JULY 2019 BRANTFORD | BRANT SIX NATIONS FREE EVENT GUIDE PAGES 11-13 PRODUCING QUALITY SUSTAINABLE CRAFT BEER STORY PAGE 3 LIVE MUSIC EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ALL ROADS LEAD HERE 190 King George Road Brantford, Ontario (519) 304-7625 BSCENE FOOD SCENE Le Chocolat du Savoie page 5 BSCENE MUSIC SCENE The Desert Plains page 7 YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD EXPERTS page 8 - 9 A LOOK BACK Brantford in the 1990’s page 18 - 19 BCHSF CELEBRATES Local Families Show Spirit of Philanthropy FIVE YEARS! page 21 BE SEEN WITH BSCENE Story Page 3 pages 15, 16, 22 & 23 Brantford Farmers’ Market Food tastes better when it’s fresh! Stop by this summer and experience our farm fresh avours. 50+ vendors including a wide variety of local foods in a unique shopping atmosphere. Fresh produce is now available from our outdoor stalls. Start your weekend o right by visiting the Farmers’ Market, Brantford’s favourite meeting place! Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm I Saturday: 7:00 am - 2:00 pm 79 Icomm Drive 519-752-8824 /Brantford Farmers’ Market Farmers’ ––––––––Market––––––– 2 Entertainment & Community Guide BE SEEN WITH JULY 2019 Vol. 5, Edition 10 BScene is a local Entertainment & Community Guide, showcasing the #BRANTastic features of Brantford, Brant and Six Nations through engaging content and with the Best Event Guide in our BSCENE community. BScene is distributed free, every month through key community partners throughout Brantford, Brant and Six Nations. BScene has a local network of over 500 distribution points including local advertisers, retail outlets, dining establishments, and community centres. For a complete list, please insidethis issue BSCENE AROUND visit bscene.ca As a community paper and forum for sharing Mash Paddle Brewing Co. thoughts and experiences, the views expressed 3 in the magazine are not necessarily those of the Marks 5 Year Anniversary Publisher, Editor, other contributors, advertisers or TOWN IN JUNE distributors unless otherwise stated. Our Kitchen Brantford 4 BScene is wholly owned and published by Jason Freeze. All content © 2019 and all rights to BSCENE Food Scene distribution are reserved by BScene. 5 ADVERTISING Le Chocolat du Savoie BScene distributes 10,000 copies to over 500 drop locations throughout Brantford, Brant and BSCENE Music Scene Six Nations each month. BScene also publishes 7 unique online content throughout each month The Desert Plains as well as providing the Best Event Guide in the community. We have an engaged and dedicated readership who are invested in experiencing what Your Neighbourhood Experts 8 - 9 our community has to offer. Hilary Wrathall For advertising inquiries, please contact: 9 Jason Freeze Peak Alliance Realty 226-802-2299 [email protected] BSCENE Puzzles • Sudoku 11 The BSCENE Team JULY EVENT GUIDE 11 - 13 OWNER, PUBLISHER County of Brant Public Library 14 Jason Freeze ([email protected]) Downtown Brantford 14 DESIGNER Josef Stevens (acmedesign.ca) Be Seen with BSCENE 15 - 16 LEAD REPORTER Good Health Hypnosis 17 Yvonne Van De Wiele-Cooper Photo by Mercasa Staff by Photo COLUMNISTS A Look Back - The 1990’s pt 6 18 - 19 Congratulations to Tom and his team at Mercasa Little Italy Eatery on celebrating their 1st Anniversary last month! Heidi Hopf Jack Jackowetz SKiP Brantford Burst 2019 20 BSCENE’s RECYCLING PROGRAM PHOTOGRAPHERS Habitat for Humanity 20 The BSCENE paper stays local and supports local endeavours as Jason Freeze BCHSF • Local Families Show much as possible. Our publication was printed locally at Ricter Web EVENT GUIDE COORDINATOR / 21 Spirit of Philanthropy Printer for years. After its closing, we chose McLaren Press Graphics in GRAPHIC DESIGN Edith Freeze ([email protected]) Gravenhurst, a family owned business. From there, we distribute locally Be Seen with BSCENE 22 - 23 to many businesses and organizations within our grand community. Then DELIVERIES Bruce Freeze at the end of the month, we’ll collect any left over papers for recycling. Bruce Hall These papers are recycled through a special fundraising program with EVENT GUIDE LISTING A member of the Brantford-Brant Chamber of Commerce and Sydenham-Heritage United Church and Hartmanns Canada. Hartmann’s [email protected] the Paris and District Chamber of Commerce is a local egg carton manufacturer located in Holmedale that turns COVER the papers into egg cartons, which are sold back to you at the store. Photo Jason Freeze. The money raised through this fundraising program gets sent back to Sydenham-Heritage United Church to be used in their Green programs for sustainable upgrades. BSCENE prides itself on supporting local whenever we can. Largest Selection of High Quality Eyewear at Reasonable Prices Brantford’s ONLY Same Day Service A Family Run 10 King George Road & Home Hardware Plaza Locally Owned Business Brantford for Over 25 Years 519-752-5456 www.optichouse.ca Mon. - Wed. 9 - 6 | Thurs. 