Cape Breton Island, on Canada’s rugged East Coast, is known worldwide for being home to some of the friendliest people on the planet. It is also home to one of the friendliest breweries anywhere, namely, the family-owned and operated Breton Brewing Company. Breton’s website accurately explains that “Cape Breton has always been as harsh as it is beautiful, as barren as it is rich. Anything wondrous growing here does so more out of determination than fertile soil.” It was this determination to raise their families on Cape Breton Island and to pursue a career doing something they love that friends Bryan MacDonald, an engineer by trade, and Andrew Morrow, a high school teacher, decided to swing open the doors to Breton Brewing in 2015. The story begins about six years before that, when the two shared a passion for home-brewing. This led to info-vacations to breweries, asking questions and absorbing the craft beer culture. With no immediate competition in their corner of Cape Breton, MacDonald and Morrow decided to take the plunge and turn a hobby into a livelihood. Spotlight on Business spoke to the co-owners about brewing beer on Cape Breton Island, Breton Brewing Company’s fabulous beers, and the company’s family focus.
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SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • NOVEMBER 2017
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