Artisan ales and Art-Deco design at Junction Craft Brewing

Junction Craft Brewing has restored a former Art Deco-era waste incinerator to become a stunning brewery, taproom and bottle shop.

Junction Craft Brewing

150 Symes Rd.

Of all the buzzed-about openings in Toronto's Stockyards District, the one we’re most excited about is Junction Craft Brewing. They’ve transformed a stunning Art Deco-era building on Symes Road, one of the few pre World War II industrial buildings that remain in the neighbourhood, into a stunning, spacious brewing facility. Even before you step into Junction Craft Brewing’s new home, you’ll notice Art Deco detailing adorning its exterior, including a horizontal striped buff brick facade and a carved medallion above the front entrance that dates the structure to 1933 (although the building wasn’t completed until 1934).

Junction Craft Brewing

150 Symes Rd.

With an industrial-sized brewhouse, fermentation tanks and a light-filled tap room and bottle shop, it’s hard to imagine that this space was once home to a waste incinerator known as the Symes Road Destructor. There are over a dozen brews flowing in Junction Craft’s tap room for you to taste and discover, many of which are available by bottle or can at the bottle shop to take home with you.

Derail #7 Dry Hopped Mango Sour

Inside, the Junction team is hard at work brewing their signature beers. You’ll also find innovative, experimental releases like the high-gravity Destructor Series, and seasonal offerings like the Derail #7 Dry Hopped Mango Sour – a bright, tart and tropical beer perfect for summer sipping in the city.

WEST TORONTO Weizen

If you're not into sour beers, Junction's Local Option Series West Toronto Weizen is another great option for patio hangs in the sunshine. The German-style wheat ale has banana, bubblegum and clove aromas and low bitterness. The Weizen pours slightly hazy and has a pale orange body with a quick creamy white head.

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Published: Tuesday 12th June 2018

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Toronto’s Stockyards District, formerly a hub of the city’s meatpacking industry, has popped back up on the map as an up-and-coming neighbourhood in the northwest end. But of all the restaurants, bars and shops springing up in the hood, the one we’re most excited about is Junction Craft Brewing.

Whether you're a craft brew aficionado or complete beer-ginner, you'll find something to excite your tastebuds. Junction Craft Brewing has a lineup of exciting releases, like their Derail Series, featuring the #7 Dry Hopped Mango Sour (4.6%) and the #6 Raspberry Berlinerweisse (4.4%), a blood orange-coloured beer that balances fresh raspberry tartness with the sour Berliner.

Junction Craft Brewing is the perfect summer destination for curious hop heads. But until then, you can find Junction Craft beers at the LCBO, select beer and grocery stores and on tap at restaurants and bars across the city.

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