“Everyone from Timmins has to drive through Sudbury at some point, so if they can’t get what they need at the LCBO here, which stocks us, we have a chance to meet with them at our own bar,” he said. Owner Shane Prodan likes the opportunity to promote his products at Beerfest to a Timmins audience. The brewery, named after a bird native to Northern Ontario, also known as the Canada jay, is a stop on the Lake Temiskaming Culinary Tour.Ĭrosscut Distillery from Sudbury uses ingredients from Northern Ontario to make its small batch vodka, gin, moonshine, whiskey and liqueurs. Whiskeyjack representative Jeff Smith was pouring their flagship beer “Cold Front,” their summer beer “Pineapple Saison,” and others. They even once did a beer called “Pass the Haskap” using local haskap berries, a long blueberry that thrives in cold climates. Whiskeyjack Beer Company from Haileybury incorporates local ingredients into its brews, such as hops. Orser and Kingsley were busy cutting Bounty Bars into appetizers to pair with their popular Coco Nuts Stout, made with toasted coconuts. People appreciate we’re doing something that’s the haute cuisine of beer,” he said, adding that Orser has turned back shipments of grain for being too old. “Craft beer is a destination,” said Kingsley, a retired police officer and self-professed ‘beer nerd.’ This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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