing a lot more regularly than I was.

GROWLER: And how has your brewery changed during your tenure?

JENKINSON: I tried to keep it in the style they created. I use yeast that can ferment at warm temperatures because we don’t actually have temperature control at Folly—some tanks have glycol but not all. Using yeasts that can accommodate warmer temperatures is our MO to a certain extent.

I have been exploring di erent yeasts a little bit more. We’ve done 16 batches with di erent kveik blends.

GROWLER: Can you give us a primer on what kveik beers are?

JENKINSON: Kveik is a familiy of Norwegian yeasts. ey’ve been domesticated but not commercialized. ey’re from these farmhouse breweries where farmers brew their own beer. People have been going around guring out the orthography of the di erent brewing traditions of these villages and families and they’ve noticed the yeast is di erent than what we use in commercial brewing contexts.

Richard [Preiss] at Escarpment Labs has been instrumental in getting kveik strains and blends going in Ontario.

ey’re just a really, really weird yeast. ey ferment at extremely high temperatures. Some strains cast out at 30 or 40 C. ey can ferment lower. ere’s one we have going now that can apparently ferment as low as 4 C. It can also ferment at 30 C and produce a clean beer at both temperatures. ey don’t produce a lot of phenols or fusel alcohols, so the beer is pretty much ready to drink right away.

KEEFE: With the new fermenter I’m excited to try styles that we weren’t able to do before.

GROWLER: After the NEIPA, what else do you think you’ll do in the closed fermenter?

KEEFE: I’d like to try a saison. I want to do a clean West Coast IPA. I’m a hop head so I love IPAs.

JENKINSON: Have you tried making a New England style with ringwood?

KEEFE: Not really. I didn’t put in as many hops as I should have because I didn’t want to waste them. e aromas would have been lost out the top. I would try it, for sure, in the closed fermenter.

GROWLER: How does being a brewpub a ect the way you brew?

JENKINSON: e main problem is the scale. It’s hard to grow when you’re that small. A typical batch we get seven kegs: bottle two of them; minimum of two for draught on site; and that only leaves three to sell [to licensees]. If we do a hoppier New England-style IPA that moves very quickly and nobody outside of the brewpub context hears about those beers.

KEEFE: I love the brewpub aspect because you have immediate feedback and it’s always been mainly positive. Our customers are regulars who have been coming for years and they come because they like things the way they are but they also appreciate the rotating taps that are happening now.

GROWLER: What style do you wish was less constrained by seasons?

JENKINSON: ere are de nitely seasonal trends I wish didn’t exist. I love to make and drink grisettes. For anyone that doesn’t know the style: it’s essentially (but not entirely) a low-ABV saison. If we brew them under four per cent in the winter months they don’t sell at all.

KEEFE: It seems the lower alcohol beers only come out in the summer. Like the session IPAs.

JENKINSON: We found if it’s under four per cent that’s when we notice a big change in movement. Grisette, pretty much the same recipe, above four per cent it moves ne, below it doesn’t.

GROWLER: What on the horizon concerns you?

KEEFE: Being established for so long and pretty traditional, there’s not too much concern for us. One thing for drinkers just getting into craft beer, with so many contract breweries, that could a ect things slightly is someone picking up a can of beer and it being not great. Going to the LCBO, I do want to try new things but there is too much disappointment I nd when doing that. at being said, there are so many great ones that it’s nice to just get what you know sometimes and not be disappointed.

GROWLER: What’s coming up at your brewery that has you excited?

KEEFE: Closed fermenter! e New England IPA will be ready [in May].

JENKINSON: Be excited for grisettes! We’ve really been expanding our selection of naturally carbonated saisons. I think we have more beer in warm storage than cold storage so there’s going to be a lot of highly carbonated saisons over the summer. j

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Why you should make Philly your next craft beer destination— and skip the cheesesteak

by David Ort

Philadelphia seems like a known quantity: Rocky, cheesesteaks, Liberty Bell, aggressive sports fans—that sort of thing.

I’m here to tell you that it is way more than that. In fact, I managed a three-day trip free from poured cheese, guidebook sites and I avoided all temptation for air-boxing. Philly is amazing.

at’s partly because it’s a great craft beer city. e scene combines a solid history with good beer and an innovative exibility. Actually, this might be the best beer city in the northeastern U.S.

Philly—as all locals call it, trust me—is an easy place to visit. Some of that is logistics—it’s close to much of Ontario and has regular connections— but it also feels like home.

e city is a remarkably diverse patchwork of neighbourhoods and they’re close enough together that “walking the world” is easily accomplished in an afternoon. As well, Pennsylvania is probably the American state closest to Ontario in terms of a kill-joy set of rules for selling beer. Like us, they are starting to get rid of the old ways and that

With its location right across from the Liberty Bell, Independence Beer Garden is a must-visit on hot summer afternoons spent sightseeing. Photo: J. Fusco for Visit Philadelphia

means a new crop of breweries (and also distilleries) are blooming all over Philly.

Yards

is cornerstone of craft beer in Philly (for 25 years now) has recently opened a 70,000-squarefoot facility, just north of downtown on Spring Garden Street. at space is 70 times larger than the garage they started o in but their classic offerings are still some of the most popular in town.

Cape of Good Hope (9.7% ABV) is a raucous double IPA with a strong malt backbone to support all those piney-citrusy hops. Even in warmer weather, their dark beers like Washington’s Porter (7% ABV) are good options for both their complex richness and historical interest.

Evil Genius

is one proves that breweries with a gimmick (name one brewery with better names!) can also be very good. Chickity China the Chinese Chicken (7.2% ABV) is packed with the dank juiciness you’d expect from the one-two of citra and mosaic hops. Ma! e Meatloaf (5.5% ABV) adds a mango note to the usual witbier routine.

e grungy-chic taproom on Front Street has small bites that let the beer do the talking.

ABOVE LEFT: e Yards menu covers the classic bases. Photo: C. Smyth for Visit Philadelphia.

ABOVE RIGHT: A craft beer icon, Tom Peters opened Monk’s Cafe in 1997. Photo: J. Smith for Visit Philadelphia. LEFT: e snacks-heavy menu at Evil Genius goes perfectly with the stoner beer names. Photo: C. Smyth for Visit Philadelphia. OPPOSITE LEFT: In 2011, Federal helped plant the idea that doughnuts can be chef-y. Photo: M. Fischetti for Visit Philadelpia. OPPOSITE

Crime & Punishment

An all-out brewpub that has become a mainstay in Brewerytown—a neighbourhood surprising bereft of craft breweries. eir menu stretches from brunch classic to Eastern European staples like dumplings, mushroom strograno and pierogi. ey de nitely know their way around hops here, but styles tend to vary from the commonplace American-style IPAs. Ghost Station (4.2% ABV) is a superb contrast between a nose of fruity raspberry and a avour of tart lemon. Behemoth (6.5% ABV) adds dark fruit notes to the chocolate-co ee usuals to up its oatmeal stout game.

Monk’s Cafe

ey do the occasional collab, such as the world-class grand cru made with Brouwerij Van Steenberge, but Monk’s is less brewery and more pub—and a legendary one at that. is is the place to go if you want to nd some of the best Belgian-style beers (out of both American and Belgian breweries) on this side of the Atlantic. e best part is that they’re not all hidden away on an expensive bottle list—gems from Russian River are almost always available on tap.

And this being Philly, the 22-year-old pub maintains its welcoming feel as neighbourhood joint

RIGHT: All hail the roast pork sandwich. Photo: J. Varney for Visit Philadelphia

where almost no one mentions Untappd scores while shooting the breeze with new friends.

Where Else to Visit

Beer gardens are a phenomenal part of Philly’s drinking culture. Some are just what we’d call a patio (a few tables in an outdoor space attached to a restaurant) while others are fantastic, ephemeral creations by everyone from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to one in Franklin Square that’s part of the city’s Chinese lantern festival.

e Drury Beer Garden behind Opa (worth a visit in its own right) is a favourite but tends to get a bit crowded with younger suits when they get let out from their summer internships for the day.

Uptown is a bit more sedate and has a focus on just-for-this-year collabs. Frankford Hall ts more into the original, sprawling German style with dozens of picnic tables set under a leafy canopy.

If you can nd time between the breweries, it’s worth paying a visit to one of Philly’s very highly regarded cideries. Hale & True Cider Co. brings guests to their residential neighbourhood in East Philly for the lineup of on-the-dry-side ciders made from Pennsylvania apples.

Manatawny Still Works is one of the local distilleries taking full advantage of the newly liberalized liquor laws that have seen the state add dozens of operations recently. eir cocktail bar on East Passyunk Avenue is a great place to sample their hard work as part of a well-prepared concoction.

A walk of the nearby blocks will cover o many of the best places to appreciate Philly’s edible diversity. at means vibrant Malaysian at Saté Kampar, surprisingly light British-style pies at Stargazy, and Italian from Paradiso without any of nostalgic, but overly ubiquitous red gravy.

en head back to Rittenhouse Square for the best from chef Solomonov’s restaurant empire. His Federal Donuts is one of the East Coast motherships for the idea that 300 calories can be pretty as well as tasty. Likewise, Abe Fisher brings cuisine from the Jewish diaspora into a modern focus.

And what about the cheesesteaks? I won’t pick a preference, but instead say that it’s really the roast pork sandwich that should be the o cial sandwich of Philly. And here I’m a fan of John’s. j

Getting to Philly

Air Canada has plenty of ights to PHL from both Toronto and Ottawa. Given the ease of the island airport, Porter’s 90-minute hop is a relaxing way to start a beer weekend.

Where to Stay

Most of the hotels in downtown Center City get their business from the nearby government o ces and hyper-popular tourist sites. Instead, stay where you plan to eat and drink. Options include the intimate Wm. Mulherins Sons Hotel in Fishtown or the much larger AKA University City across the Schuylkill River. e latter has both apartment-style suites (great for putting together a meal of craft beer and the eats you nd at Reading Terminal Market) and Walnut Street Cafe for locally inspired dining.

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Brewer's Backyard

Evergreen Brickworks, Toronto BrewersBackyard.com

JUNE 8-16

Ontario Craft Beer Week

Across the province OCBweek.ca

JUNE 14

Liquid Art Festival

Collective Arts Brewing, Hamilton LiquidArtBrewFest.com

JUNE 29

Funkfest

Sawdust City Brewery, Gravenhurst Funkfest.SawdustCityBrewery.com

AUG. 3

Session Muskoka

Annie Williams Park, Bracebridge SessionMuskoka.ca

AUG. 9-10

Brewha! Craft Beer Festival

Prince Arthur's Landing, under Bay BrewhaFestival.com

Branded hbeer

Ontario craft beer fans are bringing their favourite brands into their homes and even onto their bodies.

by Jordan Du

People celebrate their fandom in many ways. Whether it's our favourite team’s t-shirt, a patch on our jacket from some super obscure band, or a hat from our local brewery, we’re supporting what we love and signaling our presence to other likeminded people in the wild. If nothing else, it’s a conversation starter.

