Canadian brewing companies

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La Barberie

La Barberie is a brewery in the Saint-Roch district of Quebec City, in Canada. They have a few commerce points around the province of Quebec and are visible each year at the Mondial de la Bière in Montreal.

Founded in 1995 by Bruno Blais, Mario Alain and Todd Picard, this worker cooperative produces special beers for restaurants, bars and cafés. All their beers are made in relatively small quantities and range from india pale ales to strong stouts. The name comes from Bruno's long beard.

Since 1997, a Tasting salon adjacent to the brewery is open to the public.

Since August 2002, it bottles and distributes many of its products in a numerous commercial points principally in Quebec.

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Beau%27s All Natural Brewing Company

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Belgh Brasse

Belgh Brasse is a brewery in Amos, in the Abitibi region of Northwestern Quebec, Canada.

The business was founded in 1999 by Jean-Louis Marcoux, a Belgian brewmaster. At the beginning, the business was selling the beer “8”. In 2004, Jean-Louis Marcoux, a devoted entrepreneur and beer brewing passionate, brought together some private investors to grow the brewery.

In 2011 Belgh Brasse launched a new product, the beer Mons.

8

Their first product was called "8", a Belgian-style bottle-fermenting beer. This beer is not on the market anymore.

Taïga

Their second product was the Taïga, a golden ale launched at Christmas 2004. The water for this beer was taken from a local esker; the high quality of this water was one the reasons of the beer success. This beer is not on the market anymore.

Mons

Their last beer is called Mons, it is a product line of three abbey ale inspired beers. They have a white beer (Abbey Witte), a blonde beer (Abbey Blonde), a dubell (Abbey Dubbel) and a Quadruppel (Abbey Quadruppel). The water used to brew those beers still comes from an esker from Abitibi. The name Mons is inspired by the city of Mons, where Jean-Louis Marcoux, the brewmaster was born. This beer already has success in United States and in Canada.

The Mons Abbey Witte beer won a medal in the category Wheat beer Belgian style white/wit at the Canadian Brewing award 2012.

Coordinates: 48°33′30″N 78°07′48″W / 48.5584°N 78.1300°W / 48.5584; -78.1300

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Big Rock Brewery

Big Rock Brewery Inc.

Big Rock Brewery is a Canadian public company with offices and a brewery located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Big Rock distributes its products in Alberta and several other Canadian provinces.

The brewery was founded in 1985 by Ed McNally.

A lawyer by trade, McNally was representing a group of barley growers in a legal action against the Alberta Wheat Board in the 1980s. Through the course of the legal action, McNally learned that the Alberta climate produces 2-row barley that is ideally suited for malting, and had access to glacial water from the nearby Rocky Mountains.

At the time, most barley production in Alberta was used as cattle feed. With an entrepreneurial background, McNally decided to open a craft brewery. The name "Big Rock" was chosen from a large glacial rock located outside of the town of Okotoks, 18 km (11 mi) south of Calgary.

The first brewmaster was Bernd "Peppy" Pieper, a German brewmaster for Heineken International. In the summer of 1986, when Big Rock had been in production for only a year, there was a strike at the Molson and Labatt, the two largest domestic breweries. This proved to be a windfall for Big Rock, as it was the only beer available in Alberta that summer. The brewery operated around the clock to meet demand for the entire summer, and sales doubled.

The second brewmaster was Larry Kerwin, a former brewmaster for Molson. Kerwin started as a brewer at Big Rock under Pieper in 1994, and took over as brewmaster in 1998 when Pieper retired.

The third (and current) brewmaster is Paul Gautreau. Gautreau joined Big Rock in 1986 as its fourth employee, and worked in marketing and operational capacities before replacing Kerwin as brewmaster.

In 2008 Big Rock Brewery had 520 employees and 54 million CAD market capitalization.

Ed McNally, who was made a member of the Order of Canada and awarded the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005, later retired from day-to-day operation of the company, retaining the ceremonial title "Chairman Emeritus" until his death in August 2014.

In order to serve the growing market in the province of British Columbia, a new brewery was built in Vancouver, and is expected to start production in 2015.

Alberta Genuine Draft, Bow Valley Lager, Bow Valley Strong are inexpensive beers brewed for their alcohol content.

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Les Brasseurs du Nord

Les brasseurs du Nord is a brewery just north of Montreal, in Blainville, Quebec, Canada.

