Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co.

Commercial Brewery in Guelph, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Owned by Sapporo Breweries

Established in 1834

Contact
551 Clair Rd West, Guelph, N1L 1E9, Canada
Subsidiaries
Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. owns 3 breweries/brands:
Description
We’ve always relied on our wits to give us an edge. We tried things others wouldn’t and refused to let being smaller keep us from thinking big. To become masters of our craft, we had to be pretty darned crafty. This spirit is at the heart of everything we do—and in every drop we brew.

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4.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Not really sure what this beer is all about (I get the coconut phenomenon for health reason), but this is just silly. Pours an average golden colour with a good head that stays a while and leaves dirty lacing. Aromas of corn, sweet cheap malts and hints of citrus. The taste of sweet malt is there, but because this is a light beer, not as sweet. I do not feel the coconut at all. Maybe some extremely light notes (more like bananas) in the finish or aftertaste, but still. Sleeman has had better light beers before. This will be gone shortly. Please bring back some old recipes from the old brewery book instead of this.
Tried on 29 Jun 2015 at 23:23

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Can. Pours a clear pale yellow with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has sweet grain, straw and a slight corn note. Flavor has a combination of corn and straw with a touch of sweet grains.
Tried from Can on 13 Jun 2015 at 22:26

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Can. Pours a clear deep amber brown with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has lots of sweet grains with some honey and a bit if earthy bread. Flavor has much more of an earthy bread note with a growing honey note.
Tried from Can on 13 Jun 2015 at 22:20

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
341ml bottle. Copper brown colour with a minimal white head. Malty aroma with some honey. Some sweetness in the taste with the subtle honey flavour coming through, caramel too. Sweet finish with a slight bitterness.
2015-06-13
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2015 at 18:46

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
This was poured into a stemmed pilsener.
The appearance was a transparent orange to brown color with a one finger white foamy head that quickly dissipated and left barely any lacing.
The smell had a rich caramel sweet maltiness about it.
The taste was moderately sweet with a light soapy flavoring in it. The aftertaste had the soapy arrangement to it with a watery finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a pretty good sessionable quality about it. The carbonation is super light.
Overall, I say this was an okay Vienna lager. I’d rather have a regular Sam Adams first.
Tried on 06 Mar 2015 at 21:18

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
New England Bucket List Trip #140. Keg. Pours a clear red with a thin creamy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of caramel, raisin, toffee. The taste is raisin, toffee, grain, mild grassy hops. Thin bodied.
Tried on 02 Mar 2015 at 01:51

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
500ml can. Slightly hazy copper-brown body. Steady, foamy white/off-white head. Slow rising carbonation bubbles. Kind of one-dimensional dull sweet aroma, not so impressive. Bland medium dark brown malt, the honey smooths it out even more. Macro lager tones. Pretty boring, but drinkable, honey brown ale.
Tried from Can on 18 Jan 2015 at 18:01

6/10
Tried on 06 Jan 2015 at 19:09

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottle from their Seasonal Selections mixed pack for Christmas 2014. Pours a clean amber colour with a small warm cap that does not last at all. Sweet malty nose with hints of honey. The taste is milder with again, a little sweetness, and even notes of coconut. Wet, sparkling with a light dry finish. The oak in here is more on the coconut-side than vanilla, so more fake and not even powerful. The St-Ambroise version that came out around the same time is much, much better.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jan 2015 at 19:55

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 6
Draft @ Maple Leaf, Covent Garden WC2. Pours a golden pale amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy aroma. Fruity malty weak hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy caramel finish.
Tried from Draft on 28 Dec 2014 at 06:16