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We couldn't tour the Old Mill Brewery, the Ale Trail's tiniest, because it had just closed to make room for a hotel. Its operations have been taken over by Oakville's Trafalgar Brewing Company, which intends to keep making and distributing the beers. In the meantime, Old Mill's products had all but vanished from the taps in the brewery's historic hometown of Elora. The first pub we visited had just run out. The next establishment, the historic Elora Mill Inn, still had Paddy's Irish Red, which we drank to the accompaniment of the Grand River rushing past the dining room window. Ale Trail organizers are scrambling to find a substitute venue for Old Mill's products for the year's remaining open houses. For an update, check their website.
There's more to come on the Ale Trail. In the next article, we'll go to Guelph, Ontario, and drop in on craft breweries, old and new.
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