We love to tell the story of Grimross; our origins, our dedication, and our love for our community and what we do. Scroll down to see our journey from beginning to present day!

Over the years, Stephen continued to ferment a variety of beers and wines, moving back to NB throughout the process. He was always very interested in Belgian style beers and chokecherry wine; especially when he could pick his own chokecherries in Fredericton, N.B

In 2012, Stephen and Dawn officially began the Grimross journey.

When Stephen and Dawn were looking for a name, local and meaningful was important and when they came across Grimross Island something clicked for them. In his earlier years, Stephen would spend a lot of his time on the island with friends and family. The name “Grimross” had personal meaning, historical meaning, it was local and it was catchy.

On July 1st of 2013, Grimross released its first ever commercial beer, Cheval D’or; a Belgian inspired farmhouse saison. Stephens interest in Belgian style beer strongly influenced and inspired this beer and was the reason it was the first beer available to the public.

After leaving his job to run Grimross full-time, and a lot of hard work and sacrifices made by Stephen, Dawn and their family, Grimross officially opened the doors to the brewery and taproom on Bishop Drive on December 23, 2014.  

After expanding in 2017, Grimross was very proud to win our first national level brewing awards in 2018. We have won several awards for our brews since then, and continue to try to innovate in our industry!