Upper Canada Brewing Company is a brewery that is currently located in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Founded by Frank Heaps in Toronto, they started brewing beer in 1984 and grew to become one of the largest independent breweries in Canada.
Their location on Atlantic Ave. in Toronto included a "gift shop" that allowed the independent brewer to sell alcohol on Sunday, something that Ontario's licensed outlet store chain, which had a virtual monopoly on...
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Upper Canada Brewing Company is a brewery that is currently located in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Founded by Frank Heaps in Toronto, they started brewing beer in 1984 and grew to become one of the largest independent breweries in Canada.
Their location on Atlantic Ave. in Toronto included a "gift shop" that allowed the independent brewer to sell alcohol on Sunday, something that Ontario's licensed outlet store chain, which had a virtual monopoly on beer sales, was not permitted to do at the time.
They were acquired by Sleeman Breweries in 1998. Soon afterwards Frank Heaps' son (Cameron) used the profits his dad made from selling Upper Canada Brewing Co. to open another Toronto based brewery, Steam Whistle. As for Upper Canada, its production moved to the more efficient brewing facility in Guelph, and is still, to this day, available for purchase on Sunday, at the Guelph Brewery retail store.
There has been somewhat of a revival for the brand in the last couple of years, as it was...
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