Brewer vs Nature: The tornado edition

On Saturday May 21st, 2022, in the middle of the Victoria Day weekend, Dave Smith and his partner Jen set out from Toronto to visit friends and enjoy a day trip to rural Ontario. Visiting a brewery was on the […]

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That crisp, cold glass of gold

This past summer was a particularly humid one and paired with work ramping up, I quite often had a drink in my hand. Sometimes it would be an iced coffee or the odd hefeweizen (it’s my favourite summer beer), but […]

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Mighty Neighbourly

  It’s a beautiful beer in the neighbourhood. The day after I got back from the holidays in January I woke up to find that the building was a little chillier than usual. Freezing, even. After several hours all the […]

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The stubbornness of local

How a small group of Ontario brewers are redefining the support local movement Milos Kral, one of Ontario’s biggest craft beer boosters and owner of Milos’ Craft Beer Emporium, was making his weekly rounds in Toronto to pick up the […]

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Pandemic Side Hustle

How two Ontario breweries launched ready-to-drink brands their way The Birth of Great Lakes Spirits When the pandemic hit last spring, Great Lakes Brewery (GLB) decided to collect all of the full kegs they had in the market and replace […]

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