b'MICROBREWERIESPERFECTING THEIR CRAFT By Gavin JohnT h e r e s b e e n a n u p s u r g e i n m i c r o b r e w e r i e s a c r o s s C a n a d aa n d t w o I n d i g e n o u s c o m p a n i e s a r e m a k i n g t h e i r m a r k i n t h i s v i b r a n t s e c t o rT he last decade has witnessed aprofoundtransformationin the Canadian brewery industry: arelaxationofgovernment regulations that once dictated a minimum batch size has resulted in an explosion of craft breweries across the country. Since 2016, the number of licensed breweries in Canada has doubled from just under 600 to over 1,200,andIndigenousparticipation is becoming a significant part of this rapidly expanding industry. Red Tape Brewery and Kahnawake Brewing Company are examples of just two microbreweries with strong Indigenous ties. The former is a small Toronto-based company founded by Sean Holden and his wife Sarabeth, presi-dent of the Toronto Inuit Association. The latter, located on Kahnaw:ke Mohawk Territory on the banks of the St. Lawrence, is one of the first Indigenous-owned microbreweries on First Nations terri-tory in Canada. 28A CCAB PUBLICATIONFall 2023'