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:
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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6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from the lcbo, in a fancy pine box. Pours a clear rusty, brown, with a creamy, dense off white head. Aroma is very malt forward, lots of caramels, and toffee with a soft nuttiness. Reminiscent of a German bock, light grassy notes, minerals, solid cereals and malts.. Low bitterness, easy drinking malty, sweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:36

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Summer mixed 6er of cans. Clear orange pour, with a medium white head. Aroma is pine resin, light spice, some grass. Mouth feel is light, carb is great. Finish is medium bitter, bright and clean. Jesus, a drinkable, pleasant, actually enjoyable Sleeman offering?! Wow.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:35

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Cascade and galaxy hops? Where?! In this beer? Seriously!? You got me.... I give up, where are you hiding them, cause I sure as hell can’t find them. What little hops there are, are pretty bland and slightly piney. The subtle.bops are well balanced with the soft caramel, cereal malts. This is pretty boring, right up sleeman’s alley.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:22

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Dark brown pour, small off white head. Aroma is sweet cocoa, and some sweet, brown sugary malts. Carb is good, body and mouth feel are thin. Finish is sweet, brown sugar, hints of vanilla, and subtle chocolate.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:19

3.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 3
Corny, macro aroma. Mouth feel, and carb are par for the course. The absolute faintest hint of a smidge of a whisper of coconut in the finish. Meh.
Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:18

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Clear copper pour, small beige off white head. Aroma of light smoke, slightly sweet malts., and hint if bacon. Slightly thick mouth feel, soft carb. Finish is low on the bitterness meter, and slightly sweet. Reminds me alot of the universe raft man. Nothing special, but it does what it’s aiming for well.
Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:18

1.1/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 1 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 0.5
Hang on to your hats......this is sleeman clear 2.0! The future of beer! Good god people, what the serious fuck is this? Enough with these low carb beers, these bullshit diet beers. Watery, tasteless abortions classified as beer. Go away. No redeemable qualities whatsoever. Brutal.
Earlier Rating: 3/2/2007 Total Score: 0.5
smells like.........wow, i cant put my finger on it. dirty wet socks? wow, this is awful. flavour is......well there isnt any? ok how can something smell so bad, and not taste like anything? leave it to the macros!
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:16

5.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle in a seasonal six pack at the lcbo.
Pours aclear amber, with avery small beige head. Light green, grassy hops, cheap malty grains, and subtle wood. The finish is slightly nutty, with touches of wood and a little canilla. This is basicallly an amber ale, that they tossed oak chips into, meh.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:13

2.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 1.5
Very similar to Upper Canada Dark
A slight malt aroma with some metallic, and ink aromas also. Flavor is harsh, and bitter, with some odd cardboard notes. yuck.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:16

1.2/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 1 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 1
had at a friends house..........her dad offered it to me, i couldn’t say no.
Wow, talk about bad macro beer, this has ZERO flavour. ZERO aroma. its like club soda with some yellow food coloring.
Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:07