Founded in 1987 by three students at the UQAM (Laura Urtnowski, and brothers Bernard and Jean Morin), who paid their way through school selling home made beer, and then decided to try their hand at establishing a commercial brewery. Thanks to a small loan, the company was established. The students loaded their first four kegs in the back of the family Subaru and went looking for their first client. They managed to convince four bars in Montreal to carry the brew, and the resulting surge in demand helped the company expand several times. The resulting company account for just over 1% of the total beer sales in the province of Quebec (their products are not sold outside Quebec).

The company was named after the Aurora Borealis, and the label features a polar bear above the word Boreale. It brewed the first amber style beer in Quebec. They currently brew six ale-type beers, Boréale Rousse (launched in 1988), Boréale Blonde (launched in 1990), Boréale Cuivrée, Boréale Noire, Boréale Dorée and Boréale Blanche and recently a new beer, Boreal IPA (launched in 2012). Current production is at 70 000 hL, equivalent to 850 000 cases of 24 bottles.

The company produces seven main brands of beer. and a few others.

The company has recently taken a "green" approach to brewing, hiring engineers to evaluate the expansion of the plant on the surrounding forest. They also had mature trees trans-planted at the facility to help keep the environment healthy. They have incorporated several state of the art energy-saving technologies in the building. They supply bars and restaurants with glasses made from recycled plastic, and have also donated money to help study the effects of climate change on polar bears around Hudson Bay. The company recently changed its label material from metallic foil to paper.

Coordinates: 45°39′47″N 73°53′13″W / 45.6630°N 73.8870°W / 45.6630; -73.8870

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Les Brasseurs RJ

Les Brasseurs RJ is a microbrewery located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The company was born in 1998 from the merger of three microbreweries: Les Brasseurs GMT, La Brasserie Le Cheval Blanc and Les Brasseurs de l'Anse. Current annual production capacity is at 35 000 hL. They currently employ 240 people, including employees at the head office in Montreal, a distribution centre in Quebec City, and a brewery in l'Anse St-Jean that fills beer kegs.

In addition to a variety of beers of their own fabrication and recipe, the microbrewery brews two d'Achouffe beers under licence and distributes the Bitburger Premium Beer, Köstritzer Schwarzbier, König Pilsner, and Wernesgrüner for the Quebec market. A portion of their sales from the "Rescousse" brand used to collect funds for the preservation of endangered species via a donation to the Fondation de la faune du Québec.

Due to the brewery's location (in the Plateau MontRoyal borough in Montreal) and their extensive sponsorship of local events, they are known as the "Official Brewer of the Avenue" (Mount-Royal Avenue)

Peter McAuslan, President, and Ellen Bounsall, Vice-President Production, founders and majority shareholders of La Brasserie McAuslan Brewing Inc., announced in April 2014 that they sold their holdings to Les Brasseurs RJ. They will have no further role in the operations of McAuslan.

Coordinates: 45°32′02″N 73°35′29″W / 45.5338°N 73.5913°W / 45.5338; -73.5913

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Brick Brewing Company

Brick Brewing Company Limited

Brick Brewing Company Limited (: BRB) is a brewery based in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario with several divisions. Brick is reportedly the largest Canadian-owned brewer in that province.

Brick's most successful brand is the Laker series. Brick also operates the Waterloo Brewing, a craft brewing division, LandShark Lager Canada, and the White Water Brewery, which makes the PC (President's Choice) discount line.

Brick Brewing Company Ltd is a public company with 145 employees (2012) and 30 million CAD market capitalization. Brick reported net revenues of 37 million CAD in fiscal 2015-2016.

The company's administration currently consists of president and CEO George Croft, CFO Sean Byrne, and COO Russell Tabata. Founder Jim Brickman resigned in 2008.

In January 2017, Brick put its Formosa Springs Brewery in Formosa, Ontario up for sale; that may result in the closing of the 40 thousand square foot plant if the new owner is not interested in retaining the facility. In addition to the Formosa brand, Brick is also selling the Red Baron lines. The company will then consolidate its operations in Kitchener and expand the plant, at an estimated cost of $4 million.

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Cameron%27s Brewing Company

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Central City Brewers %26 Distillers

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Le Cheval Blanc

Le Cheval Blanc is a brewpub located on rue Ontario in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1986, it became the first licensed brewpub in Montreal.

Beers available on tap:

Some of its craft beers available on tap being quite popular, in 1987 the establishment started a microbrewery of its own: La Brasserie Le Cheval Blanc. In 1998, it merged with two other microbreweries Les Brasseurs GMT and Les Brasseurs de l'Anse to form Les Brasseurs RJ.

In 1999, the tavern was renovated and is now also a music venue and an art gallery. As of late 2009, the tavern is the venue for YULBlog's monthly "First Wednesday" gatherings.

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