Junction Craft Brewing
Microbrewery
in Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2011
In 2018 the business moved to its current home located in a former City of Toronto 1930's art-deco incinerator, affectionately known as 'The Destructor". Decommissioned in the 80's, used for raves in the 90's and beautifully restored in 2018, the award winning heritage building is the perfect spot to enjoy a part of Toronto's past, hangout in our intimate yet spacious taproom, grab a brewery tour and of course sample great, fresh beer.
In 2019 JCB continued its expansion adding St. Mary Axe and socially responsible beer brand Caribru to its family of products.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask Days 2013.
Sweet bready, almost fruity malts. Light grassy, papery hops. Solid carb, good mouthfeel. Bready finish, good cereals.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at the beerbistro
Really nice piney, citrusy aroma. Great malts, bready, earthy.
A perfect balance. Medium bitterness, great citrucy finish. Top shelf amber ale. Reminds me of what mill street tankhouse used to be.
Helsdon (1068) ticked Junction Hazy IPA from Junction Craft Brewing 1 year ago
Fairly juicy brew. Mildly sweet malt, overlayed with citrus, some tropical fruits, resin hops and.... bitterness. Far too much bitterness. Just dominates the finish on this beer. You can see what they were hoping for, but man they just didn't pull out of the dive on this one. Can from the LCBO.
jksipa (1939) reviewed Junction Hazy IPA from Junction Craft Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Can from the LCBO. Murky yellow orange with a one finger off white head that leaves some stringy lace. Nose is bready malts with some grass and some peach. Flavour has some mango, peach and bread with a metallic aftertaste. Mouth is medium with average carbonation. 6/3/6-/3-/11
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours a fairly clean, light-golden colour with a big creamy-frothy warm cap, good retention and leaving some nice full creamy lacing. Spicy Saaz hops over cereal malts for aromas. The hops in the taste really stand out, creating some bitterness and a dry finish. This cuts the sweetness of the malts. A pretty hoppy Pilsner.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pretty hazy golden-yellow colour with a frothy slight off-white cap, good stay and light foam lacing. Fairly grassy aromas from the hops with some citrus zest notes. Some particles start floating around. The mouthfeel is juicy, but a big dry-spicy finish happens quickly. Freshly zested citrus peel bitterness in the taste. The base is juicy, but the hops take control all-around, so based on NEIPA, but really a good hazy IPA with bite.
Metalchopz (7978) reviewed Caribru Lager from Junction Craft Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Can that pours a light hazy yellow colour with a frothy-bubbly off-white warm head, decent stay and a little foam lacing. Kind of a hoppy nose with mild grass, sourness and spiciness. It does kind of feel like this one has very light infection with the sour notes I am getting. Luckily, it does not linger on the tongue too long. Some mild bitterness, dryness and grain is left. Says 5% ABV on their site, but can shows with a sticker from LCBO at 4.3% ABV, so not sure if this is a bad batch, but still fed it to us.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at Junction, pours a hazy copper golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of lactose upfront, with a bit of rotting fruits. Flavour is full of weirdly fungal, somewhat rotting fruits, and lacto. Why make this? This is just not pleasant.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
On nitro tap at Junction, pours black with a frothy beige head. Aroma brings out smooth oats and a hint of earthy cocoa. Flavour is smooth enough, with notes of dry oats, bitter earthy coffee, and a hint of cocoa. Bone dry and earthy, with little flavour depth. Drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
On tap at Junction, pours a hazy copper orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out overripe stone fruits, bitter citrus hops and bready malt. Flavour is full of overripe fruits and bitter citrus hops. Jagged and lacking cohesion, there's something quite wrong here. Not good.