After nearly 10 years at Abbey Gardens, Haliburton Highlands Brewing is making a move to what co-owner Jewelle SchiedelWebb describes as “the busiest intersection in Haliburton County.”
She and co-owner, Michael Schiedel-Webb, recently announced the move to Carnarvon on social media. They have closed the operation in West Guilford and plan to re-open in the spring, just down the road from the intersection of Hwy. 35 and 118.
They have purchased the building that now houses Highland Leisure at 15543 Hwy. 35 in Algonquin Highlands and receivied rezoning approval from that council in December.
Jewelle said, “we are approaching our 10th anniversary this year. As one does, thinking about the future, because we lease our space at Abbey Gardens, if we could ever have a home of our own, where would we want it to be? What would we want it to look like? Having the opportunity to have our own space in Carnarvon, which is the busiest intersection in the County, was something when it came on the market at the very end of September, we just couldn’t pass up.”
With the rezoning, allowing them to operate in the location, approved Dec. 14, Jewelle said, “we were pretty excited to be able to go forward with our plan.”
With the rezoning, allowing them to operate in the location, approved Dec. 14, Jewelle said, “we were pretty excited to be able to go forward with our plan.”
They are planning to renovate the front of the existing building for their retail component, and ultimately install a kitchen and bathrooms to be able to serve beer and food.
They are planning to renovate the front of the existing building for their retail component, and ultimately install a kitchen and bathrooms to be able to serve beer and food.
They are planning to renovate the front of the existing building for their retail component, and ultimately install a kitchen and bathrooms to be able to serve beer and food.
In the meantime, Jewelle said they will do small system brewing until the big tanks are installed. They are also working with another brewery to augment production during the transition. Their beer is available at outlets across the Highlands.
Jewelle said it is huge undertaking requiring a coordinated effort.
“We’re excited about it. I think there’s a lot of opportunity. It will be a more visible and higher traffic area with more indoor seating. The snowmobile trail is right there and I think it will really augment our winter business as well.”
“We’re excited about it. I think there’s a lot of opportunity. It will be a more visible and higher traffic area with more indoor seating. The snowmobile trail is right there and I think it will really augment our winter business as well.”
“We’re excited about it. I think there’s a lot of opportunity. It will be a more visible and higher traffic area with more indoor seating. The snowmobile trail is right there and I think it will really augment our winter business as well.”
“We were part of the initial incubator model at Abbey Gardens, which has been a great experience for us and got us on our feet, which we very much appreciate. I think as we transition to a new space, hopefully that provides an opportunity for another business or maybe a couple of different businesses to utilize the space and have the same opportunity to bring another new, fresh, business opportunity into the County through that incubator model.”
Michael and Jewelle Schiedel-Webb of Haliburton Highlands Brewing are looking forward to moving the business to Carnarvon.
