Industry Alcoholic beverage Products Beer | Founded 1987 | |
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Headquarters Creemore, Ontario Canada Owner Molson Coors Brewing Company Address 139 Mill St, Cree, ON L0M 1G0, Canada Hours Open today · 10AM–6PMWednesday10AM–6PMThursday10AM–6PMFriday10AM–6PMSaturday10AM–6PMSunday11AM–5PMMonday10AM–6PMTuesday10AM–6PM Similar Mad & Noisy Gallery The, Flying Monkeys Craft Bre, Cree Kitchen, Side Launch Brewing, Collingw Brewery | ||
Tour of creemore springs brewery beerumentary series part 1 2 albino rhino beer review
Creemore Springs is a brewery in Creemore, Ontario, Canada, which first opened in 1987. It was founded by John Wiggins and initially brewed mainstream lagers, expanding later into a premium lager and lager brewed with darker malts, brewed with fire under the kettle. In 2005, it was acquired by Molson, a subsidiary of the seventh largest brewery corporation in the world, Molson Coors Brewing Company.
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The brewery is known for not using preservatives during the brew process, or pasteurizing afterwards. Because of this, they recommend perpetual refrigeration. The brewery states that it only uses four ingredients in its brewing process - malted barley, hops, water, and yeast. These are the four ingredients allowed to be in beer according to the Bavarian Purity Law, which all Creemore Springs beers follow. The brewery uses water exclusively from an artesian well on in its brewing process. The water comes from the Creemore Spring located on one of the founder's property. It is trucked from the source to the brewery daily in 10,000 L truckloads; each truckload contains enough water to brew one batch. They brew in small batches in order to create the highest quality of beer possible.
Their flagship premium lager is an American amber with affinities to a Czech pilsener.
They were the second Ontario brewer – after Hockley Valley – to offer their product for sale in cans.
In March 2016, Creemore Springsopened Batch, a 2,500-square-foot 'gastrobrewery' (serving beer and food); this location is making six small batch beers on site.
In 2009, Creemore Springs applied for planning permission to expand their plant by 60% to triple their brewing capacity to 150,000 hL per year. The location of such a large industrial plant in downtown Creemore generated debate. Subsequently, the company is no longer a member of the Ontario Craft Brewers Association. Considering that aspect, and the ownership by a multi-national, and the expansion into Quebec [marketing but not brewing in that province, since 2013], and the volume of beer produced, Creemore Springs may no longer be categorized as a craft brewery. Karen Gaudino, director of marketing offers her perspective: "The term craft doesn’t come in to the equation. People want to envelop us and categorise us. The market is being driven by back to basics and people want simplicity, authenticity and provenance. It’s what people want, and what we want. And that’s what we will continue to do. We have grown and we can’t and won’t hide from that. That’s not who we are. But we haven’t changed."