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Nickel Brook Brewing Co.

🌍 Canada · Regional · ★ Award winning · Known for a full range of styles
Award winningKnown for a full range of styles

Nickel Brook was founded in Burlington, Ontario in 2005 by brothers John and Peter Romano, and grew up alongside the province's craft beer movement. The regular range runs from a blonde ale and a lager through pale ale and IPA to a low-strength stout, with a rotating small-batch programme beside it. In 2016 the original Drury Lane site was turned into the Funk Lab, a separate facility given over to sour and mixed-fermentation brewing. Production has since moved to Mainway, and a second taproom opened in Etobicoke at the former Big Rock brewery.

17Beers
6Styles
5.1%Avg ABV
2005Founded

Beers by Nickel Brook Brewing Co.

17 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 17 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 17 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
citrusy
11 of 17 beers
light
11 of 17 beers
clean
10 of 17 beers
crisp
10 of 17 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad17 beers · 6 style families
IPA 6Pale Ale 3Sour 3Lager 3Stout 1Wheat Beer 1

Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.

How they compare
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with the wider catalogue across breweries making similar styles.

Across 17 beers in 6 style families, none of Nickel Brook Brewing Co.'s characters carry through the whole range — the mix of styles they brew is the signature here.

typical for similar stylesNickel Brook Brewing Co.
in no beersin every beer
citrusy
in 11 of 17 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
light
in 11 of 17 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
refreshing
in 10 of 17 · typical similar styles brewery: 4 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
crisp
in 10 of 17 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
hoppy
in 10 of 17 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.

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About Nickel Brook Brewing Co.

Nickel Brook was founded in Burlington, Ontario in 2005 by brothers John and Peter Romano, and grew up alongside the province's craft beer movement. The regular range runs from a blonde ale and a lager through pale ale and IPA to a low-strength stout, with a rotating small-batch programme beside it. In 2016 the original Drury Lane site was turned into the Funk Lab, a separate facility given over to sour and mixed-fermentation brewing. Production has since moved to Mainway, and a second taproom opened in Etobicoke at the former Big Rock brewery.

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