Brick Brewing Company

Brick Brewing Co. Limited
Public
Traded as TSX: BRB
Industry Alcoholic drink
Founded 1984
Headquarters Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Products Beer

Brick Brewing Company is a brewery based in Kitchener, Ontario, with several divisions. Brick is reportedly the largest Canadian-owned brewer in the province, and it was also Ontario's first modern craft brewery.[1][2]

Brick's most successful brand is the Laker series. Brick also operates Waterloo Brewing (a craft brewing division) and LandShark Lager Canada.[3]

Overview

Brick is a public company with 145 employees (2012) and $30 million CAD market capitalization.[4] Brick reported net revenues of $37 million CAD in fiscal 2015-2016.[1] The company's administration currently consists of president and CEO George Croft, CFO David Birch, and COO Russell Tabata. Founder Jim Brickman resigned in 2008.[5]

In January 2017, Brick put its Formosa Springs Brewery in Formosa, Ontario, up for sale; that resulted in the re-opening of the 40,000 square foot plant after the new owner was interested in retaining the facility. In addition to the Formosa brand, Brick also sold the Red Baron lines.[6]

Brick plans to consolidate its operations in Kitchener and expand the plant, at an estimated cost of $4 million.[7][8]

In the early 1990s, Brick briefly produced Pride Lager, Canada's first beer marketed specifically to gay consumers.[9] Pride Lager was not a new product, however, but simply one of the company's existing brews bottled and sold under an alternate label.[9]

Waterloo Brewing brands

Waterloo Brewing Company logo
Cans of Waterloo beer
  • Waterloo Amber
  • Waterloo Dark
  • Waterloo IPA
  • Waterloo Pilsner[10]
  • Waterloo Grapefruit Radler
  • Waterloo Citrus Radler
  • Seasonal/limited beers: Waterloo Double Double Doppelbock; Waterloo Union Mills Oatmeal Porter; Waterloo Citrus Radler; Waterloo Raspberry Radler; Waterloo Vanilla Porter[11][3]
  • Brewmeister series: Waterloo Sour Weisse[12]

Laker family of brands

  • Laker Lager
  • Laker Light
  • Laker Ice
  • Laker Red 5.5
  • Laker Strong 6.5
  • Laker Extra Ice 7.5

Other products

  • Red Cap
  • Landshark Lager
  • Margaritaville Classic Margarita
  • Seagram Craft Cider
  • Seagram Wildberry Vodka Cooler
  • Chudleigh's Orchard Cider

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Brick brewery CEO 'thrilled' with 2016 fiscal result - CBC News".
  2. ↑ "Top 6 Local Craft Beers You Must Try in Waterloo Region". 8 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "A Pair of Popular Porters from Waterloo Brewing Co". www.newswire.ca.
  4. ↑ "Company Profile for Brick Brewing Company Ltd (CA;BRB)". Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  5. ↑ Pender, Terry (5 February 2015). "Brickman lent expertise to Six Nations brewery plan".
  6. ↑ Zettel, Jonathan (3 May 2018). "Formosa Springs Brewery is now open".
  7. ↑ Pender, Terry (January 5, 2017). "Brick Brewing expanding in Kitchener, closing Formosa Springs brewery". The Record. Kitchener. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  8. ↑ Bernard, Kevin (January 6, 2017). "Historic Formosa Brewery Closing". 560 CFOS Radio. Bayshore Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved January 27, 2017. Kitchener-Waterloo's Brick Brewing is putting its 146 year old Formosa site up for sale.
  9. 1 2 "Micro-brewer brings out new Pride". Vancouver Sun, July 18, 1992.
  10. ↑ http://waterloobrewing.com/pilsner/
  11. ↑ "Waterloo Brewing Brings Back Double Double Doppelbock". 11 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Waterloo Brewing Company Announces Their New Brewmeister Series - Press Release - Digital Journal". www.digitaljournal.com.
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