Goderich Signal Star, 2017-06-21, Page 22 Signal Star • Wednesday, June 21, 2017
New business in town
Square Brew
opens in time
for summer
Kathleen Smith
Goderich Signal Star
There is a new business in
town, and it just opened in
time for the hot summer
days and tourism season.
An official opening day of
Friday, June 9, Square Brew
is located on Parsons Drive
in Goderich.
When just open fora week,
Square Brew was already in
business with people wander-
ing in and sitting at the bar for
a taste and supplying the
Black Dog and the Little Inn in
Bayfield with kegs.
The first and only brewery
in Goderich, run by Alex
Menary and Connor Brown,
the name Square ,Brew pays
homage to the main centre
of town, the Goderich
Square.
Square Brew owner Alex,
originally from Milverton,
was studying Engineering
and home brewing at the
same time, decided to end
his studies and follow his
passion.
Alex enrolled in a three
month Brewer program, in
Sunderland, England and
when he returned home
worked for Block 3 Brewery
in St. Jacobs. He has also
been a brewer at Amsterdam
Brew House in Toronto.
"You always want to do
your own thing and make
your own beers and run it
the way you would like to
run it, and so over the years,
I figured out what I liked and
didn't like at other breweries
that I worked at, and bring-
ing the best of both worlds
into Square Brew;". said Alex.
"I have worked in other
breweries so I know what I
like to make and how I like to
make it. So it is more than a
specific recipe, it's more on
technique and the way I like
to brew and what I have
done at other breweries,
then taking that all together
and making my own."
The opportunity to open
his own brewery came along
when his parents and their
friends wanted to invest and
partner with him.
Currently, Square Brew
has two beers on offer at the
moment: Vienna is Waiting,
which is an amber lager and
The Pilsner, which is similar
to that of a German pilsner.
"The beers that are on tap
right now are the first two
batches and I am super
happy with how they turned
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out, which is great because
you aren't always happy with
your first couple of beers, but
I am really happv with how
these turned out," stated
Alex.
As the brewer, Alex pro-
duces approximately 2, 000
litres of beer per week, and
in each tank at the brewery,
a different hatch sits while it
ferments and ages.
"The tanks in the front cor-
ner, that's the brew house. So
on my brew day, I'm up
there, mixing grain and
water, filtering it into the
next tank and boiling it while
adding hops. Then you cool
it down into a fermenter, and
it ferments for about a week,"
Alex explained the brewing
process. "Then it lagers after
that for 3 or 4 months,
depending on the beer:'
The amber lager has a malt
taste, but is crisp and easy to
drink, while the pilsner is light
in colour and with a little bit of
hop character.
The third beer that will
make an appearance at
Square Brew in the next few
weeks is the Hop Miner IPL,
which is similar to an IPA
with lager yeast. It is cur-
rently sitting in one of the
tanks fermenting and aging.
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Photos by Kathleen Smith/Soderich Signal Star
There are only 10 mugs left for purchase, but Square Brew has a 'Mug Club' and frequent visitors to
the brewery can purchase a mug and for a year, every time they visit, they are served cold beer in
their very own mug. After their yearlong membership, they can keep the mug and a new set of mugs
will go up and be available for purchase.
The Square Brew, brewing house includes four tanks that house a batch of beer, which is up to
2,000 litres.
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