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 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft - Earthy hops and pale malts with a touch of citrus. Clear gold with a rich beige head. Citrus peel and pale malts with a nice bitterness. Lots of malt backbone.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2015
at 13:32
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
(can) hazy, bright yellow colour with a tall beige head; aroma of stewed fruit; mostly dry and bitter flavour with a long, medium bitter finish; watery palate
Tried
from Can
on 23 Aug 2015
at 13:07
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(bottle) hazy, bright golden colour with a small beige head; aroma of stewed fruit; balanced flavour with a long, strong bitter finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2015
at 17:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Canette 473ml. Couleur orange brûlé trouble, mousse beige foncée. Arôme de malt, orange, houblon herbal. Goût de malt grillé, houblon herbal, amertume moyenne, caramel. Carbonatation moyenne, corps moyen-dense.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Aug 2015
at 10:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from the LCBO. Mostly clear medium gold with a large rocky off white head that lingers and leaves lots of lace. Nose is toasty malt with some lighter citrus and pine. Medium light toffee sweetness supports a lighter bitterness with a slight tang lurking in the background. Medium mouth with soft carbonation. Decent English style IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2015
at 20:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Enjoyed at the Loon. Pours a hazy light-golden colour with a white cap. Sweet malt nose with hay notes. Fruity malt taste with grain and grassy hops. Hints of coconut (from the oak, usually vanilla) and caramel in the finish with good bitterness. Dry mouthfeel. I was not expecting that much hop bitterness from a blond ale. More like a pale ale, but still pretty good.
Tried
on 13 May 2015
at 22:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark brown. Thick, frothy head. Aroma is chocolatey, almost meaty. Similar flavour. I guess with more chocolate and a touch of earthiness as the finish starts to dry out.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2015
at 10:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Slight haze, has a mix of pine & grapefruit in the nose. Has a rich bitter hop character, bit of citra but also a bit of butter. Lean, dry finish is really appetizing. The diacetyl lends it a bit of Britishness in an otherwise very American beer. But it would be better w/o the diacetyl.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2015
at 10:33
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Man do I live close to this brewery (at least for a couple of more months) and I’ve never been. I always get waylaid by Indie Ale House. (Mmmmm sweet Indie.) But when they show up at the LCBO (which is farther from my house than the brewery) I have to buy one. Hope it inspires a walk over. Pour from a can into the proper Junction Glass (one of only two branded glasses I own.) Golden with a white head, that reduces to a dense sheet with a little lacing. Really light on the nose, malts and just a little indiscriminate hops, a touch of corn syrup. Taste is similar to the smell, hay malts, bitter hops, and a little corn syrup again. The bitterness hangs around. Doesn’t impress.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Oct 2014
at 15:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A hazed blonde ale with a thin white head. In aroma, light biscuit malt with grassy hops, light citrus pulp. In mouth, nice biscuit malt with grassy citrusy hops, light British hops, nice and smooth, wheat, nice. Cask at Beau’s Oktoberfest 2014.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Oct 2014
at 10:02