Unique Muskoka August

PERfECTiOnisM ExEMPLifiED!
COMPLETE LAKE JOE PACKAGE!
1108 HEMLOCK POinT RD.
SUNSETS, sOuTH LaKE jOsEPH SAND
ON LAKE JOE
$6,795,000
HST included!
$1,195,000
5,000 sq.ft., 5 bed+gym/7 bath
Sunset residence exposure with with Porte child Cochère friendly
sheltered sand and level, in bold professionally rock face.
landscaped Extensive property. millwork 2 and slip boathouse, built-ins,
sundock, bunkie for guests, and
floor-to-ceiling windows, 3 massive
sweeping gentle land with plenty of
room stone for fireplaces, games. Spacious infloor deck heating, spans
the walk-in front of marble/tile the cottage showers. with several
Professional walkouts. Pine Sub lined Zero, charm Wolf, with Miele open
concept appliances design in featuring Chef’s style massive kitchen. stone
fireplace for winter enjoyment and cool
Enviable living spaces include:
summer nights, two 4 piece baths
• serving Master 3 guest suite w/ bedrooms, dressing plus room a newer and
generous 5-piece 750 sq stunning ft private ensuite. master suite
with • Timberframe walk-in closet, Muskoka 5 piece Room ensuite, with and
private sitting area with a charming
stone floors and fireplace.
wood burning fireplace. This complete
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your to motorized, extended family- screened-in must see!
Complete room furniture at waters’s package edge. included!
• PLUS Cedar opportunity shingle to exterior buy 230 siding ft., 5 with acre
mainland bell curve, building granite lot stone directly veneer, across
from island complete with 3 bay garage
cedar decks, and glass rails.
and dock if you choose.($999,000).
• RockScape Playfair Island designed on Lake Joseph. gardens,
lighting, irrigation & granite paths.
• Spectacular 3 slip boathouse,
Timberframe constructed
accommodations above.
• 320 ft. frontage on 3 acres.
the heenan team
Paul Heenan* 416-258-2424
Linda Ratkovsky* 705-706-1944
www.theheenanteam.com
*Sales Representatives
Lake of Bays Brewery owner Darren Smith pours a pint at the taps in the retail store.
“We picked some great breweries who are
like-minded,” says Gary McMullen, who
founded Muskoka Brewery in 1996 with his
friend, the late Kirk Evans.
Muskoka Brewery is working with
Vancouver’s Howe Sound Brewing,
BarrelHouse Brewing Company in California,
Ellicottville Brewing Co. from New York
and Quebec brewery Le Trou Du Diable.
“Muskoka and Ellicottville, as
communities, have a very similar feel,” says
McMullen, adding they’ve also developed a
relationship with BarrelHouse in California
over the years. “We also have a lot of respect
for what the folks at Le Trou Du Diable
brewery are doing with their beers, so we
reached out to do a brew with them.”
Lake of Bays Brewing Company owner
Darren Smith says there is a unique sense of
camaraderie within the craft beer industry
based on a recognition that more craft
brewers are better off if more people are
drinking craft beer.
“Craft beer is a component of a larger
trend of consumers generally wanting to see
local and independent ownership and
wanting to know where the things they are
consuming are coming from, how are they
made, and wanting to see the benefits of
those goods felt locally,” says Smith. “Craft
beer is a movement unto itself but is part of
a larger trend.”
Creating flavourful beer is an art form
Muskoka Brewery has been perfecting for
20 years since opening the operation with
its flagship Muskoka Cream Ale.
“Twenty years, believe it or not,” says
McMullen. “I was yucking it up the other
day when I was cleaning some files out of
my desk. I have a copy of the original
business plan that Kirk and I had developed
for the brewery. It’s always funny when you
look at stuff like that. We have far
outstripped our expectations in terms of
what our original plan was. It was kind of
cool to see that.”
McMullen recalls the elation of launching
Muskoka Brewery in June 1996 followed by
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