Les Brasseurs du Nord ''(The Brewers of/from the North)'' is a
brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of b ...
just north of Montreal, in
Blainville, Quebec
Blainville () is a suburb of Montreal located on the North Shore in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Blainville forms part of the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality within the Laurentides region of Quebec. The town sits at the foo ...
, Canada.
History
Founded in 1987 by three students at the
UQAM (Laura Urtnowski, and brothers Bernard and Jean Morin), who paid their way through school selling home-made beer, and then decided to try their hand at establishing a commercial brewery. Thanks to a small loan, the company was established. The students loaded their first four
keg
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s in the back of the family
Subaru
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and went looking for their first client. They managed to convince four bars in Montreal to carry the brew, and the resulting surge in demand helped the company expand several times. The resulting company account for just over 1% of the total beer sales in the province of Quebec (their products are not sold outside Quebec).
The company was named after the
Aurora Borealis
An aurora ( aurorae or auroras),
also commonly known as the northern lights (aurora borealis) or southern lights (aurora australis), is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly observed in high-latitude regions (around the Arc ...
, and the label features a polar bear above the word Boréale. It brewed the first amber style beer in Quebec. They currently brew six ale-type beers: Boréale Rousse (launched in 1988), Boréale Blonde (launched in 1990), Boréale Cuivrée, Boréale Noire, Boréale Dorée and Boréale Blanche and recently a new beer, Boréale IPA (launched in 2012). Current production is over 100,000 hL.
Products
The company produces seven main brands of beer. and a few others.
See also
*
Beer in Quebec
Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grain—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used. The grain is mashed to convert starch in the gra ...
*
Beer in Canada
Beer was introduced to Canada by European settlers in the seventeenth century. The first commercial brewery was La Brasseries du Roy started by New France Intendant Jean Talon, in Québec City in 1668. Many commercial brewers thrived until pr ...
References
;Sources
* D'eer, Mario. (2003,2005) Atlas mondial de la bière, Edition révisée. Trécarré, p. 235.
official company website* http://archives.radio-canada.ca/economie_affaires/consommation/clips/1359-8205/
brief biography of the founders of the company
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Canadian beer brands
Beer brewing companies based in Quebec
Companies based in Quebec
Blainville, Quebec
Food and drink companies established in 1987