However, some hardcore beer nerds are going even further: dressing up as beer mascots, painting murals inspired by beer labels on their home and even getting tattooed with their favourite brewery’s logo.

For these superfans, craft beer isn’t just a delicious beverage—it’s a way of life, and part of their identity.

Craft beer ink

Ottawa’s Beyond the Pale Brewing Company has been a staple in the Hintonburg neighbourhood for years, establishing itself as a brewery that, as its name implies, pushes the envelope.

A couple of years ago, the brewery teamed up with its neighbour, Railbender Tattoo Studio and Art Gallery, and o ered to cover the cost for anyone willing to get the BTP logo inked on their person,

forever marking themselves with the brewery’s branding. And to help ease the pain, BTP even threw in a free growler of beer.

Co-owner and brewer Shane Clark said he initially expected maybe a few people would get the tattoo. Instead, more than 60 people have since permanently etched their skin with his brewery’s logo.

It

still blows our minds that people got branded with our logo.

—Shane Clark, Beyond the Pale Brewing

“We never expected the response we ended up getting,” says Clark. “It still blows our minds that people got branded with our logo. It is quite amazing and humbling what people are willing to do and we love them for it!"

at level of consumer loyalty is unheard of in other industries. It’s like getting a Toyota tattoo because you drive a Tercel.

“What’s great about the craft beer space right now is that breweries have fans rather than consumers,” according Paul Braunovan, former owner of Brown Van Brewing. Breweries like Beau’s and Blood Brothers have helped set the standard for devotion, with an almost cult-like following, thanks to amazing beers and creative branding.

“Branding and beer have been together for a long time,” says Dominion City Brewing founder Josh McJannett. “Check out the history of Bass [Brew-

ery] in the U.K. e red triangle was the rst o cial trademark registered with the U.K. patent o ce when it opened.”

But a brand is a lot more than a logo or can design.

“I think people have always been interested in understanding what makes a company tick beyond just the products they make,” McJannett continues. “ ere's a kind of customer who's interested in understanding your motivation, where you come from and what it means for them to support you.”

Pilsner Picasso

Sometimes, the connection to a brewery’s branding is all about aesthetics.

Jen Blattman was looking to create a conversation piece in her yard when inspiration came from a can of 12 Mile India Pale Lager from Oakville’s Cameron’s Brewing Company.

Not just the rst beer label but Bass's triangle was the rst trademark in the UK, period.

“Sitting poolside and staring at the back of the garage one day, we decided that we wanted a mural painted on it,” she explains. “Last summer, we toured Vancouver Island. We were overwhelmed by the beauty in our own country. We quickly decided that we wanted something Canadian back there instead. e challenge was to nd the perfect [design].”

Blattman’s neighbour came by sipping on a tall can of 12 Mile and the rest was history.

Jen Blattman's backyard garage is painted with a giant mural to honour Cameron's 12 Mile lager. Supplied photos

RunTOBeer co-founder, Dan Grant spent the summer training to run a marathon dressed as Gordie Levesque, the mascot for Great Lakes Brewery’s Canuck pale ale. Supplied photos

e massive colourful mural covers the entire back exterior wall of her garage, giving her backyard a whimsical feel.

“Friends and family all love it!” she says. “Every evening the sun sets on the mural and all the colours re ect in the pool. It’s really incredible.”

Beer run

Dan Grant loves running and he loves beer, so the RunTOBeer running group co-founder decided to combine his passions ve years ago and dress up as Great Lakes Brewing mascot Gordie Levesque and try to set a Guinness world record.

Apparently, Fastest Marathon Dressed as a Lumberjack is a legit world record category.

Per Guinness’s stipulations, Grant would be required to wear a toque, a annel shirt, suspenders, denim pants and lace-up boots, all while carrying a plastic axe. at meant a summer of training in shorts and ankle weights to get used to the extra footwear.

“[Race day] was really, really challenging,” says Grant. “As well as being a warm day and having to wear boots, people were swarming me and wanting to get photos.”

at meant Grant had to throw in the towel— plus the plastic axe—at the halfway point.

While Grant failed to set a new world record, he did help raise money for charity in the process, with proceeds going to Good Foot Delivery, a local non-pro t courier service that hires people with disabilities to deliver packages around the GTA using public transit and their own two feet.

It’s not a given and not all breweries enjoy this relationship with their customers. But those who have created that authentic connection to their fans through their product (you can’t succeed here without great beer) and their company’s ethos set themselves up for success. j

People have always been interested in understanding what makes a company tick beyond just the products they make.

—Josh McJannett, Dominion City Brewing Co.

Momofuku Kōjin’s Pork and Shrimp Dumpling Sausage

Paired with Sons of Kent's 8 Track XPA

Supplied photo

There is a natural a nity between summer, sausages and craft beer. is recipe, from David Chang’s Momofuku Kōjin in Toronto, adds Asian avours to the mix.

Working under executive chef Paula Navarette, commissary chef Cam Hardy has made these pork and shrimp sausages one of his passions. ere is something about extending the traditional dumpling duo (plus the usual spices) into a Western-style sausage that ips the experience (pleasantly) upside-down.

But, if you don’t want to worry about stu ng casings, it also works well as meatballs or sausage patties. e meat grinder attachment for a KitchenAid stand mixer is an easy way to add “sausage maker” to your kitchen resume. And look for fatty pork belly if you can’t nd back fat.

Sons of Kent’s 8 Track works very well as a pairing because the bright hops will complement the subtle spices in the sausage and the salt will help round out the avours in the beer. —David

Ort

INgredients

• 700g lean pork, such as boneless skinless fresh pork leg, sirloin, or picnic roast

• 300g pork back fat

• 1 Tbsp (15g) kosher salt

• 100g wild gulf shrimp, peeled and deveined, cut into small chunks

• 4 tsp (20g) shrimp paste

• 2 tsp (10g) soy sauce

• 2 tsp (10g) Chinese cooking wine (shaoxing)

• 4 cloves (20g) minced garlic

• 3-inch piece (20g) minced ginger

• 1 Tbsp (5g) coriander seed toasted and ground

• 1 Tbsp (5g) white pepper toasted and ground

• one bunch scallions, sliced.

• hog casings

directions

1. Trim the pork of any skin or gristle and cut the meat and back fat into 1-inch chunks for easy grinding. Set scallions and gulf shrimp aside and

OPPOSITE PAGE: ese sausages do well as mid-afternoon snack or as part of a grander feast. ABOVE TOP: Natural casings are to a sausage’s texture and the snap when you bite into them. ABOVE BOTTOM: Citra, cascade and centennial combine in this West Coast-style pale. Supplied photos

mix pork and back fat pieces with the rest of ingredients. Put in the refrigerator overnight to cure.

2. e next day, grind the seasoned mix through a large (ideally 10-mm or 6-mm) grinder die. Return the mix to the fridge and allow it to chill. Grind again on the 4.5-mm or 6-mm die and put it back in the fridge.

3. Mix the roughly chopped shrimp with the cooled meat mix, adding the sliced scallions during the process.

4. Pipe into hog casings.

5. Cook over low-medium heat on a gas grill, indirect heat over charcoal or in a pan over medium heat. Serve with mustard and plenty of the XPA. j

GREAT LAKES BREWERY

30 Queen Elizabeth Blvd., Etobicoke | GreatLakesBeer.com

MON-TUE 11AM-6PM ^ WED-SAT 10AM-9PM ^ SUN 9AM6PM

EST. 1987

A new farmers market is coming to Etobicoke this summer. Every Sunday from May 12 - September 29 their Sunnyside Sunday Market will be where you can enjoy the sunshine and brews while you shop the local Ontario farmers’ stands and crafty booths.

Seasonal: B,LC

is session IPA with a positive outlook tastes well over its 3.9%. Look for pineapple and citrus.

Small-batch seasonal: B,L

Only a hint of tartness on this dry IPA that will be popping up a couple times over the summer.

Year-round: B,L

A malty-sweet opening follows into fresh grass and lemon with a crisp nish. Cheers, Morty!

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

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

Brewed for you, Ontario!

GLB takes enormous pride in the fact that 99.999% of all our beer produced in Etobicoke remains here in the province. With a commitment to freshness, keeping our beer local ensures we can carefully monitor each can, case and keg.

IND I E AL E H O USE

B

REW ING C O.

2876 Dundas St. W. | IndieAleHouse.com

SUN-THU 12-11PM ^ FRI-SAT 12PM-12AM

EST. 2012

is Junction standby continues to grow and has established a production facility in Etobicoke. Behind the bar, they also have a ne selection of bottled o erings including a wide choice of rare lambics and hard-to- nd American craft beers. Find their beers online.

COUCH

SESSION I PA

Seasonal: B,L

SURFER

ABV IBU 4.5%45

e aromas of dank, green hops re an opening salvo and a moreish nish completes the picture.

INSTIGATOR IPA

WEST COA ST-STYLE IPA

Year-round: B,L

ABV IBU 6.5%88

An ode to craft beer trailblazers, this IPA is full of citrus and ends on a cleanly bitter note.

BREAKFAST PORTER P

ORTER

Year-round: B,L

ABV IBU 7.2%20

Made with oats, it shows co ee and chocolate and is slightly sweet, all for breakfast.

LEMONADE STAND

LA CTOSE FRUIT S OUR

Seasonal: B,L

ABV IBU 5%18

Lemons and lactose give this sour the balance of snap and sweet that is needed for hot afternoons

BROKEN HIPSTER

BEL GIA N W IT

Year-round: B,L

ABV IBU 5%20

e pairing of sweet orange and ginger notes keep this wit sharp. A popular all-year option.

RABBIT OF CAERBANNOG

WHITE I PA

Seasonal: B,L

ABV IBU 5.5%80

is collaboration with Bar Hop shows its Belgian yeast character plus oral and citrus hops.

AMSTERDAM BREWING CO.

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

AVLING BREWERY

1042 Queen St. E. | Avling.ca

Equipment delays held up the opening of this new farmhouse-inspired craft brewery. Expect them to become a neighbourhood staple soon after their grand opening in May. SPACE

What could be better than a lakeside brewpub with a view of planes landing at the island airport and one of Toronto’s deepest beer lists.

BANDIT BREWERY

2125 Dundas St. W. | BanditBrewery.ca

BATCH

75 Victoria St. | BatchToronto.com

Renovations to their kitchen mean an expanded food menu for when you snag a spot on one of the west end’s sunniest patios.

A new beer release this spring, a lager called Cosmopolitan saw proceeds go to support Street Haven, a shelter for women in Toronto

BELLWOODS BREWERY

124 Ossington Ave., 20 Ha s Rd. BellwoodsBrewery.com

BIG ROCK BREWERY (LIBERTY COMMONS)

42 Liberty St., 1589 e Queensway LibertyCommons.ca

e Ossington patio with the white picket fence is still a must-visit downtown, but don’t neglect the bottle shop at their uptown facility.

JELLY

Beer releases this summer include AGD (Alberta Genuine Draft), which is an all-natural lager and e Darcy’s poolside grapefruit lager in collaboration with the band.

