Collective Arts Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Hamilton,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 2013
Contact
Description
Collective Arts Brewing is a grassroots craft brewery that aims to fuse the creativity of craft beer with the inspired talents of emerging artists and musicians. Collective Arts Brewing was founded on two beliefs: The first that creativity fosters creativity. And the second, that creativity yields delicious pints. We feature limited-edition works of art on our beer cans and labels, and we work to make sure the liquid on the inside is as diverse and creative as the artists we profile.
Our brewery is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This is where we brew everything from our flagship IPA Ransack the Universe to our World Beer Cup-winning Stranger than Fiction porter. In our taproom we pour up to 10 different beers at one time, samples and flights, we host brewery tours and live entertainment weekly. Stop by to see our beer bottle gallery showcasing every artist we’ve worked with over the past 6 years.
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Dark red colour. The pink head disappears quite quickly. The aroma is dominated by cherries, but you can also find notes of almonds. The taste is a bit sour and it is also dominated by cherries with a some almonds on the edge.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jun 2026
at 17:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
473mL can. Pours a hazy golden blonde with a white head. Fresh grass and grapefruit on the nose. Flavour has a juicy and bitter fruity hop expression, some grapefruit. Pretty decent.
Tried
from Can
at
Collective Arts Brewing
on 03 Jun 2026
at 23:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can BB/MA 2026 No 06, whatever that means, drunk 5/24/26.
Smells like a juicy IPA with no big bitterness/acidity but actual, modern hop character. Fruity yeast and sweet malts follow, balancing pretty nicely. Nothing weird noted.
Sweeter, thicker, yeastier. I don't usually prefer sweeter, but I'll take this every time over the usual seltzer-thin N/A. And the hops are done pretty well, too. Is there some thick, sweet, pear syrup here? Absolutely, but it also doubles as pseudo body/texture. Could use a bit less syrup, sugar and more bitterness, but they're on the right track, in my book.
Smells like a juicy IPA with no big bitterness/acidity but actual, modern hop character. Fruity yeast and sweet malts follow, balancing pretty nicely. Nothing weird noted.
Sweeter, thicker, yeastier. I don't usually prefer sweeter, but I'll take this every time over the usual seltzer-thin N/A. And the hops are done pretty well, too. Is there some thick, sweet, pear syrup here? Absolutely, but it also doubles as pseudo body/texture. Could use a bit less syrup, sugar and more bitterness, but they're on the right track, in my book.
Tried
from Can
on 24 May 2026
at 20:51
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6.5
This lager poured a slightly hazy, light yellow colour with a foamy, bright white head. Nice lacing. Scents include corn, sweet malt and mild perm solution. First swig was quite carbonated and a little weak. Flavours of light citrus, corn, fruit peels and a wee bit of dough. Finish is lightly hoppy with mild bitterness lingering.
Tried
from Can
at
LCBO #44 - Market & Icomm Dr
on 23 May 2026
at 21:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Can
on 15 May 2026
at 23:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Interesting beer, a bit weak and boring at the beginning but after some sips, it was becoming subtle, smooth note of cereal, wheat, a bit creamy, touch of honey, tea giving a discreet metalic note hop, pleasant at the balcony with my wife yesterday, 16.05.22
Tried
from Can
on 15 May 2026
at 09:29
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
473ml can. Pours partially hazy, pale gold, with fine white foam. Aroma is hoppy, citrus. Body is average, with quite a carbonation. Taste is medium-high bitter. Final is fairly long and bitter, highly aromatic.
Tried
from Can
on 06 May 2026
at 19:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
473ml can. Pours hazy pale gold, with fine white foam. Aroma is citrus, lime in particular, herbal. Body is average, with nice carbonation and some astringency. Taste is medium sour, with sensible bitterness. Final is average in length and intensity, still astringent.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2026
at 19:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
473ml can. Pours a cloudy yellow with a medium, foamy, short lived, white head that leaves soapy curtains of lace. Sweet fruity aroma of bready wheat malt, lime, green grape and herbal hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready wheat malt, grapefruit, honeydew melon, green grape, passionfruit and herbal hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Medium body with a creamy, smooth texture and soft carbonation. Juicy and refreshing.
Tried
from Can
from
Westminster Liquor - North
on 29 Apr 2026
at 04:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can at BeerDock tasting. Hoppy aroma and taste, tropical fruit, medium bitter, light sweet. Medium body, hoppy fruity bitter sweet finish. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Apr 2026
at 18:46