Beverages

Wine, Beer, Cider & Spirits

Although the vines are dormant during the winter months, there’s no better time to savour the fruits of our local vineyards’ labours.  Award-winning whites, reds, rosés, winter wines and ciders just taste better on a cold winter’s day in front of a fire.  Pair up your favourite with a sampling of cheese and mmmm….Nirvana!  Leave the driving to the Beer Bus and the Brew Bus, which offer a variety of tours that include breweries and wineries in the South Georgian Bay area, Barrie, Orillia and other areas in the region.

More Tour Info 

• Snowshoeing and Wine Tasting (with Free Spirit Tours)
• Apple Pie Trail’s “Chilly Season Adventures”
• Blue Mountain & Collingwood Adventure Tours
• Collingwood Craft Beverage Tour (self-guided)

 

Wineries

Sip and savour a delicious glass of wine at one of BruceGreySimcoe’s four wineries.  Book a tour and tasting, attend a special event or snowshoe through the vines before warming up in the tasting room to sample wine and goodies.  If you love craft cider, you’re in for a treat – most of these wineries produce their own cider, too. 
 

• Georgian Hills Vineyards
• Coffin Ridge Boutique Winery
• Heritage Estate Winery & Cidery
• The Roost (Closed for the winter but you can order online anytime)

 

Breweries

What can we say?  We LOVE our beer!  The craft brewery industry is growing by leaps and bounds in BruceGreySimcoe.  No matter where you are in the region, you can enjoy a local brew at a restaurant, pub, a brewpub or the brewery itself.  Many of these are now available at the LCBO and can be ordered online, too.
 
Need more info on the BruceGreySimcoe beer scene? Read our blog post, “Why beer is better in BruceGreySimcoe”.
 

BruceGreySimcoe Breweries

• Neustadt Springs Brewery
• Maclean’s Ales
• Grey Matter Beer Company
• Three Sheets Brewing
• Outlaw Brew Co.
• Tobermory Brewing Company & Grill
• Mudtown Station
• Thornbury Craft Co. Cider & Brew House
• Collingwood Brewery
• Side Launch Brewing Company
• Northwinds Brew House & Kitchen
• Northwinds Brewpub - Blue Mountain Village
• Black Bellows Brewing Company
• Creemore Springs Brewery
• Barnstormer Brewing Company
• Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
• Wasaga Beach Brewing Company
• Couchiching Craft Brewing Co.
• Horseshoe Valley Craft Brewing Co.
• Quayle's Brewery
• Test Batches Brewery

 
 

Cideries

With an apple-rich region located within our borders, it’s no wonder that the number of craft cider producers is aiming to keep pace with our breweries!  Crisp and refreshing, cider lovers can source these bevvies locally, in various LCBOs or, in some cases, order online direct from the cidery.
 

Our Cideries

 

• Duxbury Cider 
• Thornbury Craft Co. Cider & Brew House
• Grey & Gold Cider Company
• Reinhart’s Red Apple Light Cider
• Windswept Orchard Cider
• Heritage Estate Winery and Cidery 
• Ardiel Cider House
• Spy Cider House and Distillery  

Wineries That Produce Cider

 

• Coffin Ridge Boutique Winery
• Georgian Hills Vineyards
• Heritage Estate Winery and Cidery

 
 

Whisky, Gin & Vodka

 

With the crisp and fresh water of Georgian Bay as an ingredient, it’s no wonder the spirits produced here have a quintessential Canadian flavour, namely Canadian Mist and Collingwood Whisky.  The award-winning gin and vodka from the Georgian Bay Spirit Co. sources its water from Springwater Township.  Their two “smash” beverages – Georgian Bay Gin Smash and Georgian Bay Vodka Smash – are both refreshing and popular. Heretic Spirits, craft distillers of award-winning vodka and gin, are South Georgian Bay's first craft distillery. Find their products in their online store or in select LCBOs.
 
Beattie’s Distillers is a unique “farm to bottle” distillery, creating their Farm-Crafted Potato Vodka from their very own potatoes grown on their family farm in Alliston.  This family has been potato farmers for over 100 years and are the first craft distillery in Ontario to produce premium potato vodka.  Continually updating their product line, they have also created Sweet Potato Vodka, Strawberry Vodka, Blueberry & Lemongrass Vodka, Potato Gin and Poitin, an Irish-style potato moonshine. Distilling and bottling are done on-site.  
 
All of the above spirits can be found at the LCBO – if not at your local store, many producers now have online stores or visit the LCBO website where you can order online.