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Wellington Brewery

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

Wellington Brewery has been brewing in Guelph, Ontario since 1985, part of the first wave of small independent breweries permitted under changed provincial law. Founder Phil Gosling set out to bring English-style cask-conditioned real ale to a market held by large national brewers. The brewery has remained independently owned since. Several of the original recipes still anchor the core lineup, among them Special Pale Ale, County Brown Ale and Arkell Best Bitter, joined by lagers, an imperial stout and a rotating small-batch series. Around a third of the hops come from Ontario farms and most of the malt is grown in Canada.

10Beers
6Styles
5.1%Avg ABV
1985Founded

Beers by Wellington Brewery

10 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 10 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 10 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
malty
8 of 10 beers
dry
6 of 10 beers
clean
6 of 10 beers
citrusy
5 of 10 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.
Broad10 beers · 6 style families
Lager 4Pale Ale 2Amber 1Sour 1IPA 1Stout 1

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

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 548 other breweries making Helles Lager, New England IPA and Imperial Stout.
typical for Helles Lager, New England IPA and Imperial StoutWellington Brewery
in no beersin every beer
smooth
in 3 of 10 · typical Helles Lager, New England IPA and Imperial Stout brewery: 3 in 5
Notably less smooth than typical.
dry
in 6 of 10 · typical Helles Lager, New England IPA and Imperial Stout brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more dry than typical.

Across 10 beers in 6 style families, 2 traits still carry through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.

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About Wellington Brewery

Wellington Brewery has been brewing in Guelph, Ontario since 1985, part of the first wave of small independent breweries permitted under changed provincial law. Founder Phil Gosling set out to bring English-style cask-conditioned real ale to a market held by large national brewers. The brewery has remained independently owned since. Several of the original recipes still anchor the core lineup, among them Special Pale Ale, County Brown Ale and Arkell Best Bitter, joined by lagers, an imperial stout and a rotating small-batch series. Around a third of the hops come from Ontario farms and most of the malt is grown in Canada.

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