Life just got a lot more exciting for North York beer nerds: Ossington’s busy, beloved Bellwoods Brewery has finally completed the first leg of its expansion. Their 20 Hafis Rd. facility, near Keele and Lawrence, started pouring samples and selling bottles on Saturday.
Instead of focusing on the hospitality and eats that make the original Ossington location such a popular hangout, the Hafis facility will largely be used for production, with the space dominated by 10 tanks and a specially imported bottling line from Europe that should allow them to cap off bottles of brew at an impressive pace.
But what should really interest the locals is the bottle shop, where a full range of Bellwoods brews will be available to go, and a tasting room, where visitors can sample 8 oz. and 12 oz. pours, and maybe even chat with the brewers themselves, Bellwoods’ Carmen Vicente writes in a blog post.
In the meantime, construction continues (very slowly) on Bellwoods’ long-awaited third facility, a massive industrial space at Davenport and Dupont. Until then: Stock up and drink at home!
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