Canada, ON: Descendants Beer & Beverage Company launches in Wellesley

Ontario’s first new craft brewery launch of 2014 quietly took place this past weekend at The Bent Elbow in Waterloo, where the first pints of beer from Descendants Beer & Beverage Co. started pouring on February 14, Canadian Beer News reported on February 17.

Currently brewing in temporary location in Cambridge while renovations are being done on a permanent home in the historic Wellesley Mill in the nearby village of Wellesley, Descendants is owned and operated by Robin Molloy – a former brewer at Barrie’s Flying Monkeys who has trained at Chicago’s Siebel Institute and VLB Berlin – and his wife Carin Lee Brooks.

The first beer from Descendants is Harbinger Pale Ale, a 5.6% abv and 38 IBU American-style pale ale, with an American Blonde Ale and Belgian Blonde Ale planned to follow soon.

Descendants products will be available exclusively on tap in the Kitchener-Waterloo, Niagara and Sarnia/London regions for now, although retail sales through the LCBO are part of the future plans for the fledgling brewery.

21 February, 2014