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Sleeman

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

Sleeman traces its brewing line to John H. Sleeman, who arrived in Ontario from Cornwall in 1834 and opened the Silver Creek Brewery in Guelph in 1851. The family business closed in 1933; John W. Sleeman revived it in 1988 with a cream ale taken from the family recipe book and sold in clear bottles. The brewery on Clair Road in Guelph supplies lagers and ales to every Canadian province. Since 2006 it has belonged to Sapporo and forms a group with Okanagan Spring, Unibroue and Wild Rose that calls itself the country's third-largest brewer.

9Beers
3Styles
4.9%Avg ABV
1834Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
25%
catalogue avg 46%

Beers by Sleeman

9 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 9 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 9 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
cleanevery beer
9 of 9 beers
maltyevery beer
9 of 9 beers
refreshing
8 of 9 beers
crisp
8 of 9 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one. 2 of them come through every single beer.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied9 beers · 3 style families
Lager 7Pale Ale 1Dark 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with the wider catalogue across breweries making similar styles.
typical for similar stylesSleeman
in no beersin every beer
bitter
in none of their beers · typical similar styles brewery: 2 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
smooth-drinking
in 5 of 9 · typical similar styles brewery: 1 in 5
Notably more smooth-drinking than typical.

Across 9 beers in 3 style families, 2 traits still carry through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 55%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 4
beers above the median
#2399
best ranked beer
Sleeman Original Lager

Their beers place in the Top 55% of the catalogue on average, across 4 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Sleeman

Sleeman traces its brewing line to John H. Sleeman, who arrived in Ontario from Cornwall in 1834 and opened the Silver Creek Brewery in Guelph in 1851. The family business closed in 1933; John W. Sleeman revived it in 1988 with a cream ale taken from the family recipe book and sold in clear bottles. The brewery on Clair Road in Guelph supplies lagers and ales to every Canadian province. Since 2006 it has belonged to Sapporo and forms a group with Okanagan Spring, Unibroue and Wild Rose that calls itself the country's third-largest brewer.

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