Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company
10 Terry Fox Dr., Vankleek Hill, ON
(866) 585-BEER
Beau’s has been a household name for Craft Beer Drinkers for some time now and have gained local fame as a family-owned, community driven, certified organic, and totally independent brewery. However, last year the father-and-son co-founders, Tim and Steve Beauchesne, dropped some big news on the craft beer fans across Ontario that they were selling… to their employees that is, making Beau’s one of several employee owned breweries starting to emerge across the province.
From the beginning in 2006, the focus was on family, employees, and, of course, crafting the best beer they can. I have had the pleasure of watching them grow from appealing to casual beer drinkers to real beer geeks over the years.
Their rustic taproom/retail space sits next to the brewery packed with shiny equipment, wood, and decor covered in Beau’s branding, and they even have a covered patio to enjoy their beers outdoors - it’s grown a lot in five years from the retail space originally being the size of a closet.
Some of their well known beers are of course Lug Tread, the beer that started it all and has recently been released into 355ml cans in the LCBO, but Tom Green Milk Stout, Nordic Pale Ale, and Golden Vox are right up there as regulars. I would also
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