Some New Brunswick craft breweries are opening their taprooms as part of the province’s second stage of its COVID-19 recovery plan.
While the novel coronavirus has taken its toll on businesses and created new challenges, Flying Boats Brewing in Dieppe, N.B., has soared into a new way of business, says owner Marc Melanson. “Overall, (COVID-19 has) been a negative, but it’s not worrisome,” he says. “The issue has been very much changing the whole business model. “We’re operating totally different than we did three months ago in terms of what do we need to brew, how do we serve it, how do we get to our customers in the various markets we serve.” Melanson says retail sales have actually gone up “noticeably”, due to more online delivery and