Archive record · Brewery
Boréale - Les Brasseurs du Nord
Blainville, Quebec, Canada
- Founded
- 1987
- Archive ID
- TB-3Q0P26M7
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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From the record
Summary
Official Boréale history states Laura Urtnowski and Bernard Morin began brewing in 1987, leading to Les Brasseurs du correction: the Montréal Relais at 159 rue Jean-Talon Ouest is a genuine secondary Boréale brewpub/brewing laboratory with exclusive beers brewed on site. It remains under the single canonical Boréale / Les Brasseurs du Nord entity rather than becoming a duplicate brewery company row.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Where it brewed
- 875 boulevard Michèle-Bohec, Blainville, Québec J7C 5J6
UNKNOWN
Operated by Boréale - Les Brasseurs du Nord
- 159 rue Jean-Talon Ouest, Montréal, Québec H2R 2X2
UNKNOWN
Operated by Boréale - Les Brasseurs du Nord
These are different physical places. A brewery moving premises is not the same brewery continuing, and the archive keeps them apart.
The Museum
Timeline
- 1987Three UQAM students and a Subaru
"Founded in 1987 by three students at the UQAM (Laura Urtnowski, and brothers Bernard and Jean Morin), who paid their way through school selling home-made beer"; "The students loaded their first four kegs in the back of the family Subaru and went looking for their first client" — four Montreal bars took Boréale. Boréale Rousse followed in 1988; the 2010s ownership (a reported majority stake for the Fonds de solidarité FTQ in 2013): UNCONFIRMED.
The Beer Library
Beers
Hors Sentiers Blonde sans alcool
Year-RoundAlcohol-free Pale Ale
Hors Sentiers Rousse sans alcool
Year-RoundAlcohol-free amber ale
Hors Sentiers Blanche sans alcool
Year-RoundWitbier sans alcool
Hors Sentiers Sure à la Framboise
Year-RoundSure à la framboise sans alcool
Série Relais New England Pale Ale
Year-RoundNew England Pale Ale
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Projet Citra – Triple Belge (Nano Cinco)
Year-RoundTriple Belge
Projet Citra – West Coast Pils (Emporium)
Year-RoundWest Coast Pilsner
Une fois n'est pas coutume
Year-RoundDouble New England IPA
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