Author: Rio Wilcox
Rio Wilcox
Rio is the Marketing & Purchasing Coordinator at Lake of the Woods Brewing Company. First-time blogger, professional yapper, and proud IPA lover.
Good people. Good beer. Great places to drink it. Here’s a look at just one of the awesome joints pouring LowBrewCo across Northwestern Ontario! Meet your new favourite sunset spot: The Forest Bar & Grill! A LAKESIDE GEM WITH HISTORY (AND REALLY GOOD FOOD) Nestled in the calm, postcard-perfect shores of Pelican Lake in Sioux Lookout, The Forest Bar & Grill has been a beloved community staple for over two decades. New management took ownership in 2020 and have been pouring their hearts into the place ever since! Continuing the tradition of genuine northern hospitality, cozy spaces, comforting food, a…
‘Tis the season to shop local, sip local, and spread a little cheer around town… because the Holiday Trail is officially back from November 21st to December 24th! WOOHOO! If you’re new to the Holiday Trail, here’s the gist: The City of Kenora’s Economic Development and Tourism Department is turning up the festive energy with a dynamic holiday campaign designed to celebrate, support, and spotlight our vibrant local businesses and community. local shops team up to create one big community-wide gift-giving adventure. You buy a booklet filled with vouchers, and then you hit the trail to discover new favourite spots, support small businesses,…
Every year, we look forward to putting together a holiday gift pack that’s a little different, a little fun, and packed with a whole lot of flavour. SUPER DUPER NIFTY GIFT PACK Introducing the 2025 Holiday Pack: the Super Duper Nifty Gift Pack. Around here we call it the “Nifty Gifty.” Say it out loud. It’s fun. This year’s pack is exactly what it sounds like: super, nifty, and ready to impress. Inside you’ll find three crowd-pleasing brews paired with a limited-edition, gold-foil collector’s glass. Firehouse Brown Ale, Nautical Disaster DIPA, and Forgotten Lake Blueberry Ale all in one tidy…
Hidden in the Lake of the Woods region on a small back lake there exists patches of berries usually reserved for the discerning palates of black bears. This beer is subtle with a clear fruity nose. Muted blueberry, low bitterness and medium body. Although high in ABV, its finish is smooth and well-balanced. FORGOTTEN LAKE BLUEBERRY ALE BEER STYLE: Blueberry infused blonde ale; COLOUR: Purple, opaue; AROMA: Blueberry, fruit esters; HEAD:White, medium retention; HOPS: Magnus, Glacier; MOUTHFEEL: Medium-rich body, low-medium to medium carbonation with slightly dry finish; TASTE: some malt sweetness backbone, overwhelming blueberry notes as sweetness and some tartness; VITAL STATS: ABV: 7.1% | IBU: 13 | SRM: 16 YES, IT’S A REAL LAKE.…
Enjoy your craft beer, without the alcohol. For those times you need to slow down a little bit, pull a NO WAKE out of the cooler. This non-alcoholic beer is brewed the same way we brew all of our other beers, using traditional old-world style brewing techniques to give you a smooth, refreshing craft beer, with no alcohol. NO WAKE offers the perfect balance of flavour and refreshment, making it the ideal choice for any occasion where you want the taste of a great beer without the buzz. Whether you’re the designated driver, enjoying a sunny day on the water,…
Lake Time: We Don’t Just Celebrate It – We Make It. At Lake of the Woods Brewing Company, Lake Time isn’t just a season, it’s a lifestyle. It’s that golden hour glow on the dock in summer, the crunch of autumn leaves as you sip by a bonfire, the crisp winter mornings in the snow, and the first hints of spring warming the air while the lake wakes up again. And here at Lake of the Woods Brewing Company, we don’t just celebrate lake time… we make it. Every day, in everything we do. From the first sip of our…
Named after the legendary Sultana Gold Mine on Lake of the Woods (show me on a map!). The mine, located on Sultana Island, prospered for over a decade and eventually flooded in 1902. The gold may not have panned out, but this clean, crisp, sessionable ale certainly did. Stake your claim to a true northern beer and bring home the gold. SULTANA GOLD BLONDE ALEBEER STYLE: Blonde Ale; COLOUR: Bright gold, brilliantly clear; AROMA: Bread, biscuit, mild fruit; HEAD: White, medium retention; MOUTHFEEL: Medium body, medium carbonation; TASTE: Low to medium bitterness, low to medium malt flavour with bready, grainy, light sweet flavour; VITAL STATS: ABV: 5% | IBU: 15 | SRM:…
https://youtu.be/sM6YgqUWqFs?si=S9a0iaPfPCIKftsM Aged under ice? At the bottom of the lake? That’s right! This beer’s been chillin’ (literally) in icy darkness beneath the surface of Lake of the Woods. Every fall before freeze-up, we “deep six” bottles of a small-batch, handcrafted beer at the bottom of the lake. Each one is secured in anchored cages below the ice line, where it spends six months aging in near-perfect conditions – 4 to 10°C, gently rocked by the current. When spring rolls around, we haul them back up and the result is something truly special: a beer that’s smooth, coooool, and one-of-a-kind. Water,…
The Thistles 1907 Stanley Cup win; the 1973 CIBC bank robbery; the momentous 2013 reopening of Lake of the Woods Brewing Co.: all three landmark (& strangely unrelated) events, that have helped put our little town of Kenora ‘on the map’ (insert wink here). Dead Man’s Switch – a hazy NEIPA hop bomb loaded with enough Citra & Amarillo to stuff a getaway car twice over – this brew immortalizes the surreal & film-esque Kenora Main St. bank robbery; the only such event in history that actually shut down the Trans-Canada Hwy. for a day. Best consumed while doing laundry. DEAD MANS SWITCH…