ED S OUR

BLACK CREEK HISTORIC BREWERY

1000 Murray Ross Pkwy. | BlackCreek.ca

BLACK LAB BREWING

818 Eastern Ave. | BlackLab.beer

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

A welcoming taproom (including for fourlegged friends) has food popups from ursday to Sunday in the summer. New beers drop every two weeks.

BLACK OAK BREWING CO.

75 Horner Ave. | BlackOakBeer.com

BLOOD BROTHERS BREWING

165 Geary Ave. | BloodBrothersBrewing.com

For summer, the Nut Brown gives way to their pale ale on hot afternoons and Ten Bitter Years when hops are called for.

BEAT THE HEAT

PALE

Especially once we get properly into July, summer is the time to visit this west-side brewery that makes masterful use of fruit.

PARADISE LOST

SHUMEI

BRUNSWICK BIERWORKS

25 Curity Ave. | BrunswickBierworks.com

FRUITED SOUR

BURDOCK BREWERY

1184 Bloor St. W. | BurdockTO.com

is host facility for contract brewers (that also does a range of top-notch collabs) now has an expanded schedule of weekday hours for their bottle shop.

BELGIAN WHEAT BLACK

David Krystal, JoJo Worthington and Run Coyote are just a few of the acts on the bill for Burdock’s attached music hall.

COMMON GOOD BEER CO.

475 Ellesmere Rd. | CommonGoodBeer.com

EASTBOUND BREWING CO.

700 Queen St. E. | EastboundBeer.com

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

SOCIABLE PILSNER

e brewpub features brewer Dave Lee’s beer and chef Tara Lee’s food. For their anniversary week they donated two per cent of all brewpub sales to Red Door Family Shelter.

DASHBOARD

FOLLY BREWING

928 College St. | FollyBrewing.com

GODSPEED BREWERY

242 Coxwell Ave. | GodspeedBrewery.com

e brewpub on College now has their rst beer, Heist, in the LCBO. Look for boundarypushing collabs (like a keptinis, a baked-mash style made with Escarpment Labs) on tap.

HEIST

SOUR PALE ALE

GHOUL WRANGLER

IPA FERMENTED W/ VOSS KVEIK

It’s hard to believe that Toronto has had this very popular brewery with an on-site restaurant for so long, but July 6 and 7 will be their second anniversary. Online sales coming.

UMI

GOSE WITH OKINAWAN SHIKUWASA & SEA SALT

Year-round: B,L,LC Seasonal: B,L

B,L

SVEˇTLÝ LEŽÁK

B,L

GOOSE ISLAND BREWHOUSE TORONTO

70 e Esplanade | GooseIsland.com

GRANITE BREWERY

245 Eglinton Ave. E. | GraniteBrewery.ca

Brewers Bernard Priest-Blais and Marc Mammoliti have teamed up with Afrim

Pristine of the Cheese Boutique for May 29’s Sours Sisters Cheese & Beer Night.

BEER OF THE MYSTIC (W/ NAP EYES)

FOR BI DDEN R ICE LAGER

For 28 years, Granite has been brewing only with Ringwood yeast and open fermentation, but May saw them take the big step of releasing their rst NEIPA.

JUICE

NEIPA #1

Small-batch: B One-o : B Seasonal: B Seasonal: B

HALO BREWERY

247 Wallace Ave. | HaloBrewery.com

HENDERSON BREWING CO.

128A Sterling Rd. | HendersonBrewing.com

Late May is anniversary time at Halo and they’ll have a special event to mark the occasion. Look for them to release a one-o beer to celebrate turning three.

SHAPESHIFTER

Look

CIRCUS RIOT (IDES OF MAY)

Year-round: B,L Seasonal: B Seasonal: B,L One-o : B

JUNCTION CRAFT BREWING

150 Symes Rd. | JunctionCraft.com

KENSINGTON BREWING CO.

299 Augusta Ave. KensingtonBrewingCompany.com

Highlights for the event schedule at the Destructor include the 2nd annual Wild ings Festival on June 2 and the Ontario Craft Beer Week launch party on June 8.

TRAINSPOTTER MUNICH HELLES

HELLES LAGER

B,L,LC,TBS

LEFT FIELD BREWERY

36 Wagsta Dr. | LeftFieldBrewery.ca

May is new patio month for this brewery in the heart of Kensington Market. People watching with a Watermelon Wheat sounds like an excellent combination.

WATERMELON WHEAT AMERICAN-STYLE WHEAT W/ FRUIT

Great to see more Left Field at the LCBO and this summer we’re getting a black-currant version of Squeeze Play at select locations.

SQUEEZE PLAY: BLACK CURRANT FRUITED SOUR

LOT 30 BREWERS

303 Lansdowne Ave. | Lot30Brewers.com

LOUIS CIFER BREW WORKS

417 Danforth Ave. LouisCiferBrewWorks.com

An eight-sample tasting ight is really the best way to comprehend the wide range of styles brewed by this west-end brewery.

Part brewery, part restaurant, part community hub on the Danforth. ey do a deep range of beers and guest taps. Prime rib Sundays are a popular event here.

: B

MASCOT BREWERY

Address | mascotbrewery.com

MILL ST. BREW PUB

21 Tank House Ln. | MillStreetBrewery.com

e new production facility in south Etobicoke means a return for several favourite brews such as the Gold Rush Sour, Italian Lager and Tropic Storm.

Ontario craft beer community lost a legend when their retired brewmaster Joel Manning passed away this spring. He had brewed professionally since 1986.

MUDDY YORK BREWING CO.

22 Cran eld Rd. | MuddyYorkBrewing.com

NORTHERN MAVERICK BREWING CO.

115 Bathurst St. | NorthernMaverick.ca

e East York Toronto Canada Day Festival is bringing back their Muddy York beer garden in Stan Wadlow Park on July 1. Family-friendly events at the brewery all summer.

Expect their large street-side patio to ll up quickly on sunny days. Always a good spot to grab a beer when the Jays are playing.

PEOPLE’S PINT BREWING CO.

90 Cawthra Ave. | PeoplesPint.com

RADICAL ROAD BREWING CO.

1177 Queen St. E. | RadicalRoadBrew.com

e pint-sized brewery in the Junction continues to impress with everything from homebrewer-collab one-o s to their LCBOlisted Helles Island.

Fridays seem to be the day to hit this brewery in Leslieville for their special releases. Looks from hop-forward and sour options. MANGO

RAINHARD BREWING CO.

100 Symes Rd. | RainhardBrewing.com

RORSCHACH BREWING CO.

1001 Eastern Ave. | RorschachBrewing.com

Clear your calendars for the big four-yearanniversary celebration at Rainhard in the Junction. Generally, one of the best taprooms to enjoy a summer breeze when the doors are open.

RAGE & LOVE

DRY HOPPED SOUR ALE W/ PASSIONFRUIT AND PEACH

Dog lovers will be clamouring for a spot on the pooch-friendly front patio this summer. e full food menu is available on the rooftop patio.

FOUR

ON THE FLOOR

GERMAN-STYLE PILSNER

SAULTER STREET BREWERY

1-31 Saulter St. | SaulterStreetBrewery.com

HEDONIS:

SHACKLANDS BREWING CO.

101-100 Symes Rd. | Shacklands.com

Sublime Lime Wit with lime and coriander is back for its second season. Also, look for a lowkey celebration of their second birthday with one-o s in the can lineup.

SUBLIME

IT’S ABOUT BLOODY TIME

Truly one of the most eclectic event schedules of any brewery in Ontario. Take a chance on any of their beers—especially those with brett.

THREE BERRY SOUR FRUITED SOUR

TORONTO

THE SIX BREWING CO.

777 Dundas St. W. | eSixBrewingCo.com

STEAM WHISTLE

255 Bremner Blvd. | SteamWhistle.ca

is downtown brewery has Toronto tropes written all over it—they make beers named for streetcars and trash pandas!

HOPSTER SESSION IPA

Year-round: B

e new biergärten is now open at the Roundhouse and word is that we’ll have new beers from Steam Whistle to try soon.

PILSNER

B

VEGANDALE BREWERY

1346 Queen St. W., | VegandaleBrewery.com

Once they knocked o the headline-grabbing antics, this brewery settled in as a quiet mainstay in Parkdale.

SKYLINE SOUR FRUITED SOUR PRINCIPLED

B

Year-round: B

VON BUGLE BREWING

249 Evans Ave. | VonBugle.ca

Steam Whistle’s dark beer cousin has big plans for Ontario’s festival season. Look for them under their blue and gold tent this summer.

FALCON BREWING

30 Barr Rd. | falconbeer.beer

CHRONICLE BREWING CO.

422 Lake Rd., unit 3 | ChronicleBeer.com

eir theme honours the war e ort establishment of the town of Ajax, Bomb Girls Ale and Munition IPA represent the industrial heritage of the town.

RASPBERRY BERET BLONDE ALE W/ RASPBERRIES

Seasonal: B

MANANTLER

SINGLE HOP SERIES: CITRA PALE ALE W/ CITRA

Seasonal: B

eir thorough love of all things gaming comes through in both their taproom atmosphere and the rotating releases in their beer lineup.

CRAFT BREWING CO.

182 Wellington St., unit 18 | Manantler.com

Durham’s brewery with the design-forward labels brings folks to their taproom—especially for trivia night on Wednesday—with a rotating list of new releases.

PEER PRESSURE DRY-HOPPED SOUR PALE ALE

Seasonal: B,L

ROBERTA BLONDAR BLONDE ALE

Year-round: B,L

GOLDEN AXE BLONDE ALE

Seasonal: B

Year-round: B

ROUGE RIVER BREWING CO.

8-50 Bullock Dr. | RougeRiverBrewery.com

e bottle shop has both cans and bottles in a range of styles and avours including fruitadn hop-forward options. Taproom events range from jazz nights to open mic.

LANDO CALJUICY-AN NEW ENGLAND-STYLE IPA HOLY

Seasonal: B,L

PEACH & AMARILLO SOUR FRUITED DRYHOPPED KETTLE SOUR

Seasonal: B,L

BOWMANVILLE MARKHAM

ARCH BREWING CO.

4-11 Pony Dr. | ArchBrewing.ca

MARKET BREWING CO.

4-17775 Leslie St. | MarketBrewingCo.com

Especially on Fridays and Saturdays, look for comedy or live music in the taproom. Events are announced on the social feeds.

CHESTERFIELD KÖLSCH

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

BEFORE 5:00

B

ALL OR NOTHING BREWHOUSE

439 Ritson Rd. S. | AllOrNothing.beer

OSHAWA BREWING COMPANY

875 Wilson Rd. S., Unit 1 Facebook.com/OshawaBrewingCompany

A winding road, through contract brewing and buying Trafalgar, has led this Oshawa brewery back to their hometown. Grand opening for the new space will be held on June 1.

ALL OR NOTHING HOPFENWEISSE TROPICAL

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

SNOOZE YOU

B,LC

is May, this small-but-mighty operation will mark one year in business in Oshawa. Look both straightforward and experimental takes on beer styles.

