Beer Me! — Niagara Falls Brewing — Brampton, Ontario, Canada

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Niagara Falls Brewing

Not open to the public (as far as I know)

54 Bramsteele Road
Brampton ON L6W 3M6
Brewer: Rich Neheli
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Notes

Visited: October 14, 1996

Opened: 1989

Annual Production: 10,000 hl

Contributor: Ian Watson

Thanks to Rich, Rose Marie, and Mario for the day at the brewery in October 1996!

Moosehead purchased this brewery and moved it from Niagara Falls to Brampton in 2007.

Updated: May 4, 2009

Beer List

Apple Ale

Garden (Fruit Wheat) Beer
- Date: October 14, 1997 (#2338)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 14½ points
  
  Overall Impression (3)
  Yellow, very high carbonation, thick head. Strong red apple aroma. Lots of apple flavor, lots of malt flavor. It's definitely a beer, not a cider.

Best Bitter

(Special) Best Bitter

Date: October 14, 1997 (#2334)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Dark golden, low carbonation, massive head. Cascade aroma. Good body, fairly bitter, moderate carbonation bite. Cluster hops from start to end and then some. Drying late.

Brock's Extra Stout

Sweet Stout or Cream Stout

Date: October 14, 1997 (#2339)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Very very very dark brown, thick tan head. Smoky, roasty aroma. (Served quite warm!) Thick, chocolately, fairly sweet. Some hoppy flavor and bitterness in the middle.

Eisbock

German-Style Eisbock

Awards:

Gold Medal & Best in Category, 2004 Canadian Brewing Awards

Date: October 14, 1997 (#2341)

Package: bottled

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Brown-amber, very high carbonation, moderate head. Some caramel aroma, some alcohol. Medium body, blast of alcohol, fairly fizzy. Thin caramel late, then quite drying.

Date: August 5, 2003 (#4996)

Package: bottled

Place: Beer Club International

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Deep bright brown. Nice thick head. Lots of sweet caramel malt aroma, with lots of herbal hops. Medium slick body. Great big sweet toasty malt flavor start to finish.

Date: October 14, 1997 (#2331)

Package: bottled

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression (3)
(No glass - drank it from the bottle.) Red-clear, thick head, even in the bottle. Sweet, brown aroma. Sweet, bitter, a little roasty. More bitter at the end than the draught version.

Date: October 14, 1997 (#2332)

Package: draught

Place: Hard Rock Cafe, Niagara Falls ON

Score: 18½ points

Overall Impression (3½)
Red-brown, high carbonation, thick head. Sweet, brown aroma. Good body, nicely balanced sweet brown flavor. Thick and roasty up front, pleasant bitterness in the middle, nicely malty at the end. An excellent Brown Ale.

Date: October 14, 1997 (#2340)

Package: bottled

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Amber, very high carbonation, very thick head. Subtle cherry aroma. Sweet, spicy, tart, but not at all cloying, sticky, or acidic. All fruit beers should be this well-balanced.

Date: April 18, 1999 (#3241)

Package: bottled

Place: 1st Wines and Spirits, Allouez WI

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Dark golden, moderate head. Sweet aroma, slightly skunked. Medium body, big smoky maple flavor and finish.

Date: October 14, 1997 (#2333)

Package: bottled

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Amber, clear, thick head. Sweet, berry aroma...almost Belgian. High-test, dry, malty. Very warming.

Date: October 14, 1997 (#2335)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Golden, high carbonation, thick head. Malty aroma, some berries. Light, big carbonation bite, lots of herbal hop flavor. Malty finish.

Date: October 14, 1997 (#2336)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Golden, but a lot darker than Premium Light. Very high carbonation, thick head. Spicy aroma, with some berries. Fairly big body, high carbonation. Pretty clean beer. Some bitterness, not a lot; some maltiness, not a lot.

Date: October 14, 1997 (#2337)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Yellow, hazy, high carbonation, thick head. Very clean aroma. Some wheat flavor, not much else. It's named not "Weizen" for "wheat", but "Weisse" for "white", although it's neither Belgian- nor Berlin-style.