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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5.5/10 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

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a a clear pale gold with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma is straw forward with a growing grass and some earthy grains supporting. Flavor as lots of hay and a growing earthy straw with some grass backing.
Tried from Draft at Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. on 26 Jul 2025 at 21:40

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
A deep dark stout with a very thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, light mineral notes, licorice, alcohol warmth, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, light mineral notes, light cereals, pleasant.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2025 at 21:32

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can at the brewery. Pours a clear pale yellow with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has hay and straw notes with a bit of earthy bread underlying. Flavor has grains and straw with just and touch of hay and bread backing.
Tried from Draft at Sleeping Giant Brewing Co. on 26 Jul 2025 at 17:54

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bright golden pour, large fluffy white head. Aroma is bright, crisp, great hops, lemon zest, hop cones. Crisp, light mouth feel, slightly creamy mouth feel, soft carb low to medium bitter. Pretty nice basic, lawn mower lager.
Tried on 05 Jul 2025 at 18:46

6/10
Tried from Can on 23 Jun 2025 at 19:34

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Yup, it's a blonde/golden ale. It's like a well made Labatt 50. Great crushable lawnmower beer.
Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:52

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from the LCBO.
Hazy yellow pour, with a large white head. Pithy citrus, grapefruit zest, and orange oil. Good mouth feel, good carb. Medium bitterness, more citrus, and grasses, with some light biscuit.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:49

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Run of the mill Vienna lager. Soft cereals, light caramel, soft pine hops. Medium bitter, slightly bready, light hops. Not awful, not great.
Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:44

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
473ml can from the LCBO. hazy orange pour, with a large, rocky, white head. Big wheat aroma, lots of cereals, oats, and a very faint citrus notes. mouth feel is full, carb is nice. Lightly bitter, its really all wheat, and light citrus notes. very underwhelming, and quite boring,
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:41