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Great White North Craft Brewery (Thunder Bay) closes

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Great White North Craft Brewery (Thunder Bay) closes

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Equipment is take from the Great White North Craft Brewery Monday, ending the production of Port Arthur Pale Ale.

That's a sad picture!

http://www.tbsource.com/Localnews/index.asp?cid=114220

Last call for local beer maker
Tb News Source
Web Posted: 12/15/2008 8:08:25 PM

A local business has brewed its last bottle of beer.

The Great White North Craft Brewery, makers of Port Arthur Pale Ale has closed its doors.

Large tanks and other equipment were removed from the Red River Road location Monday.

The facility was turning out the beer for a little more than a year. It was sold in various local pubs as well as the LCBO, but local owner Geoff Schmidt said there just wasn't enough sales to support the business.

The beer was a more expensive than most brands, but when Schmidt opened the brewery he said he hoped consumers would buy it for the taste, not for the price.

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Post by Pub Style »

I had heard a rumour a couple of months ago that this was in the forecast. Too bad.

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Post by matt7215 »

sad news, ill have to get my brother to pick up a sixer from the LCBO on his way home from teachers college

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Post by Jon Walker »

I wonder where the brewing equipment is headed?
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They had it tough there. Thunder Bay is a big macro town and an even bigger buck-a-beer town.

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Post by woodpecker »

too bad. the ale was decent but unremarkable. sorta like how the jays will be in 2009.

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Post by tupalev »

Jays might be not even be decent if they get any more pitching injuries...

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Post by SteelbackGuy »

Sad news.....I managed to snag a few bottles from a friend a while back, and I still have one. guess I'll hang on to it for a collectors item.
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