Thunder Bay just saw its fifth addition of craft breweries hit the city. Two weeks ago, The Lakehead Beer Company opened its doors to customers.

“If people want to look and say, ‘Oooh, you got more competition,’ I don’t think that’s true.” said Kevin Brewer, GM of Sleeping Giant Brewing Co, the largest brewing company in the city. “I think now you have more variety for the consumer and they can try a beer from a different craft brewery.”

Sleeping Giant has been in business for nearly a decade, yet, Brewer said there are still people that walk through the doors and say they didn’t know there was a brewery in Thunder Bay.

Lakehead Beer is run by Lucas Goerzen and Angus Reid and both used to work at Sleeping Giant.

There are now five craft beer companies in business which makes marketing a craft beer tour a real possibility. 

“When I’ve gone to a city and I only have so many hours in a day, I want to see as many breweries as I can,” said Brewer..

“And now there are five options for visiting people who come to Thunder Bay. That’s two days that you could spend trying, sampling, educating yourself or just enjoying Thunder Bay as a whole,” he said. 

“You could buy their beer and then go hiking on the Sleeping Giant as well, or any of the numerous trails.”

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Photos courtesy of The Lakehead Beer Co./Instagram and Gord Ellis/CBC