Cantons-de-l'Est & Montérégie

They built a Belgian brewing tradition in Quebec from nothing in 1990, then sold to Sleeman in 2004 and on to Sapporo. The beers are still exceptional. The ownership is Japanese.

Barrel-aged saison blending is slow, expensive and unforgiving. The Eastern Townships turned out to be the right place to be patient.

A historic Eastern Townships pioneer producing flawless classic styles right on the shores of Lake Memphremagog.

An Eastern Townships name known for La Torpille, ceased operations with its assets acquired in 2024. Organic brewing before it was a marketing category.

Traditional German lager and Baltic porter, brewed in Quebec, better than most of what is made where those styles come from. Geography is not destiny.

English pale ales in Lac-Brome's anglophone village, which is exactly the right place for them.

Specialising in non-alcoholic beer alongside IPAs — the growth category almost nobody in this archive is covering yet.

MonsRegius brasse à Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, au Québec. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.

Microbrasserie du Vieux Canal brasse à Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, au Québec. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.

Microbrasserie L'Hermite brasse à Victoriaville, au Québec. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.

Traditional country rousses out of a village in the Bois-Francs, brewing since 2001.

Quebec Pass 83. AMBQ confirms the active Drummondville brewpub created by a group of partners and built around an integrated Argentine grill concept. Founding year remains UNKNOWN.

Quebec Pass 83. Quebec RACJ brewer-permit register records Coopérative Brassicole de l'Autre Monde, operating as Bogue et Bière at 50 rue Wellington Nord, Sherbrooke, with permit issue 2008-12-03 and…

Quebec Pass 83. Quebec RACJ historical brewer-permit register records Brasserie La Mempire Inc. with an artisanal brewer permit issued 1999-08-19 and revoked 2015-08-12 in Magog.

Quebec Pass 83. AMBQ's Brasserie Dunham history states Brasseurs & Frères was purchased on March 7, 2010 by Sébastien Gagnon, Hugues Dumontier and Jocelyn Bérubé to create Brasserie Dunham. Founding…

Quebec Pass 83. AMBQ states La Halte des Crinqués was founded in 2022 by two enthusiasts and operates as a microbrewery/brewpub in Sherbrooke.

Quebec Pass 83. AMBQ states the Université de Sherbrooke engineering faculty's Siboire teaching plant was scheduled to open in spring 2023 for training, research and industrial-production learning,…