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Coming Events
Coming Events
BAND CONCERT, VAN EGMOND HOUSE
Mon. July 11, 2016, 7:30-9 p.m., Goderich
Laketown Concert Band. No charge - good-
will offering. Rain location - The Bridges
Recreation Building.
DANCE to The Country Versatiles Band,
Crystal Palace, Mitchell, Friday, July 15, 8
pm to midnight. Lunch, door prizes.
$10/person. Sponsored by The Mitchell &
District Agricultural Society. Everyone
welcome. Info Lorne Fell 519-348-4291.
In Memoriams
In Memoriams
HORNE, Bill: In loving memory of a
beloved husband, father and papa who
passed away one year ago, July 11, 2015.
Speak Their Name
Someone I love has gone away
And life is not the same
The greatest gift that you can give
Is just to speak their name
I need to hear the stories
And the tales of days gone past
I need for you to understand
These memories must last
We cannot make more memories
Since they're no longer here
So when you speak of them to me
It's music to my ear.
- Missing you always, Barb, Jeremiah,
Josh, Rylee, Olivia and Sophie
SIEMON
In loving memory of William (Bill) Siemon
who passed away July 7, 2013.
You never said I'm leaving
You never said good bye.
You were gone before we knew it
And only God knows why.
In life I loved you dearly
In death I love you still.
In my heart I hold a place
That only you can fill.
It broke my heart to lose you
But you didn't go alone.
A part of me went with you
The day God called you home.
Missing you always, Vicki and family
Obituaries
Obituaries
HUNT, John -
Passed away peacefully at Grand River
Hospital in Kitchener, on Tuesday, June 28,
2016. Born in Toronto on Monday, March
21, 1960, John Charles Hunt of RR#1
Clinton, was in his 57th year. Survived by
his companion Liz Iris. Loving father of
Becky Janmaat (Ron) of Walton and Derek
Hunt (Tracy) of Kinburn. Cherished Papa of
Paige, Emily, Melissa, Kailey, Kees, Jordan
and Hayley. Dear step -son of Lavern
Robson of Seaforth and Jackie Hunt of
Toronto. Missed by his sisters Linda Budd
(Bill) of Waterdown, Paula Purdy (Kirk) of
Dublin, step -siblings Candy Cheung (Ernie),
Paul Karas (Yvonne), Kim Bedford (Dave
Forsyth), sisters-in-law Carmela Spadafora,
Carol Hunt, and brother-in-law Phillip Ross.
John is also survived by step -sons Rob Fox
of Clinton, Corey Volland (Laura
Wigelsworth) of Vanastra, as well as many
nieces, nephews and friends. Predeceased
by his wife Cindy Hunt, mother Audrey
Robson, father Robert Hunt, and siblings
Theresa Cooper (Carl), Robert Hunt,
Donald Hunt and Steven Hunt. John was a
well-known member in the Seaforth
community and was the former
owner/manager of Reddi-Chef, Godfather's
Pizza, New Orleans Pizza, Classics Cafe
and Johnny's Subs. He was also a long-
time foster parent for the Huron Perth
Children's Aid Society and will be fondly
remembered by the many children he
fostered and helped over the years.
Visitation was held at McGLYNN FAMILY
FUNERAL HOME, SEAFORTH,
519-527-1390, on Friday, July 1, 2016, from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m., and continued at
Egmondville United Church on Saturday,
July 2, 2016, from 11 a.m. until the time of
John's funeral service at 1 p.m. Fr. Murray
McDermott CR officiated. Cremation
followed the service, a reception was held
in the church hall and John's urn will be
interred in Maitlandbank Cemetery at a later
date. As expressions of sympathy,
memorial donations to the Ontario Heart &
Stroke Foundation are appreciated and can
be made through McGlynn Family Funeral
Home. Online condolences and donations
can be made by visiting John's memorial at
www.mcglynnfamilyfuneralhome.com
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016 • Huron Expositor 17
Stone House Brewery
sells 6000 bottles
in three weeks
Justine Alkema
Postmedia Network
There is an increasing
demand for craft beer, and
that demand is being met by
an increasing supply, even
here in Huron County. One
new brewery, the Stone
House brewery, has opened
up in Varna. Business is
booming.
