Junction Craft Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2011
Contact
Subsidiaries
Description
Calling West Toronto's Junction neighbourhood home, founders Tom Paterson and Doug Pengelly started Junction Craft Brewery (JCB) in 2011 with a mission to create the highest-quality, hand-crafted beers. Since that time the brewery has grown and expanded its product offering adding great new styles and brands available across the province.
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.
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.
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can - Soured wheat grains. Cloudy go,d with almost no head. Light soured rhubarb, but no strawberry.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2018
at 16:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can - Milky Light raspberry notes. Cloudy gold with a small white head. Light raspberry and a touch of tartness.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2018
at 15:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ C’est What?, Toronto. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy aroma with hints of caramel. Fruity malty weak hoppy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2018
at 13:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Brown bottle, 650 ml, via Peter Killam - CANBIF April 2018 (thank you!), savoured on July 7 2018; eye: liquorice, opaque, thin sheet of brown head, no lacing; nose: bourbon, malt, roasting, coffee, slight cocoa; mouth: bourbon, malt, roasting, coffee, slight cocoa, slight red wine, slight tannin, acidity, finale in roasting with presence of acidity, medium-full body, lightly below-average carbonation, slightly bitter, lightly sweet, slightly harsh texture; overall: fine
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 650 ml, via Peter Killam - CANBIF avril 2018 (thank you!), savourée le 7 juillet 2018; œil : réglisse, opaque, mince couverture de mousse brune, pas de dentelle; nez : bourbon, malt, torréfaction, café, très léger cacao; bouche : bourbon, malt, torréfaction, café, très léger cacao, très léger vin rouge, très léger tanin, acidité, finale en torréfaction avec présence d'acidité, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation légèrement sous la moyenne, très légèrement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture très légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 650 ml, via Peter Killam - CANBIF avril 2018 (thank you!), savourée le 7 juillet 2018; œil : réglisse, opaque, mince couverture de mousse brune, pas de dentelle; nez : bourbon, malt, torréfaction, café, très léger cacao; bouche : bourbon, malt, torréfaction, café, très léger cacao, très léger vin rouge, très léger tanin, acidité, finale en torréfaction avec présence d'acidité, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation légèrement sous la moyenne, très légèrement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture très légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2018
at 23:44
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Junction Brewery TO. Hazy orange amber colour lasting cream head. Malty ipa. Some good hops though. Some English hedgerow and some American pine. Really rather good I thought. It's got the malt to carry the hops. I like the hop flavours and the bitterness. Good balance. Well made beer. Yes. Quite happy with this.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2018
at 17:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from the LCBO. Pours a dark brown, almost black colour with a tad of cola highlights. Big frothy mocha-coloured head, very long lasting with some nice lacing. Great freshly grinded coffee smell at first. Then some roasted malts eventually come out with later, some grassy hop notes. The taste has the roasted malts and coffee notes blended together with some decent dryness in the finish from the hops. This is quite a nice black lager with lots going on everywhere.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Dec 2017
at 22:43
6/10
Rather heavy on the banana, esters and fruitiness. Overall a fairly likeable German wheat.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2017
at 11:47
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Ottawa Winter Brewfest. Disclaimer: This event used plastic cups, which may have prevented my ability to fully appreciate this beer. Dark brown, creamy head. Caramelly nose with nutmeg and licorice. Mid sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Toasty with licorice and spice. Long bitter finish. Nice!
Tried
on 18 Feb 2017
at 18:15
7.5/10
I liked this one, good have been a bit hoppier but had a nice overall overripe fruit (like peaches i think?). Nice murky copper body.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2016
at 09:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A lightly hazed blonde Weisse with a thin white head. In aroma, nice lemony malt, light esters, grain, nice and smooth. In mouth, a grainy malt with light lemon notes, lactic acid, Epsom salts, mash tun, OK. On tap at Beau’s Oktoberfest 2016.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Sep 2016
at 12:39