Sleeping Giant Brewing Co.

Microbrewery in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Sleeping Giant Brewing Co.

Established in 2012

Contact
712 Macdonell Street, Thunder Bay, P7B 4A6, Canada
Description
Sleeping Giant Brewing Co.’s craft beers are inspired by Lake Superior and the northern wilderness with its rich Canadian heritage.

Since 2012, after much experimenting, tasting and testing, the craft brewery began preparing its magic through carefully considered recipes. Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. produces a distinctive line-up of easy drinking, full-flavoured beer with the perfect balance of deliciousness, attitude, and northern provenance.

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6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

This IPA poured a hazy, light amber colour with a creamy, white head. Nice lacing. Scents include corn, clove, dough, light orange citrus and club soda. First swig was nice and not over-hopped to the point of ridiculous. Flavours of orange citrus, spice and wheat. Finish is quite bitter with all hop flavours lingering.

Tried from Can from LCBO #373 - Lynden Park Mall on 14 Jan 2026 at 21:05


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

This lager poured a hazy, medium yellow colour with a creamy, bright white head. Nice lacing. Scents include corn, straw, perm solution, malt and honey. First swig was all corn, grass and hops. Finish is medium bitter with corn flavours lingering.

Tried from Can at LCBO #44 - Market & Icomm Dr on 19 Dec 2025 at 21:59


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from the brewery. Pours a clear deep amber with a mahogany hue and a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is rye forward supported by bread and a growing pine note. Flavor has rye and pine with a bit of caramel and bread coming through.

Tried from Can at Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. on 23 Aug 2025 at 03:11


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear amber with a slight copper hue and a white head that dissipates slowly slowly to the edges. Aroma has a musty sweet grain note with some bread backing. Flavor has sweet grains and earthy bread with a hint of toffee backing.

Tried from Draft at Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. on 26 Jul 2025 at 22:51


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear deep gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has earthy pine and some leaves with a bit of bread underlying. Flavor has sweet grains and bitter pine with a some resin in the finish.

Tried from Draft at Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. on 26 Jul 2025 at 22:41


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear yellow gold with a whiter head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has earthy mango and sweet grains with a bit of tangerine underlying. Flavor has has sweet grains and a bit of wheat with mango and light tangerine supporting.

Tried from Draft at Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. on 26 Jul 2025 at 22:32


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with a slight amber hue and a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces. Aroma is grassy with hay and a bread note backing. Flavor has grass and a touch of pine with bread backing.

Tried from Draft at Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. on 26 Jul 2025 at 22:26


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has pine and wet grass with some earthy grain underlying. Flavor has pine and earthy grain with some grass in the finish.

Tried from Draft at Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. on 26 Jul 2025 at 22:14


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sampled from the at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has grass and light pine with a bit of rind and grass supporting. Flavor has grass and a combination of rind and light pine with an earthy grain backbone.

Tried from Draft at Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. on 26 Jul 2025 at 21:58


5.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with a whit hear that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has spruce and a bit of flora with a growing grain presence. Flavor has has flora and light spruce with some sweet grain backing.

Tried from Draft at Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. on 26 Jul 2025 at 21:52