The Cool Beer Brewing Company is a microbrewery in the southern end of Etobicoke, Ontario, in an area known as Mimico.
History
Cool Beer Brewing was founded in 1997 by Bobby Crecouzos.JTaylor, "Cool Beer", JARKS Canada, 16 October 2012, Retrieved 22 November 2015 The brewery started off in Brampton, Ontario, as just a small microbrewery serving one type of beer. After the brewery introduced its hemp based brand of beer in 2003, it outgrew its Brampton location, and in 2005, moved to Etobicoke to help maintain growth and meet demand."About Our Company", Cool Beer Brewery, Retrieved 22 November 2015
Beers
The Cool Beer Brewing offers three types of beer. Cool Beer, a North American Blonde lager, is its flagship brew, which it started brewing in 1997."Cool Beer", Cool Beer Brewery, Retrieved 22 November 2015 In 2003, they released Millennium Buzz Hemp Beer, which was the first beer in Canada that is hemp-based."Millennium Buzz", Cool Beer Brewery, Retrieved 22 November 2015 In 2009, the brewery released its third beer, Stonewall Light. This was the first light beer produced by the brewery, and is similar to Cool Beer, but with fewer carbohydrates and calories."Stonewall Light", Cool Beer Brewery, Retrieved 22 November 2015
Packaging
The brewery started by offering only bottles and full-sized kegs. In 2013, they added 355 mL slim cans as well as being the first brewery to offer a 3.1 L mini keg to their packaging options."Cool Beer Brewery" Canadian Business Journal, Retrieved 22 November 2015
The beers are offered as bottles in 4 packs, 24 packs, and single cans. In addition to the mini keg, there is also a 20L keg and 58.6L keg available.
Awards
Cool Brewery's beers have won awards at both the provincial and national level. The awards for each beer are listed below."Past Winners" , Ontario Brewing Awards, Retrieved 22 November 2015"Winners" Canadian Brewing Awards, Retrieved 22 November 2015
Cool Beer
Year Provincial Awards 2010 Gold Medal 2009 Silver Medal
Year National Awards 2013 Silver Medal 2008 Bronze Medal 2005 Silver Medal
Millennium Hemp
Year Provincial Awards 2015 Bronze Medal 2013 Silver Medal 2012 Gold Medal 2008 Gold Medal 2007 Gold Medal 2006 Gold Medal
Year National Awards 2014 Gold Medal 2012 Gold Medal 2011 Silver Medal 2009 Silver Medal 2008 Gold Medal 2006 Gold Medal 2005 Gold Medal 2004 Silver Medal
Stonewall Light
Year Provincial Awards 2015 Gold Medal 2013 Gold Medal 2012 Gold Medal 2009 Gold Medal
Year National Awards 2014 Gold Medal
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