Ignite Spotlight: Half-Cut Brewing Company/Coastline Pizza

Matt Corey by his brewing system at Half-Cut Brewing Company/Coastline Pizza at 67 Main St.

Taking the plunge to open a brick-and-mortar location for any business is risky and scary. There’s always inventory, compliance issues, sometimes (as in the case of opening a brewery) there is expensive equipment.

But Matt Corey, owner of Half Cut Brewing company, had an edge. And that edge has mitigated some of his risk and lead him to remarkable success on Fredericton’s Main Street on the North Side.

The Story of Half Cut Brewery and Coastline Pizza is a true story of synergy and cooperation between businesses.

Before of opening his own taproom, Matt Corey worked for Picaroon’s as manager of their Queen St. location, the Brewtique. There, he had the freedom to experiment with the brew system to produce recipes of his own. Hence he had time to tweak his recipes and test the commercial viability of his product before committing too much capital to a physical location.

If it was the partnership between Corey and Picaroons that helped bring Half-Cut into being, another partnership came along when he opened his physical location.

As a regular customer at 11th Mile, Matt approached Co-owner Peter Tompkins to see if he would be interested in a partnership. What they came up with was a small pizzeria within Half Cut, called Coastline. Their specialty? Detroit (or Sicilian) style pizza. The special thing about their pizza is it’s a bit of a thicker crust, and cooked in a Lloyd pan in the traditional style. The result is a pizza with a delicious edge of crispy, perfectly-carmelized cheese called frico: what detroit-style is famous for.

For the whole story, check out the embedded video below!

Visit them online: Half Cut Brewing Company, Coastline Pizza. Detroit Style Deep Dish Pizza, or better yet, stop in for a pint and a mouth-watering slice of Detroit style pizza made by some of most talented restaurateurs in the city.

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