The Exchange Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: The Exchange Brewery
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Description
The Exchange is a new premium brewery and tasting room located in Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Old Town heritage district. Although the town is known as the heart of Ontario’s wine country, it is also the scene of a burgeoning craft-brewing industry. With brewing and agricultural roots that stretch back to the late 1700s, Niagara-on-the-Lake is the perfect home for The Exchange’s approach to brewing, which blends traditional and modern techniques and equipment.
We focus on making exceptional craft beers using only the highest quality ingredients, including local Niagara fruits. Our selection includes a range of American styles along with sour and funky Belgian-style beers and ales.
We focus on making exceptional craft beers using only the highest quality ingredients, including local Niagara fruits. Our selection includes a range of American styles along with sour and funky Belgian-style beers and ales.
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the source. Clear golden pour, with a small white head. Gorgeous Brett aroma. Stone fruit, and solid citrus aciditity. Mouth feel is solid and bright, with a lively carb. Finish is crisp and clean. Citrus zest, and funky stone fruit excellent stuff. Crisp, refreshing with a sharp acidic punch.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the source. Hazy yellow pour, with a large white head. Aroma is grassy, zesty, with some solid peppery notes. Hints of earthy grasses, light nuttiness, and some wood. Mouth feel is lively, carb is the same. Finish is grassy, floral, medium bitter. nice stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the source. Slightly hazy yellow pour with a large white head. Aroma is yeasty, soft spice and green herbs. Soft Mouth feel, light carb.yeasty, slightly citric finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the source. Cloudy yellow pour, with a medium white head. Aroma is huge on banana notes, light cloves and a subtle spice. Good mouthfeel, soft carb. Low bitterness, more banana and spice. Excellent hefe.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at the source. Light copp is a pour with a medium white head. Aroma is soft cereals, light grasses, hints of bready. Perfect mouth feel, and carb. Cereal finish, grassy, well balanced. Excellent drinking amber.. Clear and crisp.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:28
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy yellow pour, with a big white head. Aroma is quite funky. Hints of tequila, wood and alot of lemon zest. The coriander is there, adding big lemon notes, hint or orange and the pomegranate add a all around sweetness. The barrel is adding some nice funk, but the finish has zero tartness. Actually the finish is incredibly dull. It’s very dry, has barely anything going on, it’s quite odd. Carb and mouth feel are really pleasant and refreshing. The slightest of lactic tart notes in the end with a touch of corriander and slight lemon oil. Very interesting brew.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from the LCBO.
Pours a hazy yellow, with a large white head. Aroma is bretty, and there are hints of funk. Solid wheat aromas, with a zippy, zesty lemon edge, and some bright green hop cones. mouth feel and carb are very nice, and on the lively side. The finish is medium bitter, more zesty lemon notes, can't really find the red wine barrel at all, and same goes for the rye of the peppercorns. Maybe there is the slightest hint of spice in the end from the rye, but really its tough to find. overall a nice saison, but i cant find any of these other flavourings.
Pours a hazy yellow, with a large white head. Aroma is bretty, and there are hints of funk. Solid wheat aromas, with a zippy, zesty lemon edge, and some bright green hop cones. mouth feel and carb are very nice, and on the lively side. The finish is medium bitter, more zesty lemon notes, can't really find the red wine barrel at all, and same goes for the rye of the peppercorns. Maybe there is the slightest hint of spice in the end from the rye, but really its tough to find. overall a nice saison, but i cant find any of these other flavourings.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask Days 2016. Slightly pink pour, small off white head. Aroma is tart, and has a big raspberry aroma, with hints of yeast, and grassy hops. Light fruit, lots of berries, with some light tartness and alot of yeast in the end.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask Days 2016. Brown pour, with a small off white head. Aroma is huge on peach nectar, and stone furit, with alot of lactic brett notes, and some soft toffee. Hints of citrus rind, sweet, and tart with some light grass. finishes tart, with loads more stone fruit, and lactic bretty goodness. quite impressive.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from the brewery. Black pour, medium mocha head. Big roast, lots of bitter cocoa powder, light milk chocolate, ground coffee. Mouth feel is silky, carb is soft. Finish is medium to highly bitter, loads of cocoa, and coffee with light licorice and soy in the end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:24