Flying Monkeys

Microbrewery in Barrie, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery

Established in 2004

Contact
107 Dunlop Street East, Barrie, L4M 1A6, Canada
Description
The Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery leads the Craft Beer Revolution in Ontario. Brewing radical Beers and creative Ales right on the waterfront in downtown Barrie since 2004, the Flying Monkeys was the first Ontario Craft Brewery to truly recognize the need to overthrow the conservative regime of macro-brews and timid small batch taste-a-likes and create a new Culture of Craft Brewing in our province.

Casting off the comfortable and respectable cloak of the Robert Simpson Brewing Company, and revealing our true selves as the Flying Monkeys late in 2008, we gave rise to the the collective creativity of our Brewery and committed our Brewhouse to the adventurous longings of the growing culture of Craft Beer Lovers in Ontario.

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7/10
Tried from Can on 26 May 2026 at 01:24

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
473ml can. Vastactiv tasting. Thx Arde.
Poured deep brown in color.
Caramel nose, toffee, muscovado notes. Balanced. Light roastedness. Maybe on the sweeter side.
Tried on 16 May 2026 at 13:19

5.4/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 3.5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Pounder 2$ can from chalet. Pour is large, black and in charge; nice foamy tan head lasts for a while. Nose is, yes of course, some IPA hops but there is also this rich toasted olfactory effect in there as well. Holy moley, first taste is also large and in charge, and yes again, some IPA hop bitterness in there, but thankfully this is much more than an IPA. Its triggering the dark beer heavy stouty porter taste buds. Getting that old damp partially burned campfire attitude in there, and that really helps me to be distracted from the fact this is actually some kind of IPA. Fer-sher, the dark beer aspects really takes over in this one. In the middle I think I'm dreaming of a well mannered almost imperial stout? Even is more civilized than a poorly made baltic porter! Just curious what aging would do for this if it was in a bottle. For a pounder can of IPA, I had no trouble living with this rascal. On the finish this is masked as a dark almost robust stout. Low on the pine tar, green grapefruit rind rude ass bitterness scale but comes with presentable notes of dark roasted stout baker's chocolate, coffee, and cocoa from what seems to be dark roasty malts. Easy peezy, there, you have it.
Tried from Can from Chalet Premier on 09 May 2026 at 20:01

9/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9
I really have nothing to say, expect that it is a delicious beer, to drink step by step, really sweet, chocolate, chewing gum, 01.05.17, at the pibar, Lausanne.
Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2026 at 11:13

6.8/10
Definitely doesn't taste like a quad, barely a DIPA in my opinion. On the one hand it's drinkable but on the other hand, pretty much a one note beer
Tried on 27 Apr 2026 at 20:48

7/10
Can from the LCBO. Taste is mildly sweet syrupy malt with resin malt and notable bittering malt to offset the fairly syrupy finish. Decent.
Tried from Can on 26 Apr 2026 at 21:58

5.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 5 Overall 6
Pounder can from chalet premier. Pretty cool label, reminds me of those old godzilla movies from japan. Nose is friendly fresh cut pine needles. Ever so slight haze on light mellow lemonade color. Nice foamy head goes craggy before fading to 1/2". For an IPA, this is quite friendly tasting, no lie! Unexpectedly getting some lemon tartness and some nifty fresh cut grass. The IPA bitterness is low to medium and as somebody who doesn't like IPA, I find this quite acceptable on the palate. Not only that, the co2 level on this is quite nice, almost sharp and cutting. Yeah baby. Seriously, for me a macro lager lover, I'm finding this very refreshing! There is even a soda pop attitude about this at times. Many pale ales are so much more bitter than this. So much better and less bitter than lo-pitch juicy, evil twin The Pure and Simple IPA Is Rarely, even brewdog 95 and north peak wanderer. Yea, I betchah this really shouldn't be styled as an IPA except for it says that on the can. LoL. I probably should have got a sixer of this lighthearted stuff.
Tried from Can from Chalet Premier on 26 Apr 2026 at 18:33

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can from total wine. Orange colored and frothy head. Nose is tropical fruits and sweet candy. Tatses of orange peel, pineapple, green onion, touch of vanilla. Sweet finish. Some booze.
Tried on 12 Apr 2026 at 04:03

6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
This triple IPA poured a hazy, medium yellow colour with a creamy, bright white head. Nice lacing. Scents include floral, peaches, apricot, pineapple, bubble gum, chlorine and a little spice. First swig was smooth and creamy. Just a point, this was bought accidentally. These over-hopped messes are pretty much undrinkable in my eyes. The strength of the hops is overpowering, maybe after half of it if I can get it down, may kill my tastebuds enough to drink the whole thing.
Flavours of peaches, apricots, pineapple are most prominent. Finish is sweet, thick and bitter. Not to mention acidic. I’m sure this will do wonders for my heartburn.
Tried from Can from LCBO #373 - Lynden Park Mall on 06 Apr 2026 at 21:22

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
473ml can. Pours a clear dark brown, almost black with a large, frothy, long lasting, beige head that leaves sticky curtains of soapy lace. Sweet aroma of chocolate malt, blackberry, blueberry, grapefruit and coffee. Sweet flavour of roasted malt, grapefruit, blackberry, blueberry, cocoa, coffee and piney hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Medium body with a smooth, oily texture and average carbonation.
Tried from Can from Westminster Liquor - North on 05 Apr 2026 at 04:37