list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . march 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message steam whistle brewing industry alcoholic beverage founded 2000 headquarters toronto canada products beer production output 80000 hectolitres as of 2013 owner greg taylor cam heaps and greg cromwell independent website steamwhistle.ca the steam whistle brewing roundhouse in toronto ontario . steam whistle brewing is a brewery in toronto . the company produces a premium pilsner lager packaged in distinctive green glass bottles and a non twist cap . they only use four natural ingredients spring water from caledon ontario ; hops from czech republic and germany ; two row barley ; and yeast . in 2004 steam whistle pilsner was voted best beer in toronto at the golden tap awards . steam whistle has also been voted best toronto microbrewery by the readers of now eye weekly and xpress in ottawa . the three founders are former employees of upper canada brewing company before it was bought by sleeman s. the original name for the beer was going to be three fired guys brewing company since they were all fired from upper canada brewing company when it was purchased by sleeman ; however they chose steam whistle brewing to evoke an image of steam rushing from a factory s whistle signaling the end of the work day . embossed at the bottom of steam whistle bottles is 3fg as an inside joke referencing three fired guys . the first batch of bottled steam whistle pilsner rolled off the line onto market on may 24 2000 steam whistle beer is sold in ontario at the beer store and the lcbo . steam whistle is also available throughout alberta and british columbia at retailers bars and restaurants . steam whistle is currently in the process of packaging their beer in cans as a means of further penetrating the western canadian market . as of april 29 2015 steam whistle introduced 6 packs into the nova scotia market . the brewery occupies bays 1 14 within a building known as the john street roundhouse at roundhouse park . built in 1929 it was previously the home of a canadian pacific railway steam locomotive repair facility and operated as such until may 13 1988 . the john street roundhouse is designated a national historic site and is owned by the city of toronto . it is located within walking distance of the rogers centre and the cn tower . a similar roundhouse the cnr spadina roundhouse was torn down to make way for the skydome now rogers centre . the brewery also hosts regular tours of its facility as well as steam whistle unsigned a monthly concert series of local independent bands . fleet edit party bus steam whistle maintains a promotions fleet used to market their products . steam machine 1967 ford econoline heavy duty shakey 1950s chevrolet sedan delivery chuckles 1956 dodge fargo grumpy 1957 chevrolet task force pick up lumpy 1949 international stake truck grande verde 1964 jeep wagoneer party bus 1965 ford b series blue bird betty 1968 chevrolet c k pick up retro electro 1957 chevrolet apache pick up the scout 1970 international harvester scout 800 steamweaver 1973 dodge tradesman large stocks of beer are shipped to beer stores by brewers retail . external links edit steam whistle brewing coordinates 43 38 28 n 79 23 07 w 43.641095 n 79.385265 w 43.641095 ; 79.385265 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title steam whistle brewing & oldid 743435766 categories canadian brewing companiesmanufacturing companies based in torontocanadian companies established in 2000hidden categories articles lacking in text citations from march 2013all articles lacking in text citationscoordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 17 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view