Our Story - Something in the Water Brewing Co. Kingston, ON
Must be something in the water is said when the incredibly uncommon occurs.
Incredibly uncommon is kind of our thing.
You bet your sweet bippy there’s something in our water.
Drink Curious.
Why the name? Because we believe the best beers are enjoyed on, near, or in the water. Something in the Water is a curious beverage company based in Kingston, Ontario.
We make curious beers. In fact, everything we do is curious: from our first Blackberry Vanilla sour beer to our brewery and taproom on Princess Street. We sought to develop a very different sort of taproom; one that felt more Barcelona café than Munich beer hall. Flanked by a pink velvet banquette, our taproom features stemmed glassware, quartz countertops, and enough nautical cues to deliver on our water ethos.
We don’t make curious beers just to be curious. We make them to be delicious and our awards shelf proves it: a World Beer Award for our Brunch Stout, a Canadian Brewing Award for our Sittler 10 Point Lager, an Ontario Brewing Award for our Yacht Rock Gose…the list goes on. After winning Canada’s New Brewery of the Year in 2022 we doubled down and donated five cents from every can sold to Swim Drink Fish to support clean water across Canada.
That was enough to make our moms proud but we decided to go even bigger:
In 2024, we graced the stage at the CBC building in downtown Toronto and faced the fire on Dragon’s Den. We didn’t get a deal, but the Dragons loved our beer and acknowledged our unique multi-location business plan. (You can watch the segment here: https://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/pitches/something-in-the-water).
Fifty years in the making is our partnership with NHL Hall of Famer and Toronto Maple Leaf legend Darryl Sittler, releasing Sittler 10 Point Lager in some of the most famous bars and restaurants in Ontario. Darryl’s unbroken NHL record of 10 points in a single game turned 50 years old on February 7, 2026.
We are now also home to https://ghosttaco.ca/. The best tacos in Ontario. And you can fight us on that. It’s the collab no one asked for, but everyone needed. It’s the ultimate love story: tacos and beers.
What’s next for something in the water? Stay tuned!
Drink Curious.
