Small Pony Barrel Works

Microbrewery in Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Small Pony Barrel Works - Out of business

Closed in 2026

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https://www.smallponybarrelworks.com/pages/cheers

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8/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 9 Overall 8
Can: Poured a black stout with the consistency of pudding! Aroma of chocolate pudding with light bourbon notes and warming alcohol. Taste is a mix of chocolate pudding notes with some light bourbon and vanilla notes and residual sugar notes. Body is full with pudding-like consistency. A weird experiment that actually works better than what I was expecting.
Tried from Can on 20 Jul 2026 at 19:44

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a small dark brown foamy head with some retention and some lacing notes. Aroma of chocolate malt notes with loads of cinnamon and cayenne pepper with hints of residual sugar notes. Taste is also a mix of chocolate malt notes with some faint bourbon notes and tons of cinnamon with some cayenne pepper. Body is full and good carbonation with no real discernible alcohol notes. Enjoyable but too much cinnamon and not enough bourbon notes being discernible.
Tried from Can on 15 Jul 2026 at 14:23


5.6/10
Tried from Can on 16 Feb 2026 at 21:47

7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
A murky, orangy colour with a brown and golden hue. Lots of spices seen through it. Mango aromas with the pumpkin spices, hints of it purée, nice sourness and vanilla blending things in the end. The taste shows as well a tad more mango than pumpkin, but still the pumpkin spices are present. You get the sourness from the oak that gives that funky Small Pony touch. A very nice Sour Smoothie with mangos added to the mix, vanilla and brown sugars.
Tried from Can from LCBO #624 - Innes Rd. & Tenth Line on 19 Jan 2026 at 01:49

7.4/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 8
2025 edition in a 473ml can, with 5.5.% ABV. Fairly clean, amber with a red hue and golden highlights. The head is warm-beige coloured with a fizziness leaving quick enough, leaving only a few tiny bubble around the beer. Big wild, sour-funky nose with some nice fresh ginger that eventually comes out, and hints of lime juice blending things. A puckering mouthfeel with a little tart left on tongue. The lime adds to the sourness, and the spices add a nice different touch on the style. Quite an interesting spiced Barrel Aged Sour.
Tried from Can from LCBO #624 - Innes Rd. & Tenth Line on 05 Jan 2026 at 01:08

7.4/10
Thick AF
Tried on 04 Nov 2025 at 19:53

7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 5 Overall 7.5
375ml bottle. Minimally milky, ruby colour with small to average, dense, frothy, diminishing, off-white head. Woody, citrusy fruity and spicy, mildly funky, yeasty aroma, notes of oak, lime, lime peel, ginger, a touch of cherry, cherry cola, widely disguised, rye malty background. Taste is sour, citrusy fruity, tannic woody, yeasty funky and mildly spicy, notes of lime, lime peel, ginger, some oak, some funk, some peppery yeasty spiciness, black pepper, a touch of blue grapes, widely disguised, rye malty basis with very low residual sweetness.
Watery texture, dry and astringent palate, medium, prickly carbonation.
Very nice composition, matching and balanced lime and ginger combination, not even too sour taste but sadly too astringent mouthfeel - pretty decent overall.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2025 at 19:12

7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can, 355 ml, date: 13 April 2025, ordered by Internet via Big Rig Brewery - Kanata on 7 May 2025, savoured on 28 May 2025; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, tiny ring and island of brown head, no lacing; nose: bourbon, malt, caramel, light roasted notes, light maple; mouth: bourbon, malt, caramel, light roasted notes, light alcohol, light alcohol warmth, light maple, light salt, finale in lightly burnt caramel with presence of alcohol, full-bodied, average carbonation, mildly sweet, syrupy texture; in summary: decent


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Canette, 355 ml, date : 2025-04-13, commande Internet via Big Rig Brewery - Kanata le 7 mai 2025, savourée le 28 mai 2025; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, minuscule anneau et île de mousse brune, pas de dentelle; nez : bourbon, malt, caramel, légère torréfaction, léger érable; bouche : bourbon, malt, caramel, légère torréfaction, léger alcool, léger chaleur d’alcool, léger érable, léger sel, finale en caramel légèrement brûlé avec légère présence d’alcool, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture sirupeuse; en résumé : correct
Tried from Can at Big Rig West Location on 28 May 2025 at 21:12

7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can, 355 ml, date: 11 April 2025, ordered online via Big Rig Brewery - Kanata on 7 May 2025, savoured on 26 May 2025; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, tiny head and patches of dark brown head, no lacing; nose: bourbon, maple, coffee liqueur, alcohol, light roasted notes; mouth: bourbon, maple, a hint of coffee, alcohol, alcohol warmth, caramel, finale in maple with light presence of bourbon, medium-full body, average carbonation, rather sweet, syrupy and alcoholic texture; in summary: fine


FRANÇAIS


Canette, 355 ml, date : 2025-04-11, commande Internet via Big Rig Brewery - Kanata le 7 mai 2025, savourée le 26 mai 2025; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, minuscule anneau et îlots de mousse brune foncé, pas de dentelle; nez : bourbon, érable, liqueur de café, alcool, légère torréfaction; bouche : bourbon, érable, léger café, alcool, chaleur d’alcool, caramel, finale en érable avec légère présence de bourbon, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation moyenne, plutôt sucrée, texture sirupeuse et alcoolique; en résumé : bien
Tried from Can at Big Rig West Location on 26 May 2025 at 19:36