MANGO SENSATION

COUNTY DURHAM BREWING CO.

1885 Clements Rd.

OLD FLAME BREWING CO.

A longtime favourite, especially when their beers show up on a pub’s cask engine. ey don’t have an on-site bottle shop or taproom.

Now with more craft beer neighbours in the Kawarthas, this could easily be part of a mini berwery tour this summer.

HOMEBREW CENTRAL

Shop in person: 1400 Bayly Street, Unit 9 Pickering

Shop online: www.thehomebrewbeeracademy.ca

THE SECOND WEDGE BREWING CO.

14 Victoria St. | eSecondWedge.ca

LAKE WILCOX BREWING CO.

3-1033 Edgeley Blvd.

LakeWilcoxBrewing.com

May 19 is when the Uxbridge Farmers’ Market returns to their parking lot and mark Aug 4 for the Railway Ramble, featuring live music from Rory Taillon.

MAGNOTTA BREWERY

271 Chrislea Rd. | MagnottaBrewery.com

Mo’ Funny No Problems! is the name for their regular comedy night series. See their Facebook and Instagram pages for other event updates.

5 PADDLES BREWING CO.

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

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

Longstanding brewery has a deep range spread across bottles and cans. ey also host beer educations classes in the taproom

BROCK STREET BREWING CO.

244 Brock St. S. | BrockStBrewing.com

LITTLE BEASTS BREWING CO.

2075 Forbes St. | LittleBeastsBrewing.com

It’s been in the works for years but Brock Street’s new 19,000-square-foot facility in downtown Whitby is now open. e plan is to increase the on-tap o erings to 20.

BOHEMIAN PILSNER PILSNER

Year-round: B,L

BLONDE ALE BLONDE ALE

Year-round: B,L

TOWN BREWERY

1632 Charles St. | TownBrewery.ca

Look for food pop-ups like Pierogi Me, Island Oysters and Mark’s Pizza in the taproom at Little Beasts.

SAISON DU PRINTEMPS

DRY-HOPPED SOUR SAISON

Seasonal: B

Year-round: B

A new category of license means that this Whitby brewery now has extended hours, larger pour sizes and cider. Sadly, it also means that dogs are no longer permitted.

Seasonal: B

Year-round: B,L

Brant & w est G ta

N ICKE L BR OO K

BREW ING C O.

864 Drury Ln. | NickelBrook.com

SUN-TUES 11AM-6PM ^ WED-SAT 11AM-9PM

EST. 2005

Head to their shiny, new taproom for 20+ taps of great beer or look for the sour IPA, called Zap, they’re releasing at the LCBO.

DUPLICITOUS

D RY-HOPP ED G OSE

Year-round: B,L,LC

ZAP! S OUR I PA

Year-round: B,L,LC

ABV IBU 4% 0 ABV IBU 5.5%28

A Citra dry-hopped version from the masters of gose. Can you spot the trickery?

ink of this as lemon from all angles including citrus notes on the hops and a tart base.

BELL CITY BREWING CO.

51 Woodyatt Dr., unit 9

BellCityBrewing.com

MASH PADDLE BREWING CO.

111 Sherwood Dr., unit 3A

MashPaddleBrewing.com

Fans of Bell City are waiting to see how this Brantford brewery takes advantage of legal cannabis beers. e beer will be alcohol-free and will be brewed in Grimsby.

is summer, Mash Paddle celebrates a big milestone when they turn ve. Watch their social feeds for party details.

STEEL WHEEL

105 Powerline Rd. | SteelWheel.ca

PEPPERWOOD BREWERY BISTRO

1455 Lakeshore Rd. | Pepperwood.on.ca

What better place to enjoy a summer afternoon than a taproom in a fully-renovated 1890s farmhouse with an attached patio?

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

BADLANDS BREWING COMPANY

13926 Chinguacousy Rd.

BadlandsBrewing.ca

CALEDON HILLS BREWING COMPANY

CaledonHillsBrewing.ca

Mark your mid-summer calendars for their anniversary party on August 17. Badlands is turning two!

Summer is a busy time for this brewery that focusses on selling their beer for special events. eir range comes in both kegs and cans.

GOODLOT FARMSTEAD BREWING CO.

18825 Shaws Creek Rd. | GoodLot.beer

SONNEN HILL BREWERY

20683 Heart Lake Rd. | SonnenHill.com

May 16-Oct. 14 is the season for this on-farm brewery with a beer garden and retail bottle shop. Look for food trucks on Friday from 4 p.m. on.

FARMSTEAD

SHAWN & ED BREWING CO.

65 Hatt St. | LagerShed.com

Better beer bars like Bar Hop, Volo, Bar Lupulus and Beertown are the best sources for tracking down this complex, often hop-forward beers.

eir taproom is an oasis on the way to wine country. May is radler month for them. Look out for a new theme for trivia night every month.

LAGERSHED

Conveniently right next to the Georgetown GO station the lineup includes a glutenreduced take on the kölsch style.

CLIFFORD BREWING CO.

1-398 Nash Rd. N. | Cli ordBrewing.com

COLLECTIVE ARTS BREWING

207 Burlington St. E. | CollectiveArtsBrewing.com

e Tap at Cask Event comes to Cli ord Brewing on the last ursday of every month—mark your calendars for a taste of real ale.

June 14 - 15 is the date for Liquid Art Fest 2019—Collective’s mashup of 50 breweries, 8 music acts and live art. More at liquidartbrewfest.com/tickets

IPA NO. 10 I PA

FAIRWEATHER BREWING CO.

1-5 O eld Rd. | FairweatherBrewing.com

GRAIN & GRIT BEER CO.

11 Ewen Rd. | GrainAndGritBeer.com

With new beers every week—lots with fruit or uncommon hops or yeast strains—there always a reason to see what’s going on in the fridge at Fairweather.

BLOOD ORANGE AND ITALIAN BASIL BEKI

SOUR IPA W/ LACTO

Seasonal: B,L

DONNA PILSNER

On May 26 they’re fundraising for Ladybird Sanctuary; June 2 is the release of a peach vanilla milkshake IPA in support of Max’s Big Ride; live music & food pop-ups on Fri.

IN THE

PALMS IPA W/ MANGO, PINEAPPLE & LACTOSE

Seasonal: B,L

MERIT BREWING

107 James St. N. | MeritBrewing.ca

ORANGE SNAIL BREWERS

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

: B

Grab their two special releases this May and look for details on a collab beer dinner May 26. Both to celebrate turning two!

SVP

FRENCH-STYLE TABLE BEER

Year-round: B,L

TOMORROWS

EARL GREY TRIPEL

Seasonal: B

Look for their beers to slant more toward lower-ABV pale ales and German styles as the weather warms. eir monthly comedy night is a highlight.

ESCARPMENT WHEAT

WITBIER

Seasonal: B

Small-batch: B

OLD CREDIT BREWING CO.

6 Queen St. W. | OldCreditBrewing.com

STONEHOOKER BREWING CO.

866 Lakeshore Rd. E. | Stonehooker.com

Founded by the Listas in 1994, Old Credit is now one of the oldest in Ontario. Nearby to some of the best parks in the GTA.

PALE PILSNER

PILSNER

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

CAMERON’S BREWING

1165 Invicta Dr. | CameronsBrewing.com

Named for the 19th century schooners who hooked stones from the bottom of Lake Ontario. ese were an essential building material in Toronto’s early days.

THREE SHEETS

BELGIAN-STYLE IPA

Year-round: B

WEISS IS NEISS (APRICOT)

HEFEWEIZEN WITH FRUIT

Seasonal: B

is Oakville favourite is launching a new beer garden this summer and they’re holding a contest to pick a name for it.

CAPTAIN’S LOG PALE LAGER

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

12 MILE INDIA PALE LAGER

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

BENCH BREWING CO.

3991 King St. | BenchBrewing.com

KAME & KETTLE BEER WORKS

25 Pelham Town Square | KameAndKettle.ca

Don’t overlook the food menu at this Beamsville brewery. Summer is the perfect time to sample their prowess with fruitfocussed and hop-forward beers.

ey’ve added an online bottle shop at Kame & Kettle with beers including that Righteous red ale, which seems deceptively like a brown ale with dark, roasted notes.

COUNTERPART BREWING

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

NIAGARA BREWING CO.

4915-A Clifton Hill NiagaraBrewingCompany.com

e tap list and food menu are meant to emphasize innovation and creativity. is new brewery in the Falls is set up to be a popular stop during the busy tourist season.

If you think Clifton Hill is an all-year madhouse, you should see it in the summer. is brewery has plenty of seating and tasting ights for when you’re ready for a break.

THE EXCHANGE BREWERY

7 Queen St. | ExchangeBrewery.com

NIAGARA COLLEGE TEACHING BREWERY

135 Taylor Rd. | NCTeachingBrewery.ca

Early summer will see ticket sales open for their second annual sour beer festival, Sourpalooza 2019. For such a new event it was very well attended last year.

eir Pilsner 101 was the Speaker’s Choice at the 2019 Queen’s Park beer tasting and will be on-tap in the legislator’s dining room.

PILSNER 101

CZECH-STYLE

NIAGARA OAST HOUSE BREWERS

2017 Niagara Stone Rd. OastHouseBrewers.com

IPA 101 WEST COAST-STYLE IPA

SILVERSMITH BREWING CO.

1523 Niagara Stone Rd. SilversmithBrewing.com

Whitney Rose visits the brewery on May 26 as part of their Jitney Jams series. All summer, the two-level patio is a supremely relaxing spot.

Fresh produce season is the perfect time for paying a visit to the brewery in a historic church surrounding by Niagara’s fruit stands.

BREWER’S WHINE

BREAKWALL BREWING CO.

46 Clarence St. | BreakwallBrewery.com

LOCK

STREET BREWING CO.

104-15 Lock St. | LockStreet.ca

From May 1 to Sept. 30 they have a special, summer-only 30-person patio running at the brewery.

BRIMSTONE BREWING CO.

209 Ridge Road N. | BrimstoneBrewing.ca

Summer weather opens up two outdoor spaces for beer enjoyment here. e backyard beer garden is surrounded in greenery and the 2ndoor has a view of Port Dalhousie.

THE MERCHANT ALE HOUSE

98 St. Paul St. | MerchantAleHouse.com

is brewery in Ridgeway is co-host for the 6th annual Albino Rhino Beer Festival on May 25. Find tickets online through ticketscene.ca

e St. Catherine’s standby has been around for 20 years! Look for them at beer festivals this summer including Quench and the Albino Rhino fest.

I AM BROOT! SPARKLING BRUT ALE

JACKASS BREWING

100 Sheldon Dr., Unit 36 | JackassBrewing.ca

NORTH WORKS BREWING CO.

46 Sta ord Ct. Unit B | NorthWorksBrewing.com

Upcoming events for creative crowd in Cambridge include Paint ‘n’ Brew on May 21 and another art-themed night on June 11.

SUNKISS VERMONT-STYLE IPA

RHYTHM & BREWS BREWING CO.

