Great Lakes Brewery (Canada)

Regional Brewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1987

Contact
30 Queen Elizabeth Blvd, Toronto, M8Z 1L8, Canada
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!

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7.3/10 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 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 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 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Tried from Can on 12 Apr 2026 at 00:23

7.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Fairly clean, slightly unfiltered with super tiny, transparent particles. Golden-amber colour with a big, creamy-frothy, warm-white head, good retention and thick, foamy lacing. Pink grapefruit aromas, other citrus notes, some caramel malt and some piney-grassy hoppiness. Kind of creamy for the mouthfeel with a slow, building dryness. Again, beautiful fresh citrusy flavours with their zest, some good maltiness in the background and nice resinous notes. Quite a good drying American-style IPA that is kind of refreshing as well.
Tried from Can from LCBO #624 - Innes Rd. & Tenth Line on 30 Mar 2026 at 00:45

9/10
Tried on 18 Mar 2026 at 18:20

9/10
Tried on 04 Mar 2026 at 23:34

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
This lager poured a hazy, light yellow colour with a decent, bright white head. Nice lacing. Scents include corn, dough, biscuit and a little honey and hops. First swig was ok. A little weak full of corn flavours and milder hop. Finish is corn and hop with that same hop bitterness lingering. Drinkable.
Tried from Can at LCBO #44 - Market & Icomm Dr on 21 Dec 2025 at 22:07

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from the LCBO. Lightly hazed pale gold with a frothy two finger white head. Nose is bright citrus with some light tropical fruit and honey. Light clementine sweetness with a light+ grapefruit and orange peel bitterness. Mouth is slightly thin with average carbonation and a lightly juicy finish.
Tried on 12 Dec 2025 at 03:50

6.5/10
All hops, needs a little something else going on.
Tried from Can on 15 Nov 2025 at 16:37