Shacklands Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
Associated Venue: Shacklands Brewing Company - Out of business

Closed in 2025

Contact
100 Symes Road, Toronto, M6N 0A8, Canada
Description
Shacklands Brewing Co. specializes in Belgian style ales, Farmhouse ales, Saisons, Funks and Sours.

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6.8/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft - Dark light roast and a touch of spice. Jet black with a nice brown head. Dark fruit, light roast and a fruity black currant finish.
Tried from Draft on 27 Dec 2017 at 18:37

6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft - Bready with some light funk. Clearish gold with a rich white head. Soft and light fruity yeasts with a touch of sweetness.
Tried from Draft on 27 Dec 2017 at 18:31

7.1/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft - Funky Dark currants and sour cherry. Deep reddish with a small white head. Lots of nice dark currants and cherry with some wood. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 27 Dec 2017 at 18:25

6.4/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft - Light fruity hops. Dark Amber with a decent white head. Fruity, light esters and nice malts. Funky and fruity but restrained.
Tried from Draft on 27 Dec 2017 at 18:22

6.4/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft - Dark Nutty notes with roast. Jet brown with a decent beige head. Dark malts, nutty and earthy notes.
Tried from Draft on 27 Dec 2017 at 18:19

6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft - Dark roast with some light dark chocolate. Jet black with a decent light brown head. Dark roast and weird yeasty esters.
Tried from Draft on 27 Dec 2017 at 18:14

5.9/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
A dark reddish amber ale with a thin mocha head. In aroma, strange caramel malt with light phenolics, fusel alcohol, light peated notes. In mouth, a strange sweet fruity malt with phenolic character, light coffee, woody notes, so-so. Cask Days 2014.
Tried from Cask on 25 Oct 2014 at 12:19

7.4/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
(On tap at Bryden’s, Toronto, Sept 15 2014) Pours an extremely murky medium orange with a small, very lacy white head. Aroma totally citra-type hops, grapefruit juice and pineapple prominent, also guava and passion fruit, no real farmhouse yeast aroma and just light malt sweetness. On the palate, citra again to the fore, grapefruit juice and rind, pineapple, orange? Fruit gets a bit muddled in the middle. A bit of funky yeast character from the middle through the finish, not heavily farmhouse though. Light citrus rind bitterness dries out the palate on the finish, but not as bitter as a typical IPA. Light-medium body with light effervescent carb. Very hop driven, even compared to the normal Shacklands farmhouse, with almost no room for yeast. Quite drinkable and fruity though, good beer from a smaller brewery.
Tried from Draft on 15 Sep 2014 at 18:43

6.6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
A dark brown stout with a thin lacing mocha head. In aroma, nice bitter chocolate with light fruity notes, grassy hops, nice. In mouth, a nice bitter chocolate with good coffee notes, grassy British hops, well done. On tap at Junction Craft Brewing.
Tried from Draft on 13 Apr 2014 at 05:26

5/10 β€” Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Hazy tan, no head, sweet and lightly fruity, but nothing too crazy. A starter tripel....wouldn’t cut it in quebec.
Tried on 24 Mar 2014 at 15:04