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Town Brewery

Whitby, Ontario, Canada

ActiveSingle breweryMicrobrewery
Founded
2017
Archive ID
TB-WV7MVRND
Last checked
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#Ontario#Independent

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From the record

Summary

A progressive, community-driven brewery known for soft, pillowy New England IPAs and environmental charity collaborations.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Tally’s Take

A highly progressive, community-driven brewery famous for soft, pillowy New England IPAs and deep environmental philanthropy.

Where it brewed

  1. 1632 Charles St, Whitby, ON
    Whitby, Ontario

    PRODUCTION BREWERY / TAPROOM

    Operated by Town Brewery

    Site detail

    Town explicitly says this location remains open; downtown project is additional.

  2. 244 Brock St S, Whitby, ON
    Whitby, Ontario

    ACTIVE HOSPITALITY / EVENT SITE; BREWING ROLE UNCONFIRMED

    Operated by Town Brewery

    Site detail

    The Office (3rd floor) and Jackson Hall (2nd floor) are active. First-floor restaurant remains pending; no evidence yet proves production brewing at this site.

These are different physical places. A brewery moving premises is not the same brewery continuing, and the archive keeps them apart.

Events

  1. Glorious and Free: 39 breweries brew the recipe with 100% Canadian ingredients2025

    COLLABORATION

  2. Town announced a downtown Whitby property takeover for a later-2026 restaurant/brewery concept and explicitly retained its Charles Street brewery/taproom.2026

    Not a relocation.

  3. The Office and Jackson Hall are operating at the downtown building; first-floor restaurant remains pending and brewing role is unconfirmed.2026-08

    Opening

    Expansion remains separate from Charles Street production brewery.

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The People

Behind the beer

Jeff Dornan
Founder

Whitby lakeside community-focused craft brewery.

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The Beer Library

Beers

Outside Jokes

Year-Round

Hazy Pale Ale

ABV5.0%

Whitby's brewery, in the stretch of Durham Region that Toronto drinkers rarely think about. The hazy pale is what put it on lists anyway.

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Quick One Lager

Year-Round

Premium Lager

ABV4.2%

Current LCBO listing; Made in Ontario; German malts, Berlin lager yeast, Cascade hops.

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