Whitehorse's Winterlong Brewing beer now available by the bottle
'We've been flat out making as much beer as we can,' says brewmaster-owner Marko Marjanovic
Yukon's fledgling brewery has taken a big step, now offering its liquid gold by the bottle.
"We've been flat out making as much beer as we can," says Marko Marjanovic of Winterlong Brewing Co.
He and his wife Meghan opened shop six months ago, selling beer by the growler from their nano-brewery in Mount Sima, a subdivision 15 minutes from downtown Whitehorse.
The refillable bottles sold so well, the couple had to shut down for a couple of weeks at one point so they could brew more beer.
Having overcome that hurdle, they're now ordering bottle caps by the pallet.
"I've never seen so many in my life," said Marjanovic about receiving 100,000 bottle caps — the minimum order.
The couple have shipping containers to store all of their newly-acquired bottles.
The move to bottling will allow the couple to get their beer out to a wider range of people, but in what is perhaps a mark of their passion, the Marjanovics chose not to bottle their most popular sellers.
Instead, they're "filling niches of styles that don't exist" and offering some of their personal favourites: two India Pale Ales, a pale ale and a smoked stout. The beer is available through the Yukon Liquor Corporation and at some restaurants and bars in Whitehorse.
"Reception was really quick," says Marjanovic.
The Whitehorse Liquor Store sold 300 of the 650 ml bottles in the first two days.