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Mill Street Brewery
Founded2002
Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario
,
Canada
Number of locations
Toronto, Ottawa
Area served
Toronto, Ottawa, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
ProductsBeer
OwnerLabatt Brewing Company
Websitehttp://www.millstreetbrewery.com

Mill Street Brewery is a

Anheuser–Busch InBev and named after Mill Street where it is located. During its first decade of operation, as an independent brewer, Mill Street won several awards including Golden Tap Awards for Best Toronto Microbrewery ('04-'08) and Best Toronto Beer (for Tankhouse Ale: '04-'07), and was named "Canadian Brewery of the Year" at the Canadian Brewing Awards in 2007, 2008, and 2009. It was purchased in 2015 by Canadian brewer Labatt Brewing Company
, which in turn is owned by the global brewing giant Anheuser–Busch InBev.

History

Rear of the Mill Street Brewery Brew Pub in Toronto

The brewery was founded in December 2002 in Toronto by Steve Abrams, Jeff Cooper and Michael Duggan. The brewery was named after its original location at 55 Mill Street in the historic

brewpub. The brewpub features 14 Mill Street beers on draught, including seasonal and other special/one-off releases. In 2007, co-founder Michael Duggan felt the company was diverging from its original vision, and left to start his own brewery.[1]

In 2011, the company leased a historic grist mill building adjacent to the Chaudière Falls in Ottawa[2] and converted it into a brewpub. The building is owned by the National Capital Commission and most recently housed The Mill (Old Mill Restaurant), a restaurant that closed in 2007[3] and a 140-year-old former grist mill. Also in 2011, with the opening of a pub in Terminal 1 of Toronto Pearson International Airport, Mill Street became the first craft brewer to open a bar/restaurant in a major Canadian airport.

In spring 2013, Mill Street expanded their Distillery District operation and added a distillery that distills schnapps from beer.

In 2015, Mill Street was purchased by

Anheuser-Busch InBev. As part of the purchase agreement, Labatt agreed to invest $10 million into brewing operations to help expand into Quebec. Due to the takeover, the Ontario Craft Brewers
no longer considered Mill St. to be an independent craft brewer and removed Mill St. from its membership.

References

  1. ^ Freeman, Sunny (9 October 2015). "Mill Street loses indie appeal with Labatt takeover, gains access to new customers". Toronto Star. Toronto.
  2. ^ "Toronto's Mill Street Brewery coming to Ottawa". CBC News. April 15, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  3. ^ "Mill Street Brewery comes to Ottawa". CTV News. April 15, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2016.

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