Can a hobby that became a business, only to be kicked in the keg by a pandemic, survive? Sure, if you’re a tiny brewery with a big following.

Caps Off Brewing, the other brewery in St. Thomas, first started brewing in tight quarters on Curtis Street in 2019. Opened by Rick (the brewer) and Fran Dunseith, things were going tickity-boo for a new craft brewery until March 2020. We all know what happened.

But that was then and this is now. On a roll, just like the city around it, Caps Off is marking its sixth anniversary this month.

“Our community is incredible,” Fran said. “It’s great for people who stop in to our little city for a brewery tour so that they can visit both us downtown and Railway City Brewing Co. just on the edge of town.”

The physical size of Caps Off makes it almost

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