Charlotteville Brewing Company is a brewery farm rooted in craft, hospitality, and a deep respect for the land and community we’re part of.
What Guides Us
We believe great beer and food start with care — for the craft, the people behind it, and the land it comes from. Everything we do is rooted in authenticity, thoughtful hospitality, and a commitment to doing things the right way. We take pride in our work, stay curious, lead with warmth, and grow together as a team, creating a place where guests feel welcome, connected, and at ease.
Community & Industry
Recognition
2024
Silver – Ontario Brewing Awards – Scottish Ale category for ‘Fur Coat, No Knickers’
2023
Gold – Ontario Brewing Awards – Belgian Ale category for ‘En Garde!’ – Biere de Garde
Sustainable Tourism Certified Silver Business – granted by Green Step Solutions
2022
Amazing Places Designation – granted by Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation
Ontario Tourism Resiliency Award – granted by Tourism Industry Association of Ontario – Sustainability in Beverage Category
Green Leader Award – granted by Green Economy London – Green Project Implementation
Ontario Living Wage Employer – Certified by the Ontario Living Wage Network
2021
Bronze – Ontario Brewing Awards – Amber & Brown American Beer Category for ‘Wedgie Delight’
2020
Entrepreneur of the Year – granted by Norfolk County – Tourism & Economic Development
2019
Sustainable Tourism Ambassador Award – granted by Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation
We Pay
Living Wage
Living Wage Employers are responsible employers who care about their employees and the communities where they live and work. Paying a living wage is an investment in a skilled, healthy, and supported workforce—and in the long-term strength of the local economy.
From a beverage-sector perspective, we’re proud to be one of only six Ontario craft breweries recognized by the Ontario Living Wage Network. Across the province, more than 900 businesses are committed to paying a living wage, which in Norfolk County is currently $21.40 per hour.
A living wage is different from the provincially legislated minimum wage. It reflects the real cost of living in a community, and living wage employers voluntarily commit to meeting updated rates as they’re recalculated each year.
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Our Manifesto for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
The farm surrounding Charlotteville Brewing Company is organic in its activities and practices. The forests surrounding the farm is natural and defies simple definition, as it’s a complex ecosystem of organisms synergistically thriving at different times during the year. Nothing coming to our land is poisonous, toxic, or threatening to the environment or the people using it.
Putting this philosophy into practice, Melanie, Tim, nor any of the Charlotteville Team will differentiate people based on artificial lines. We will not make decisions using personality, skin tone, religious or spiritual tendencies, differing cognitive or physical abilities, sexual or gender orientations, or ethnic heritages as inputs. We are humans, working with humans, serving humans. Instead, we base decisions of business on minimizing negative environmental impact, and maximizing the personal growth of our customers, our employees, and ourselves.
Our goal is to always tread lightly. Respect everyone who walks in the door and celebrate the diversity that surrounds us everyday.
Our Land Acknowledgment
We acknowledge Indigenous peoples as the original caretakers of the land and waterways on which we live. We also acknowledge that we are located on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississauga’s of the Credit First Nation and the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples. We recognize and respect both the written and oral history of the Indigenous nations that continue to inhabit this beautiful land that sustains us all.
We are commit to the teachings of the Two Row Wampum and the One Dish One Spoon Wampum; and our duty to reconcile, learn more and create safe spaces for Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives to meet and discuss the issues that matter to everyone. We are committed to the continuous process of the dismantling of colonial approaches and supporting the diversity of Indigenous practices and cultural expression.