Bellwoods Brewery has held the first open house at its Hafis Road brewing facility, which started production earlier this summer.

The event was held at 20 Hafis Rd from 1 pm to 5 pm and was designed to introduce drinkers to the work the Bellswoods team has been working on this year.

They explained: “I can tell you that the first time I stepped into 20 Hafis Rd, after the tanks and brewhouse had arrived, I literally (yes I actually mean ‘literally’) felt my heart rate exceed normal beats per minute (the thought did occur to me that had I been elderly, I might have had a full-blown heart attack).

“The size and scope of the equipment there made our Ossington brewpub set up look like a Fisher Price toy kitchen, and I finally understood why ordering that scissor lift was very very necessary.”

The open house was a chance to see the new facility, to take a look at its new fermentation tanks, growing barrel program, Canadian made brewhouse from NSI, and its new bottling line.

Bellwoods’ Hafis Rd. site has a tasting room license that allows people to purchase 12 and 8 oz pours by the glass.

The Hafis Rd. open house also coincided with the release of Bounty Hunter and Farmageddon #11, which will be available at its Ossington bottle shop.