Craft beer enthusiasts, your wait is over.

Beginning Friday, you can choose from five varieties of beer from Stack Brewing at select downtown establishments.

There’s a traditional German style wheat beer called Valley Girl, a cream ale-style beer reminiscent of the prohibition era-type ales called Saturday Night, an Imperial India Pale called Angry Moose and a deep amber, a mighty 8% called Les Portes De L’Enfer.

The names suggest a playful approach to branding beer — people were invited to submit their personal stories to reflect the beer names. And those stories appear on the tags that hang around each Boston round and growler bottle. But for Shawn Mailloux, beer making is a serious business. He’s ambitious but cautious. A teacher by day, he’s staring off small with plans to expand production if demand is there.

At this point, "we can sell to anyone who has a licence to sell alcohol," Mailloux said while at his brewery located on Kelly Lake Road.

"I’ve started a dialogue with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to get an inspection done on the retail side to sell the beer."

So while beer is available on tap and in large bottle format at numerous bars and restaurants, it is yet to be available at Stack’s storefront.

Once it is, and there’s enough of a demand on the retail side, Mailloux will look at licensing requirements to serve the beer at his storefront.

When Mailloux gets the go-ahead, a 32-oz Boston round will retail between $5 and $6 plus tax and bottle deposit while a 1.89 L growler will retail between $11 and $12 plus tax and bottle deposit.

"When you start a journey like this, it’s a big undertaking," Mailloux said reflecting on the last year.

"Even my parents told me, ‘Who knows what’s going to happen. People might not be interested.’ So you take a leap of faith and you hope it’s warmly received."

And it has. The community has embraced Stack Brewing.

People have volunteered their time to get the business off the ground and the brewery receives numerous requests a day concerning the beer’s release date.

Jason Heaton, owner of Hardrock42 Gastropub, one of the downtown establishments that will be selling Stack said his customers are making special arrangements to be at his bar for the release date.

One former Sudbury resident is planning to travel from Timmins while others are making child care plans.

Heaton’s bar specializes in craft beers and serves 24 different types on tap, five of which will be Stack.

"All five beers are very different from one another," said brewer Michael Guillemette.

"The Saturday Night ale is a cream ale. It’s very easy drinking, a little bit sweet with a little bit of hops in it, but it’s a light golden yellow and the everyday one. Then you go all the way down to the Angry Moose, which is a double IPA, which is a nine percent alcohol, full of hops. It’s a real punch in the face. It’s a good beer, one of my favourites."

Guillemette said many ingredients used are grown in Canada while some specialty items are from Europe.

"I love to say that our beer is excellent beer," said Guillemette. "To say it’s perfect beer, you never know. The quest for a perfect beer is a long and sometimes undefined quest — you sometimes don’t know when you made it. Things are constantly evolving here, constantly changing. Even the recipes change from time to time. It’s a constant process and honestly I look forward for it to never ending."

Stack Brewing will be available Friday at the following establishments: Fromagerie Elgin, Laughing Buddha, Townehouse Tavern and Hardrock 42 Gastropub (at both downtown Sudbury and Val Caron locations).

Keep up to date with everything Stack and stay tuned for the launch of seasonal beers and future events through their Facebook page, Stack Brewing.