Black Creek Historic Brewery

Was a really cool experience seeing and learning about how beer is made. We did basically a time lapse where we each were characters that played a part in the history of beer in Toronto. The tour itself was informative; you start in the tavern/​game room then move to the mill then back to the main building, in the basement which is where the beer is stored. Naturally carbonated beer at its purest form was fun. I knocked my review down because it is an hour tour… with samples at the end. My opinion, start every one off at the beginning with a sample then more at the end.

To Queen & Country indeed.
I’ve been to plenty of Breweries & Brewpubs. I’ve had my share of Brews.
Heck, I’ve even been to a District of Distillery mind you no longer active.
Awareness of Ontario Craft Brews available. I really thought I was edumacated.
I was wrong. I was schooled BIGTIME. By a young miss in mid-​1800s period costume.
Black Creek Historic Brewery. HISTORIC being word of the day. CRAFT being key.
Nobody can be designated more as craft unless they handbrew in their basement.
…with a Copper Pot, Kettle, and a contraption holding Wooden Beer Barrels.
Whoever has that Mancave setup with 70″ LED Smart Flatpanel TV, gimme a shout.
150+ years from now, someone will laugh at you about that historic LED Smart TV.
As I smirked at the quality of Historic-​style Brown Ale, Stout and IPA provided to us.
Here’s the catch. Historic Brewery Tour serves up Beer the Historic way, as it was.
No frosted Beer Can showing you it has reached Rocky Mountain Coldness. Why?
Think back when you were 150 years younger. Electricity, Fridge, Machinery. Nada.
It so happens even Carbonation didn’t exist. Flat lukewarm Beers anyone?
So you’ve tried Black Creek from your local LCBO? Doesn’t taste as bad as I’ve said?
Those Bottles my dear Friend are made at a separate Commercial Brewing Facility.
I have a couple in the Fridge myself waiting for something historic to happen, cheers.
Please pay for the Historic Brewery Tour ($ 4.50+purchase of Village Admission[$ 15])
The one-​hour history lesson with the lively young miss alone is worth every Penny.
If the 1858 Canadian Penny is equivalent to $ 19.50 today. Btw, it’s worth much more.
This Brewery is truly Historic. Lesson Learned.

Thanks for the Historic Brewery Tour ($ 4.50) at Black Creek Pioneer Village, I got a sample of how beer tasted like back in 1860 in Ontario, the good one times when beer was used as a medication (where is my presciptions!!) and even as pay for the workers!
No electricity, No refrigeration, No machinery… Everything are done by hand with no chemical or preservatives! This is different than the commercial version that they sell in LCBO. We ended up tasting 3 samples —
Rifleman’s Ration — brewed especially for the season is unfiltered brown ale, caramel and earthy taste
Stout — really flat, taste just like medicine. but apparently rich in iron
IPA — really interesting taste as it is brewed with a citrus hop, quite difference than the usual IPA
Tour itself is really interesting! Not only about the historic brewing method but a great lesson of Ontario’s beer history. The costumed guide was quite entertaining and I love how all the participants were involved. We were all assigned as one of the historical characters: Brewers, Politicians, Tavern Owners, Temperance Advocates*
At the end of the tour, you also able to purchase a 2 L growler with beers that are brewed on site ($ 12+$ 4 deposit).
The only downside is in order to visit the brewery, $ 15 admission to the Pioneer Village has to be paid on top of the tour itself! If not I won’t mind coming to the Brewery Pub to have a drink of their special brews! And if you drive, $ 7 extra for parking!
Cheers to «The Queen & Country!»
* I am Jesse Ketchum, My friend is Timothy Eaton which ironically were against the consumptions of beers!!!