Flying Monkeys released in Ohio: 5 things to know about the Canadian craft brewery's offerings
COPLEY, Ohio - Flying Monkeys Brewery, one of the latest breweries to add Ohio to its distribution list, opened in 2005 in Barrie, Ontario. With a production of about 10,000 barrels annually, the brewery is about one-tenth the size of Great Lakes Brewing Co. Flying Monkeys beers are available in New York, Michigan and now Ohio.
Greater Cleveland had single-digit temperatures last Wednesday, when brewer Peter Chiodo and Co. were in town – balmy for the colorful, loquacious brewer who is passionate abut his craft. The thermometer that day had dropped to minus-12 in Barrie, a city of about 120,000 that sits on Lake Simcoe about 60 miles north of Toronto. Chiodo (pronounced kee-OH-doh) spoke about his favorite topic at Lizardville in Copley...