Craft brewery planned in Dundas

zane9 · Post by **zane9** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:13 am

This is great news. The Hamilton area has been a wasteland for craft breweries.

Have a look. http://www.hamiltonnews.com/news/craft- ... in-dundas/

boney · Post by **boney** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:56 am

Oh hells to the yes!

Might be time to go over to Flat Rock to get a feel what their plans are in terms of production/styles etc. I'm hoping the cross talk with the winery opens some neat barrel aging oportunities. I'm always hoping for more wild/sour offerings, but that may be a tough sell to wibe folk. You never kbow though, maybe Madronich is the next Vinnie Cilruzo!

Cale · Post by **Cale** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:04 pm

boney wrote:Oh hells to the yes!

Might be time to go over to Flat Rock to get a feel what their plans are in terms of production/styles etc. I'm hoping the cross talk with the winery opens some neat barrel aging oportunities. I'm always hoping for more wild/sour offerings, but that may be a tough sell to wibe folk. You never kbow though, maybe Madronich is the next Vinnie Cilruzo!

I believe Flat Rock is a winery that has done quite a bit with Amsterdam. I recall a beer/wine dinner they did where they made a collab sour cherry impy stout, and I believe they provide a lot of the wine barrels to Amsterdam - possibly other OCBs as well. Could actually be promising.

Nice building too: http://goo.gl/ItVtO

Let's just hope NIMBYism doesn't strike.

JeffPorter · Post by **JeffPorter** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:11 pm

Yeah - whenever I'm seeing news about a new brewery in the province, I honestly am not usually paying that much attention, but Flat Rock is the real deal and I can only imagine this will be good!

groulxsome · Post by **groulxsome** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:45 pm

Cale wrote:Let's just hope NIMBYism doesn't strike.

That would really be a shame, especially since these guys seem to really want to focus on the process and not just churning out flats of beer.

I wish there was a brewery in my backyard...

zane9 · Post by **zane9** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:57 pm

The location is mostly commercial, so the NIMBY problem should be minimal. The bigger problem will be the permitting process. City Hall is notorious for endless process navel-gazing and endless delays.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:01 pm

“I’m not a restauranteur..."

It's restaurateur.

Unless he calls his company Flat Rock Cellars winesmakery.

rejtable · Post by **rejtable** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:06 pm

zane9 · Post by **zane9** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:19 pm

Can we keep this thread on track?

In December I heard rumours of 2 craft breweries starting up in Hamilton. If this one is the first to announce, I wonder when we'll hear from #2?

All good news for the area, in any event.

Team Hamilton needs to meet!

velovampire · Post by **velovampire** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 6:22 pm

Happy to hear this. Dundas is my hometown and it'll be nice to have a (hopefully?) solid option for local craft when I visit my parents. Excited to watch the developments on this one.

phirleh · Post by **phirleh** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:43 pm

zane9 wrote:Can we keep this thread on track?

In December I heard rumours of 2 craft breweries starting up in Hamilton. If this one is the first to announce, I wonder when we'll hear from #2?

All good news for the area, in any event.

Team Hamilton needs to meet!

I heard of 2 also, just don`t know who the 2nd is... I`m just up the escarpment from Dundas in Waterdown, I can bike there...only problem is biking back up Sydenham Road. There are a few of us BT`ers in the Hammer, here`s hoping there will be a good tasting room there.