Broadhead Brewing - Ottawa - Ottawa Centre EcoDistrict

Broadhead Brewing Co.
Founded: May 17, 2011 | Doors Opened October 2011 Availability: You can find Broadhead in 3 keg sizes in over 100 restaurants. Their 473ml Grindstone can is also in in 200 LCBO locations across South Western Ontario, Toronto, and North to Timmins. Mash goes to local farmers to feed their cattle, with a little going to the odd bakery to make bread and cookies. Some of under pours go to a bakery to make cupcakes. Inspiration
Josh Larocque and Shane Matte, 2 local Ottawa lads were dead set on learning to make their own beer – and it ended up actually tasting pretty good. So good, in fact, that they kicked around the idea of opening their own craft brewery. When Jason Smale and Jamie Local Impact: 6 full time staff and 4 part time staff with White joined the mix, the basement brewery grew out 1 volunteer keep Broadhead running. Future plans of control and after a particularly delicious batch, the liquid courage got the best of them. They decided to Sustainability
make a go of it -­‐ naming the brewery after the Diverting waste -­‐ Broadhead is a DYI brewery with 3 physically large noggins of the owners. engineers on staff who make as much equipment A few short months later, the Broadhead Brewing themselves as possible. Here’s what they have Company opened its doors embracing the underdog recycled: concept because that’s where they started: a couple of Seasonals: A seasonal beer is always ready for tasting. Rockin’ Root Beer and Heavy Lad Scotch ale are currently available -­‐ and Broadhead is on their 3rd beer of a 4 part experimental series. • Mash pot -­‐ Reused milk cooler from a dairy barn • Boil pot -­‐ Recycled from a US Army barrack kitchen regular guys who threw everything they had, which wasn’t much, into starting the company of their dreams. • Grain mill -­‐ Made from parts of a Mack transport truck steering rack *From: www.broadheadbeer.com/about-­‐us • Recycled wood and screws from their old cooler were used in making their grain hopper Water is heated with natural gas on demand and through the recycled milk chiller when cooling brew. It is then used for a second brew or to clean the brewery at the end of the day. The sparging arm -­‐ made to spin under water pressure at temperature – also powers the mash tun w ith hot water instead of hydro. Heat is reused from beer fermentation and pulled out through a closed loop cooling system made from an air conditioner and an old camping cooler. This heats the brewery that has no working furnaces. 71 Bank Street, Suite 6
Ottawa, ON
www.ottawaecodistrict.org
Broadhead Brewing Co. 81 Auriga Drive, Unit 13 Ottawa, ON, K2E 7Y5 613-­‐695-­‐9444 [email protected] broadheadber.com @BroadheadBeer @ott_ecodistrict