Outside my window in midtown Toronto the snow is falling, but very gently. In fact, individual flakes hover amongst the pigeon netting. The old adage that March comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion is not […]
News and notes: March 22, 2024
News and Notes: March 8, 2024
Hello and welcome to The Growler News and Notes. It’s a roundup of all the happenings in Ontario worth mentioning including openings, closures, movers, shakers, and other ephemera! Closures Sarnia’s Big Family Brewing announced via Facebook on February 21st that […]
Challenges in Ontario’s craft beer industry
An honest look at the state of the industry in 2024 with PEC’s Matron Fine Beer On Monday of this week, notable Prince Edward County brewery Matron Fine Beer released a newsletter that shared in a plaintive and emotional manner […]
Beer to the Ground: Ontario’s new brewery news, Fall 2023 edition
You may have noticed that Beer To The Ground was absent from the last issue and that was for good reason. The number of brewery openings in the province has slowed in 2022 and 2023. According to Beer Canada’s […]
Equals launches side hustle
Side Launch Brewing Co. sails again From the moment of the announcement of the purchase of Collingwood’s Side Launch Brewing Company by London’s Equals Brewing, a company that specializes in co-packing and contract brewing, the reception by beer lovers was […]
Beer to the Ground: Ontario’s new brewery news, Spring 2023 edition
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the number of breweries opening in the province at the moment is down a little bit. This may have something to do with the increased input costs for breweries. The good news is that some established places are […]
Beer to the ground: Ontario’s new brewery news, Fall 2022 edition
This spring and summer saw the addition of both the long-awaited Great Lakes Brewpub and a physical location for True History Brewing, long a contract brand, to Toronto’s brewing scene. We’ve got new breweries from Windsor to Wawa and a […]
Beer to the ground: Ontario’s new brewery news, Spring 2022 edition
The fall and winter have seen the addition of a number of breweries to the province, at least three of which are brewing at a scale of a hundred litres a batch or below. Of course, it’s not the size […]
Beer to the ground: Ontario’s new brewery news, Fall/Winter 2021 edition
Although the brewery scene in Ontario has been beset by a lack of places serving draught, a public health crisis of unprecedented proportions, and that one week when we all just decided to stay home, breweries continue to open across […]
Beer to the Ground: The latest and greatest new breweries in Ontario, spring/summer 2021 edition
Even in the depths of a winter during which lockdown has stymied large international brewers, small nimble Ontario craft providers continued to open physical locations and dream of spring. We’ve got the straight skinny on the province’s most exciting prospects […]