Lemay, who hails from L’Orignal, and Mainville, who calls Chapeau, Québec his hometown, met at the University of Ottawa in 2009 when they were both studying nursing. They are both registered nurses and Lemay remains a licensed practitioner though Mainville has now retired from the profession to focus on his duties as head brewer at Brauwerk Hoffman in Rockland’s industrial park. “We knew early on that we wanted to do some kind of business,” Mainville said, noting that the question was what kind of business.