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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!
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
473mL can, pours a lightly hazed pale golden with a small white head. Nose has big resinous hops, citrus rinds, candied orange, and sweet bready caramel to back. Flavour is quite malty for a IIPA, with lots of candied orange, citrus rinds, resinous hops, and a chewy caramel malt backbone. Too malty and sweet for my tastes in a way that regular Octopus was not. It’s still reasonably made, but the sugars and malty overshadow the hops here. Okay.
Tried
from Can
from
LCBO #751 - Bathurst & Lakeshore
on 08 Nov 2025
at 22:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at GLB, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out bright piney hops and light biscuity malt to back. Flavour reveals a complex piney hop character, a touch of citrus, and crisp biscuity malt. Forcefully hopped and yet balanced very well. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
at
GLB Brewpub - Great Lakes Brewery East Bayfront
on 07 Nov 2025
at 16:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
On tap at GLB, pours a clear copper golden with a small white head. Aroma has some allium, fresh doughy notes, and citrusy, piney hops. Flavour is very bitter, with plenty of bitter piney hops, allium, citrus, and doughy malt. Quite bitter finish. Solid enough for a Citra IPA.
Tried
from Draft
at
GLB Brewpub - Great Lakes Brewery East Bayfront
on 07 Nov 2025
at 16:38
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
On tap at GLB, pours a clear amber with a small white head. Aroma has gentle bready malt, a touch of hops, and some musty notes. Flavour is fairly dry and malty, with bready malt, some mustiness, and earthiness. Needs some more hops, as it comes across pretty muffled. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
at
GLB Brewpub - Great Lakes Brewery East Bayfront
on 07 Nov 2025
at 16:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at GLB, pours a clear blonde with a tiny white head. Aroma has lacto, gentle sugars, and a touch of citrus. Flavour is very dry, with light lacto, seltzery notes, and straw. Very dry, seltzery palate. Good but not particularly authentic.
Tried
from Draft
at
GLB Brewpub - Great Lakes Brewery East Bayfront
on 07 Nov 2025
at 16:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at GLB, pours a clear dark amber brown with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out bready malt, toasted malt, and a hint of caramel. Flavour has bitter resinous hops, bready notes, and pine. Nicely bitter, with a good malt backbone. Really good.
Tried
from Draft
at
GLB Brewpub - Great Lakes Brewery East Bayfront
on 07 Nov 2025
at 16:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a slightly cloudy golden, with a finger of solid fluffy white head. Taste is plain straw malt that works to support solid citrus and grapefruit, both zest and some pithy bitterness, some vauge resin. Finish is mild sweetness balanced by a lingering citrus bitterness. Great balance. Good beer. Can from the brewery.
Tried
from Can
at
Great Lakes Brewery
on 05 Nov 2025
at 23:52
7/10
Lighter than I was expecting but decent if a bit too smooth (I like my pumpkins spicy) but I easily finished it so it's got that.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Oct 2025
at 20:08
7.5/10
Hay malt with fairly strong ginger that comes up quickly, mild lemon undertones. Pretty tasty, though the ginger is a little on the heavy side.
Tried
from Can
at
Great Lakes Brewery
on 22 Oct 2025
at 00:01
8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 9
Can from the brewery. Pours a nice blonde with thick white head that sticks around. Taste is light biscuit malts, vague citrus, light esters, with a mild bitterness in the finish. Honestly this is a great beer. Well done Great Lakes
Tried
from Can
at
Great Lakes Brewery
on 17 Oct 2025
at 23:27