Broadhead Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in Ottawa,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Broadhead Brewery
Established in 2011
With a fraction of the capital advised to take on a project of this magnitude, the founders banked on their engineering prowess to retrofit and repurpose equipment in combination with a whole lot of sweat equity and late nights. In the fall of 2011, Broadhead Brewery kicked its doors open to the public in Ottawa, Ontario.
Over the past decade, we’ve been fortunate enough to be able to live our dream and share that dream with our incredible team and amazing customers. While much has changed since the garage days, our strong work ethic holds true, we remain focused on crafting high quality beer that’s innovative yet approachable, while leveraging the backgrounds of our founders to conduct regular feats of engineering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
A lightly hazed golden ale with a thin white head. In aroma, light biscuit malt with grassy hops, light mineral notes, OK. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with grassy hops, light mineral notes, light treacle, OK. On tap at City Folkfest 2015.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A murky amber ale with a thin white head. In aroma, loads of raspberry jam, light acidity, light caramel malt, very nice. In mouth, a light smooth raspberry jam with light mineral notes, grassy character, pleasant. On tap at Brother’s Beer Bistro.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draft - Tons of sweet blueberry and nothing else. Clear gold with a decent white head. Blueberry muffins. You have to like blueberries.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Enjoyed a pint at the Highlander Pub in Ottawa. Pours a golden colour with a creamy small white head and some nice lacing. Blueberry fruity sweet aromas over mild grain. The cereal grain are a little stronger in the taste with the well-blended blueberries. Hints of sourness in the finish. Grain lingers. A pretty decent, refreshing blueberry blonde ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours a deep amber colour, almost copper-looking with a beige head and minimal lacing. Aromas of the farm with fruity and roasted malts. Eventually, grass notes appear. Decent mild-dry mouthfeel. Lots of hops in the taste, over the roasty and fruity malts. Even a little caramel. The grapefruit zest. Pretty nice IPA blended with the milder Irish red brew. Gets much better as it warms up.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
A reddish copper ale with a thin light mocha head. In aroma, sweet herbaceous malt with light boiled veggies, so-so. In mouth, a sweet watery mix of faint malt and light root beer, light licorice, mouthwash, bad idea.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Can: Poured a clear amber color ale with a medium foamy head with OK retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of dry caramelized malt with light grainy notes is not the most interesting. Taste is also dominated by caramelized malt with grainy notes. Body is about average with OK carbonation. Boring amber ale that I can’t’ really say I would wish to drink again.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A hazed reddish copper ale with a thin lacing light mocha head. In aroma, light caramel with peated notes, grassy hops, OK. In mouth, a sweet fruity caramel malt with light peated notes, bacon, toffee, wood extract, nice and sweet. On tap at Arrow and Loon.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
This ale poured a amber colour with a minimal head. Scents include vanilla, cream, perfume and rubber gloves. First swig was a little watery with flavours of malt, must and a little hop. Finish is slightly bitter with flavours of malt and old books lingering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours a clean rich amber colour with a frothy warm cap, decent retention and lacing. Typical amber aroma with roasted malts, caramel, malts, grain and hops. The caramel does show a little more than most amber ales after breathing. It also shows up in the taste. Grainy finish with the mild hop lingering. Medium-bodied, so just a plain refreshing amber ale.