9 - 8 | Fri. 9 - 6 | Sat. 9:30 - 2 JULY 2019 3 Photos: Jason Freeze Photos: YVONNE VAN DE WIELE-COOPER email [email protected] roundtablepr.com eddy Scholten isn’t quite sure where his Tpassion for quality beer came from, but thinks it Submitted Photos may somehow stem from his Dutch/Irish heritage. Like many, he began sampling suds while attending university and being a bit of a foodie, he began trying different brews. “But then I began to realize some of the beers I was drinking weren’t even beer, but pretty much sugar water turned into carbonated alcohol,” he said. Scholten, who originally hails from Bright’s Grove near Sarnia, was living and studying fire protection engineering in Toronto, when he started to experience different cultures, foods and beverages. The work Scholten was studying Mash Paddle Brewing Co. focused on heat transfer and chemistry. “With the experience of living in Toronto and marks 5 year anniversary taking fire protection engineering, we kind of got geeky with our beer. Basically the physics behind Award winning Brantford brewery finds success with local resources engineering helped us create really neat vessels and ways to make beer. We understood it in a while looking at more affordable home prices in Every other Saturday there’s live music at the different dynamic,” he said. Brantford, he learned about the Artisans’ Village brewery/pub, while on Sundays there’s a “vinyl in West Brant, which would ultimately become the vibe” with records spinning on the turntable. home of Mash Paddle Brewery Co. When a new beer is launched on a Saturday Hard work, perseverance and a steady focus on afternoon, the space gets extra busy with patrons their mandate “to be a quality craft brewery” has seated not far from the large metal vats where the resulted in success. brewing magic happens. Teddy Scholten along with head brewer Matt Buzanko have been brewing hand crafted small batches of beer for the past five years and they can now boast “award winning” status. In 2018 they took silver at the Ontario brewing awards for their “North Strong Winter Warmer.” Selections for sale at the brewery and speakeasy style bar include; unnamed pale ale, Dutchman’s For years, Scholten and his pals would discuss the Alt and Citranatti Bengal which as the name dream of their own brewery, while sitting around suggests, has a citrusy flavour. camp fires and social gatherings. Scholten says Brantford’s water is ideal for their Meantime the grinding, daily commute from stout beer which also has hints of coffee and The Mash Paddle recipe for success has been Hamilton to Toronto for work, made him realize he chocolate. In fact, almost everything Mash Paddle simple, much like their mission statement; “utilizing didn’t want to be one of those people that talks uses to brew beer, is sourced from the best quality local resources while producing quality sustainable about hating their job. That’s when his girlfriend suppliers. “The best ingredient for beer is the craft beer.” people you’re sharing it with,” says Scholten. Nicole, now his wife, encouraged him to get the Mash paddle Brewing Co. is located at 111 needed training to realize his dream. Although Mash Paddle offers cheeses, meats and Sherwood Drive, Unit 4 in Brantford’s, West So, he left his secure profession and dove into other snacks to munch while sipping, Scholten Brant neighbourhood. Hours of operation are beer so to speak, taking his training at the Seibel is pleased the city of Brantford has allowed food Wednesday through Sunday noon to 8 p.m. Institute of Technology in Chicago, which focuses trucks into the area, allowing patrons a broader on brewing science. “Quite an interesting course if choice. For more info, check out: you love beer and of course I did,” he said. Along with pints and smaller servings, large 600 mashpaddlebrewing.com With the support of family of friends, he attempted milliliter “growlers” and smaller refillable bottles are to start the first craft brewery in Hamilton, but available for sale to take home. And Mash Paddle facebook instagram mashpaddlebrewingco red tape and high costs stood in the way. Then, beers are also available on tap at several other local establishments. Specializing in All your BBQ needs! 403 Fairview Dr. 519-752-3151 www.strodes.ca 4 Entertainment & Community Guide LOTS OF FUN & FOOD AT OUR KITCHEN BRANTFORD The Artisan Eats lunches happens every Monday to Friday from 11am until about 2pm. Plus there are still the 'meals to go' until 6pm. This is a great way to sample the different flavours that the members have to offer, plus 20 Roy Blvd. Unit #34 Brantford JASON FREEZE you can take the day off from cooking! 519-757-6527 ourkitchenbrantford.ca The Our Kitchen Brantford team is also OurKitchenBrantford.ca gearing up to host more Night Market OurKitchenBrantford facebook events too.
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