“We decided that the best thing for the brand was to keep it in Northern Ontario and with the original brewmaster. “With the dissolution of our agreement with the brewery in South River, we entered into discussion on where to move the production” says Ian Macdonald, president of United Craft. But after consulting with New Ontario, it decided to keep all Highlander Brewing production in Northern Ontario. New Ontario has entered into a agreement with United Craft, which had planned to move production to Ottawa or southern Ontario. Harrison already has the master distiller’s designation, and Wilson is working on his, as well. The move also comes as New Ontario branches out into a new spirits division. “It allows Highlander to be made here by the guy who made it there,” Harrison says. The move also means the North Bay-based facility is now the only craft brewer in Northern Ontario with two brewmasters, New Ontario says.Ī deal also was worked out with the new owners of Highlander – Toronto-based United Craft Brewery – also means the Highlander suds formerly produced in South River also will be made in North Bay. “What it would have taken us eight hours” to can before the move “now takes an hour,” says Mike Harrison, president and brewmaster at New Ontario. With the move came new equipment and increased capacity.
The five-year-old New Ontario Brewery moved into a new facility on Seymour Street at the bypass this summer. to spread my wings on the creative side.” The move came after the partners in the South River facility “decided to do a rebranding,” and the “opportunity came to come into this facility. “It was time to make a change,” says Wilson, who had been with Highlander since it opened in 2009. Article contentīrian Wilson, the original brewmaster at Highlander in South River, is now heading up production at New Ontario’s state-of-the-art brewing and distilling facility. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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