Radical Road Brewing Co. Reviews

blankboy	3.2 Radical Road 4-Track [Can (355ml)] Pours an almost-clear, very bubbly yellow with a large long-lasting frothy white head. Lots of lacing. Slightly mild but nice aroma of citrus hops and bready malt. Flavour, also mild, follows but with a bigger than expected bitter finish. Simple but easy to drink. Average bodied. Good. Thursday, November 2, 2023
Raistlin	3.5 Radical Road Beer Pours clean yellow with average white head. Aroma of corn and herbs. Taste is of hay, malt forward,with light bitter finish. Nice non watery body. Sunday, May 14, 2023
mabel	3 Radical Road Entropy [11628-20190805] Tap. Mild chocolatey carpet aroma. Black body with no lasting head. Burnt rubbery malt and roasted sweet oily grains flavour. Full body. Interesting. (6/3/7/3/11) 3.0 (@ Radical Road Brewery, Toronto, ON) Wednesday, February 8, 2023
mabel	3.7 Radical Road 8-Track [11627-20190805] Tap. Fragrant orange citrus oil aroma. Hazy, orange body with a medium-lasting foamy white head. Juicy orange wood oil flavour has a long bitter aftertaste. Medium-full body. Good. (7/3/8/4/15) 3.7 (@ Radical Road Brewery, Toronto, ON) Wednesday, February 8, 2023
mabel	3.4 Radical Road Ukulele Pineapple Gose [11626-20190805] Tap. Fresh fruity pineapple cereal chunks aroma. Slightly hazy, pale yellow body with no lasting head. Pineapple juicy fruit flavour has a lovely salted candied note. Light-medium body. Interesting. (7/3/7/3/14) 3.4 (@ Radical Road Brewery, Toronto, ON) Wednesday, February 8, 2023
AlePours48	4 Radical Road Sling Shot California Common Monday, October 10, 2022
rageinred	3.7 Radical Road Yuzu Pale Friday, September 30, 2022
AlePours48	4.1 Radical Road Yuzu Pale Distinct yuzu taste. Another thirst quencher and easily drinking beer that can rival most distinct flavor beers. Saturday, July 30, 2022
AlePours48	4.1 Radical Road Cucumber Mint Kolsch Refreshing beer that tastes like it has some sugar in it but doesn’t. Might be a little light tasting as a beer but it’s light unique taste makes it one of the most thirst quenching beers I have ever tasted. Saturday, July 30, 2022
lowbudget	1.7 Radical Road 4-Track Friday, May 6, 2022
robinvboyer	3.6 Radical Road Straight-up - Blackberry Can. Clear golden pour, small white head.. Aroma. Is raspberry preserves, and light cereals, with a lactic twang. Lovely carb, good mouth feel. Semi sweet, low bitterness, raspberry puree, and a bit artificial. Tuesday, February 22, 2022
AleRider78	3.3 Radical Road 4-Track Small can from LCBO. Pours a massive frothy off-white head that sticks around for quite a while and leaves some thick soapy lacing behind. Has a clear yellowish golden appearance. Moderate carbonation. Aromas of floral and grassy hops, some mild citrus and herbal with a bit of yeast. Flavours are mostly citrusy and pine with some lemon and grassy hop notes in the finish. Monday, February 21, 2022
Metalchopz	3.2 Radical Road 4-Track Smells like a lighter Pilsner with some sweet malts and some Saaz hoppiness. Lightly hazed with some tiny particles floating around. The head is white, frothy, leaving some creamy lacing and top over the brew. The taste is mild, but some decent hops do come out, creating a little dryness. A refreshing, crisp light Pilsner-APA style brew. Thursday, February 10, 2022
robinvboyer	2.7 Radical Road 4-Track Light citrus, light cereals. Low to medium bitter. Finish is dry, and pithy. This is very boring. Friday, January 7, 2022
blankboy	3.6 Radical Road Cucumber Mint Kolsch [Can (473ml)] Pours a nice clear gold with a large semi-lasting frothy white head. Nice mint and cucumber aroma (7+) -- nothing else but it's to be expected. Flavour of mint and cucumber follows but has a bit of an odd bitter finish. Average bodied. Pretty good but I like this flavour profile. Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Radek Kliber	3.6 Radical Road 8-Track Can 473 ml Aroma: old school vibe, high pitch citrus, note of alcohol, sugars on walls. Note of her and pine resin. Look: handsome, lasting white dense crown, hazy gold base. Lace on glass walls. Palate: medium bodied, full front with thinner finish. Smooth. Taste: old school but not ancient one. Solid classic IPA with herbal citrussy resin, not too dry or sugary. Nice biter edge at finish. Thursday, December 16, 2021
