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MacKinnon Brothers Brewing Company - Kingston
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MacKinnon Brothers Brewing Company - Kingston
So Stone City Ales this summer, and now MacKinnon Brothers opening shop in the Kingston Area. I know I drink a lot if beer, but I'm not going to be able to keep two breweries a float...or will I?
http://www.thewhig.com/2014/05/23/broth ... en-brewery
http://www.thewhig.com/2014/05/23/broth ... en-brewery
Based solely on the content of their website (http://www.mackinnonbrewing.com/), namely the fact that the brewmaster brother has a "Master's degeree in brewing and distilling from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, and extensive experience at the brewing research girm BRI in London, England", I would guess that they will be brewing predominantly English or English-inspired styles. They have such a great story to go along with the brewery and the fact that they intend to eventually grow all of the ingredients themselves is excessively appealing to my sensibilities, so I'm fully preparing myself for the terrible possibility of them announcing their initial flagship offerings as being a some uninspired pale ale, amber ale, or pale lager.
Dude, English ales can be exciting. Porters, barleywines, old ales, dark/pale milds, ESBs, RIS's among others are all traditional English styles...ChrisK wrote:so I'm fully preparing myself for the terrible possibility of them announcing their initial flagship offerings as being a some uninspired pale ale, amber ale, or pale lager.
Oh, I know. Don't misunderstand, I love English ales and would welcome a selection of properly-executed products. My skepticism stems from the past year's list of brewing start-ups rolling out with uninspired filler. I really really hope these guys come out of the gate with something unique and high-quality because i love the concept and story they have going.liamt07 wrote:Dude, English ales can be exciting. Porters, barleywines, old ales, dark/pale milds, ESBs, RIS's among others are all traditional English styles...ChrisK wrote:so I'm fully preparing myself for the terrible possibility of them announcing their initial flagship offerings as being a some uninspired pale ale, amber ale, or pale lager.
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I visited the brewery last weekend. Cool set up. Tried the Crosscut as well as a Wheat Beer that was still fermenting. They have fairly limited capacity right now but they plan to compliment Cross Cut and the English Pale Ale with experimental and seasonal brews.
Retail store seemed a few weeks/a month away and will sell growlers (2L) and cans.
Looking forward to seeing what they have in store.
Retail store seemed a few weeks/a month away and will sell growlers (2L) and cans.
Looking forward to seeing what they have in store.
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Pretty cool, and will be driving out to pick some up...
Pretty cool, and will be driving out to pick some up...
Those guys were actually like the second or third batch that Barn Owl did. They're very keen on the local/crafty thing.
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Grabbed a growler tonight. While, I'm happy to support this venture, they continue to make bready, flat ales with slight diacetyl qualities. Props to growing it local on three trellis lines, just need to add more hops...