Postby ECBS » Wed Aug 27, 2014 9:34 am
I "toured" the Highlander facility a year ago and, unfortunately, there wasn't much worth seeing! Or tasting, IMHO (though that could have had something to do with the ice cold temperature of the samples being poured straight from the tank).
Pros: Brian Wilson - the brewmaster, and only person working there at the time - was happy to show my friends and I around and poured us some very generous samples of the two brews they had going at that time. The people there have great intentions.
Cons: "Beer geeks" are not welcome here. Mr. Wilson enjoys employing the term "city-ot" (a play on the word "idiot") when referring to any city dweller. He also griped for quite some time about how out-of-towners use the term "the Muskokas" ("THERE'S ONLY ONE MUSKOKA, CITY-OT!") and how city-ots always ask him what type of beers he brews (in response to my first question - whether the Twisted Spruce I was drinking was an IPA - he replied "It is what it is! If I told you it was a Trappist beer, would that make it taste better?" He said this in a joking fashion, but he and I both knew he was not, in fact, joking).
I would be very curious to know about others' experiences at this joint, that is, if anyone else has ever been inside the place.