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One Great City Brewing Co. 1596 Ness Avenue • ogcbrewingco.com Another great brewery with equally great food, OGC's large room—which features no shortage of local reclaimed wood and seating for 135, with an additional 50 on the patio—is conveniently located just steps from CF Polo Park, the city's largest shopping centre. Oxus Brewing Company 1180 Sanford Street • oxusbrewing.com Oxus owner/brewer Sean Shoyoqubov moved to Winnipeg from Tajikistan in 2011, before opening the brewery in 2017. Over the past five years, its lineup has grown exponentially, with a number of interesting varieties. Patent 5 Distillery 108 Alexander Avenue • patent5.ca A classy joint if there ever was one, Patent 5's room in the Theatre District features an all-reclaimed, circa-1908 wood interior and bar from the St. Regis Hotel. They use Manitoba wheat and barley to produce both vodka and vapour-infused gins and their craft cocktails has seen them land on Canada's 50 best bars list. Sookram's Brewing Co. 479-B Warsaw Avenue • sookrams.com Sookram's hoppy numbers have placed them as a choice brewery by other local breweries, with beers like the MacGuffin California Common and Cosmos Dry Hopped Sour getting rave reviews. Stone Angel Brewing Co. 9-1875 Pembina Highway • stoneangelbrewing.com "You'll Never Walk Alone" from this spacious taproom on south Pembina that is Winnipeg's best spot to watch Liverpool play. It's also an ideal spot for fans of Canadian football and soccer, as the brewery is a short walk from IG Field—home of the CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers and CPL's Valour FC. Great ciders along with a huge patio that seats 100. Torque Brewing 330-830 King Edward Street • torquebrewing.beer For the past five years Torque has done it all—from winning multiple awards, to providing space for numerous breweries to develop within its huge facility, to even creating a robot bartender for a day. Trans Canada Brewing Co. 1-1290 Kenaston Boulevard • tcb.beer One of the city's largest breweries, Trans Canada has been growing strong since 2016, using fun things like French oak foeders for specialty-aged brews, while maintaining a strong lineup of core pours and seasonal numbers. Great pizza onsite. Vessel Beer 125 Pacific Avenue • vessel.beer This niche operation within Nonsuch celebrates unique beers that are paired with the work of local artists. They also make specialty beers for events and venues like The Times Change(d) High and Lonesome Club's Blue Note Park. Winnipeg Brew Werks 1180 Sanford Street • wbw.beer Brewing within Oxus Brewing Company, this operation specializes in German and European brews like its traditional pilsner along with a slowly expanding impressive portfolio that includes a rotbier and doppelbock that is cold cellared for months. Torque Brewing, photo by Tyler Walsh 16 tourismwinnipeg.com 2023 WINNIPEG VISITOR'S GUIDE BREWERIES & DISTILLERIES

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