Guelph, Ontario, Canada (1985; 39 years ago (1985))
Founder
Phil Gosling
Headquarters
Guelph
,
Canada
Area served
Canada
Owner
Mike Stirrup, Doug Dawkins (2000 - )
Number of employees
45 (2016)
Website
wellingtonbrewery.ca
Wellington Brewery is a brewery in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1985 and was one of the first North American breweries to revive the ancient technique of brewing cask-conditioned cask ale.[1][2][3]
Phil Gosling was the founder. By 2011, the volume of sales required the company to expand its brewing capacity. Two new 150HL tanks were installed. In January 2013, four more tanks were installed to keep up with demand for Wellington products.[4] In 2015, the company's facility was expanded with a 12,000-square-foot addition, including a 40-hectolitre brew house and new packaging line. At that time, the company employed a staff of 45.[5] The company also has a distribution warehouse in Toronto.
Wellington Brewery in Guelph, Ontario
In 2000, new owners acquired the company: Mike Stirrup and Doug Dawkins. Unlike many small breweries making Beer in Canada, Wellington has not been acquired by a major brewer;[6] hence, the company now bills itself as Canada's oldest independently owned craft brewery, despite being predated by B.C.'s Spinnakers Brewpub[7] and Vancouver Island Brewing[8] (both founded in 1984). Traditionally, this craft beer was sold in bottles, but recently, the company has increased the use of cans to meet the growing public demand for this type of beer container.[1]
The Wellington beers are brewed in small batches with natural ingredients and use no cold filtration, natural carbonation, no pasteurization, and secondary fermentation in casks.[9] The brewery's architecture is an homage to the traditional Oast house, the farm building used for drying hops in preparation for the brewing process[9]
Over the years the company has won numerous awards for its products, at events such as the Canadian Brewing Awards, the Ontario Brewing Awards and the U.S. Open Beer Championship.[10] In the 2016 Ontario Brewing Awards, for example, Wellington's Imperial Russian Stout earned a gold medal, County Dark Ale received a gold medal, Iron Duke won a bronze, and Arkell Best Bitter earned a silver. In the small-batch category (brewed in collaboration with another company), Wellington gained awards for the Welly One-Off Series, A Spice Odyssey and Farmers' Market Rhubarb Saison.[11]
In the 2019 Canadian Brewing Awards, Wellington received three Silver awards: for Helles Lager, Arkell Best Bitter and Faces Double IPA.[12]
^ abJoseph, Andrew (December 2016). "Fill The Bill". Canadian Packaging. Canadian Packaging. Retrieved January 30, 2017. Canada's oldest craft brewer leaps into the future with new high-tech filling lines to boost productivity and reach a larger audience.
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^"Our Story". Wellington Brewery. Wellington Brewery. 2015. Archived from the original on November 28, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
^Warren, May (April 23, 2015). "Guelph's Wellington Brewery expanding". Guelph Mercury. Guelph. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
^Payne, Daniela (2 June 2016). "10 Craft Beers Owned by Big Brewers". Food Network. Food Network. Retrieved 16 January 2017. Consumption of craft brews is on the rise, but you may be surprised to learn that not every beer is made by a mom-and-pop operation.
^"30 Years of Craft Beer in BC - Explore BC | Super, Natural BC".
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^ ab"Premium brews | The Record.com". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
^"Awards". Wellington Brewery. Wellington Brewery. 2015. Archived from the original on November 28, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
^"Guelph's Wellington Brewery beers win six awards". Guelph Mercury. Guelph. April 16, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
^"Guelph brewers win big at the 2019 Canadian Brewing Awards". Toronto: Global News. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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