Paddock Wood joins North American Craft

This new company has formed in Toronto with a 'focus on representing smalls craft breweries from North America at the retail level in Ontario'. Industry vet, Claude Lefebvre, started this company to "support the out-of-province small breweries and eventually, American craft brands" sell in Ontario.

If you don't know, The Beer Store (that's what it's actually called) is the only place in Ontario to get beer. Sorry, you can get some at the LCBO, but the retail beer outlet is The Beer Store. A leftover from prohibition, this store is primarily owned by Labatt, Molson and in smaller shares Sleemans and although craft beers do appear in the store, each time I go in, they are often hard to find.

Paddock Wood began selling 606 and Czech Mate in Ontario last year, but only in liquor stores.

http://www.northamericancraft.com/

reported on Canadian Beer News earlier today