Toronto Brewery Rankings and Tiers

Toronto is a HUGE city. Like, one-of-the-biggest-cities-in-North-America huge. The breweries are spread out like most cities, clustering together. But because of the size and population, traveling between clusters and even going between breweries within a cluster can be time consuming. So, I’d recommend visitors split by these regions, doing one (or maybe two) regions per day. There seems to be an “East End”, “West End”, and some in-betweens. I’m told the best Toronto area breweries are outside the city, but it would’ve been too time consuming to go so far from the city center. Maybe for those who are here more frequently or for longer than me, you can make it work. I’m sure someone will tell me how to get it done, but for BrewsTravellers who only have a few days, places like Third Moon aren’t viable. Interesting themes I noticed.

• Great service most places
• Mix of half-pours and flight-availability
• Few places serving darker beers (I know it’s summer, but still…)
• Not many I’d consider “sports friendly” – i.e. TVs for game watching
• Pretty good distances between breweries – a lot of Ubers and Lyfts (it reminded me a little of Dallas/Fort worth in that way)

The breweries themselves in Toronto were good; most of them being Tier 2 and Tier 3 with a few Tier 4 and a lone Tier 5. Reminder…Tier 4 is Solid, Tier 3 is Good, and Tier 2 is Great. So no insults intended here. Other breweries suggested but I didn’t get to, will be in a list at the bottom. IMPERFECT LIST FOLKS!

Enough talk. Lets’ Rank and Tier!