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

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

MOSAIC SMASH

AMERICAN-STYLE IPA

With something musical going on almost every night this is way more than taproom with tunes. Even their trivia is musical. SPOTLIGHT AMERICAN LIGHT LAGER

KITCHENER CAMBRIDGE

WAVE MAKER CRAFT BREWERY

639 Laurel St. | WaveMakerBrewery.com

ABE ERB

151 Charles St. W., Kitchener

15 King St. S., Waterloo | AbeErb.com

A brewer-owned and operated operation. ey also plan to install an on-site distillery in the near future.

SMOOTHIE

COUNTERPOINT BREWING CO.

#4-935 Frederick St. | counterpointbrewing.ca

is new entry on the Kitchener scene opened their doors in February. eir four house taps rotate through a wide range of styles.

SPOTLIGHT:

We’re looking forward to this growing operation in KW adding a fourth outpost in Guelph before too long.

SABROTAGE

AMERICAN-STYLE IPA

Year-round: B,L

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

DESCENDANTS BEER & BEVERAGE CO.

319 Victoria St. N. | DescendantsBeer.com

ey cover o live music on Fridays but also do matinees, plant nights and themed Harry Potter trivia “for the kids”.

HARBINGER

AMERICAN-STYLE PALE ALE

Year-round: B,L,LC

Year-round: B,L,LC

RED CIRCLE BREWING CO.

137 Glasgow St., Unit 385

RedCircleBrewing.ca

SHORT FINGER BREWING CO.

20 Hurst Ave. | ShortFingerBrewing.com

As well as the beers listed below, they’ve also added a German-style pilsner, called Crystal Park to their core rotation. Perfect timing!

CHLOE

June 20 is Lando Day when Short Finger celebrates their fourth anniversary with several versions of their agship barrel-aged sour saison.

TOGETHER WE’RE BITTER CO-OPERATIVE

300 Mill Street, Unit 1 | Brewing.coop

WATERLOO BREWING

400 Bingemans Centre Dr. WaterlooBrewing.com

Head to TWB on June 1 for the annual Hydrocut IPA cycling-themed release party for live music, beer, fun activities and delicious local food.

ey’ll have a presence at the Forks & Barrels event in Kitchener on May 24 and in Toronto on June 1.

WATERLOO

BITTE SCHÖN BRAUHAUS

68 Huron St. | BitteSchonBrauhaus.com

BLOCK THREE BREWING

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

At just 1,000 sq feet this is one of the smallest breweries in Ontario. Look for an expanding range of gluten-free beers from them.

HURON

June 1 is Block Stock & Barrel, their barrelaged beer fest. Check out their brand-new biergarten in downtown St. Jacob’s.

Year-round:

INNOCENTE BREWING CO.

283 North eld Dr. E., unit 8 | Innocente.ca

Football (or soccer for the North American audience) plays a big part in this brewery’s social life. Strong cask programme, too.

UPPER THAMES BREWING CO.

225 Bysham Park Dr., unit 9 | Upper amesBrewing.ca

B,L Year-round: B,L,LC GLUTEN

C OW B ELL B REWING

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 rst closed-loop brewery. e restaurant ups their road trip worthiness. eir beer is available online for home delivery.

Seasonal: B,L,LC

Great for hot afternoons on the patio, this one brings New World hops to the traditional base.

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

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

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

Lots of avour for the ABV with citrus zest, lime, pineapple and pine. Very easy drinking.

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

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

H op 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. Purchase tickets at VIPOntarioTours.com

JOIN THE Craft ew Crew

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 o er 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 on June 12, 2019, details to be released on social media.

@CowbellBrewing

@CraftBrewCrewVS

TOGETHER, WE WILL BUILD A NEW SICKKIDS

W ELLINGTON BREWERY

950 Woodlawn Rd. W. | WellingtonBrewery.ca

MON-SUN 11AM-7PM

EST. 1985

For summer—a.k.a. Mix Pack Season—they’ve released a foursome at the LCBO that ranges from their helles to a rhubarb saison. And trust us that they aren’t messing around when they say there are habaneros in Raked Over.

RAKED OVER

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

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

Seasonal: B,L,LC

A real avour tour-de-force with tropical fruit, plenty of hops and those namesake peppers.

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

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

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

With a subtly tart rhubarb avour this saison easily bridges the gap between spring and summer.

Q& A W ith Brewmaster

Marvin Dyck

Q: If you could only brew one style for the rest of your career what would it be and why?

A: I obsess over making DIPAs because they are dicult but love to drink them and see the joy they bring.

BAD APPLE BREWING CO.

73463 ON-21 | BadAppleBrewingCo.com

RIVER ROAD BREWING AND HOPS

35549 Bay eld River Rd. RiverRoadBrewing.com

Summer is the perfect time to head out to this brewery in the cottage country out on the Lake Huron shore.

ey’ve recently jumped to a 10 hectolitre system (up from two) and that means the bottle shop can stay open Wednesday to Sunday every week.

ELORA BREWING CO.

107 Geddes St. | EloraBrewingCompany.ca

FORMOSA SPRINGS BREWERY

1120 Bruce Rd., Unit 12 FormosaBrewery.ca

With the beautiful Elora gorge nearby, how can you not visit Elora Brewing this summer? Add them to the growing list of breweries with a new light lager.

eir taproom is a community hub for locals in Formosa. Word is that this summer will see them release a honey lager.

GODE R ICH GUELPH

SQUARE BREW

430 Parsons Crt. | SquareBrewCo.com

BROTHERS BREWING CO.

15

Goderich is one of the frontrunners for Ontario’s loveliest small town and Square is the perfect spot for a break from a summer trip.

eir coasters are crowd-sourced from what customers doodle on blank coasters with supplied art supplies. Everything on tap is now available in crowler format.

SQUARE ONE PILSNER PILSNE R

GUELPH GUELPH

FIXED GEAR BREWING CO.

20

On June 8, the 2 Rivers Festival visits

ONTARIO’S TRAINING WHEELS S OU R A LE

AMNESIA Seasonal: B,L Year-round: B Year-round: B,L,LC Year-round: B,L

IBU AB V 40 6.5% IBU AB V 70 9% IBU AB V 25 5.5% IBU AB V N/A 4%

BREAKAWAY IPA AM ER ICAN-STYLE IPA

LEMON BERLINER WEISSE BER LINE R W EISSE HIBISCUS SAISON SAISON

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

IBU AB V 25 5% IBU AB V 4 4% IBU AB V 15 5.4% IBU AB V N/A 5.5% 73

One of the ve breweries that are part of the Guelph.Beer Bus group. One chosen Saturday out of each summer month the bus will provide free transportation between area breweries.

KINDARDINE HANOVER

MACLEAN’S ALES

52 14th Ave. | MacLeansAles.ca

GREY MATTER BEER CO.

726 Queen St. | GreyMatterBeer.com

June 1 is the Boots & Brews Country Music Festival with three bands ( e Jackson Fox Band, 8 Second Ride, e Country Junction Band). Tickets at backporchevents.ca

LAZY HAZY IPAZY NEW ENGLAND-STYLE SESSION IPA

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

NEUSTADT SPRINGS BREWERY

Seasonal: B,L,LC

Kincardine’s Scottish Festival from July 5 - 7 will feature an 80-shilling (a malt-forward style with a slight sweet nish) speci cally brewed for the event by Grey Matter.

SEA OF TRANQUILITY IPA

Seasonal: B

Seasonal: B

HOCKLEY VALLEY

25 Centennial Rd. | HockleyBeer.ca

456 Jacob St. | NeustadtSprings.com

On the way to many of Ontario’s beautiful small towns, Neustadt has several summer appropriate styles in their taproom

THE SOUR KRAUT NORTH AMERICAN-STYLE SOUR

Year-round: B,L,LC

FUSION VIENNA LAGER AND WHEAT BEER

Year-round: B,L

is Orangeville brewery does a great job of getting their core beers into the LCBO across the province.

HOCKLEY DARK ENGLISH-STYLE BROWN ALE

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

HOCKLEY DARK LAGER DARK LAGER

Year-round: B,L

HALF HOURS ON EARTH BREWERY

151 Main St. S. | HalfHoursOnEarth.com

SHAKESPEARE BREWING CO.

2178 Line 34 | ShakespeareBrewingCompany.ca

When you get a bit tired of all the summer beer touring, place an online order of a selection of HHOE beer for an at-home tasting.

AFFECTION

OAK AGED SPELT FARMHOUSE SOUR ALE W/ ROSEMARY & SAGE

Small-batch: B

BLACK SWAN BREWING CO.

BEES! OAK AGED BIÈRE DE MIEL (FARMHOUSE SOUR ALE W/ HONEY)

Small-batch: B

At the start of June they will be releasing their Fryfogel Fox lager and July 13 is the big 2-year-anniversary celebration.

THE BUMBLING BEAR BLUEBERRY WHEAT BEER

Seasonal: B,L

RECKLESS

ONTARIO

Year-round: B,L

144 Downie St. | BlackSwanBrewing.ca

WWW.CANADAKEGS.COM

PAKTECH CAN CARRIERS IN STOCK!

Whether you’re seeing Othello or Little Shop of Horrors, festival season is the perfect time to stop in at this Stratford brewery after your show lets out.

Small-batch: B,L

Year-round: B,L

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

HERALD HAUS BREWING CO.

21 Market Pl. | @HeraldHaus

JOBSITE BREWING CO.

45 Cambria St. | JobsiteBrewing.ca

ABANDONED AT

H2 GOLDEN ALE

Everything from pizza deals to an in-house popcorn machine make the Jobsite taproom feel like the clubhouse you always wanted.

2 X 4 CREAM ALE

STRATFORD BREWING CO.

Facebook.com/StratfordBrewing

From July 15 to August 25 you can get Saison 19, the special beer they made with Stratford Summer Music Festival at festival events. Get a taste of Ontario’s most famous theatre town at your local bar or LCBO. ( ey don’t have an on-site taproom.)

76050 Parr Line | StoneHouseBrewing.ca

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

STONE HOUSE BREWING CO.

GERMAN DARK LAGER LAGER

CHATHAM ERIEAU

SONS OF KENT BREWING CO.

27 Adelaide St. S. | SonsOfKent.com

BAYSIDE BREWING CO.

970 Ross Lane | BaysideBrewing.com

Chatham’s well-regarded brewery is expanding their capacity by adding a 30-person patio this summer season. Cheers to more brewery patios! BERRY

Look for live country music in this taproom that basically has Lake Erie on both sides. eir summer appropriate beers are in LCBO locations across the province.

CONCESSION ROAD BREWING CO.

17 Talbot St. E., unit 4

ConcessionRoadBrew.com

RAMBLIN ROAD BREWERY FARM

2970 Swimming Pool Rd. | RamblinRoad.ca

e rotating event schedule is getting an update to include trivia on ursday night to go with live comedy on the rst Friday of every month and community jams on the last.

What’s the only thing better than a brewery farm with an on-site hop yard? How about one that makes some of the best peanuts and kettle chips in the province?

