The former Grand River Brewing building in Cambridge was taken over by Farm League Brewing.

The group consists of four friends: Collin McKinnon, Mike Mayo, Matt Boismier and Tyler Campbell. Earlier this year the group has been renovating the 108-year-old building and preparing the property for the Cambridge beer community.

“It was something that we talked about since high school, but we never had the opportunity to do it or we couldn’t connect the dots or had enough of a vision to do it,” McKinnon said. “COVID kind of pushed us to do it.”

The original concept was dreamt up to be housed at McKinnon’s family farm, but due to zoning issues, they boys decided this would be the better way to go. However, the name Farm League stuck as an homage to the industry and they people who make it what it is.  

After months of searching, McKinnon and his partners were contacted by an agent connected them with the sellers for the historic building on the south end of Cambridge.

The property wasn’t listed for sale publicly, but within five days of seeing the property, McKinnon and his crew made an offer. As luck would have it, a few weeks prior, the brewing equipment from Abe Erb Brewing in Kitchener became available, which Farm League snatched up in a heartbeat.

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