Construction for the brew-
ery started in June 2015. The
building was up by mid-
December, they set up their
inside operation over the win-
ter, and they opened on June
1. The business is the brain-
child of owner Mike Corrie
who built the brewery on the
same property as his house.
Corrie used to be in the
business of manufacturing
beer, and he decided to get
back into it. In fact, he has
over 20 years of experience
in the field. He had a brew
on premise in London for 15
years, sold that, and then
represented other beers,
wines and spirits to LCBOs
and the Beer Store.
"In the LCBOs, seeing peo-
ple pick up the basket, going
to the craft beers section and
buying single cans made me
start thinking that maybe I
should get back into brewing
beer again," said Corrie.
In order to make sure his
idea was feasible, Corrie first
had to do two things - make
sure his land could be
rezoned for commercial use
and see if his old brewmas-
ter was still brewing. After
finding that both of these
things were a go, he got to
work on starting the
business.
Corrie and the brewmater
are the only two employees.
The brewmaster comes into
make the beer, and Corrie
does the rest.
Corrie's first beer is a
Czech Pilsner; he gets his
hops straight from the Czech
Republic. He had to decide if
he wanted to get his malted
barley from the Czech
Republic or Canada, and he
decided to go with Canada
because Corrie pointed out
that, "Canada has really
good malted barley."
"The flavour profiles that
match between the Czech
hops and Canadian malt has
really turned out well," said
Corrie.
They use well water for the
beer which goes through a
reverse osmosis process.
After that, the brewmaster
adds minerals and salts to
the water to get the water in
Varna just like water in the
Czech Republic.
Their first beer, the Czech
Pilsner, is not overpowering
but not light tasting. It is
described on the brewery's
website as a "very crisp,
clean, approachable and
refreshing pilsner with light
straw grass and mild malt
grain finish [...] exception-
ally easy drinking Czech
Pilsner with good levels of
bitterness."
The beer has been flying
off the shelves. They sold
close to 6000 beers in the
first three weeks, selling out
of the beer for a short time.
Part of the reason it sold out
is because people who came
in just to try it kept going
back for more.
For now, the brewery will
just feature the Czech pils-
ner. Maybe in the future Cor-
rie will introduce an IPA or
lager, but that will be down
the road. The Czech pilsner
has gone over so well, he will
stick with that.
For now, the beer will just
be sold out of the brewery.
Eventually, Corrie will
approach bars and restau-
rants to get licensing
accounts.
The building is on Parr
Line, and it is there for a rea-
son. Corrie considered other
locations, but he decided to
build on Parr Line because
many people take this road
to go to their cottages in
Grand Bend and Port Elgin.
They are also only five min-
utes from Bayfield, close to
Goderich and Bayfield and
in close proximity to Lake
Huron in general. Plus, Cor-
rie wanted a well on site.
Corrie grew up in Clinton;
his family owns the Fresh -
mart in town. He moved
away for college and started
his brew on premise in Lon-
don when he was 22. When
his kids were about to start
school, he bought property
near Clinton, so his kids
could go to the same schools
where he and his wife went.
There are now three brew-
eries in Huron County, and
all of them are very new.
Half Hours on Earth Brewery
in Seaforth opened a few
months ago. The Cowbell
Brewery in Blyth is under
construction and is set to
open in 2017, and they sold
1000 tickets for their first
beer tasting. Then of course
there's the Stone House
brewery.
"Huron County loves their
beer; there's no doubt about
that," said Corrie. "To have
beer that's made right in the
county, that's kind of a no-
brainer for people."
The Stone House brewery
is open Monday, Wednesday
and Thursday from 11:00 am
- 6:00 p.m. and Friday, Sat-
urday and Sunday from
10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
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