Tessic	2.7 Radical Road Cucumber Mint Kolsch This Kolsch poured a hazy, medium yellow colour with a creamy, white head. Nice lacing. Scents include cucumber, light grass, malt and cooked veggies. First swig was interesting. Flavours of cucumber, very mild mint, malt and hops. Finish is mildly bitter with that cucumber flavour lingering. Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Raistlin	3.2 Radical Road Straight Up Sour - Pineapple and Mango Cloudy yellow pour with rich white head. Aroma of citrus. Nice sour taste of pineapple and tropical fruit. Medium body with lively carbonation. Monday, December 6, 2021
Raistlin	3.1 Radical Road 4-Track Pours yellow with average white head. Average carbonation with medium body. More of a lager than ipa. Very light hop taste to it. Sunday, October 24, 2021
neongolden	2.9 Radical Road Canny Man Barrel Aged Scotch Ale (750ml bottle from 2012/13 I suppose, shared by Herbalist, thanks!) Pours murky deep rusty red-brown with an off-white head. Not in the best shape but not convinced it was ever that great, mix of heavy acrid peaty smoke, soft candied sugars and toffee, phenolic plastic, ash, oxidized metallic twang in there from the age. Light to medium oily body, still some remaining carbonation. Drain pour; partly our fault for drinking ignored cellar beers but several recent strong ales/BWs from the same time period of LCBO releases have been much much better. Friday, October 15, 2021
pinkbike01	4.5 Radical Road Cucumber Mint Kolsch Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Tranquillity	2.9 Radical Road 4-Track Canned. Looks like a lager. The taste is slightly more hoppy than a lager, but not really an ipa. Excellent summer refresher though! Sunday, October 3, 2021
GRM	3.4 Radical Road Straight Up Sour - Grapefruit and Mango Can, 355 ml, from and with Jean-Frédéric Pleau (merci!), at Sébastien Bertrand, savoured on September 18, 2020; eye: piss, cloudy, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: mango, grapefruit, light acidity, pulp, fresh; mouth: mango, grapefruit, light acidity, pulp, fresh, finale in mango with presence of grapefruit, medium body, average carbonation, mildly sweet, slick texture; in summary: fine FRANÇAIS Canette, 355 ml, de et avec Jean-Frédéric Pleau (merci!), chez Sébastien Bertrand, savourée le 18 septembre 2020; œil : pisse, voilée, pas d'effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : mangue, pamplemousse, légère acidité, pulpe, frais; bouche : mangue, pamplemousse, légère acidité, pulpe, frais, finale en mangue avec présence de pamplemousse, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Spab	3.3 Radical Road Straight-up - Blackberry 355 ml can from the LCBO (as Winter Blackberry, 5%). Pours a cloudy pink-tinged golden colour with smallish white head. Aroma is tart berry with some flowers and and grains. Flavour has gently tart blackberry with grains and a little floral character. Medium body and carbonation. Nice. Friday, July 2, 2021
robinvboyer	3.6 Radical Road Straight Up Sour - Pineapple and Mango Can from the LCBO. Hazy yellow pour, with a large white head. Aroma is quite pungent, with stone fruit, and sweet tropical notes. The base sour, has some nice lactic notes, and makes for a tart base beer, but doesnt overpower the fruit. Mouth feel is solid, carb is a tad soft. Finish is tart, but not overly, with a well balanced pineapple, and mango nectar note. Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Metalchopz	2.6 Radical Road Straight Up Sour - Pineapple and Mango Hazy golden colour with an orange hue. The head is fizzy, not long lasting, slightly off-white with not lacing. Mango nose with vanilla. Eventually, popcorn butter aromas come out. Yep, feels like diacetyl to me, with the butterscotch notes. Not very offensive, but weird with the sourness and mango, pineapples. Not as good as the Winter Blueberry I just had from them. Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Metalchopz	3.5 Radical Road Straight-up - Blackberry Winter Blackberry Sour at 5% ABV. Slightly hazy light golden colour with a pink hue. The head is mildly off-white, again pink hue with decent stay, leaving a tiny coat on top. Berry fresh aromas. The taste is where the sourness comes in, very nicely balanced with the blackberries. Thin finish with the berries lingering. A pretty nice easy-going fruity-sour brew. Wednesday, May 5, 2021
fullers	3.3 Radical Road Cucumber Mint Kolsch 473 ml can purchased at the brewery tap on The Danforth.Pours light golden, slightly hazy, with small, quickly vanishing white head. Mild aroma of cucumber and, perhaps, mint, perhaps some grainy notes, but faint. Cucumber taste big up front - cucumber peel - not subtle but maybe if one is drinking this in summer, this is something a drinker might want. Aftertaste of bitter cucmber peel. Pleasant mouthfeel, cool, crisp carbonation. Mixed feelings, but interesting attempt. Saturday, March 13, 2021
