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New craft brewery in Bayfield Easter Bunny colouring contest winner
Justine Alkema
Postmedia Network
Iluron County is build-
ing up an impressive craft
brewery scene. Adding to
the mix this spring are two
new breweries in Bayfield.
First, Bayfield Brewing Co.
announced their opening,
and now, River Road
Brewing has announced
theirs.
Other craft breweries in
the county include Cowbell
Brewing in Blyth, Stone
House Brewing in Varna,
Half Hours on Earth in Sea -
forth, Square Brew Inc. in
Goderich and Bad Apple
Brewing Company in Zurich.
River Road Brewing is
the brainchild of Dave and
Nikki Andrew who have
been brewing beer as a
hobby for almost a dec-
ade. They grow their all
own hops, barley and
yeast.
"It's a farm based brew-
ery," said Dave Andrew.
For the past number of
years, they have brewed
beers for friends, them-
selves a n d
family functions. They
experimented with all
kinds of different recipes,
and Andrew said he has
been touring breweries for
10 years in the States and
in Scotland.
"I started to see lots of
nanobreweries popping up
with smaller equipment
than what I have at home,"
said Andrew. So, he and his
wife decided to apply for a
manufacturing license and
make a business out of it.
They are expecting to get
that license in the near
future, and at that point, they
can begin selling their
product.
To start, they will focus
on selling to restaurants.
They already have agree-
ments with several Local
restaurants in Bayfield to
sell their beer.
For now, both Dave and
Nikki are keeping their full
time jobs and doing this
on the side. However in
the future, they hope to
grow into a larger scale
operation. They have a
separate building on their
property right now to brew
in, but they hope to even-
tually build another struc-
ture to set up a retail
space in.
"We're playing with
designs right now," said
Andrew.
Down the road, they.
want to do beer tastings
and tours of their facilities
to show what grain to glass
breweries look like (the
farm itself is called River
Road Brewing and Hops.)
As the name implies, the
brewery is on Bayfield River
Road.
Currently, they are serving
four staple beers, and mak-
ing other one-off, seasonal
recipes. Their four staple
beers are a pilsner, porter,
west coast pale ale and a wee
heavy.
Andrew said due to his
Scottish roots, he enjoys
beers of the Scottish style, so
hoppier IPAs and westcoast
pale ales. However they are
looking to provide a variety
of options. •
Their website is riverroad-
brewing.com, and they are
on Facebook, Twitter and
Instagram.
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Contest, and stopped by the Signal Star to collect his prize.
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