Everyone who knows me, knows that I love my dog very much. It’s true. My Sophie is my furchild and she loves to go wherever I go. But unlike some places in the world, there aren’t a lot of dog-friendly places to go to.
But there are some breweries in Hamilton that are dog-friendly and the wonderful staff at these places welcome them with lots of pets, water and if your four-legged friends sit pretty, they may even get a treat! Here are some popular stops around the area.
Sophie sitting pretty for a treat at Collective 
COLLECTIVE ARTS BREWING – 207 Burlington St., Hamilton
Collective Arts Brewing opened its Hamilton location in 2013 and was founded by Matt Johnston and Bob Russell. Their mission is to “combine the craft of brewing with inspired talents of emerging artists, musicians, photographers and filmmakers.”
They have over 10 different beers on tap for you to try. And what’s great about their beers that it’s canned with feature artists’ artwork. This popular beer joint also offer beer tours around their brewery and have weekly entertainment and events.
Most popular beers: Life in the Clouds and Ransack The Universe (Although there taps/ beers are changing, these 2 are part of their “core” lineup.)
My Favourites: Bails & Cranberry Gose; Raspberry Dry Hopped Sour; Guave Gose
FAIRWEATHER BREWING COMPANY – 5 Ofield Rd., Unit #1 – Hamilton
Opened in May 2017, this brewery is located in west Hamilton’s Ainslie Woods area, very close to McMaster University. Besides having a tap room and bottle shop, they have plenty of space to hold special events.
In their tap room, they normally offer 7 beers on tap and plenty of bottled beers in their fridge.
Most popular beers: Dream Pops (Their beer lineup is always changing, so you will need to check with them to see if Dream Pops is available)
My favourites: Home Free; Beki; Wild Vanessa
GRAIN AND GRIT BEER CO. – 11 Ewen Rd., Hamilton
Founded by Joe & Lindsay, this brewery was in the works for years, but finally opened their doors back in October 2017. Also located in the west Hamilton’s Ainslie Woods area, it is just steps away from Fairweather.
They normally have 8 different beers on tap. Most are special releases and are only available for a limited time only.
Most popular beer: In The Palms with Guava
My favourites: Cherry Picker Sour; Love Drug Nut Porter; Play Thing
Other places that are dog-friendly in the Hamilton area are Shawn & Ed Brewing Co. and Clifford Brewing.
Depending on the city that you are in, most cities that I have been to there are plenty of dog-friendly breweries.
So next time you are looking to go do something with your furry loved ones, why not take them to one of your local brewery and have a pint!
Cheers!
Aw! I’m glad the breweries allow dogs! I wasn’t sure if they would! That’s why I loved Scotland- dogs allowed everywhere, in every pub. They deserve a night out too!
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I know right. I went to Keswick U.K. a couple of years ago and visited a pub called Dog & Gun. Went to the bathroom and it took me 20 mins to get back to my table cause I was saying hi to every dog in there.
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I love this! Will definitely be stealing my friends’ dogs to go to these breweries!
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Love it
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Now that I’m a dog-mom, I paid more attention… I found that Shawn & Ed Brewery in Dundas is ALSO a dog-friendly brewery! They even put out water bowls for the doggos 🙂
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They have a great place. Haven’t been there in a long time.
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Its absolutely beautiful inside. It would actually make a great venue for events as well.
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Thanks. Your post comes at a good time as I am just organizing a Sunday at the Hamilton breweries for a group of us. Good to know the ones that are dog friendly as our Lilly hates staying home.
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It’s nice to be able to bring our furchildren out to these adventures!
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