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!
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(473ml can c/o Luc, thanks!) Pours near opaque deep gold with a thick white head and lots of lace. Aroma is heavy on creamy coconut with tangy tart pineapple, lemon zest, floral tropical fruit like guava and lychee, slightly herbal or piney overtones as well. Flavour is off-dry with creamy coconut up front, Sabro really driving the boat, some nice soft floral lychee/guava vibes, light pineapple and lemon zest, just a little 'yellow fruit' mango-type notes in the middle, softly herbal into the finish which is a Sabro feel as well, with a recapitulation of coconut and lychee in the finish, very low bitterness. Light to medium bodied, soft creamy plush carb, Badlands mouthfeel for sure. I can see why this would be a bit polarizing since it's Sabro-forward but the other hops are definitely pitching in (I think, the can says 630 but the flavours seem more 586 like the notes). I liked it!
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2021
at 01:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(473ml can c/o Luc, thanks!) Pours very hazy orange-gold with a thick white head showing good stability and lace. Aroma of heavy floral vanilla, mixed pale citrus peel vibes, kind of milky creamy sweetness, some melony fruitiness as well. Flavour is again heavy floral vanilla and mixed pale citrus peels, citrus pith, a kind of intense floral vibe really, some kind of resinous stickiness in the middle, semi-sweet cream, slightly drying into the finish, light bitterness, some tea-like floral astringency in the aftertaste. Lightish body but ultra creamy, with soft carbonation that adds to the cream. Definitely not a subtle milkshake IPA, the vanilla is running the show here over the very citrusy Pink Boots hop profile. Solid though a little sweet for drinking in large volumes.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Apr 2021
at 18:21
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
(473ml can c/o Luc, thanks!) Pours opaque orange-gold with a thick white head and some lace. Aroma is just incredibly orange-focused for a non-fruited beer, masses of fresh navel orange pulp, pith and zest, backdrop of nice bready malt and smooth fruity yeast, soft floral overtones. Flavour follows the nose, big punch of juicy pulpy navel orange with a lot of zest as well, oily and aromatically bitter, nice helping of floral notes as well (Loral?), maybe some undertones of soft papaya or melon, mid-sweet up front and lightly bitter from all the orange peel florals in the fairly dry finish. Medium bodied, oily and slick with smooth soft carbonation. A very interesting DIPA, being intensely saturated and so quintessentially 'orange'. If you don't love navel oranges you might hate this, but I think it's awesome.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2021
at 20:09
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(473ml can c/o Luc, thanks!) Pours opaque deep gold with a thick white head with good retention and lace. Aroma is citrus zest-heavy, a lot of bright lime and tangerine, some lemon, hints of sweeter pit/tropical fruit flesh, a little breadiness to the malt, fruity but not juicy, sweet florals. Flavour continues the citrus angle, a lot of bright lemon-lime and tangerine up front, only lightly sweet and very zesty, soft bready malt, loads of orange and lime peel oils from mid-sip on, bright and mineral, finish is laden with citrus zest oils/bitters, very aromatic, dry, lightly bitter, long aftertaste. Light to medium body, fairly creamy carbonation. Nice Dora version, the citrus-heavy vibe might not be for some but after a number of floral/melony Badlands this is a nice switch-up. Very refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2021
at 19:25
7/10
A hazed yellow DIPA with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light tropical fruits, very nice and smooth. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, tropical fruit, grapefruit, very nice and rich. Can from brewery.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Mar 2021
at 18:37
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(473ml can c/o Luc, thanks!) Pours opaque dull gold with a thick white head, good retention and lace. Aroma has lots of pineapple, melon, floral white peach, some orange and light dankness with a bit of bready malt behind. Flavour is very dry even for a Badlands IPA, with musky pineapple, lots of melon, perfumey florals, some fruit rinds, soft peach sweetness, dry dusty yeast and a little bread. Finish is bone dry, lightly bitter but with a clear floral, fruit rind and melon vibe that's a touch astringent. Light body, creamy, softly carbonated. Floral side of the IPA spectrum, but that's exactly what you'd expect from the hop bill! Yet again, super-solid brewing from Badlands even if this felt slightly thinner than the 'typical' IPA from them.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2021
at 22:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(473ml can c/o Luc, thanks!) Pours opaque dull orange-gold with a thick white head and lots of lace. Notes of heavy white grape and some sweet red berries, bright zippy citrus up front, some floral tropical fruit, some dank wet leaves, citrus pith and red fruit rinds, rather prominent bready malt but fairly light sweetness, quite dry dank finish with low bitterness, slightly chalky minerals and some citrus oils plus a little earthy stuff in the aftertaste. Medium-bodied, nice and creamy with soft carbonation. I liked this hop profile but I felt it was a little lacking in saturation compared to my hopes for it.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Mar 2021
at 20:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(473ml can c/o Luc, thanks!) Pours near-opaque orange-gold with a thick white head. Aroma of plentiful orange and grapefruit zest, some light sweet orange juice and mango, some dank floral 'red fruit' type notes and a little bready malt. Flavour is moderately sweet up front, cara cara orange pulp and bready malt, mid-sip gains lots of berries and orange/grapefruit peels, quite zesty and a little dank, drying into a low to moderately bitter finish with lingering grapefruit peel, berry-like weed cultivars and a little mango. Medium-plus body, very creamy and soft carbonation. Nice one from Badlands, I think they're starting to get more comfortable with DIPAs in can and this was quite nice.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Mar 2021
at 02:31
7/10
A hazed golden ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity biscuit malt with dank resinous floral hops, light mineral notes, light tropical fruits. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with resinous floral hops, light alcohol warmth, tropical fruit, smooth.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2021
at 19:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(473ml can c/o Luc, thanks!) Pours near-opaque orange gold with a fine white head and lots of lace. Aroma of sweet orange, grapefruit peels, mango, maybe some pineapple and gooseberry accents, moderately dank, catty Citra, leafy Nelson, some bready malt. Flavour is a bit less juice than the nose, orange zest aromatic bitters prominent, some mango, interesting floral vanilla accent mid-sip, softly bready malt. Citrus peel aromatics take over in the finish, touch leafy, slight chalky mineral feel makes it quite dry, lightly citrus-bitter in the aftertaste, maybe a little grain in there too. Medium bodied, for me not actually as creamy as the typical Badlands feel, softly carbonated. I don't necessarily find the tweaks here to achieve the softness I was expecting but this was a lot better than #37 and I actually like the heavy citrus bitters that remind me of an amaro.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Mar 2021
at 19:26