Road to 200: Celebrating Ontario’s brewing industry achievements

OBN’s Ontario Brewers Directory reached a new milestone today as the provinces wild growth of small, locally-owned breweries reached 200.

The 200 metric is our count of brick-and-mortar locations with a brewhouse installed on site. Ontario currently has an additional 53 contract brewers that brew at many of the above 200 breweries.

By our count, King’s Lock Beer Co. in Kingston, which opened December 23, 2016, is #200.

Here is a look back at brewery growth specifically over the last 10 years in Ontario: