Muskoka Cottage Brewery

{{short description|Microbrewery in Ontario, Canada}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Muskoka Brewery

| logo = Muskoka Brewery logo.png

| caption =

| location = Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada

| owner = Muskoka Brewery Inc.

| key_people = Todd Lewin, President

| foundation = June 1996

| founders = Gary McMullen and Kirk Evans

| production =

| industry = Alcoholic drink

| products = Beer

| homepage = {{URL|http://www.muskokabrewery.com/}}

}}

Muskoka Brewery (formerly Muskoka Cottage Brewery) is a microbrewery founded in June 1996 as a part-time operation by Gary McMullen and Kirk Evans. By 2016, it had increased to 130 employees in a facility that is over {{cvt|70,000|sqft}} in size.{{cite news |last=Cooper |first=Brent |date=27 April 2016 |title=Muskoka Brewery, aged to perfection after 20 years |url=http://www.muskokaregion.com/news-story/6516137-muskoka-brewery-aged-to-perfection-after-20-years/ |newspaper=Bracebridge Examiner, Metroland |location=Bracebridge |access-date=26 January 2017}}

The company manufactures a line of beers, including Cream Ale, Mad Tom IPA, Dark, Craft Lager, Ebb & Flow, Detour and Shinnicked Stout. The products are sold at the brewery at 1964 Muskoka Beach Road, Bracebridge, Ontario, at select pubs and restaurants (in Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and Nova Scotia), and at The Beer Store and LCBO outlets.{{cite web |url=http://www.muskokabrewery.com/cream-ale.php |title=CREAM ALE |author= |date=2017 |website=Muskoka Brewery |access-date=26 January 2017 |quote=What started as a very small and dedicated team has quickly grown to a passionate band of craft beer lovers over 130 strong.}} According to Gary McMullen, "They’re almost entirely unfiltered ... made with natural ingredients, no preservatives and handcrafted to final perfection."{{cite web |url=http://www.tapsmagazine.com/craft-beer-in-cottage-country/ |title=CRAFT BEER IN COTTAGE COUNTRY |author= |date=7 November 2015 |website=Taps Magazine |publisher=Taps Media Inc. |access-date=26 January 2017 |quote=We make beers we love to drink, and there’s a real passion behind our story and our trade}}

The products have won many awards, most recently (2016) from The World Beer Championships, the Canadian Brewing Awards, and the US Open Beer Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.muskokabrewery.com/pdf/MBAwardsList.pdf |title=Awards List |author= |date=2017 |website=Muskoka Brewery |access-date=26 January 2017}} In early 2017, Muskoka Brewery was named one of Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures of 2016 by Waterstone Human Capital.{{cite news |last=Hartill |first=Mary Beth |date=12 January 2017 |title=Muskoka Brewery is officially in the top 10 of corporate cultures |url=http://www.muskokaregion.com/news-story/7057301-muskoka-brewery-is-officially-in-the-top-10-of-corporate-cultures/ |newspaper=Bracebridge Examiner, Metroland |location=Bracebridge |access-date=26 January 2017}} Muskoka Brewery is a member of the Ontario Craft Brewers Association.