Henderson Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Henderson Brewing
Established in 2013
Contact
Description
Henderson Brewery was founded in 2013, after industry veterans and beer lovers Steve Himel and Adin Wener decided there was an opportunity to apply craft brewing values and techniques to more approachable beer styles, in order to make beer that anyone would be happy to find in their fridge day after day.
Work began on our Sterling Road brewery in the summer of 2015. In January 2016, we sold our first beer at The Rhino in Parkdale and by May of that year, our taproom and bottle shop were in full swing!
Over the past decade, we've brewed hundreds of different styles, hosted hundreds of thousands of people, packaged millions of litres of beer, and won dozens of brewing awards
Work began on our Sterling Road brewery in the summer of 2015. In January 2016, we sold our first beer at The Rhino in Parkdale and by May of that year, our taproom and bottle shop were in full swing!
Over the past decade, we've brewed hundreds of different styles, hosted hundreds of thousands of people, packaged millions of litres of beer, and won dozens of brewing awards
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
A lightly hazed milky blonde ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, light citrusy notes, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous hops, light mineral notes, light cereals, light citrus, pleasant. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
at
Henderson Brewing
on 16 May 2025
at 20:09
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
A red copper brown ale with a thin lacing light mocha head. In aroma, nice crisp caramel malt with light cereals, light British hops, light mineral notes, pleasant. In mouth, a nice caramel malt with light grassy hops, light mineral notes, light cereals, pleasant. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
at
Henderson Brewing
on 16 May 2025
at 20:05
7/10
Medium bodied, good malt flavor and leans sweet. Quite a nice light lager actually.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Apr 2025
at 00:26
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
500 ml bottle. Pours amber with light head that dissipates quickly. Aromas of wine gums, a bit of eatery Belgian yeast, and biscuity malts. Fruity flavours of same. A bit of sharp earthy esters and florals in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
from
The Gull Liquor Store
on 20 Apr 2025
at 23:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Another acquisition from the people at Half Time. This time it is a 500 ml bottle of a Belgian ale and I choose a Delirium chalice to sample the beer in. The appearance is as I hoped it would be, a body that is one shade short of being completely black along with an amber highlight around the edges and a thin but continuous head of parchment tan foam. I smell dark fruit, a considerable amount of grain, floral and malt. A drink now, a sourish cherry beginning, grain again, a touch of floral, dark plums, a vinous influence and earth. I have had a few ales that have had a similar sour backbone and I am not put off by it. I will say that I prefer a traditional Belgian strong ale but can appreciate a departure like this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2025
at 23:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Decent cereals, light hops, light bodied, decent flavour and bitterness. Decent for what it is.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark Ruby pour, with a small off white head. Big, and boozy cereals. Dark, boozy fruit, bready, a touch metallic. Full mouth feel, soft carb, medium bitter. Dark cereals, sherry, boozy bread and figs in the end.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Super malty, Candi sugar, grassy hops, medium bitter, light bready notes, a touch astringent
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pale orange, with a large off white head. Aroma os yeasty oranges, fruit cake, and sweet grape juice. Mouth feel is full, carb is soft. Bitterness is medium to light. Yesty notes dominate the finish, with some light tropical fruit, and some wet paper.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from the LCBO. Hazy copper, with a medium off white head. Aroma is loaded with candied fruit, bready, yeast cereals. Low to medium bitterness, fruity, candied cherry, soft sweet doughy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:53