Collective Arts Brewing

Microbrewery in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2013

Contact
207 Burlington Street East, Hamilton, 74CW+GV, Canada
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.

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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can from a Lazy Dog Slightly hazy deep golden color with a huge frothy off white head that persists. Lemony earthy grassy on the nose and more grass and earth than anything in the flavor. Somewhat sharp bitterness. Not bad.
Tried from Can on 26 May 2017 at 17:52

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
473ml can. Pours a hazy pale gold with tiny particles floating around and a medium, fluffy, long lasting, white head that leaves plenty of lace. Dank, sweet fruity aroma of papaya, guava, mango, peach, melon, grapefruit, tangerine, pine and caramel malt. Sweet fruity flavour of biscuit malt, peach, mango, melon, papaya, pineapple, grapefruit, orange peel and pine resin with a dry, bitter grass finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. Really juicy and slightly dank with some complexity. Delicious.
Tried from Can on 26 May 2017 at 01:18

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Poured into a tulip, the appearance was a bronzed copper color with a steady pace of carbonation rising to meet a quickly dieing little white head. Messy clingy lace.
The aroma smelled like orange marmalade with some grassy sweet fresh features and a little bit of lemon scent. Light lemongrass, touch of floral and a little bit of bready malts wrap together sweetly with an underscore of bitterness.
The flavor leaned towards the sweetness at first and seemed to develop a little bit more of the bitterness as it warmed. Drying malty sort of aftertaste to follow through on the finish which was semi-sticky.
The palate was medium bodied with a fair sipping quality about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine.
Overall, decent DIPA, maybe again.
Tried on 24 May 2017 at 20:56

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can: Poured a slight hazy bright yellow color ale with a huge white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of tart notes and coriander is delicate but enticing. Taste is a mix of light tart notes with some light salty notes with some coriander notes also noticeable. Body is about average with good carbonation. Refreshing with just the right amount of complexity.
Tried from Can on 21 May 2017 at 18:34

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Thnx to wicked. Pours black, no real head. Smell is roasted, chocolate malts , fsirly complex, some oats. Taste is full, bit sharp. Dry roastyness. Mild typical porter notes ( what I mistakingly keep calling metallic ) nice. Creamy ending. Rather dry.
Tried on 21 May 2017 at 12:59

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Surprise! Not rated. This cider came my way though a little happy happenstance, and apparently it’s not even in the store. Pour a light yellow, that’s slightly cloudy. Nice sweet pear-y nose. Fortunately, the taste is much drier. A pear and white wine flavour, that has some stringent notes, that don’t go as far as bitterness. It balance the underlying sweetness quite nicely. It’s fairly straight-forward cider with a good balance. Thanks battery-charging girl’s guy, you know who you are.
Tried on 19 May 2017 at 19:31

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
4 pack of cans drunk 4/21/17. Unfortunately, we didn’t realize until after we’d got them that they were canned on November 2016.....ouch.
Good clarity in this soft-hued, golden-to-light-copper beer. Still shows a good-sized white head with moderate retention.
For a five month-old session IPA, this is in remarkably good shape...Still get light juicy nectarine, pear and apple, with a hint of spicy, but not heavy pine. Malts add light grain, bit of bread and dough but are otherwise fairly out-of-the-picture. No alcohol or flaw, no resin.
Soft and well-carbonated, with a good dryness, though quite a bit more malt character than had we tried this fresh. Still, the bitterness doesn’t go overboard and there are plentiful fruity notes remaining with lots of nectarine, white grapefruit, lemon and a strong woody character from the Amarillo. I assume this is quite a bit juicier when fresh, but also quite a bit more bitter. Still has a firm bitterness and solid malt backbone here. Very clean and well-made, as their beers seem to be.
Tried from Can on 18 May 2017 at 16:23

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
16 oz can purchased at Greg and Jane’s, Epping, NH. Standard appearance for the style. Aroma of chocolate and rosdted malt. Flavor is moderately bitter with roasted and chocolate, caramel, and molasses notes. Finishes with a nice smoothness over the palate. This is only my 3rd brew from this brewery, but easily the best I have sampled from them.
Tried from Can on 13 May 2017 at 20:25

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Canned. Cloudy golden, mid sized head. Generous passionfruit and grapefruit aroma. Dry with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Mango and passionfruit, some white bread. Mid bitter finish.
Tried from Can on 13 May 2017 at 10:14

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Poured into a becher pint glass, the appearance was a dark brown close to black with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a moderate pace. Slim messy lace.
The aroma shaped roasted dark chocolate and milk chocolate to some bitter citrusy and piney hops. Light ash and some toast develop as it warmed.
The flavor had the roast up front with the dark chocolate and milk chocolate. Sweet and bitter components of the citrus rind and pine flow evenly into the aftertaste and on into the finish.
The feel was about medium bodied with a good sipping quality about it. Carbonation felt good and the ABV felt good as well.
Overall, you’re doing a real good job, Collective Arts. I’m really glad to have sampled this.
Tried on 12 May 2017 at 19:45