Great Lakes Brewery (Canada)
Regional Brewery
in
Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 1987
Contact
Description
We are a fiercely independently owned craft brewery… And we’re damn proud of it! Great Lakes celebrated 34 years in the craft beer business in 2021, making us one of the oldest independent craft breweries in Canada.
We specialize in producing flavourful beers that will be sure to awaken your taste buds with each sip. From unique seasonal ales, bottle conditioned releases, year-round ales and premium lagers to our 7 Barrel and Tank Ten Series of beers, GLB produces a variety of products to be enjoyed by everyone!
We specialize in producing flavourful beers that will be sure to awaken your taste buds with each sip. From unique seasonal ales, bottle conditioned releases, year-round ales and premium lagers to our 7 Barrel and Tank Ten Series of beers, GLB produces a variety of products to be enjoyed by everyone!
7/10
Can from the brewery! I know it's named after the hops, but pours a classic clear gold with a layer of white head. Taste is vaguely sweet malt covered with a solid delivery of hops bitterness and mild flowery resin. The bitterness builds and maintains in the finish. Not bad, but not my favourite.
Tried
from Can
at
Great Lakes Brewery
on 11 Jul 2026
at 00:15
7.5/10
Tried
on 22 Jun 2026
at 17:06
7/10
Overall sweetness with pineapples, rich bready malt, mild resin.
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2026
at 23:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A hazed blonde pils with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, crisp biscuit malt with grassy resinous hops, light mineral notes, flowery, pleasant. In mouth, a nice crisp biscuit malt grassy German hops, light mineral notes, light cereal, pleasant. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tooth and Nail Brewing Company
on 07 May 2026
at 21:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
A blonde pils with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, crisp biscuit malt with grassy hops, light mineral notes, pleasant. In mouth, a nice crisp biscuit malt, Saaz hops, light mineral notes, pleasant. On tap at Tooth and nail.
Tried
on 07 May 2026
at 20:46
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
A hazed milky yellow DIPA with a very thin white head. In aroma, sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light tropical fruits, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, pineapples, pleasant. On tap at Lakeshore location.
Tried
from Draft
at
GLB Brewpub - Great Lakes Brewery East Bayfront
on 24 Apr 2026
at 19:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A golden ipa with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with resinous piney hops, light cereals, light citrus, pleasant. In mouth, a nice crisp biscuit malt with resinous piney hops, grapefruit pulp, citrus, nice and smooth. On tap at Lakeshore location.
Tried
from Draft
at
GLB Brewpub - Great Lakes Brewery East Bayfront
on 24 Apr 2026
at 19:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
A blonde helles with a thin white head. In aroma, crisp biscuit malt grassy German hops, light mineral notes, pleasant. In mouth, a nice crisp biscuit malt with grassy German hops, light mineral notes, pleasant. On tap at Lakeshore location.
Tried
from Draft
at
GLB Brewpub - Great Lakes Brewery East Bayfront
on 24 Apr 2026
at 19:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Part of their Octo Mix 4-pack, pouring a slight haze, light golden colour with a white frothy head, good retention and foamy lacing. Some good fruity aromas with peaches, mangos and a tad of grassy hops, coriander. The peachiness continues in the taste with the stone fruits, milder, but still nicely done. A decent juicy mouthfeel with enough dryness in the end. Gets hazier as it pours, and particles appear. Quite a nice, juicy, refreshing Session NEIPA with peachy-mango notes.
Tried
from Can
from
LCBO #624 - Innes Rd. & Tenth Line
on 19 Apr 2026
at 04:48
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Can
on 12 Apr 2026
at 00:23