Cowbell Brewing Co.

Microbrewery in Blyth, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Cowbell Brewing Co.

Contact
40035 Blyth Road, Blyth, N0M 1H0, Canada
Description
Blyth Cowbell Brewing Co. is Canada’s destination craft brewery. Purposeful. Sustainable. Fun. An award winning state-of-the-art brewing facility, restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating, retail store, and entertainment spaces. Cowbell’s accessible, family-friendly restaurant and brewery is located on 120-acres south of the historic village of Blyth, and our commitment is simple and clear - to provide you with a one-of-a-kind Guest experience, highlighted by delicious craft beer, Truly Local food and warm hospitality. Every time.

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7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from the LCBO.
Slightly hazy yellow pour, with a medium white head. Aroma is light tropical fruit, some crackery malts, light cereals, soft grasses, light citrus zest. lightly bitter, soft hopping, soft malts, well balanced.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:41

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from the lcbo. Hazy yellowish, leaning towards orange pour, with a medium off white head. Big tropical notes, stone fruit, citrus zest. Soft mouth feel, underwhelming carb. Low bitterness, more citrus throughout, light grassy notes in the finish, more stone fruit.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:40

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can from LCBO. Obvious black pour, with light ruby hues allowed through, and a medium brown head. Aroma is light cocoa nibs, light roast, hints of espresso, with a sweet vanilla end. Mouth feel is thin, but not too bad. Carb is soft, but pleasant. Finish is light to medium bitter, with a strong vanilla sweetness, that balances well with the nice roasty notes. Not bad, but i dont see any resemblance to schwarzbier.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:37

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
This is what I imagine hop juice would taste like. The hop flavours are very very fruity, light citrus, but just a round, sweet orange aroma, and flavour. There is a bit of a homebrew hop kit thing going on. The beer is almost flat, it's reminiscent of homebrew cask ale. Hoppy, lightly bitter, light and very drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:35

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from the lcbo. Dark brown pour, with a small beige head. Aroma is extremely roasty, with some intense nuttiness. Notes of toffee, caramel, peanut brittle, even some hazelnuts. Low to medium bitterness, intense nutty finish. Decent stuff.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:30

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can from the lcbo. Pale straw pour, small white head. Aroma is light, pale cereals, light malts, not much in way of hops. Light bodied, lively carb. Clean and crisp, but boring. Just a pale malt forward lager, with not much else going on. Some grassy hops would be nice and would suit the style.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:29

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at the crown and beaver in North Bay Ontario. Pours a hazy orange with a medium off white head. Aroma is very tropical fruit forward. Strong notes of sweet citrus oils, mango and papaya. Mouth feel is solid, carb is medium. Finish is what I would say medium on the bitterness scale, with a floral citrus / tropical finish. Quite nice, a pleasant surprise.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:29

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can from the LCBO. Hazy yellow pour, huge white head. Bananas, and hints of clove, and light spice. Standard hefe aroma, with a grassier, greener hop note. Light orange zest, and wet grass. low bitterness, crisp mouth feel, solid carb.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:28

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from the lcbo. Murky brown pour, medium beige head. Aroma is very green. Smells of green, raw hop pellets, and some soft brown sugar and cereals. Body and mouth feel are normal. The finish is lightly bitter, with more very green hop cones and subtle pine with some cereals and subtle sweet brown sugar.. It’s pleasant but tastes raw at times, and a touch mudddled, and messy.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:24

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Hazy orange pour, medium white head. Very grassy, some dry hay, and some bready cereals. Very round mouth feel, and soft carb. More cereals in the end, low bitterness. Kinda boring. By the way, isn’t a kolsch a lagered ale? Meaning using ale yeast and fermenting a cold temperatures? So if you use ale yeast and ferment at warm temperatures, isn’t this just a regular golden lager?
Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:22