Bringing the community…
With the Jays game playing on the TVs above the bar, I sat with Jimmy Peat, co-owner of Longslice Brewery, in the Aviary, the brewery’s brewpub. I asked him what he thought a ‘craft beer lifestyle’ might be.
“It’s a sense of community,” he quickly remarked. “You get to know a craft beer community that is really inclusive, but also peeps in your own neighbourhood, which is awesome. It really brings everyone together, I think.
“But it’s equally about a move to supporting local and increasing variety, which stimulates the local economy – and knowing who made the beer: being able to discuss that and learn about what you’re really drinking is super cool…
“It’s dope to have access to cases of beer for house parties too,” he finished with a grin...