Great Lakes Brewery (Canada)
Regional Brewery
in Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 1987
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!
Boutip (9769) reviewed Beatrix from Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Can: Poured a pitch-black color porter with a large dark brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of black chocolate notes with light roasted malt and floral coffee notes is quite enticing. Taste is a mix of black chocolate notes with some roasted malt notes and floral coffee notes is great. Body is quite full with a good creamy texture and good carbonation with no apparent alcohol notes.Solid baltic porter with great drinkability.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(473ml can shared by Herbalist, thanks!) Pours very lightly hazed pale orange with a decent eggshell head and lace. Aroma is canned peach, sweet orange, some mango, citrus oils, fresh pine, honeyed malt, a little cannabis. Flavour follows the nose and is moderately sweet and honeyed, again lots of canned peach and sweet orange pulp leading the charge, mixed tropical fruit, clean yeast, smooth maltiness, definitely some citrus oils and pine but very low bitterness into an off-dry rounded finish. Medium-bodied, oily, fairly soft carbonation. A surprise for me. Not really fitting with most contemporary IPAs, it's not bitter enough to be WC (new or old school) but certainly not NEIPA either. It is also not a DIPA at 7%! It's tasty and really drinkable however.
Dogbrick (24210) ticked Burst! from Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sample at Toronto's Festival of Beer on 07/24/2022.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
473ml can. Pours a slightly hazy orange-gold with a medium, foamy, long lasting, off-white head that leaves thick curtains of lace. Sweet fruity aroma of bready wheat malt, grapefruit, mango, mandarin orange and piney hops. Sweet fruity flavour of caramel malt, grapefruit, mango, pineapple, apricot, mandarin orange and piney hops in a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with a sticky, oily texture and average carbonation. Tasty and enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sample at beerbistro.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(473ml can ~4mo from Herbalist, thanks!) Pours almost clear pale orange with a solid eggshell head and some lace. Notes of sticky sweet orange and resinous overripe mango, some grapefruit, candied berries, slightly bready malt with a dash of caramel and honey, solid hit of pine resin and a little cannabis, finishing semi-sweet but with moderate plus bitterness drying it out, again lots of pine resin, mango, earth and a little cannabis in the finish and aftertaste, touch of alcohol warmth too. Medium-plus body, oily, fairly soft carbonation. Big west coast style thing, not really my vibe usually and this was an old can but honestly it performed quite well in that style.
A red copper ale with a thin lacing light mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with dark fruits, light mineral notes, light alcohol warmth, pleasant. In mouth, sweet fruity caramel malt with dark fruits, light mineral notes, light licorice, alcohol warmth, pleasant. On tap at Jarvis location.
A light hazed golden ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with old school c hops, light mineral notes, OK. In mouth, biscuit malt with grassy floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light mineral notes, OK. On tap at Jarvis location.
Lubiere (24459) ticked Stage 17 from Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) 3 years ago
A golden lager with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, crisp biscuit malt with resinous hops, light citrus pulp, pleasant. In mouth, a nice crisp biscuit malt with resinous hops, light mineral notes, pleasant and smooth. On tap at Jarvis location.
Lubiere (24459) ticked Hydration Helles from Great Lakes Brewery (Canada) 3 years ago
A golden helles with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, crisp biscuit malt with German hops, light biscuit malt, light chalky notes. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity biscuit malt with grassy German hops, light mineral notes, pleasant and smooth. On tap at Jarvis location.