STONEPICKER

7143 Forest Rd. | StonepickerBrewing.com

REFINED FOOL BREWING CO.

1326 London Rd., 137 Davis St. | Re nedFool.com

Still in its rst year, Stonepicker is o ering a full list of events including music night, karaoke and trivia at the brewery.

is May, they’re hosting a medieval tournament. Okay, so it’s a Sarnia-developed card game but bonus points all the same.

CHARLOTTEVILLE BREWING CO.

1207 Charlotteville West Quarter Line Rd. CharlottevilleBrewingCompany.ca

NEW LIMBURG BREWERY

2353 Nixon Rd. | NewLimburg.com

Turning one year old this May, follow their social media channels for information about the special celebration.

In summer, the large patio is as much of a draw as the live music schedule. ey pay particular attention to the cider and wine selection here.

GRISETTE

CAPS OFF BREWING CO.

Unit C-168 Curtis St. | CapsO Brewing.com

RAILWAY CITY BREWING CO.

130 Edward St. | RailwayCityBrewing.com

e husband-and-wife team behind this brand new brewery in St. omas have professional roots in fermentation.

UNDER THE BRIM

TIP

Paint nights, dirty bingo, theme trivia and live music all earn spots on the event calendar at this train themed brewery in St. omas.

DEAD ELEPHANT IPA

B,L,LC,TBS

62

| StrathroyBrewingCompany.ca

Events go from the DIY-friendly workshops to paint-a-stein night to a fun dart night that inexperienced players are welcome to join.

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

ANDERSON CRAFT ALES

1030 Elias St. | AndersonCraftAles.ca

DUNDAS & SONS BREWING

400 Adelaide St. N. | DundasAndSons.com

Mark your calendars for Aug. 24 when they’ll celebrate turning three with 30+ unique party beers, free giveaways, local food and music.

Check for live music on Fridays and Saturdays in the eclectically decorated taproom. Naturally, they also have an in-house chess club.

THE BLACK NIGHT BLACK IPA

BRUT IPA BRUT IPA Year-round: B

B,L,LC

FORKED RIVER BREWING CO.

45 Paci c Crt., Unit 4 ForkedRiverBrewing.com

June 8 from 1 - 9 p.m. is the big day for Forked Fest—the birthday party for this east London mainstay that has been ghting the man for six years now.

INTERSTELLAR IPA

B,L,LC

FLASHBACK

B,L,LC

: B

LONDON BREWING

521 Burbrook Pl. | LondonBrewing.ca

POWERHOUSE BREWING CO.

100 Kellogg Ln. | PowerhouseBrewery.beer

eir pleasantly o beat event schedule includes euchre on Wednesdays and Dungeons and Flagons for D ‘n’ D fans.

LONDON NATURAL LAGER

MUNICH-STYLE HELLES

Now that this shiny new brewery is open in London they’re still working out the exact hours, so double-check on their social media.

HOMECOMING

AMERICAN-STYLE PALE ALE

B,L

STORM STAYED BREWING CO.

169 Wharncli e Rd. S., unit 8 StormStayed.com

TOBOGGAN BREWING CO.

585 Richmond St. | TobogganBrewing.com

You can only see the full e ect of their colourful yet minimalist beer labels by visiting the brewery and lining them all up.

SUNBURST: SASQUATCH NEW ENGLAND-STYLE PALE ALE

One-o : B

SHOOK: LEMON FRUITED KETTLE SOUR

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

MR. INSURANCE MAN BLONDE ALE

LUNATIC FRIDGE

Year-round: B One-o : B Year-round: B

FRANK BREWING CO.

12000 Tecumseh Rd. | FrankBeer.ca

BREW MICROBREWERY

635 University Ave. E. | BrewWindsor.com

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

NO NONSENSE

is Windsor brewery has a remote hopyard out in Amherstburg. Drop by on Saturdays for acoustic sets in the taproom.

WINDSOR WINDSOR

CHAPTER TWO BREWING CO.

2345 Edna St. | ChapterTwoBrewing.com

CRAFT HEADS BREWING CO.

89 University Ave. W. | CraftHeads.ca

e Edna Street brewery is lead by Ciceronecerti ed brewer Michael Beaudoin and boasts a surprisingly sophisticated hotdog menu.

DANGER BIRD

AMERICAN-STYLE IPA

On May 29, they’re hosting the rst season of the Windsor Roast Federation. Look for cutting comedy to go with the deep beer lineup.

MOTOR CRAFT ALES

888 Erie St. E. | isIsMotor.com

SANDWICH BREWING CO.

3230 Sandwich St. | @SandwichBrewing

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.

While dogs can’t come inside, they don’t carry a selection of special treats for the pooches out on the patio during the summer.

Seasonal: B

Seasonal: B

Year-round: B

WALKERVILLE BREWERY

525 Argyle Rd. | WalkervilleBrewery.com

Year-round: B GERONIMO

Keep an eye on Walkerville for the latest release in their Heritage Series of beers meant to recognize recipes from Windsor’s brewing past.

IPA

:

Year-round: B,L,LC

1678 County Road 38 ChurchKeyBrewing.com

Wondering about the name? at’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.

You’ll nd the taproom has been given a bit of a facelift if you visit this Cobourg brewery this summer. Beer here goes into both bottles and short cans.

WILLIAM STREET BEER CO.

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

FENELON FALLS BREWING CO.

4 May St. | FenelonFallsBrewing.com

is May, the Cobourg standby and community hub celebrated their fth anniversary. eir pleasantly sunny taproom is often lled with a special event.

e building that houses their brewhouse has had many uses over the years. In 1901, it became a blacksmith shop run by Charles Kelly; that business was still going into the 1960s.

BELMONT LAKE BREWERY

54 Fire Rte. 17 | BelmontLakeBrewery.com

PIE EYED MONK BREWERY

8 Cambridge St. N. PieEyedMonkBrewery.com

Getting to this o -the-beaten brewery feels like it deserves a reward. e spring oods this year meant they were canoe-access only for a while.

CORDOVA GOLD ENGLISH-STYLE BITTER

A xture at area events, including ones like Lindsay’s Pride Picnic on July 13. In their taproom, they put on live music.

BROWNIE’S BELGIAN BLONDE BLONDE ALE

B

B

BOBCAYGEON BREWING CO.

Unit2-191 St David St.

BobcaygeonBrewing.ca

THE OLDE STONE BREWING CO.

380 George St. N. | OldeStone.ca

Here’s the low-down on their location: While they work on the one in Bobcaygeon they have opened an innovation lab in Peterborough that was the home of Beard Free Brewing.

NORTHERN LIGHTS HAZY IPA Year-round: B,L,LC

B,L,LC

eir attached restaurant is called Hot Belly Mama’s and features New Orleans style po’ boys and decadent desserts.

GINGER LEMONGRASS WIT AMERICANSTYLE WHEAT

Year-round: B

PUBLICAN HOUSE BREWERY

300 Charlotte St. | PublicanHouse.com

Find them on June 14 and 15 at the Kawartha Craft Beer Festival in Peterborough (and the rest of the summer in their pub-style taproom.)

PADDLER’S ALE AMERICAN-STYLE WHEAT ALE

SMITHAVENS BREWING COMPANY

687 Rye St., Unit 6 | SmithavensBrewing.ca

KELLERBIER PALE LAGER

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

Year-round: B

May marks ve years in operation for this Peterborough favourite. Full range of beers with lots from the sessionable end of the German spectrum of styles.

PICKWICK’S BEST BITTER ENGLISH-STYLE BITTER NOTTABOTTLE BELGIAN-STYLE PALE

Year-round: B,L,LC

S PE ARHE AD BREWING

675 Development Dr. | SpearheadBeer.com

SUN-MON 11AM-9PM ^ TUE-THU 11AM-10PM

FRI-SAT 11AM-11PM

EST. 2018

June 12-15 is comedy fest at Spearhead. Headliners perform June 14 at 7 p.m. Baconfest goes on June 15 at 7 p.m. to close the fest along with more comedy.

CHARDONNAY SUMMER ALE FARMHOUSE A LE

Seasonal: B,L,LC

A BV IB U 4.3%12

Chardonnay must from Ontario plus Alsatian hops give this local-meets-French accent.

MOJITO RADLER RADLER

One-o : B,L

A BV IB U 2.5%10

Lime and mint combine with the radler tradition—this one is half-German, half-Cuban.

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.

MACKINNON BROTHERS BREWING

1915 County Road 22 MackinnonBrewing.com

SIGNAL BREWING COMPANY

86-87 River Rd. | Signal.beer

Grab your tickets for their fth annual Back to the Farm music fest on Aug. 18. ey’ll have their beer, plus guest taps, 20 food trucks and a full card of musical acts.

July 20 is the big Bon Jovi tribute concert at this craft brewery that de nitely takes live music seriously.

GANANOQUE BREWING COMPANY

9 King St. E. | GanBeer.com

LAKE ON THE MOUNTAIN BREWERY

11369 Loyalist Pkwy. LakeOn eMountainBrewCo.com

A long list of mainly English styles are on tap here and can be combined for their tasting ights. Be sure to check out the antique market in the basement of their building.

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.

RIVERHEAD BREWING CO.

631 Fortune Cres. | RiverheadBrewing.com

Just o the 401, a bit west of Kingston they have a fully stocked beer fridge and menu of pub grub for breaking up the summer road trips.

MEXICAN CERVEZA

AMERICAN LIGHT LAGER

Seasonal: B

NAPANEE BEER COMPANY

450 Milligan Lane | NapaneeBeer.ca

STONE CITY ALES

275 Princess St. | StoneCityAles.com

Yacht Rock, a citrus-infused gose, plus more from the Distortion series of fruited sours joins the IPA-heavy lineup this summer. ey’re turning ve in July!

TROPICAL IPA AMERICAN-STYLE IPA

One of Eastern Ontario’s most popular breweries has lots of their beer in grocery stores. Look for monthly beer releases from them.

DEADLINE

AMERICAN LIGHT LAGER

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

UNTITLED IPA #6 NEW ENGLAND-STYLE IPA One-o : B,L

B,L

555 BREWING CO.

124 Picton Main St. | 555Beer.com

THE JUDGE HELLES KINGSTON KINGSTON

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

FOOTPRINT

Year-round: B,L

IPA

B KINGSTON NAPANEE

Year-round: B,L

BARLEY DAYS BREWERY

13730 Loyalist Parkway BarleyDaysBrewery.com

PARSONS BREWING CO.

876 County Road 49 | ParsonsBrewing.com

Grab this year’s haul of their Sugar Shack maple ale before it sells out. ey got some raised eyebrows for buying into the buck-a-beer programme.

HARVEST

PRINCE EDDY’S BREWING CO.

13 Macsteven Dr. | PrinceEddys.com

ey’ve got 18 of their own beers on tap plus local wine and cider on the guest taps. Add in a kids’ playground and you have a new must-do stop in the County.

FARM

eir second anniversary party this May will include everything from live music to axethrowing and the release of a douple IPA.

DOUBLE IPA DOUBLE IPA

Seasonal: B,L

WILDCARD BREWING CO.

