Badlands Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Caledon,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Badlands Brewing Company
Established in 2018
Description
A farm brewery in Caledon, Ontario. Troy Baxter, Mike Nuttall and Grace Wilkinson make hoppy, hazy ales in small batches that sell out as fast as they can make them. We specialize in IPA, but we also have a deep affinity for farmhouse ales, crispy lagers and mixed fermentation sours.
We used to brew on a small, inefficient 100ish liter brew house in an old retrofitted calf barn. It was a lot of work, but it's all we could afford to get this thing started without investors. Now we mostly brew on a bigger, sort of more efficient brewery.
Since day one we have believed in the same fundamentals: quality and freshness above all else. Our mission is to get our beer to your mouth when it's at it's best!
We used to brew on a small, inefficient 100ish liter brew house in an old retrofitted calf barn. It was a lot of work, but it's all we could afford to get this thing started without investors. Now we mostly brew on a bigger, sort of more efficient brewery.
Since day one we have believed in the same fundamentals: quality and freshness above all else. Our mission is to get our beer to your mouth when it's at it's best!
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Canned 473ml. -at Ambasada Zagreb. Marked as Joy 2025. Hazy orange/golden coloured, medium sized white head, citrusy and light floral nose. Citrusy, tropical fruits, light floral and grassy touch with bitterish finish.
Tried
from Can
from
Ambasada.
on 28 Dec 2025
at 16:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Canned 473ml. -at Ambasada Zagreb. Murky yellow/orange coloured, medium sized white head, citrusy and mild piney nose. Citrusy, light tropical fruits, touch of lime and light floral notes in the finish. Juicy and easy-drinkable.
Tried
from Can
from
Ambasada.
on 25 Dec 2025
at 15:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
EB@Taphouse 20/12/2025
Tried
from Draft
at
Taphouse
on 20 Dec 2025
at 14:33
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz @ 🏡 shared with Phill, Farees, Josh, and Ryan (thx for the beer!).
Aroma: very dank, juicy.
Taste: along the same lines, crispy, fruity.
Overall: decent.
Aroma: very dank, juicy.
Taste: along the same lines, crispy, fruity.
Overall: decent.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2025
at 06:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Opaque, thin head. Bright kiwi, white peach, really nice hop aroma. On the palate, a bit of hop burn but also this has a solid hop expression. Solid dipa.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2025
at 06:24
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
473ml can. Murky, yellow-ish, golden colour with average, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Tropical fruity and slightyl citrusy fruity, hoppy aroma, oaty and slightly wheaty malty background, notes of passion fruit, mango, orange, some gooseberry, unripe kiwi fruit, a touch of lemon peel, whiffs of lime. Taste is citrusy fruity and tropical fruity hoppy, oaty and wheaty malty basis with some residual sweetness, notes of gooseberry, unripe kiwi fruit, some lemon, passion fruit, mango, orange, a touch of grape sugar, weak mineral, grassy and alcoholic aspects.
Creamy texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously slightly dry palate, medium, dense, prickly carbonation.
Rich and intense - great!
Creamy texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously slightly dry palate, medium, dense, prickly carbonation.
Rich and intense - great!
Tried
from Can
from Craftbeer Shop
on 07 Dec 2025
at 01:05
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz @ Brian's shared with Ryan and Phill.
Aroma: car exhausts 🚗 🚓🚕.
Taste: juicy, tropical fruits, nice body, very dank.
Overall: good one.
Aroma: car exhausts 🚗 🚓🚕.
Taste: juicy, tropical fruits, nice body, very dank.
Overall: good one.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2025
at 05:45
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
16oz @ Ryan's shared with Phill.
Aroma: something weird, like a fruity/flowery, dirty off flavor.
Taste: along the same lines, maybe not as aggressive on that bad component, as I would expect.
Overall: meh.
Aroma: something weird, like a fruity/flowery, dirty off flavor.
Taste: along the same lines, maybe not as aggressive on that bad component, as I would expect.
Overall: meh.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Nov 2025
at 04:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Poured from 473mL can (pkg Sept 10, 2025). Opaque blonde with small white head. Creamy overripe tropical hops, feint citrus. The tropical notes are so overripe they are almost rotting. Average, unfortunately.
Tried
from Can
at
Badlands Brewing Company
on 21 Nov 2025
at 04:27