Sudbury's brewery scene pours out another addition: Forty Six North Brewing Company to open this spring.

• Date: 01 April 2019
• Author: McKinley, Karen

Graham Orser has a pretty simple to-do list for his business plans.

1. Build brewery.

2. Make beer.

3. Drink beer.

And after seven months of renovations to the new home of Sudbury's latest brewery, Forty Six North Brewing Company, he can say stage one is almost complete and will be making beer very soon.

"I got the tanks and I'm hoping to be making beer in the next week or so," he said in an interview at the soon-to-be brewery and tasting room at 1275 Kelly Lake Road in the city's south end.

"We will focus for now on about four beers I think people will like, and go from there."

That's exactly how he wants to keep it. Simple, homey and welcoming with a focus on brewing beer.

The name is an homage to the longitude and latitude location of Sudbury on a map, 46.5221 degrees north, 80.9530 degrees west.

Orser acquired the space, an old industrial office next door to a city water treatment plant, and has been gutting and building it to suit his needs and business plan.

The business encompasses 5,000 square feet for the brewing and bottling of beer, re; tail and bar space, where people can have 12-ounce samples and purchase bottles and growlers.

"Everything else is literally built for nothing," Orser said. "We got lumber for...