Hogsback Brewing Company

Hogsback Brewing Company
Founded March, 2010
Headquarters Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Owner Paige Cutland, Frank Costello, Jerry Demetriadis, Mark Richardson
Website hogsback.ca/ Edit this on Wikidata

Hogsback Brewing Company is an Ottawa based microbrewery which first began brewing in the Spring of 2010. There flagship beer is Hogsback Vintage Lager,[1] a European-inspired lager with flavour derived from combining three malt types (2-Row, Munich and Vienna), unique Saaz hops and German lager yeast.

The four owners of Hogsback Brewing Company live in Ottawa and developed the recipe for the Vintage Lager with an Ottawa brewer. The distribution facility is in the Ottawa area, allowing the company to focus on the Ottawa market. Currently HogsBack Vintage Lager is brewed through Cool Brew, an Ontario microbrewery. This approach was chosen to allow the company more time and consideration for the planning and the construction of a brewery in Ottawa.

The company's name comes from the Hogsback Falls in Ottawa, a section of the Rideau River where a ridge of limestone crests the river, giving the appearance of the backbone of a hog. It also pays tribute to Philemon Wright, who founded the first permanent settlement in the National Capital Region and also the first brewery in the Ottawa Valley.

Hogsback Brewing Company was featured on the entrepreneurial television program, Dragon's Den.[2][3]

A case of Hogsback beer and its subsequent logo and tshirt were featured several times as a product placement in Attack of the action, horror schlock film Jurassic Shark(2012) AKA Jurassic Shark (2012).

Hogsback has been presented with several awards, including a GOLD award, a People’s Choice award and the Newcomer of the Year award at the 2012 Ontario Brewing Awards.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Hogsback Vintage Lager". Brewify
  2. ↑ Oliver, ,Julie. "Hogsback Brewing co-owner, Jerry Demetriadis, and his partners hope their Dragon’s Den appearance will be good for business".
  3. ↑ "Dragon's Den episode Only in Canada: Hogsback Brewing Company". CBC Television
  4. ↑ "Hogsback Brewing Company Takes on the Big 5 from Dragon’s Den" Ottawa Life, January 27, 2014
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