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Blood Brothers Brewing

The Blood Brothers Brewing garage door to their patio.
The Blood Brothers Brewing garage door to their patio.

Joining the family…

While sharing a pint on the Blood Brothers Brewing patio with co-owner Brayden Jones, he gave me a piece of what he thought a ‘craft beer lifestyle’ might be. “I mean, I think for us it kind of goes with our whole motto of ‘joining the family,’ and craft beer lifestyle is very hyper-local for us,” he began.

“It is a community in the way that like if it goes beyond the borders of our city, like when we get invited to festivals out of town, which is a part of that community and their lifestyle, I think that’s pretty cool because we don’t need to be some big company that’s distributed everywhere. We can still be small and be recognized in that community which is on the other side of our country.

“But ya – huge on community, I think – you know, without our neighbours coming and supporting us, then we’d only be busy on the weekends when out-of-towners come to see what’s it’s all about. And then they wouldn’t be coming if it wasn’t for our community first supporting us, so that’s the lifestyle in itself: it’s the local camaraderie with our neighbours and our city.”

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The Six Brewing Company

The Six Brewing Company building.
The Six Brewing Company building.

Bold, new flavours…

“A ‘craft beer lifestyle’ is one that searches for bold, new, innovative flavours,” Arjun Uppal, the general manager of The Six Brewing Company, began, as we sat at a high-top table in the middle of the main floor bar area of the brewpub.

“As far as the lifestyle in this industry, while I loved working at restaurants and bars, the environment here, based on competition, it’s almost like it doesn’t exist. Where I could be making a better lager than the next guy, and they don’t care; they’re just happy that another craft beer ‘competitor’ is also succeeding, because if we succeed, then they succeed too…

“I think the lifestyle is that we’re all fighting together to make great craft beer – it’s not just one guy – it’s really a big happy family. It’s like there’s no ego involved: ‘We just really like your beer, and we just want to have a beer,’ we’re all saying to each other. It always comes down to a love of beer.”

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Black Lab Brewing Inc.

The Black Lab Brewing Sign above the entrance to the brewery.
The Black Lab Brewing Sign above the entrance to the brewery.

Able to let loose…

In a packed (with humans and dogs alike) tap room on a Saturday afternoon, I sat at a high top table with Billy Madden, co-owner of Black Lab Brewing Inc. I asked him what he thought a ‘craft beer lifestyle’ might be.

“It’s hard to describe a feeling,” he began. “It’s hard-working, yet easy-going – like a 1940’s mentality or something. It’s charitable and focuses on local, while being artistic and creative. The culture is one that also a strives for high quality, but without being snobby.”

He returned to how he began: “I guess that craft beer feeling is really a sense of inclusion, of wanting to share the experience with others. And with others, I think a craft beer lifestyle is one that is able to let loose and enjoy life.”

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Kensington Brewing Company

The exterior of Kensington Brewing Company (missing the other half of the patio, which was installed days later).
The exterior of Kensington Brewing Company (missing the other half of the patio, which was installed days later).

Supporting local…

Mike Gurr, the VP of operations at Kensington Brewing company, sat across from me at a two-top table in the brewery’s tap room. I asked him what he though a “craft beer lifestyle” might be. “It’s a lifestyle that’s centred around supporting local,” he began.

“But it’s not necessarily just beer – I think it’s really a craft lifestyle. It’s more than beer. Individualism is important; being adventurous and curious with one’s taste, of course, but I think a big part of such a lifestyle is rooting for the underdog – and that doesn’t have to be a brewery.”

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