Wellington Brewery

The vendor states it is independently and locally owned, and Canadian Packaging reported in 2016 that president Brent Davies bought out co-owner Mike Stirrup in 2010 after Stirrup and Doug Dawkins acquired the company in 2000. Corporations Canada returned zero results, so the brewery is likely an Ontario corporation; the Ontario Business Registry could not be checked and the legal entity name was not found on any page.

• Careers - Wellington Brewery vendor_statement “As an independent and locally owned brewery”
• Fill The Bill - December 2016, Canadian Packaging press “After new ownership consisting of Mike Stirrup and Doug Dawkins came aboard in 2000, Davies was back in the saddle in 2010 when he bought out Stirrup who was retiring.”
• Federal Corporation Search Results registry “0 results were found, 0 returned.”

All beer is brewed and packaged at the brewery at 950 Woodlawn Road West in Guelph, which the vendor describes as its production facility with an NSI brewhouse and Krones packaging line. Canadian Packaging described the same 19,000 square foot Guelph facility after its 2016 expansion.

• About - Wellington Brewery vendor_statement “produced locally at our brewery in Guelph, Ontario”
• Fill The Bill - December 2016, Canadian Packaging press “installed this past summer at Wellington Brewery’s newly-expanded beermaking facility in Guelph, Ont.”

Single site business with brewery, retail store, and taproom in Guelph, Ontario, hiring locally through its own careers page. Canadian Packaging reported about 50 full and part time employees in 2016 and Wikipedia mentions a Toronto distribution warehouse.

• Contact - Wellington Brewery vendor_statement “950 Woodlawn Road West, Guelph ON N1K 1G2”
• Fill The Bill - December 2016, Canadian Packaging press “the company now employs 50 full- and part-time employees”

The vendor states 95 percent of its malt is grown in Canada and 35 percent of its hops come from Ontario farms, and the balance of hops is not attributed; the packaging line was supplied by Krones of Germany. The split is an estimate that weights malt as the largest input by volume and spreads the unattributed hops, cans, and other supplies across the US, Europe, and elsewhere. The online store runs on Shopify.

• About - Wellington Brewery vendor_statement “35% of our hops are locally sourced from hop farms in Ontario and 95% of our malt is grown in Canada.”
• Terms of service | Wellington Brewery vendor_statement “Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc.”