Calgary-based Big Rock Brewery marked Toronto Beer Week with the opening of its new brewery in Ontario.

Visitors last weekend were given the chance to look inside our its brewhouse, meet its Ontario Brewmaster, Connor K. Patrick, as well as its Head Brewmaster, Paul Gautreau.

There was also the opportunity to taste some of its signature beers, take part in brewery tours, as well as indulge in beer samples, food and live music.

They added: “Big Rock Brewery founder Ed McNally, a retired lawyer and hobby farmer, had a vision to create a craft brewery long before there was even such a term, way back in 1985.

“Fast forward 30 years later, and we are now proud to have breweries in Vancouver, Calgary, and Etobicoke – making us one of Canada’s largest, independent, and true craft brewers.

“We craft our beer with our brewmasters’ skill and imagination, utilizing local ingredients and innovative processes, all rooted in Ed’s original passion for excellence and in doing things differently and better.”