“Do one thing really well.” That was the much-marketed tagline of Toronto’s Steam Whistle Brewing from its beginning in 1998 to 2018. And it served the brand well as it steadily ascended into a national beer distributed across Canada. But […]
New Brewery Report: Gateway City in North Bay
The experience of visiting a new brewery is bound up in expectant questions. What will the beers be like? Will I have to give them a break because they’re still “working things out”? Will the space be a hectic mess […]
Henderson revives Upper Canada’s Rebellion as Repatriation lager
“It’s my day on the kegging line,” Steve Himel, Henderson’s founder and general manager, explains as he answers the phone. I’m calling to find out about their most recent project – reviving Upper Canada Brewing’s Rebellion lager as their own […]