About
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!
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(473ml can c/o Luc, thanks!) Pours somewhat hazy pale orange with a thick loose white head and clumpy lace. Notes are quite different from a typical Badlands IPA; extremely dank fresh cannabis dominates the nose and is quite strong on the tongue, fair amount of both fresh conifers too, grapefruit pulp and candied citrus zest, prominent bread and cereal malt core is semi-sweet but quite drying on the finish, not particularly resinous but with good leafy, dank and slighlty coniferous bitterness and sweet citrus oils in the finish and aftertaste, low to moderate bitterness. Fairly light body, a little more slick and less creamy than typical Badlands malt bases. Really interesting brew, not old-school per se but not really their typical new school style either. For local ingredients, it's a banger.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jul 2021
at 15:20
7/10
A hazed milk yellow ipa with a thick frothy lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, herbaceous character, light mineral notes, pleasant. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light tropical fruits, very nice. Can from brewery.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2021
at 19:12
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
(473ml can c/o Luc, thanks!) Pours milky deep gold with a thick white head and lace. Aroma has nice canned lychee from Galaxy, herbal dill-adjacent notes and coconut milk from Sabro, softly dank mango/peach-inflected tropical quality from the Citra but I find it's the more retiring aroma hop here. Flavour is semi-sweet at best, lychee, white grape and leafy hop cones, light diesel dankness, the dill-adjacent grassiness of Sabro, peachy core with a little mango, light coconut creaminess, drying finish with softly bready malt peeking through, lychee and grape candies, leafy herbal Sabro, touches of citrus bitters. Medium bodied, quite creamy though maybe a touch less than some of their singles. Super beer though, love this hop profile which is very much in line with my tastes despite not being a Citra juice bomb.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2021
at 19:04
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(473ml can c/o Luc, thanks!) Pours near-opaque orange-gold with a decent white head and lace. Aroma is slightly mild for Badlands, mixed citrus bowl with lemon, lime and grapefruit meeting soft mango/papaya type tropical sweetness, some spicy herbs and a little dankness. Flavour is heavy lemon-lime zest upfront, some unripe pineapple and soft mixed tropical notes, light dankness, softly bready malt, drying out into the finish with lime peel and floral soapiness prominent, feels like the Moutere must be running the show a bit since it's not a typical Citra/Mosaic finish though with low bitterness. Light to medium bodied and creamy-soft. Solid entry in the series, not wholly sold on the slightly soapy finish but otherwise quite pleasurable if not overly punchy.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2021
at 00:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(473ml can c/o Luc, thanks!) Pours near-opaque deep gold with a thick white head and a carpet of intricate lace. Aroma is quite interesting, peach iced tea with lemon and grapefruit zests, touches of bready malt, squeeze of tropical fruit, lightly dank but the tea vibe is unusual and must come from a blend of resin and fruit notes. Flavour follows the nose somewhat, moderately sweet with peach and orange juice, floral grapefruit and tropical accents, more of the iced tea vibe to the bitters and resins, dank adjacent but not overly weedy, solid bready malt base that feels the barest hint torrified, semi-dry low bitterness finish with grapefruit iced tea aftertaste. Medium-full body, super creamy for a thick vibe, fairly soft carb. Solid DIPA iteration, with a little age on the can I didn't find this unbalanced or green like the last couple of monthly DIPAs have been, interesting profile if not heavily concentrated.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jul 2021
at 14:51
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
(473ml can c/o Luc, thanks!) Pours quite cloudy orange-gold with a thick white head and lots of lace. Aroma is a nice mix of citrus fruits, tangerine/navel orange sweetness, peppery yuzu and some grapefruit, backed by mixed tropicals like mango and papaya, touches of pine resins and a little weed. Flavour is fairly sweet mango, orange and papaya pureé over nicely bready malt with almost a hint of toast, clear presence of pine needles and citrus oil bitterness, finishing lightly sweet with candied orange and papaya notes and light citrus/cannabis resin bitters and a little lingering malt. Medium-full creamy body, usual Badlands quality mouthfeel. A real nice fruity-dank DIPA, gives the impression of a slightly maltier base but probably just the hops playing tricks.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jul 2021
at 02:59
7/10
A hazed blonde ipa with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet biscuit malt with light tropical fruits. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with resinous floral hops, light tropical fruits, OK.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2021
at 00:57
7/10
A hazed pale blonde ipa with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity sweet fruity malt with resinous floral hops, tropical fruit, light citrus, pleasant. In mouth, a nice dank resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, tropical fruit, very nice.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2021
at 00:54
7/10
A hazed blonde ipa with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with resinous floral hops, tropical fruit, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with dank resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light tropical fruits, very nice and smooth.
Tried
on 25 Jun 2021
at 23:20
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 pale yellow with a thick white head and good retention. Aroma is feels very Strata-forward, lots of bitter-floral grapefruit peels, pale soapy melons, high bright weed, fruit rinds, grass and herbs, pale bready malt, not sweet or juicy like the nose on the BdBC variant. Flavour is lightly to moderately sweet, again dominated by pale melons, kind of soapy, lots of Strata, soft white grape, fair amount of grapefruit oils but not heavily bitter, cannabis and herbs, fruits are a bit underripe, subtle bready malt, extremely creamy accents, smooth yeast, low bitterness with touches of resin and slight peppery herbs more soapy florals, off-dry finish. Medium-weight creamy body with soft carb, great Badlands feel as always. Sampled side by side with the BdBC version, this has the great Badlands feel but hits the notes of the hop combo I don't like as much...too much Strata and not enough of the others.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jun 2021
at 18:32