
The Exchange is a premium brewery and tasting room located in Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Old Town heritage district. Although the town is known as the heart of Ontario’s wine country, it is also the scene of a burgeoning craft-brewing industry. With brewing and agricultural roots that stretch back to the late 1700s, Niagara-on-the-Lake is the perfect home for The Exchange’s approach to brewing, which blends traditional and modern techniques and equipment.
We focus on making exceptional craft beers using only the highest quality ingredients, including local Niagara fruits. Our selection includes a range of American styles along with sour and funky Belgian-style beers and ales.
Our brewery houses a 10BBL brewhouse with 5 large fermenters and 8 serving vessels running straight to our draft lines. The cellar is equipped with 2 large German-made Hungarian oak Foeders and 50 French oak wine barrels obtained from the Pearl Morissette Winery in Jordan. Our Belgian-style ales spend a range of time maturing in this oak to develop their distinctive and complex flavours.

The tasting room features 2 8-tap bars:
Main level: Grab a stool at our taproom bar or people watch by the window. Here you can grab a quick pint, watch our brewers work and browse our retail shop for beer & merch to go.
Upper Level: Our intimate upper level is where you will find more seating, a second bar & our outdoor patio overlooking Simcoe Park. *Dogs are allowed on our patio when open for the season.
Each bar features a selection of our flagship brews along with our seasonals and specialty limited-release beers, beer cocktails and our Gluten-Free Saison.
Wine, cider and non-alcoholic options available.

Each beer is marked by a number, symbol or emoji 🍻
Paying tribute to the building’s history as Niagara’s first telephone exchange, while echoing the elegant simplicity embraced by famed Abbey breweries, where monks identified their brews by number alone.