Badlands Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Caledon, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Badlands Brewing Company

Established in 2018

Contact
13926 Chinguacousy Road, Caledon, L7C 1Z3, Canada
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!

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7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tasting at Phill's, bottle
Murky blond colour. The hop aroma is very pungent. Thick body, there is some moderate sweetness; the hop character is very strong, pungent, juicy, with strong tropical fruit; a bit of vegetable bitterness and yeast in the finish.
Like the Galaxy Belma, it's rough, but it's also very interesting. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2020 at 03:47


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

Tasting at Phill's, bottle
Murky pale blond colour, filthy. The aroma is juicy, but there is also some butter. Thick body, luckily not chalky, quite sweet, with juicy hops, some vegetable bitterness, I don't get butter on the flavour.
Very rough, but it's not too bad.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2020 at 03:46


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml (thx, Jarred K.!) on Phill's deck. Appearance: murky pale folden with a white head. Aroma: dry, earthy, herbals, fruitiness. Taste: along the same lines. Overall: pretty good.

Tried on 14 Aug 2020 at 03:24


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

500mL bottle, pours an opaque murky yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out tangy citrusy hops and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is rather chalky, with lots of yeast, some citrus hops, and dusty chalk. Very chalky and dusty. It's alright, but the usual chalky hazy.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2020 at 03:21


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

500ml (thx, Jarred K.!) on Phill's deck. Appearance: murky blonde with a white head. Aroma: some flowery and herbally notes. Taste: along the same lines with noticeable bitterness. Overall: odd, but it's not bad.

Tried on 14 Aug 2020 at 02:10


1.8
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1

500mL bottle, pours a milky yellow with a tiny white head. Aroma is full of diacetyl, with chalk, butter, and yeast soup -- gross. Flavour is just vile, with diacetyl galore, chalk, yeast soup, and a bit of earthy hops. The diacetyl totally ruins this. Incompetent garbage.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2020 at 02:06


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

Brown bottle, 500 ml, savoured on April 13 2019; eye: citric with milky hue, cloudy, light effervescence; nose: hops, light fusel, light tropical fruits, slight spices; mouth: hops, light fusel, light tropical fruits, slight spices, finale in hops with presence of malt, medium-bodied, average carbonation, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, fleshy texture; overall: fine

FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 500 ml, savourée le 13 avril 2019; œil : citrique avec une teinte laiteuse, trouble, légère effervescence; nez : houblon, léger fusel, léger fruits tropicaux, très léger épices; bouche : houblon, léger fusel, léger fruits tropicaux, très léger épices, finale en houblon avec présence de malt, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture charnue; en résumé : bien

Tried from Bottle on 13 Apr 2020 at 23:20


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

Tasting at Salesforce, bottle
Murky pale blond colour. Moderate aroma of zesty citrus, a touch creamy. Very chalky, with good zesty hopping.Not bad, but too dirty.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2019 at 00:21


7.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle (thx, Brian C.!) at SalesForce. Appearance: opaque dirty golden with a white head. Aroma: lots of tropical fruits. Taste: moderately sweet, very juicy, with lots of tropical fruits. Overall: good one.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2019 at 01:56


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Opaque. No head. There's some nice tropical notes, but also some diacetyl. On the palate, not much hop bitterness, a bit of yeast. Some tropical hop notes, too.

Tried on 13 Jun 2019 at 01:54