Weddings, proms & nights out · 2026-09-21 · 8-minute read
A brewery tour in London, Ontario with LondonLimo.net runs the city's craft breweries in the order the traffic and the taprooms' hours allow: Toboggan Brewing at Richmond and Dundas with its rooftop and its kitchen, Anderson Craft Ales on Elias Street in the Old East Village, Forked River on the east side, London Brewing's co-op, the brewery and the Paradigm distillery at 100 Kellogg Lane, and the taprooms downtown - four or five stops over four to six hours, by the hour in an executive SUV for six at $115-135, a Sprinter for fourteen at $145-175 or a party bus for sixteen to thirty at $190-290 through the partner fleet, with the chauffeur outside each and the rules aboard Ontario's. The wine, brewery and distillery tours page has the service; this article is the crawl, brewery by brewery.
The route, as the chauffeurs run it
| Stop | Where | Time | What it is | The chauffeur's note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toboggan Brewing | Richmond Street at Dundas, downtown | 1:00 | The downtown brewpub with the rooftop and a full kitchen; lunch here | The Talbot garage; the group walks in |
| London Brewing Co-op | Pall Mall Street, north of the core | 2:30 | The worker co-op's organic ales; a small taproom | Street parking; a short stop |
| Anderson Craft Ales | Elias Street, the Old East Village | 3:15 | The village's brewery with the beer garden | The Old East Village's lanes; the bus at the corner |
| Kellogg Lane's brewery and Paradigm distillery | 100 Kellogg Lane | 4:15 | The complex's brewery and the distillery's tasting room; the Hard Rock's bars | The complex's loading zone |
| Forked River | Pacific Court, the east side | 5:30 | The east side's brewery and taproom; the last stop | The industrial lot; then home |
Four and a half to six hours; the wine tour page has the day's rules and the Tourism London site the breweries' hours.
Toboggan, first
The brewpub at Richmond and Dundas is the crawl's lunch: a full kitchen, a rooftop in summer, the brewery's own range on tap and the Row two blocks north; the group is dropped at the door at 1 and eats before the tasting, which the desk's advice always is. The attractions page has the core around it.
London Brewing's co-op
The worker-owned brewery on Pall Mall Street with its organic ales and its small taproom is a thirty-minute stop on the way east, and its hours are shorter than the others'; the desk checks them the week of the tour.
Anderson, in the village
Anderson Craft Ales on Elias Street is the Old East Village's brewery with the beer garden, the food trucks on summer weekends and the village's cafes and murals around it; forty-five minutes to an hour, with the bus at the corner and the chauffeur walking the group to the door. The Old East Village is the crawl's centre.
Kellogg Lane's brewery and distillery
The complex's brewery, the Paradigm Spirits distillery's tasting flight and, for the group that wants the change of pace, the Hard Rock's GMT-5 bar and the axe-throwing lanes; the loading zone takes the bus, and the Kellogg Lane article has the complex.
Forked River, last
The east side's brewery on Pacific Court with its taproom and its range is the crawl's last stop, fifteen minutes from Kellogg Lane and twenty from the west side's homes; the group's last flight, the growlers filled, and the drive home with the chauffeur watching the clock.
The vehicles and the per-head cost
Six friends in an executive SUV for five hours at $125 is $625 plus HST, $104 a head; fourteen in a Sprinter at $160 is $800, $57 a head; twenty-two in a party bus at $240 is $1,200, $55 a head. The rates page has the hourly figures and the fleet page the cabins; the desk says which fits the group.
The rules aboard
Ontario's law applies in the bus and the stretch - legal-age passengers may bring and drink their own aboard - and does not in the SUV and the Sprinter, where no alcohol is consumed under the rules for a vehicle without a licensed area; the party bus page has the rules and the AGCO the law. The breweries serve to legal age with ID, and a group that is done is driven home.
The food, and the pace
Lunch at Toboggan first; a food truck at Anderson; the Hard Rock's kitchen at Kellogg Lane; water on the bus; and forty-five minutes to an hour at each stop, because a group that rushes four breweries in three hours is a group the chauffeur drives home early. The desk plans five hours and most groups use six.
The extensions: the county and the wineries
Bellamere's winery on the city's northwest edge for a tasting before the breweries, the Middlesex and Oxford county's farm breweries within forty minutes, and the Essex County wineries and Pelee Island two hours west for a full day - the wine tour page has the county day and the Bellamere article the winery.
The corporate crawl and the visitor's afternoon
A company's team afternoon by Sprinter on the corporate account, a conference's excursion from RBC Place, a visiting customer's spare afternoon before the flight: the same route, quieter, and the business page has the companies.
