MERIT Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: MERIT Brewing Company

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107 James St North, Hamilton, L8R 2K6, Canada
Description
Located in the heart of downtown Hamilton at 107 James Street North, MERIT Brewing is a brewery, kitchen, and bottle shop. Guided by a team of ambitious friends, MERIT strives to represent the heart, art, and soul of Hamilton in every beer, every bite, and every experience.

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7/10
A hazed milky purple ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light Blueberry, light acidity, light mineral notes, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with light lactic notes, light Epsom salts, very nice. On tap at Lupulus.
Tried from Draft on 05 Jun 2023 at 21:38

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tap at the brewery, in Hamilton, ON, Canada. Pours hazy raspberry red, with fine pink foam. Aroma is intense of red fruits and cherries. Body is creamy, with moderate carbonation. Some nice astringency. Taste is acidic, tart, with quite some sweetness as well. Final is astringent and fairly long.
Tried from Draft on 08 Nov 2022 at 22:15

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Taster at the brewery, in Hamilton, ON, Canada. Pours a beautiful and elegant amber, transparent, with fine white foam, limited. Aroma is of grapes, fall leaves. Body is and carbonation are average. Taste is elegantly sour, almost peated as well. Final is fairly long.
Tried from Can on 05 Nov 2022 at 22:51

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Taster at the brewery, in Hamilton, ON, Canada. Pours practically black, with limited fine cream foam. Aroma is intense of freshly grained coffee, cigar. Body is fairly thin, with moderate carbonation. Taste is nicely roasty bitter. Final is average.
Tried from Can on 05 Nov 2022 at 22:26

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Taster at the brewery, in Hamilton, ON, Canada. Pours medium transparent, with practically no foam. Aroma is cereal and Belgiany, citrus. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is vaguely acidic. Final is fairly dry.
Tried from Can on 05 Nov 2022 at 22:09

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Taster at the brewery, in Hamilton, ON, Canada. Pours medium hazy, pale blonde, with very fine white foam. Aroma is grapefruit and herbal, hay. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is moderately bitter. Final is average.
Tried from Can on 05 Nov 2022 at 21:49

6/10
A hazed blonde ale with lightly pink hue, and a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light peaches, light mineral notes, light tea, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with light peaches, faint buttery notes, light vanilla, pleasant. On tap at Dominion City.
Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2022 at 18:24

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Camping beer, courtesy of Sergey, can
Murky blond colour. It's moderately sweet, with mostly orange and bitter orange character, enough bitterness, and pleasant alcohol bite in the end.
Tried from Can on 11 Sep 2022 at 08:37

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
16oz (thx, Chris S.!) @ on Alouette campground in Golden Ears shared with Alex. Appearance: cloudy blonde with a white head. Aroma: very fresh with nice tropical fruits. Taste: very juicy, lots of flowery hops, finishes with some piney bitterness. Overall: interesting and quite unique.
Tried on 14 Aug 2022 at 22:10

6/10
A hazed yellow ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous hops, light citrus, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with light grassy resinous hops, light grapefruit, light fruity esters, pleasant. On tap at Dominion City.
Tried from Draft on 13 Jul 2022 at 21:16