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On an organic farm near Collingwood, Tim and Kimberley Schneider of Duntroon Cyder House grow heritage apple varieties, from Golden Russets to Empires, that yield complex, drier “cyders” (made and spelled English-style, reflecting where Tim learned the craft). Their heritage orchards, with deep roots and bush-style trees that get hand-shaken at harvest, produce fruit with more complex flavour, depth and acidity, he believes. As an engineer and de-carbonization expert, Tim is deeply concerned with sustainable practices, on the farm and beyond. Duntroon supports the long-term survival of local heritage apple orchards as “juice blocks,” buying their fruit for cider-making— and preserving Ontario’s agricultural legacy. Duntroon Cyder House Standing Rock LCBO 572594, 473 mL, $3.65

Left Field Brewery Greenwood IPA

LCBO 645416, 355 mL, $3.90

Ontario’s microbreweries are frequently anchors for their neighbourhoods, and many of them create collaboration beers to support charities or causes close to their hearts, annually or as one-offs. Mandie Murphy, co-founder of Toronto’s Left Field Brewery, has taken giving to the next level with Beer For Everybody, a year-round program of cause-inspired brews. “We believe that beer can be a very powerful tool to build community, and that it naturally brings people together and that we can use it to draw positive change. It’s about acting, rather than talking.” Sip one of Left Field’s brews to support good works, or contact your local Ontario craft beer makers to explore brewing support for a common cause. —By Jordan St. John Cheers to Beers for Good

BUBBLE ECONOMICS London’s Anderson Craft Ales is the first Ontario microbrewery to recycle CO 2 from brewing as carbonation. “It’s another step in our goal to be sustainable,” says president Gavin Anderson. The new technology should help the brewery reclaim 45,000 kilograms

of CO 2 —the equivalent work of 1,000 trees. Anderson IPA Mixed Six LCBO 34691, 6 pk, $16.34

THE WHOLE PACKAGE Removing plastic in packaging in favour of colourful lightweight cardboard is just one way that Ontario brewers are becoming more sustainable. –JSJ Refined Fool IPA Fun Box, 7th Edition LCBO 33198, 6 pk, $23.95

PORTRAIT COURTESY OF LEFT FIELD BREWERY

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