E-Malt.com News article: Canada: Lakeport Brewing Income Fund’s top-selling brands became available at Hamilton Entertainment & Convention facilities

Lakeport Brewing Income Fund announced November 15 that its top selling brands, Lakeport Pilsener, Lakeport Honey Lager and Lakeport Light, are now available throughout the Hamilton Entertainment and Convention facilities.

"We are very excited to offer Lakeport Pilsener, Lakeport Honey Lager and Lakeport Light, our best selling brands, to our loyal beer drinkers who attend conferences and events in Hamilton. We are proud to be the "hometown brew" and are pleased to partner with Hamilton Entertainment & Convention Facilities Inc.," said Teresa Cascioli, Lakeport's Chair and Chief Executive Officer.

"Lakeport pioneered the '24 for $24' value segment. We are pleased that Hamiltonians can now ask for their favourite Lakeport beer at HECFI functions," said George Croft, Lakeport's President and Chief Operating Officer.

Both cans and bottles of Lakeport Honey Lager, Lakeport Pilsener and Lakeport Light are now available at HECFI venues.

Mr. Duncan Gillespie, Chief Executive Officer of HECFI stated, "We are pleased to bring the locally originated Lakeport brand as a partner for these great facilities. The Lakeport brewery and product has quickly become one of the symbols of all the things that Hamiltonians have to be proud of, just as our venues have long been a recognized source of civic pride for the people of Hamilton."

About Lakeport

Lakeport Brewing Income Fund is an Ontario-based brewery focused on producing value-priced quality beer for the Ontario take-home market. Lakeport pioneered the "24 for $24" value segment. Lakeport produces nine proprietary beer brands, two of which, Lakeport Honey Lager and Lakeport Pilsener, are amongst the top ten selling brands in the province of Ontario. Lakeport has more than 200 employees at its production facility in Hamilton, Ontario.

About Hamilton Entertainment & Convention Facilities Inc.

The HECFI venues include Copps Coliseum, The Ronald V. Joyce Centre for the Performing Arts at Hamilton Place, and the Hamilton Convention Centre. On behalf of the Corporation of the City of Hamilton, these municipally owned venues are operated by a separately incorporated organization under the direction of an independent Board of Directors. HECFI's objective and mandate is to fulfill providing exquisite hospitality services at the centrally located conference venues, coupled with first class service and entertainment that deliver a wide range of worldly well-known performances and shows for the citizens of the City Of Hamilton and adjoining regional customer base to enjoy.


17 November, 2006