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!
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Lovely citrus nose, with a UK biscuity malt bill. perfect carb and mouth feel. Not exactly to style, another beer that is best in its style cause they added a huge dose of West coast hops. It’s a great beer but I don’t think should be top in its style.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
on tap at The Burger Bar. Jet black pour, with a big rocky beige head. Amazing roasted malt aroma, touches of vanilla, wood, and some coffee. Decent mouthfeel, and a solid carbonation. the flavor was super satisfying. Roasty, burnt coffee, and some great vanilla finish. what a great porter, please bottle this!
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Hardrock 42 in Sudbury. Black pour, big mocha head. Great roasted malt aromas, touches of cocoa, and coffee, with some very slight, but present resinous hops. The mouth feel is perfect along with the carb. The finish is green, with a great subtle, yet solid dose of piney, resinous hops. These hops balance incredibly well with the solid roasted malt flavors. At 3.7% this is a great session porter, excellent!
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:38
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask Days 2012. hazy golden pour, small offf white head. The aroma is big on the masala, and curry. big notes of corriander, and pepper, with loads of heavy spice. cumin, and cloves are also very upfront. solid mouthfeel, good carb for a cask ale. the finish is very spicy, and even a touch hot. a little too over the top for me though. Pumpkin? Where?
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
750ml bottle. Lightly hazy golden pour, small white head. Nice malted wheat aroma with lemon grass, touches of citrus, subtle spice, corriander, and fresh cut grass. Perfect carb, great mouth feel. Finish is light on the bitterness, touches of funk, nice spicy, lemon and corriander. Good spiciness, and a touch peppery, quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Herbal, citrucy hops. Grassy, hay like malts. Solid carb, mouthfeel was bang on. Medium bitterness, with some light funk, and a light tart finish with some good hopping on the end.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at volo.
Great hop aroma, loads of citrus, and some light pine. Tropical fruit, and some yeasty notes round out the light cereal malts. Super clean mouthfeel and carbonation. Great crisp hoppy finish, medium bitterness, and an impressivley satisfying beer. Outstanding summer beer.
Great hop aroma, loads of citrus, and some light pine. Tropical fruit, and some yeasty notes round out the light cereal malts. Super clean mouthfeel and carbonation. Great crisp hoppy finish, medium bitterness, and an impressivley satisfying beer. Outstanding summer beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:36
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
on tap at Volo.
Clear amber pour, with no head. Aroma of sour apples, touches of citrus funk, and some wet grass. good mouthfeel, but pretty flat. the lack of carbonation is a little annoying. Finish is tart, with more apples, and some more light funk. really swirling the glass brings some of the barnyard, hay funkiness to the forefront, but it’s faint. interesting beer.
Clear amber pour, with no head. Aroma of sour apples, touches of citrus funk, and some wet grass. good mouthfeel, but pretty flat. the lack of carbonation is a little annoying. Finish is tart, with more apples, and some more light funk. really swirling the glass brings some of the barnyard, hay funkiness to the forefront, but it’s faint. interesting beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
on tap at Volo.
Hazy orange pour, big white head.
HUGE aroma of citrus fruit. grapefruit, oranges, lemons, you name it......
NO malt anywhere to be found, its just hops all he way. really really nice stuff. if you like hops, get this if you can find it.
Hazy orange pour, big white head.
HUGE aroma of citrus fruit. grapefruit, oranges, lemons, you name it......
NO malt anywhere to be found, its just hops all he way. really really nice stuff. if you like hops, get this if you can find it.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
cask days 2011.
murky orange juice pour, big bouquet of hops, all kinds of citrus fruit, and some light pine. quite bitter, but very pleasant. a tiny bit of funk, it’s coming through, but i’m not getting much. nice pithy finish, medium bitterness. I didnt find the brett added much, it was there, but it was just hoppy in my opinion. nice offering though.
murky orange juice pour, big bouquet of hops, all kinds of citrus fruit, and some light pine. quite bitter, but very pleasant. a tiny bit of funk, it’s coming through, but i’m not getting much. nice pithy finish, medium bitterness. I didnt find the brett added much, it was there, but it was just hoppy in my opinion. nice offering though.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:34