News

  • A note on COVID, negativity and moving forward

    by Troy Baxter
    We just wanted to take a minute to give you a little more info about who we are as people and as a business, which honestly, are one and the same....

  • The (formal) End of The Beer Store Distribution

    by Troy Baxter
      This is a long time coming for us. I think by now any of you who regularly bought our beer at The Beer Store (TBS) have probably realized that th...

  • Badlands Turns 2

    by Troy Baxter
    Turn Two So this blog is a little bit overdue. Not only has it been several months since our last post, but usually we would also post a blog abou...

  • Opening For Real: The Long Road to our “Bottle Shed”

    by Troy Baxter
      Disclaimer: I wrote a lot of words below so if you just want the basic, stripped down bottle shop details, scroll to the bottom. The Beginning ...

  • Digging Deeper into Our Exploratory Series: “Dora”

    by Troy Baxter
    In case you haven’t gotten the joke yet, yes, we named our exploratory series of beer after a children’s cartoon. It’s a pretty great show with cl...

  • Badlands Turns One

    by Troy Baxter
    Holy hell, it’s hard to believe it’s already been a year. I’m not actually sure what our exact birthday is because we never had a bottle shop open...

  • A Note on Grapes and Experimental Farming

    by Troy Baxter
    Last week we planted some wine grapes. Why would a brewery/cattle farm that largely grows hay and other cash crops plant wine grapes you ask? Beca...

  • Doubling Down & the Introduction of Through the Glass

    by Troy Baxter
    Doubling Down & the Introduction of Through the Glass The headline kind of says it all; we’ve decided to double down and release a second (and...

  • 150 Years of Farming

    by Troy Baxter
    150 Years of Farming The other week we got a very cool plaque in the mail (picture above). The plaque came from the Province of Ontario and its pu...

  • Let’s Play Monopoly: Listing With The Beer Store

    by Troy Baxter
    Getting Listed at the Beer Store Today is an exciting day for you “consume at home” type beer drinkers (I mean, aren’t we all that type of drinker...

  • Our First Wet Hopped Beer and a Note on Local Ingredients

    by Troy Baxter
    Today is an exciting day for us as we release our very first wet hopped pale ale! This is really the first beer we’ve released that drives at our u...

  • Being Half Open: Our First Beer

    by Troy Baxter
    August 15, 2017 Today is a very exciting day for us. After working tirelessly for some 16+ months we are officially half open! What does half open ...