Founded in 1987, Great Lakes Brewery is Toronto’s oldest craft brewery.
Independently owned by the Bulut family, we produce our beer as it was done hundreds of years ago by using an open fire, copper brew house built in Germany
in the early 1900’s. Our small-batch brewing process allows us to carefully blend only the finest all natural ingredients to produce our award-winning beers. Our water, hops, malts and yeast are selected from local producers and those afar
on the basis of but one criteria; quality.
As we approach our 20th anniversary, we are proud to have expanded our port-folio of beers and our recognition. In our early years, we focused on draught
sales only, supplying bars and restaurants in the Toronto area and beyond. Eventually, as demand for our product grew, we decided to add two new beers
to our family. The first was our Red Leaf Smooth Red Lager, a well-balanced beer
in the Vienna Lager style. Shortly after, we introduced our Black Jack Black
Lager, and in it’s first entry at the World Beer Cup in Seattle (2006), we were honoured to win a bronze medal in the Black Lager category. And just recently,
we brewed our first ever ale. Released at the 2006 Toronto Festival of Beer,
Devil’s Pale Ale was the talk of the show, introducing beer lovers to a whole new taste of Great Lakes.
The incredible response to Devil’s Pale Ale has inspired us to add a new seasonal lineup. Devil’s Pale Ale remains our fall specialty, followed by Winter Ale until the start of spring, when Orange Peel Ale will make its debut. These seasonal beers are available at our retail store in single-serve cans or bottles, depending on the brand. Look for Orange Peel Ale at your local LCBO this April!
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