38 Gotha St. | WildcardBrewCo.com

MIDTOWN BREWING CO.

266 Wellington Main St. MidtownBrewingCompany.com

Expanded brewing capacity and in-house canning mean more of the kettle sours and NEIPAs from Wild Card.

ey’ll be pouring beer at e Fields on West Lake on July 12 for Tommy Youngsteen’s tribute to Rumours by Fleetwood Mac.

WESTPORT BREWING CO.

41B Main St. WestportBrewingCompany.ca

WOLFE ISLAND SPRING CRAFT BREWERY

1570 County Road 96 | WolfeIsland.beer

On July 20 they’ll join the festivities at pin Scheuermann Vineyard for the annual summer cook-o . Local BBQ enthusiasts will compete in chicken and ribs categories.

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

BE AU’ S ALL NATU R AL BREWI NG CO .

10 Terry Fox Dr. | Beaus.ca

MON-SUN 10AM-6PM

EST. 2006

Victoria Day long weekend is the opening for patio season at this landmark brewery in VKH. Check out the weekend food menu!

HELLES

TRADITI ONAL GOLDEN LA G ER

Seasonal: B,L,LC,TBS

A BV IB U 5%N/A

Clean and uncomplicated: is certi ed organic lager deserves regular rotation this summer.

Year-round: B,L

A BV IB U 2.5%N/A

Naturally, the grapefruit juice that goes into this zippy, refreshing radler is also organic.

BEAU’S RADLER R ADLER

CROOKED MILE BREWERY

453 Ottawa St., Unit 3 | CrookedMile.ca

ASHTON BREWING COMPANY

113 Old Mill Rd. AshtonBrewingCompany.com

Watch out for their popular music trivia nights. Details announced the brewery’s Facebook page. e eye-catching cans hold a wide range of beers.

BETWEEN THE ROWS

CALABOGIE BREWING CO.

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

e 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.

BRAUMEISTER BREWING CO.

19 Moore St. | Braumeister.ca

e new location in Kanata ups their brewing capacity by a factor of four. Look for a grand opening party and for their 50-seat patio to open when the weather warms up.

is Carleton Place brewery really excels at the styles from deep in the German catalogue, plus their new Mulligan brewed with ve malts and English hops.

STALWART BREWING CO.

10 High St. | StalwartBrewing.ca

CASSEL BREWERY

2 Racine St. | CasselBrewery.ca

Cask ale fans head to Stalwart on the second weekend of every month for special o erings. ey also do music jams here every Satuday from 1 - 4 p.m.

DOWN BY THE

May brings the big move for this seven-yearold brewery. ey’re staying in Casselman but are adding Pub 1844 with a local menu and 12 taps behind the bar.

RURBAN BREWING

412 Cumberland St. | RurbanBrewing.ca

ÉTIENNE BRÜLÉ BREWERY

893 Notre-Dame St. | EtienneBrule.ca

A great place to stop in for beer to-go beer in Cornwall on your summer road trips this season. Or stay a while on the sunny patio.

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

CITRALE

TUQUE DE BROUE BREWERY

189 Bay St. | TuqueDeBroue.ca

One of two breweries in Embrun, the “Tuque” is a well-poured beer’s head, which seals in all the best aromas and e ervescence, to the bene t of the drinker.

TUQUE

Summer means new beers are hitting the bottle shop at their Lakeside and Riverside brewpubs with on-site bottle shops.

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS BREWING CO.

25 orold Ln. HumbleBeginningsBrewing.ca

WINDMILL BREWERY

5 Newport Dr. | WindmillBrewery.ca

ey celebrated their rst anniversary this spring by taking home their local chamber of commerce’s new business of the year award.

MAD CANADIAN KÖLSCH

GONE ROGUE

AMERICAN-STYLE PALE ALE

CARTWRIGHT SPRINGS BREWERY

239 Deer Run Rd. | CSBeer.ca

Musicfest Brewfest on May 18 is the launch of live-music season (every summer Friday) at Windmill. Look for their new Rail Dock amber and summer shandy.

1838 PILSNER PILSNER

BARRACKS BLACK LAGER BLACK LAGER

SQUARE TIMBER BREWING CO.

800 Woito Station Rd. | SquareTimber.com

eir summer patio o ering, a ginger ale (it’s beer, trust us) uses notes of the spicy root to amp up the refreshment factor.

I’D TAP THAT: PILSNER

GINGER ALE PALE ALE W/ GINGER

Not to worry if you can’t make it out to Pembroke this summer since their beer is spread to area licensees and LCBOs across Ontario.

DEACON SEAT HEFEWEIZEN

121

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

ursdays are for wing night and live musical acts take the stage on Fridays at this pouplar Smiths Falls brewery.

BIG RIG BREWERY

103 Schneider Rd. | BigRigBrewery.com

EVERGREEN CRAFT ALES

evergreencraftales.com

Bongo grapefruit radler is their major hotweather beer release and you can nd it at select LCBOs across the province.

One of the Ottawa area’s smallest breweries is moving from the garage on Evergreen Drive into new digs across the 417 from the Kanata North tech park.

AMERICAN-STYLE PALE ALE

Seasonal: B,L,LC

B,L,LC,TBS

SMALL PONY BARREL WORKS

101 Schneider Rd. SmallPonyBarrelWorks.com

B

B

BROADHEAD BREWING CO.

1680 Vimont Ct., Unit 106 | BroadheadBeer. com

Summer means more fruit sours in their lineup plus Half Remembered Dream at more LCBOs. Look for details on their rst spontaneous beer soon.

Eight years brewing means Broadhead has found bigger digs in Orleans and will host a grand opening event this summer.

TIGHT SQUEEZE

TANGERINE IPA

One-o : B

Year-round: B,LC

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

BLUEPRINT BLUEBERRY BLONDE

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

STRAY DOG BREWING CO.

501 Lacolle Way, Unit 4 | StrayDogBrewing.ca

BEYOND THE PALE BREWING

250 City Centre Ave., Bay 108 BTPShop.ca

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

THIS ONE CALIFORNIA COMMON

ANYTIME

Tons of events include Sashay an LGBTQ+ party event, Crafts and Drafts summer markets, a charity skateboard event and a twoday music festival, called Launchpad.

CLEAN CUT KÖLSCH

Year-round: B,L,LC

BICYCLE CRAFT BREWERY

850 Industrial Ave., Unit 12 BicycleCraftBrewery.ca

YUMMY!

Seasonal: B,L,LC

CLOCKTOWER BREWPUB

575 Bank St. | Clocktower.ca

eir annual Biergarten event is slated for June 1 this year and will see lots of special releases added to the usual mainstays.

FREQUENCY

AMERICAN-STYLE PALE ALE Year-round:

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

CLOCKTOWER RED

AMERICAN-STYLE RED

Year-round: B,L,LC

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

ORLEANS OTTAWA

DOMINION CITY BREWING CO.

5510 Canotek Rd., Unit 15 | DominionCity.ca

FLORA HALL BREWING

37

ey announced a scholarship in collab with Beer. Diversity. and Niagara College. Included is a paid internship at DCBC for a Niagara student from an underrepresented background.

is summer, they’re putting out a barrel-aged golden sour as well as more entries in their series of single-hop releases.

KICHESIPPI BEER CO.

2265 Robertson Rd. | KBeer.ca

LOWERTOWN BREWERY

73

St. |

e wrapping is nearly o their new brewery in Bells Corners that will include more beermaking space as a taproom and bottle shop.

HELLER HIGH

Find yourself touring Ottawa’s Byward Market this summer? Head into Lowertown for some refreshment. ey work with local charities like Rocky Road Rescue Canada.

LOWERTOWN

B

NITA BEER CO.

190 Colonnade Rd., Unit 17 | NitaBeer.com

OVERFLOW BREWING

2477 Kaladar Ave. | Over owBeer.com

Look for the multi-brewer 12-pack on their website for a taste of what’s brewing in Ottawa these days. ey continue to work with Operation Come Home.

HANS IN DIE HOSEN LAGER

WHITE WHEAT IPA WHITE WHEAT IPA

Catch acts like Gentlemen of the Woods and Goats Head Soup in their taproom. June 29 is the annual Cruising for Parkinson’s Society event.

REARVIEW PILSNER

Seasonal: B Seasonal: B

RIDGE ROCK BREWING CO.

421 Donald B. Munro Dr. RidgeRockBrewCo.ca

ELECTRIC MAYHEM

AMERICAN-STYLE IPA

AMBER AMBER

Year-round: B Year-round: B,L

IBU ABV 70 6.7% IBU ABV 20 5% 108 OTTAWA OTTAWA OTTAWA

TOOTH AND NAIL BREWERY

3 Irving Ave. | ToothAndNailBeer.com

At press time, they’re breaking ground on a new patio out front of their very popular home in Hintonburg. A great starting point for exploring one of Ottawa’s tastiest hoods.

DISCRETION

TABLE BEER W/ FRUIT AND FLOWERS

Seasonal: B,L

Year-round: B,L IBU ABV 21 5.3% IBU ABV 38 5.2%

VIM AND VIGOR PILSNER IBU ABV 30 4.5%

VIMY BREWING COMPANY

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

WALLER STREET BREWING

Every Wednesday from 7 - 9 p.m. is trivia night at Vimy. ere is no fee to register and great prizes every week.

WHIPRSNAPR BREWING CO.

14 Bexley Pl. | WhiprsnaprBrewingCo.com

ey’ve set the challenge to release a new beer every week this year and that means a new can (with original artwork) hits the bottle shop every Friday.

14 Waller St. | WallerSt.ca COVERED

Waller Street marks four years as one of Ottawa’s most popular breweries on Aug. 4 of this year. Watch their social accounts for updates on how they plan to celebrate.

119 Iber Rd., Unit 6 CoveredBridgeBrewing.com

Head into their Stittsville bottle shop to snag one of the limited release Cabane a Sucre BeerB-Q Sauce they made this year.

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

A Barrie standby with a full menu of pub classics—think wings and pizza. Look for live music to hit the taproom on Saturday.

FLYING MONKEYS

107 Dunlop St. E. | FlyingMonkeys.ca

ey do a full schedule of live music by local acts from Wednesday to Sunday at Flying Monkeys. All shows are all ages.

BARRIE BAYSVILLE

REDLINE BREWHOUSE

8 & 9-431 Bayview Dr. RedlineBrewhouse.com

LAKE OF BAYS BREWING CO.

117-2681 Muskoka District Rd.

LakeOfBaysBrewing.ca

Look for live music from acts that skew towards country and folk here. Also, bottles from their fruit-beer collab with Brimstone.

CLUTCH

AMERICAN-STYLE PALE ALE

Lime and peach make guest appearances in their summer beer releases. Check out their annual Father’s Day cruise on the SS Bigwin in Lake of Bays.

