Brewed in the Family

The Keefe family’s ties to hospitality trace back to the Irish immigrants who landed in Prince Edward Island in 1835 and ran taverns out of their homestead, through the scrappy Halifax pub scene, to the Granite Brewery in Toronto and its role in Canada’s craft beer revolution. Brewed in the Family is Ron Keefe’s account of that journey. Part family memoir, part social history, part love letter to the art of brewing, this book follows the Keefes from the rolling farms of Kinkora, PEI to the storied barrooms of Halifax, to uptown Toronto – through recessions, Robbie Burns nights, countless weddings, and even a murder. For anyone who has ever pulled up a stool at the Granite, loved a good pint or a good story, or simply wondered what it takes to keep a small, independent place alive through nearly forty years of change – Brewed in the Family is for you.