Canadian Breweries with Barrel Program / Oak Foudres

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  1. slowfade

    slowfade Initiate (0) Jan 16, 2009 Canada (QC)

    Can we compile a list of Canadian breweries with a developed barrel program?

    I am interested in the quantity of breweries per region that are investing in this. Obviously the USA is light years ahead of us, but I see, at least here in QC, that many breweries are heading down this path. I'm not talking about a couple one-off barrel aged stouts a year, but breweries with a distinct wood aging program (think Sante Adairius, Crooked Stave, Allagash, Oxbow, etc.), not necessarily sour beers.

    Atlantic Canada:

    Quebec:
    LTM
    Le Castor
    DDC
    Auval
    TDD
    Dunham
    Sutton Brouërie

    Ontario:
    Collective Arts
    Nickelbrook
    Bellwoods

    Manitoba/Saskatchewan/Alberta:

    BC:
    Four Winds
     
    #1 slowfade, Aug 26, 2016
  2. thehyperduck

    thehyperduck Grand Pooh-Bah (4,980) Feb 26, 2006 Canada (ON)
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    Forked River in Ontario has at least 9-10 barrel aged (mostly wine or bourbon) products that I can think of off the top of my head.
     
    #2 thehyperduck, Aug 26, 2016
  3. mtomlins

    mtomlins Pooh-Bah (1,585) Mar 12, 2010 Canada (ON)
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    QC:
    Pit Caribou

    ON:
    Beyond the Pale (only a few barrels but counts still right?).
     
    #3 mtomlins, Aug 26, 2016
  4. slowfade

    slowfade Initiate (0) Jan 16, 2009 Canada (QC)

    I don't really count only a few barrels as having a wood program. It's a start. I was just looking through breweries in the States and it's mind boggling the number of breweries with such dedication to wood. Got love for the wood, for sure.
     
    #4 slowfade, Aug 27, 2016
  5. thehyperduck

    thehyperduck Grand Pooh-Bah (4,980) Feb 26, 2006 Canada (ON)
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    Wellington has been doing more with barrels over the last few years, though most of it is smaller batch, brewery-only stuff. They are almost finished with a significant brewery expansion, so (if they're inclined) they'll definitely have more space to experiment with wood in the future. I would be surprised if they didn't.
     
    #5 thehyperduck, Aug 27, 2016
  6. JonnyBeers

    JonnyBeers Savant (1,211) Oct 24, 2012 Canada (BC)

    BC has tonnes of breweries with barrel and/or Foudre programs. Here's what I can think of atm:

    Four Winds, Driftwood, Lighthouse at one point? Central City, Parallel 49, Strange Fellows, Brassneck, Powell Street, Moon Under Water, Yellow Dog, Boombox/Callister, Steel & Oak, Townsite. Maybe Dageraad. Pretty sure I'm missing some here.
     
    #6 JonnyBeers, Aug 28, 2016
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  7. wordemupg

    wordemupg Grand Pooh-Bah (3,187) Feb 11, 2009 Canada (AB)
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    Wild Rose and Brewsters have been releasing barrel aged stuff here in Alberta at a fairly steady rate. I'm sure I'm missing many.......
     
    #7 wordemupg, Aug 28, 2016
  8. dabeerbuddha

    dabeerbuddha Initiate (0) Feb 4, 2016 Canada (ON)
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    ON:
    Block 3
    Innocente

    QC: A la Fut
     
    #8 dabeerbuddha, Aug 30, 2016
  9. EskimoDave

    EskimoDave Zealot (670) Dec 2, 2008 Canada (BC)

    Lighthouse had a single barrel. Spinnakers has a barrel aging program.
     
    #9 EskimoDave, Aug 30, 2016
  10. markaberrant

    markaberrant Savant (1,043) Jan 9, 2006 Canada (SK)

    We have 45 barrels in the brewery. Just released a Brett Pale Ale after 9 months in the barrels.
     
    #10 markaberrant, Sep 2, 2016
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  11. MilkLeg

    MilkLeg Zealot (579) Feb 8, 2016 Canada (AB)

    Grizzly Paw in Canmore did wine cask sours a year ago. They also did a barrel aged scotch ale this summer.
     
    #11 MilkLeg, Sep 5, 2016
  12. Sammy

    Sammy Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,744) Dec 1, 2003 Canada (ON)
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    sawdust city BA IS just came out
    Folly and Burdock from time to time
     
    #12 Sammy, Sep 5, 2016
  13. Northern_Beer

    Northern_Beer Initiate (0) Dec 5, 2015 Canada (ON)

    ON

    Muskoka
     
    #13 Northern_Beer, Oct 10, 2016
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