Here's just a brief sampling of Brick "firsts" in Canada:

• First to utilize the European cold-filtration technique which is commonplace with many North American brewers today
• First North American craft brewer to win four consecutive Gold Medals in the Monde Selection for Quality Competition in Brussels
• Largest number of gold medals Monde Selection won by an individual brewer in North America-24
• First to trial the use of returnable plastic cases
• First, and only, to brew and distribute the legendary Andechs beer outside of Germany in more than 500 years .