Waterloo Brewing Company
Commercial Brewery
in
Kitchener,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Owned by
Carlsberg Group International Head Office
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 1984
Contact
400 Bingemans Centre Dr, Kitchener, N2B 3X9, Canada
Description
In 1984, we were the first craft brewers in Ontario. With a dedication to precision, detail and pure ingredients, we were – and still are – making the kind of beer we’d choose to drink ourselves. As Ontario’s first craft brewer, we look back to the past with pride and are excited for the future.
6/10
Tried
from Can
on 11 Oct 2019
at 23:14
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Lots of fresh raspberry but not a lot of outside character, like beer character for example. Pink pour with good head. Sweet and sour end. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Sep 2019
at 22:58
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Jammy sweet raspberry. Clear orange with a decent white head. Sweet raspberry and not much else.
Tried
on 10 Jul 2019
at 00:01
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
473ml can shared with my wife. Pours a clear amber-pink with a medium, fizzy, short lived, off-white head that fully dissipates. Sweet aroma of raspberry, sugar, apple juice and grainy malt in the far background. Sweet fruity flavour of apple juice, raspberry, sugar, faint lemon and grainy malt in a slight tart finish. Light body with a thin, watery texture and lively carbonation. Too sweet for me, but refreshing. More of a light, watered down fruit beer than a radler.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jun 2019
at 03:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Waterloo Festbier 5% Orange with a huge beige head and lightly bready malty sweet aroma. It is medium to light in body with a crisp bready malty caramel body. Really nice and I think it was just 2 bucks.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2019
at 04:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 2/15/2019. Pours slightly hazy pale golden/yellow, light pink/orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big juicy/tart/tangy red raspberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, pear, melon, red apple, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of wood, pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance of raspberries, lemon, apples, moderate pale malts, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy/tart/tangy red raspberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, pear, melon, red apple, cracker, and white bread; with lighter notes of wood, pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness; and fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy raspberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, pear, melon, red apple, cracker, white bread, wood, pepper, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great robustness and balance of raspberries, lemon, apples, moderate pale malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness and tart/tangy fruit balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Moderately crisp/clean finishing. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with no yeasty notes present. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness, tart/tangy fruit, and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and sticky/acidic/tangy/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 2.5%. Overall this is an excellent radler. All around great robustness and balance of raspberries, lemon, apples, moderate pale malts, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink; with the mellowly bitter/tart/tangy/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesome balance between juicy/jammy fruit, and clean pale lager flavors; with nice earthy hop presence/balance for the style. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive style example. Will be perfect for summer.
Tried
from Can
on 31 May 2019
at 21:11
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
473ml can. Pours a clear brown with ruby hue and a medium, creamy, long lasting, tan head that laces. Mild, sweet aroma of grainy roasted malt, caramel, biscuit and saline solution. Sweet flavour of toasted bready malt, caramel, chocolate, salt and weak coffee in a dry, mild bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. A little thin for the style, but ok. Easy to drink.
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2019
at 04:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from the LCBO. Clear dark copper with a large fluffy cream coloured head that fades slowly leaving some patchy lace. Prominent caramel and roast on the nose. Flavour is medium- caramel sweetness with a light+ coffee bitterness and some notes of vanilla and light saltiness. Mouth is medium- with soft carbonation and a sticky lightly sweet finish. Delivers what it promised but i find it a touch on the sweet side. 8/4/7/3+/14+
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2019
at 03:19
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
473ml can shared with my wife. Pours a slightly hazy straw colour with bits of pulp floating around and a small, fizzy, short lived, off-white head that fully dissipates. Sweet aroma of grapefruit, white sugar and grainy pale malt. Sweet flavour of pale malt, grapefruit, white sugar and white grape in a dry finish. Light body with a sticky texture and average carbonation. A little cloying, like a grapefruit soda.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jan 2019
at 03:57
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
473ml can. Pours a clear orange-amber with a small, creamy, short lived, off-white head that laces. Mild aroma of toasted grainy malt and caramel. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, toffee, orange, honey and overripe apple in a dry finish. Light to medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. A little too sweet. A malt forward Amber, almost like a malt liquor. Could use more hops to balance things out.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jan 2019
at 05:48