A Look Back at 2025

A Look Back at 2025

Looks like we all survived the December deep freeze, and can finally step outside without our warmest jackets, toques and mitts… though there’s still the problem of where to move all the snow? 

We hope 2025 was a great year for you all.  It sure was a year to remember for Winterlong! Check out some highlights below:

 

  • We celebrated our 10th Anniversary!  It was our biggest party ever, with over 500 people attending throughout the day.  We hosted 4 bands, 3 food trucks and released 3 anniversary beers.  Does everyone remember that amazing tequila barrel-aged sour? Thank you for all the support we’ve received over the last decade!  Check out the blog post about turning 10 years old!

 

  • Our brewers were busy, brewing 142 beers —> over 260,400 L of beer!    Our tasting room staff poured over 27,500 pints and filled the beer fridge with over 33,000 4-packs.

 

  • Weekend Warrior IPA took over as our top seller in can sales and in pints!  Don’t worry Pingo you’re still a favourite to many.

 

  • We brewed our first Light Lagers – Skeeter Lager and Big Bear Lager (brewed exclusively for Big Bear Liquor Store and Eatery).  Who knew we’d get sick of IPAs once in a while and crave something the complete opposite! 

 

  • We participated in a trans-Canada beer collaboration and brewed Glorious & Free IPA!  The goal was to brew the IPA with 100% Canadian-grown ingredients and to ensure some of the sales go to a good cause that helps protect the social fabric of Canada.  Read more here.  Sales from the beer helped us raise over $1,100 for EGALE Canada a non-profit that works to improve the lives of 2SLGBTQI individuals and makes our world a more equitable and accepting place.  

 

  • The women of Winterlong participated in our 6th annual Pink Boots Brew Day and released the annual Witch Craft on International Women's Day.  And we raised over $2,172 for Yukon women’s organizations. 

 

  • We hosted the 2nd annual local brewers caskival at Winterlong this spring. It was thankfully a sunny day with 6 casks to enjoy from the three local breweries. 

 

  • We received government funding to purchase a CO2 reclamation system to help us harness the CO2 produced during the brewing process that would otherwise be lost to the atmosphere. We'll be installing it this year.

 

What’s in store for 2026 – well we’ll keep on keeping on, bringing your favourite brews and more to the Yukon and hopefully beyond.

Big thanks to all of you for the support and to our staff for their hard work!  It's more important than ever to support local and Canadian!