This Brewery from Barrie ON, is changing the way to make Beer

The Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery  leads the Craft Beer Revolution in Ontario. Brewing radical Beers and creative Ales right on the waterfront in downtown Barrie since 2004, the Flying Monkeys was the first Ontario Craft Brewery to truly recognize the need to overthrow the conservative regime of macro-brews and timid small batch taste-a-likes and create a new Culture of Craft Brewing in our province.

If you really want to expand your taste and adventure on this eccentric flavors, this beer is for you,  here is some of the beers that will definitely blow your mind. 

 The chocolate manifesto, is their distinctive statement on beer and chocolate. Unfermentable milk sugars, or lactose, gives this classic Milk Stout voluptuous body and velvety mouthfeel.

On the recipe 

ABV 10%

OG 1.109

SRM Just Black

Malts Chocolate Malt, Dark Crystal Malt, Roasted Barley, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats

Hops Millennium Hops (for bittering) 

Acadian Groove, with tantalizing aromas of maple, sweet roasted malts, and slightly earthy hops are layered upon the plump bouquet of split vanilla pods with toasty undercurrents of light coffee and chocolate. The undeniable warmth of this 10% ABV beer embraces the promise of Spring with a lingering maple finish

On the recipe 

ABV 10%

IBUs 30

Malts Pale 2-Row, Flaked Oats, Crystal 60, Chocolate Malt, Cara-aroma, Melanoidin, Black Malt

Bittering Hops Columbus

Whirlpool Hops Hallertauer

Special Additions Vanilla Beans & Ontario Maple Syrup

El Toro bravo, Peppery brown with dark, oxblood lights, the spicy, citrusy body of El Toro Bravo is a muscular breed of sweet, toffee malts and crisp, drying rye crossed with the unique herbal notes of Spanish cedar. The dauntless grace of the noble Hallertauer hop and the complexity of wood flavours only grow more dignified with time. At 10.1% ABV, El Toro Bravo is perfect for aging.

On the recipe 

ABV 10.1%

Malts Pale 2-Row, CaraMunich, Rye Malt, Chocolate Rye Malt

Bittering Hops Columbus

Hops Saaz, Styrian Goldings (late additions)                                                                               Dry Hop Hallertauer

Paranormal, pouring with an otherworldly orange glimmer, Paranormal channels the subtle blend of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and allspice in the spirited body of a 10% ABV beer. Brewed with roasted pumpkin and spices, Paranormal’s rich mouthfeel and a slightly hazy body emerge from a realm where substance and shadow cross.

On the recipe 

ABV 10%

Malts Pale Malt, Melanoidin, Vienna Malt, Caramel/Crystal Malt

Hops Columbus Hops (boil)

Special Additions Roasted Pumpkin and Light Brown Sugar added in the mash; Ginger Root, Ground Allspice & Ground Cinnamon in a Boil

Well after i tried i was so confused about the experience i had, but slowly i was getting in to the taste, its not for everyone i have to admit but without a question is something you need to try.

Also The Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery open their doors for free tours check out their website and take a trip to an other dimension of beer. 

The best Beer tour in Toronto

I consider my self a beer lover, but Oliver Dawson took his love for beer to an other level and decided to share it with everyone, creating Beer Lovers Tour where they take you in to a food and beer experience like no others.


Introducing the Old Toronto Beer Tour:

Four breweries, loads of beer samples, exquisite lunch, 4 course beeer and dinner and  site-seeing including entrance to Fort York, led by a professional beer & history guide. 

For more details visit Beer Lovers Tour website 

The oldest breweries in Toronto

Beer is on the rise these days and with new breweries coming out every week, we just felt going through a nostalgic trip and show you the oldest breweries in Toronto still making beer.

Amsterdam Brewery and Co. (est. 1986)

 Founded by Dutchman Roel Bramer by the name of The Amsterdam Brasserie and Brewpub on John Street downtown, couple of years later a second brewpub location with a larger brewing capacity was opened as The Rotterdam on King Street, In 1993, the former was closed, and operations under the current name The Amsterdam Brewing Company operating as a microbrewery. The company subsequently moved to a location on Bathurst, finally in 2013 opened the very popular location on Queens Quay with a gigantic Brewpub. 

Must try:  Blonde Lager, Big Wheel amber and Fracture (their newest brew) and imperial ipa.

Great Lakes Brewery (est. 1987)

Great Lakes Brewery was started in 1987 in an industrial unit in Brampton by Bruce Cornish, after 4 years Cornish ran out of money to fund the company and sold it to construction magnate in Etobicoke Peter Bulut, in 1991 Bulut moved the brewery to its current home just off the QEW, Bulut Jr. took over the business in 2009 introducing new flavors and giving the beers funny and creative names which pumped up the sales, and lead for them to win in 2013 and 2014  the top honor in Canadian brewing, naming Great Lakes Brewery Canadian Brewery of the Year. 

Most try: Lake effect IPA, Pompous Ass EPA, Hanla's Point coconut coffee porter 


Granite Brewery and Restaurant (est. 1991)

The Keefe brothers expanded into Toronto in 1991 after starting up the Granite Brewery in Halifax six years prior specializing in fermented brews. Never really established as a competitor brewery, keeping a low key profile at the LCBO, they are more interested in people going on their Establishment located in Mount Pleasant and Eglinton, try the amazing English style food they offer and enjoy a good brew with great company. 

Most Try: Best Bitter, Dunkelweizen and Hazy Daze.

So definitely you should make a tour and visit this old breweries, make sure you don't take your car with you.