Halo Brewery

Microbrewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Halo Brewery

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247 Wallace Ave, Toronto, M6H 1V5, Canada

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8

Yep they nailed it with this version of Chroma Key, bite of aserbic kettle sour, seamlessly transitions into flavours of lime and maraschino cherries all on clean malt base. Lingering cherries and mild sour. Really good.

Tried on 28 Jul 2021 at 22:22


7

Flavours of citrus, resin, pith and cream over a mildly sweet grassy malt base. A touch of dustiness coming through near the end. Finishing with some bitterness, with a long aftertaste of sweet citrus and pith. Decent.

Tried on 23 Jul 2021 at 18:28


7

Another Chroma, this one coming in purple. Purple with some brown undertones to be exact, with airy slightly purple head. Really nice nose of sweet blackberries, and a little funk. Taste brings the tart, aserbic right of front, but the berry works is way forward a couple of sips in. They work well together, but the malt base feels a little thin. Decent kettle.

Tried on 11 Jul 2021 at 22:49


7

Can given to me by my friend Chris, so thanks! Pours a murky golden with some fluffy white head. Fairly strong resin and pine hops that comes off a little aggressive, with grapefruit juice and pith. Finishes a little bitter. Decent and it smooths out as you head towards the bottom.

Tried from Can on 30 May 2021 at 21:07


7

Can picked up from the Brewery, drunk straight from the can while sitting in my yard. Classy. So no pour or colour info on this, but I leave that for the next reviewer. Nice bright flavour. Neutral base of mild malts and sweet fruit that is the Chardonnay. It transitions smoothly into resin, and floral hops. Leave you with a lovely fruity overall with a hop bite and mild bitterness on the finish. Well done.

Tried from Can on 22 May 2021 at 20:09


7

A new one to their Chroma series. Staff at the brewery suggested it warm up a degree or two, rather than fridge cold (which is always a good suggestion.) Pour clear, with a strong gold with pink and orange tinge, decent white active head that dissipates quickly. Light bretty funk on the nose, with sweet hay malt, and little tropical fruits. Solid taste, with a moderate funk bite over mild hay malts and even tropical fruit and mango. Nice.

Tried on 13 May 2021 at 00:30


7

Bottle from Halo. Pours as you would expect, all dark and, um, stouty, but just a bare ring of tan head. The sarsaparilla really works here, great balance. Good sweetness, without being syrupy, balancing toasty coffee and a little chocolate with that mild rootbeer and vanilla notes. Man I think this would kill if it spent some time in a oak. But solid as is.

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2021 at 22:55


6

This beer looks like straight up fruit juice. Pours a slightly thick orange juice with barely a ring of head. Lots of nice citrus OJ, with a mild sour backed by a pine hop, it good, but.. That pine hop builds pretty hard on the finish with some sharp resin bitterness. Not a great balance on that, but decent overall.

Tried on 24 Apr 2021 at 20:23


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Brown bottle, 500 ml, from and with Sébastien Bertrand (merci!), brunch at my place, savoured on January 26, 2020; eye: reddish, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of beige head, no lacing; nose: blackcurrant, acidity, earthy, dense; mouth: blackcurrant, acidity, earthy, dense, finale in blackcurrant with presence of acidity, medium body, average carbonation, mildly sweet, slick texture; in summary: quite good

FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 500 ml, de et avec Sébastien Bertrand (merci!), brunch chez nous, savourée le 26 janvier 2020; œil : rougeâtre, limpide, pas d'effervescence, minuscule anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : cassis, acidité, terreux, dense; bouche : cassis, acidité, terreux, dense, finale en cassis avec présence d'acidité, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien bon

Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2021 at 14:01


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Brown bottle, 500 ml, from and with Sébastien Bertrand (merci!), afternoon Hit and miss at Sébastien Bertrand, savoured on January 18, 2020; eye: orange with a caramel hue, cloudy, no effervescence, ring of beige head, no lacing; nose: fruity, light white wine, orange, tangerine, pineapple, slight pepper, fresh; mouth: fruity, light white wine, orange, tangerine, pineapple, slight pepper, fresh, slight wild yeasts, slight musk, fruity finale with presence of white wine, medium body, average carbonation, lightly sweet, lightly fleshy texture; in short: nice surprise

FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 500 ml, de et avec Sébastien Bertrand (merci!), après-midi Hit and miss chez Sébastien Bertrand, savourée le 18 janvier 2020; œil : orangée avec une teinte caramel, trouble, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : fruité, léger vin blanc, orange, tangerine, ananas, très léger poivre, frais; bouche : fruité, léger vin blanc, orange, tangerine, ananas, très léger poivre, frais, très léger levures sauvages, très léger musc, finale fruitée avec présence de vin blanc, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement charnue; en résumé : belle surprise

Tried from Bottle on 29 Mar 2021 at 15:34