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Beau's Brewing Co.

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Vankleek Hill, Ontario craft brewery best known for Lug Tread lagered ale, owned by Toronto's Steam Whistle Brewing since 2022; sold through LCBO, The Beer Store, Loblaws and the brewery taproom.

Vankleek Hill, ON CA · beaus.ca

Found at Loblaws
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Beau's is an Ontario craft brewery founded in 2006 by Tim and Steve Beauchesne and brewed in Vankleek Hill. Since the February 2022 share purchase it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Steam Whistle Brewing Inc., a privately held Toronto brewer whose founders and Canadian investors describe the deal as keeping ownership all-Canadian.

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Ownership

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Steam Whistle Brewing Inc.'s Bill S-211 filing for 2023 names Beau's All Natural Brewing Ltd. as its subsidiary and describes Steam Whistle as a privately owned corporation under the Ontario Business Corporations Act headquartered in Toronto; Beau's own February 2022 release says 129 shareholders, mostly founders and ESOP employees, accepted Steam Whistle's share purchase offer, which it says ensures all-Canadian ownership. Corporations Canada returns zero results for Beau's or Steam Whistle, so both are provincial corporations and the Ontario Business Registry, which does not serve automated lookups, could not be checked; the only registry-visible owner is Toronto investor Scott Griffin, listed as holding 25 percent or more of sister subsidiary 8838500 Canada Inc., and Wikipedia attributes Steam Whistle to founders Greg Taylor, Cam Heaps and Greg Cromwell. Steam Whistle's own shareholder register was not seen, so Canadian ownership of the parent rests on its statements and press rather than a registry.

Manufacturing

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Beau's says its beer is brewed and packaged at its Vankleek Hill brewery, and its 2026 anniversary post repeats that the site still operates under Steam Whistle. The parent's S-211 filing notes that the majority of consolidated production is at Steam Whistle's Toronto plant, which is also in Canada, and no source reports any contract brewing outside the country.

People

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Head office, brewery and taproom are at 10 Terry Fox Drive in Vankleek Hill, Ontario, and the parent is in Toronto. Steam Whistle's S-211 filing states that all of its roughly 210 employees, Beau's included, work and reside in Ontario.

Inputs

64.0 reported

CA 60% · EU 20% · US 20%

Beau's describes certified organic ingredients and local spring water, and its Local Organic ale uses Ontario hops and Quebec malts. Steam Whistle's S-211 filing says raw materials and packaging for the group are sourced mainly from Canada, the US and Germany, with packaging from North America and some brewing equipment from the US and Italy; the split is this report's estimate because no share by country is published.

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