SIGNAL BOOST AMERICAN-STYLE IPA

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

BEACH BREAK LAGER W/ LIME

Seasonal: B,L,LC,TBS

Seasonal: B,L,LC

BRACEBRIDGE CARLING

MUSKOKA BREWERY

1964 Muskoka Beach Rd. MuskokaBrewery.com

NORSE BREWERY

11 Ritchie Dr. | NorseBrewery.com

A province-wide favourite and standby for summer road trips, Muskoka has now added a food menu to the on-site o erings.

EBB & FLOW SESSION SOUR

ey keep to their theme by decorating their cans as vikings would have adorned their longships. ey sell online for those not in their neck of the woods.

ALE

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

RED ALE RED ALE

Year-round: B,L,LC

GOLDEN ALE GOLDEN ALE

Year-round: B,L,LC

SAWDUST CITY BREWING CO.

397 Muskoka Rd. N. SawdustCityBrewing.com

HALIBURTON HIGHLANDS BREWING

1067 Garden Gate Drive

HaliburtonHighlandsBrewing.ca

Born Ru ans headline this year’s Funkfest on June 29. Look for “funky-fresh fruit brews, pucker power concoctions” and more at this annual blowout.

e cottage country favourite has added live music on Friday (7-9) and Sunday (1-3) for July & August. Look for rotating food vendors to complement the in-house fare.

BOSHKUNG BREWING CO.

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

TRESTLE BREWING CO.

9 Great North Rd. | TrestleBrewing.com

With an expanded ownership team they now have a full brewing system in the Minden location (Boshkung Social), which means to-go beer is legally allowed.

BLAIRHAMPTON

On June 1, they are hosting the summer edition of the Hop On Hop O Women’s Night in Parry Sound. And Canada Day weekend marks their rst anniversary.

Seasonal: B,L Seasonal: B

HIGHLANDER BREW CO.

309B Hwy. 124 | HighlanderBrewCo.com

eir summer concert series goes from May 18 to August 31 with a show just about every Saturday night. Yoga and belly dancing classes round out the event schedule.

Seasonal: B,L

CLEAR LAKE BREWING CO.

4651 Southwood Rd. | ClearLakeBrewing.co

ese guys focus on pouring at events in the community like the Muskoka Spring aw and concerts at the Clear Lake Village Resort.

SESSION

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

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

COLLINGWOOD BREWERY

10 Sandford Fleming Dr. | eCollingwordBrewery.com

COLLINGWOOD

NORTHWINDS BREWHOUSE

499 First St. | NorthwindsBrewery.com

Brewery-only releases in the Freestyle series include: Belgian-style fruit beer (June), dryhopped pilsner and grapefruit IPA (July), and a kölsch (August).

3 POINT SAISON SAISON

Seasonal: B,LC

FREESTYLE SERIES

One-o : B

e bar stools at this Collingwood favourite have a perfect view of the brewery. Summer is a great time for a tour of the area breweries when the crowds are thinner.

SHORELINE PILSNER

Seasonal: B

THREE STAGES XPA

Year-round: B,L

SIDE LAUNCH BREWING CO.

1-200 Mountain Rd. | SideLaunchBrewing.com

On the last Sunday of the month, all summer, they’ll be at Peaces Market where you can browse jewellery, clothing, home decor and art. eir wheat is iconic in Ontario craft beer.

SESSION SEVEN SESSION IPA

WHEAT HEFEWEIZEN

Year-round: B,L,LC

Year-round: B,L,LC

THORNBURY VILLAGE CIDERY & BREWHOUSE

90 King St E. | ornburyCraft.com

SPLIT RAIL BREWING CO

31 Water St. | SplitRailManitoulin.com

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

Summer is de nitely the best time to visit Manitoulin Island and Split Rail will be turning two at the end of July.

PICKUP PILSNER

ALC/VOL IBU

4.8%40

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.

MANITOULIN BREWING CO.

43 Manitowaning Rd

ManitoulinBrewing.co

KILANNAN BREWING CO.

103015 Grey Rd. 18 | KilannanBrewing.ca

Started by three friends with a passion for representing North Ontario through their beer. Full selection in their online store.

KILLARNEY

e Owen Sound brewery continues to experiment, including with an oak-aged altbier, fruit sours and a Berliner weisse.

BERLINER

OUTLAW BREW CO.

196 High St. | OutlawBrewCo.com

TOBERMORY BREWING CO.

28 Bay St. | TobermoryBrewingCo.ca

is brewery, tied-house and restaurant (brunch to dinner) all in one is celebrating its fth anniversary this July.

SUMMER FEVER SESSION IPA

B

OUTLAW OG

Heading out for a walk on the Bruce Trail this summer? eir restaurant wiht a harbour-side view is a great reward for a day spent hiking.

BRUCE TRAIL

SAILOR’S

B

KENORA

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

ere are two new brewery and taproom locations opening this summer for these guys. May sees them arrive in Warroad, Minnesota and then add Winnipeg, Manitoba later in the summer.

CHANNEL MARKER

LIGHT LAGER

CITRA DRY-HOPPED LIGHT LAGER

Year-round: B,L,LC

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

NAUTICAL DISASTER

IPA

DRY-HOPPED IPA

Seasonal: B,L,LC

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

SULTANA GOLD AMERICAN-STYLE BLONDE ALE

Year-round: B,L,LC

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

Year-round: B,L,LC,TBS

A malt-heavy take on the style with toasted bread and biscuit notes leading to a sweet close.

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. e 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.

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.

NEW

ONTARIO BREWING CO.

1881 Cassells St. | NewOntarioBrewing.com

Check out what’s new in the rotating selection of pinball machines in this family-friendly space in North Bay. eir brewmaster manages a rare combination of subtlety and complexity.

NORTHERN SUPERIOR BREWING CO.

50 Pim St. | NorthernSuperior.org

e four warm months bring events to their patio, including open-mic nights and accoustic sets on Friday. Bikes and Brews ends their ride here every ursday.

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

OUTSPOKEN BREWING

350 Queen St. E. | OutspokenBrewing.com

SPACECRAFT BREWERY

854 Notre Dame Ave. | Facebook.com/Spcrft

Bring your sweet tooth to the brewery on May 23 for Suds and Sweets night. ey also have musical acts planned for the summer.

DEADFALL LAGERED ALE

Year-round: B

ANVIL AMERICAN-STYLE RED

Year-round: B

Sudbury’s newest brewery has expanded their hours so that they’re open from Wednesday to Sunday every week.

SUPERPOSITION AMERICAN-STYLE IPA

Small-batch: B

STACK BREWING

1350 Kelly Lake Rd. | StackBrewing.ca

Stack is turning 6! Look for a special event at the Falconbridge Road brewpub. at location will be newly open this summer.

SHATTER CONE IPA

Year-round: B,L

SATURDAY NIGHT CREAM ALE

Year-round: B,L,LC

SPACECRAFT KÖLSCH 1 KÖLSCH

Small-batch: B

DAWSON TRAIL CRAFT BREWERY

905 Copper Cres. | DawsonTrailCraftBrewery.com

SLEEPING GIANT BREWING

CO.

712 Macdonell St. | SleepingGiantBrewing.ca

One of the few Ontario craft breweries still putting their beer into the classic stubbies. A great stopover if you’re heading north this summer.

BORDER

RUN

COMPASS BREWING

20-1300 Riverside Dr. | CompassBrewing.com

Now one year old, this Timmins brewery is settling into the veteran status with ongoing event schedule and beer releases.

MAY RUN SAISON

One-o : B

Look for special events for Father’s Day and Canada Day at this longstanding under Bay brewery. ey’re also running beer school events with local restaurants.

FULL BEARD BREWING CO.

219 Wilson Ave. | FullBeardBrewing.com

ey are NOVA Presidents Award winners (as voted on by their regional peers) for excellence in community involvement, marketing, partnerships and mentorships.

TWISTED WHISKERS TANGIBLE ASSETS FRUITED

CREAM ALE WHITE OUT HAZY PALE ALE

BAE’S HAZE AMERICAN-STYLE IPA

BEAVER DUCK SESSION IPA

BEER GROUND To the

B OBCAY G EON B REWIN G

Peterborough (summer 2019) is four-year-old contract brewery has purchased the building that was home to Beard Free Brewing until it abruptly closed. e space will be used as a satellite location for Bobcaygeon’s small-batch brews. eir main home, in Bobcaygeon’s historic post o ce, is still under construction. @bobcaygeonbeer

B ROCK S TREET

Whitby (Spring 2019) It’s been over three years from conception to opening, but Brock Street’s new location is now in business. As well as brewing at the new facility at 244 Brock St. S. they also have everything from bottle shop to banquet space for rent and a restaurant on the main oor. @brockstreetbrewing

C APS O FF B REWIN G C OMPANY

St omas (spring 2019) Fran and Rick Dunseith opened their small-scale operation in midApril with a soft launch featuring six ales derived from Rick’s days as a home brewer. ey have a grand opening planned for their brewery at 168 Curtis St. in July. @capso brewing

C OLLECTI V E A RTS B REWERY

Brooklyn, New York (summer 2019) ere seems to be an endless stream of American breweries who want to open in Ontario, so it’s great to see one of ours go the other way. e Hamilton brewery has leased a space in the Gowanus neighbourhood of Brooklyn and plans to put in a brewery, taproom and craft distillery by this summer. @collectivebrew

COU NTERPOINT

Kitchener (winter 2019) e truly thriving Tri-Cities brewing scene got another entry when Counterpoint opened at #4-935 Frederick St. this winter. eir already deep lineup ranges from a co ee stout to various pales ales to a fruited gose. @counterpointbrewingco

FALCON B REWERY

Port Hope (spring 2020) Ajax’s favourite local brewery has plans for a second location a little bit further east. Canadian Beer News reports that the new, 5,400-square-foot building at 33 Mill St. will end up as the main location for Falcon when it opens in 2020. @falconbrewing

K ATALYST B REWIN G

Bracebridge (2020) e former home of Muskoka Brewery is being redeveloped as a multiuse facility, including a new brewery. Mark Verok plans to move his contract brewing brand, into the historic building. @katalystbrewing

M ASCOT

Toronto (Spring 2019) is once-downtown brewery has not one but two new locations. Mascot has joined the south Etobicoke crowd with a production facility (plus taproom) at 37 Advance Rd. While that one is nearly open, their new beer garden at 220 King St. W. is still months away. @mascotbrewery

RIV ER RUN B REW C OMPANY

Sarnia (summer 2019) Mark Woolsey and John Tidball are renovating the historic building at 146 & 148 Christina St. to hold a 4,000-squarefoot restaurant on the main oor and brewery in the basement. e partners are aiming to be open this summer with a focus on on-premise beer sales. @riverrunbrewco

WAV E M AKER

Cambridge (spring 2019) Cambridge’s new brewery joins the scene with Scott Pautler, an award-winning veteran of the Ontario beer scene, at the mash paddle. e range brewed at 639 Laurel St. started with First Brew heller bock, Top of the Morning oatmeal stout and Midnight Ocean dark lager. @wavemakerbrew

Who else is getting underway? Send info about new brewery openings to david@thegrowler.ca. j

While you’ll have to wait a few months for some of these to open, many new breweries are ready to welcome you this summer.

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