Halo Brewery
Microbrewery
in Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Halo Brewery
neongolden (4416) reviewed Shapeshifter - Quince from Halo Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(On tap @ the brewpub, Sept 21/19) Pours clear pale gold with an average white head. Notes of bright floral apple and pear, moderate lemon and lactic acidity, soft leafy hops that aren't really on an 'IPA' level, dominated by the quince really. Malt body is very retiring and neutral. Dry finish, lightly bitter tree fruit skin and leafy hops in the aftertaste. Light body with average carbonation. Solid fruited kettle sour here, quince isn't the most punchy addition but still nice to try something a little different adjunct wise.
neongolden (4416) reviewed New Wave from Halo Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(On tap @ the brewpub, Sept 21/19) Pours qutie hazy orange-gold with a thick white head and lace. Notes of sweet orange, grapefruit, some melon/papaya and floral softness, peachy sweetness in the middle, subtle malt body, finishing lightly bitter with orange/grapefruit peels and a touch of pine. Light malt body. Mid-sweet finishing fairly dry and fruity with light herbal/zesty bitterness and soft resin. Medium bodied, somewhat slick, with average carbonation. Solid contemporary IPA, not super plush NE style really but well-balanced.
neongolden (4416) reviewed Day Star from Halo Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(On tap @ the brewpub, Sept 21/19) Pours clear pale yellow with a big white head. Notes of delicate but still prominent lemon, fresh grass and flowers with very subtle apricot sweet/tart fruitiness, slightly crackery wheat malt type base, soft Brett funk and saison yeast but not highly estery or phenolic, lightly citric/lactic tart throughout and finishes dry with some grass/flower bitterness and maybe a little apricot skin/citrus peel. Light to medium body with average carbonation. Pleasant though not particularly heavy on the apricot, being more about lemon.
neongolden (4416) reviewed Ten Eighty from Halo Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(On tap @ the brewpub, Aug 5/19) Pours near opaque red-brown with a decent whitish head and lots of lace. Notes of jammy sweet and quite tart blackberries and cherries with accents of currants and sour red grapes, promient lemon beyond just lactic acid, moderate acetic acid too, citrus peel bitterness, soft funk, some slightly odd mineral characteristics, finishing moderately tart with lingering citric and berry bite. Medium plus bodied with full slightly active carbonation and not too much of the booze apparent. Interesting but a bit all over the place as well, lacking balance as one might expect for a 10% 'saison'.
neongolden (4416) reviewed System Overload from Halo Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(On tap @ the brewpub, Aug 5/19) Pours opaque dull orange-gold with a thick white head and lace. Notes of sticky sweet mango and peach over brioche malt with accents of more floral papaya/melon and orange, moderate dank leafy catty Citra resins through the middle, finishing off dry and moderately bitter with the resinous aspects coming to the fore and leading to some hop burn and a bit of alcohol warmth. Medium plus creamy body with soft carbonation. Solid but a bit over-bitter for my tastes, a demi-NE DIPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(On tap @ the brewpub, Aug 5/19) Pours hazy pale orange with a hint of pink blush and a small white head. Notes of tart lactic lemony yoghurt and strawberry flesh with subtle kiwi accents, bit phenolic but not overly plasticy for strawberries, soft malty sweetness, low saline gose aspect, dry lightly tart fruity finish with a little mineral salty aftertaste. Light to medium bodied, a bit oily, decent carbonation. Solid refreshing first beer after a long hot walk in the summer sun.
neongolden (4416) reviewed Hyperreality from Halo Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(On tap @ the brewpub, Aug 5/19) Pours very hazy orange-gold with a decent white head and a little lace. Notes of candied mixed citrus, peach, bready lightly sweet malt, fresh herbal hops, becoming off-dry in the finish and above moderately bitter wtih a bite of pine resin and citrus peels/pith. Medium bodied and fairly softly carbonated. Solid modern IPA though a bit too resinous and bitter to really fit the NEIPA bill.
Helsdon (1068) ticked Magic Missile from Halo Brewery 5 years ago
Smells nice and juicy, of tangerine and a little resin. Taste is a citrus, resin bready malt, with a mild pervasive bitterness that lingers. Decent.
Helsdon (1068) ticked System Overload from Halo Brewery 5 years ago
Can from Halo. Pours a murky golden fading to beige with a solid sheet of head. Nose is resin and citrus hops. Taste isn't as hop-heavy up front as I would have expected, resin and some tangerine certainly, but the bitterness and resin build toward the finish, burn a bit, and linger. Overall a little rougher than I would have hoped.
Helsdon (1068) ticked Fourteen Forty from Halo Brewery 5 years ago
Bottle from Halo. Brett, Imperial, Saison and three fruits? Boy they threw the recipe book at this one. Pours cloudy golden with a hint of pink, solid layer thick head. Nose is fairly mild (through that foam) a bit of plum, touch of funk. Nice balance here. Mildly sweet fruit base tasting mostly of plum, works well with a little lime pucker, and a calm bit of aserbic bite. Decently full mouthfeel. A doughy malt lingers out with the lime. Very drinkable, which is dangerous with a 9%, and more of a citrus sour, rather than a Bret. Enjoyable.