Three crawls, as they went
A fortieth birthday, twenty-two, October. Masonville at 12:30; Toboggan for lunch; Anderson; Kellogg Lane; Forked River; home at 7. Six and a half hours in the twenty-two-passenger bus.
Six friends from Toronto, a Saturday in May. Met at YXU on Friday; the DoubleTree; the crawl by SUV from 1 to 6; the Row after; YXU on Sunday.
A company's team, fourteen, a Friday in September. The Wellington Road office at 2; Toboggan, Anderson and Kellogg Lane; the office's lot at 7. A Sprinter on the corporate account.
Booking it
The crawl is one email or call to the desk with the date, the numbers, the pickup and the stops; a written quote follows; the wine, brewery and distillery tours page has the service.
Three questions the desk is asked about the crawl
Do the breweries need a reservation for a group? Toboggan takes a lunch reservation for a group; Anderson and Forked River take walk-ins but the desk calls ahead for fourteen or more; the Kellogg Lane distillery's tasting flight is booked; the desk does all of it.
Can we do the crawl on a weekday? Yes - the taprooms' weekday hours are shorter, so the desk starts at noon and finishes by 7; a Friday afternoon is the corporate crawl's favourite.
Can we buy beer to take home? Yes - cans and growlers at each brewery's retail counter, in the trunk or the bus's bays, and Ontario's rules on open alcohol apply. The FAQ has the rest.
Toboggan, in detail
The brewpub occupies a corner at Richmond and Dundas with a full kitchen, a rooftop patio in summer and the brewery's tanks behind glass; lunch at 1 with the first flight, and the group walks out at 2:15 with the afternoon ahead; the Talbot garage or the Dundas curb takes the vehicle, and the Toboggan site has the hours.
London Brewing's co-op, in detail
The worker co-op on Pall Mall Street brews organic ales in a small room with a smaller taproom; thirty minutes and the desk checks the hours the week of, because the co-op's taproom keeps a shorter week than the brewpubs.
Anderson, in detail
Anderson Craft Ales on Elias Street in the Old East Village has the beer garden, the food trucks on summer weekends, the village's murals outside and the market across Dundas; forty-five minutes to an hour with the bus at the Elias corner, and the neighbourhoods page has the village.
Kellogg Lane, in detail
The complex's brewery and the Paradigm distillery's tasting room share the 100 Kellogg Lane address with the Hard Rock's bars and the axe-throwing lanes; the loading zone takes the bus, an hour covers the flight and a change of pace, and the Kellogg Lane article has the complex.
Forked River, in detail
Forked River on Pacific Court on the east side has the taproom and the range, fifteen minutes from Kellogg Lane and twenty from the west side's homes; the last flight, the growlers, and the drive home. A group that wants a fifth stop adds Storm Stayed on the west side on the way home.
The corporate crawl, in detail
A company's team of fourteen in a Sprinter on a Friday from 2 to 7 on the corporate account, with the office's lot as the pickup and the drop, lunch at Toboggan, Anderson and Kellogg Lane, and one invoice; a conference's excursion from RBC Place runs the same route in a bus. The business page has the companies.
The rules aboard, in detail
Alcohol in the bus and the stretch for legal-age passengers under the AGCO's rules; none in the SUV and the Sprinter; the breweries serve to legal age with ID; a group that has enjoyed the crawl is driven home; and the party bus page states the bus's rules.
Booking checklist for the crawl
The date and the hours; the numbers; the pickup; the stops the group wants and the order the desk suggests; lunch at Toboggan; the vehicle; the organiser's card. Seven lines to the desk and the desk books the tastings and sends the quote.
The honest summary
Four or five breweries in five hours with lunch first, the bus outside each and the rules aboard the province's; the wine, brewery and distillery tours page has the service and the rates page the hourly figures.
A worked example: the Friday crawl
A company's team of fourteen on a Friday in September: the Wellington Road office at 2, Toboggan's rooftop for a late lunch and the first flight, Anderson's beer garden at 4, Kellogg Lane's distillery and the Hard Rock's bar at 5:15, and the office's lot at 7:10; a Sprinter for five hours and ten minutes at $160, billed as five and a half, $880 plus HST on the corporate account, one invoice, and the growlers in the Sprinter's back. The business page has the companies that book it.
The desk's rule of thumb
Lunch at Toboggan first; four or five stops and not seven; forty-five minutes to an hour at each; the bus outside; water aboard; the rules the province's; and a Saturday from noon or a Friday from 2. The wine, brewery and distillery tours page has the service.
Booking it, in one line
The crawl is one email or call to the desk with the date, the numbers, the pickup and the stops; the desk books the tastings and sends a written quote within a working day.
