![]() In August I posted about Collective Arts. The building that Collective Arts is housed in has its own cool history prior to Collective Arts calling it home. This post is about another brewery that finds its home in a historical building; Shawn & Ed Brewing company in Dundas, Ontario. In the 1860s a foundry was built in Dundas Ontario which was converted to a skating a curling rink not to long after. In fact, in 1903 the Dundas Curling Club won the Ontario Tankard and hung their winning banner in this building. Eventually the need for a separate curling club and skating rinks were realized and, between the years of 1923 and 1932, the Highway King Bus Line (the Dundas-Hamilton bus service) used the building as a garage for their buses. From 1933 to 1974 the building became a manufacturing plant that manufactured all sorts of different items from crinoline boards to ringer rollers for washing machines. Finally, in 1974, Valley City Furniture, which resided across the street, purchased the building as a storage facility. In 2012, it was purchased by Shawn Till and Ed Madronich and the restoration began. But the interesting stories about this building didn’t end there. In 2015 a dump truck had lost it brakes and crashed into the wall, needing it to be rebuilt. From that came a unique opportunity; you can buy a brick and have your name engraved on it and they will be added to a wall in the brewery. Another cool story is that Shawn Till found out that a previous owner was Bob Crockford who happened to be a life-long friend of his father. Its clear tradition was honoured in this building. Wood was re-purposed to make the bar, tables and, many other elements in the building. They found old rolled up destination signs from the Highway King Bus line days and hung them up in the facility. The story about the brewing company is one that most beer fans are probably familiar with. 2 buddies having a couple beers and talking about opening their own brewery. Apparently this had been an ongoing theme with Shawn and Ed for years and, with Ed’s career being in the wine industry, the 2 eventually took the leap. The brewery has plenty of events going on from bands, to food events. Recently, curling was brought back with an indoor non-ice surface. A really cool touch that honours the building's heritage. The brewery has a core lineup of beers and then produces seasonal beers to compliment the main line. The 4 main beers are:
As Shawn and Ed have a smaller line up of beers, I opted to make 1 pick. WinterShed: Last winter this was one that I was really into. It’s a strong American Ale that was lightly spiced. Considering the types of beer I lean towards aren’t really winter beers, this was a great find.
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