Steam Whistle Brewing
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| Steam Whistle Brewing | |
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 The Steam Whistle Brewing building. |
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| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Owner | Greg Taylor, Cam Heaps and Greg Cromwell (independent) |
| Year opened | 1998 |
| Annual production | 7500 hectolitres |
| Active Beers | |
| Steam Whistle | pilsner |
Steam Whistle Brewing is a brewery in Toronto, Ontario. The company produces a premium pilsner lager packaged in distinctive green glass bottles. They only use four natural ingredients: spring water, hops, barley, and yeast. In 2004, Steam Whistle Pilsner was voted best beer in Toronto at the Golden Tap Awards.
The three founders are former employees of Upper Canada Brewing Company before it was bought by Sleeman's. The original name for the beer was going to be "Three Fired Guys" since they were all fired from Upper Canada Brewing Company when it was purchased by Sleeman. However, they choose Steam Whistle because they felt that gave the image of the steam rushing from a factory's whistles signaling the end of a work day. Near the bottoms of their bottles the letters 3FG are written in raised lettering as a sort of inside joke.
Steam Whistle beer is sold in Ontario at The Beer Store and the LCBO.
The brewery is located within a building known as the John St. Roundhouse. Built in 1929 it was previously the home of a Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive repair facility. It is located within walking distance of the Rogers Centre and the CN Tower (just south of the Tower).
A similar roundhouse, the Spadina Roundhouse, owned by Canadian National Railway was torn down to make way for the SkyDome (now Rogers Centre).