Spab	3.1 Radical Road Go for Broke 355 ml can from the brewery. Pours a lightly cloudy golden colour with smallish white head. Aroma is gently sweet grains with a little fruitiness. Flavour has doughy grains with a little tree fruit and gentle sweetness. Body verging on medium. Ok. Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Tranquillity	3.2 Radical Road Straight-up - Blackberry Winter blackberry sour. 5%. Hazy yellow body, small white head. The aroma has berry and the taste is sour. Thursday, February 11, 2021
fullers	3.4 Radical Road Straight Up Sour - Grapefruit and Mango #55 ml can purchased at brewpub. Pours hazy golden yellow with thin white head which disppears rapidly. Sweet aroma of mango and citrus. Light bodied. Tastes sweet at first and then slightly sour, mango followed by citrus. Refreshing drink for summer. Saturday, November 28, 2020
Metalchopz	3.2 Radical Road Cucumber Mint Kolsch Big fresh cucumber aromas which is great for summer. If there is mint in the nose, it is quite blended, hidden. Clean golden in colour with a nice creamy-frothy warm head, good retention, leaving creamy-foamy lacing. The mouthfeel is refreshing with the cucumber blending a little more, so less potent and the mint is very slight, replacing the hops in the finish. Again, pretty fresh. Shows some unfiltered aspect at last pout. The Kolsch graininess is mildly loss in this, but overall wish the mint was a little stronger to have a good mix between these fresh summer greens. Tuesday, November 24, 2020
fullers	3.3 Radical Road Yuzu Pale Sunday, November 8, 2020
Spab	3.4 Radical Road Square Waves 355 ml can from the brewery. Pours a cloudy straw colour with modest-sized white head. Aroma is spruce, fruit and grains. Flavour has piney/sprucey character with coarse graininess and some tree fruit. Average body and carbonation. Solid. Friday, October 30, 2020
fullers	3 Radical Road Key West Lime Gose Can from brewery bottle store. Pours hazy light green. Aroma citrus and sweet. Taste sweet and sour, lime dominant. Light in the moutj. Very easy drinking. Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Raistlin	2.7 Radical Road 8-Track Pours yellow color with average white head. Mild aroma and taste of citrus and pine. Dry piny finish to it. Not bad, but nothing unique. Sunday, October 4, 2020
Raistlin	0.9 Radical Road Cucumber Mint Kolsch Pours yellow with white head that goes away. Mix of mint and cucumber was not pleasant one. Low carbonation. Sunday, October 4, 2020
Sammy	3.6 Radical Road Imperial Chocolate Oatmeal Stout It could be as good a creation as they have done, but it's still a dry Irish stout base with lots of added chocolate to sweeten it and get it down. S'okay. Sunday, September 27, 2020
DerWeg	3.4 Radical Road Straight Up Sour - Grapefruit and Mango Can from brewery, getting the grapefruit and a little Mango, seems lacto sour, a bit salty, light to medium body, not bad - not crazy about aftertaste - 'funk sour' is what it says on the can and it's just oK. Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Lubiere	3.5 Radical Road Straight Up Sour - Grapefruit and Mango A hazed golden orange ale with no head. In aroma, sweet grapefruit, mango, lactic acid, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with light mango and sweet citrus, pleasant. Saturday, September 19, 2020
Lubiere	3 Radical Road Cucumber Mint Kolsch A golden hazed kolsch with a thin white head. In aroma, weird pickle juice, cucumber, so-so. In mouth, sweet malt, faint mint and cucumber. Can. Friday, September 4, 2020
beerme98	4.1 Radical Road 8-Track Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Oakes	3.9 Radical Road Django Doppelbock Of course listened to Minor Swing while rating this. Medium brown. Medium head. Big toffee, molasses aroma. Big thick body, with dark sugars everywhere like malta, molasses and a little bit of caramel. Yet it doesn't come across as being sweet. So they nailed the underlying bitterness. I like it. Not sure it's super refined but solid stuff nonetheless. Friday, August 21, 2020
cfrancis	3.6 Radical Road Irish Red Ale Pours reddish brown with a small white wisp. Aroma is rich caramel/toffee malts with a touch of smoke and a touch of earthy hop. Taste is sweet toffee malt, small bitterness from the earthy hops. Very enjoyable. Friday, July 31, 2020
mabel	2.5 Radical Road Cucumber Mint Kolsch [10935-20180921] Tap. Cucumbers aroma. Clear, orange body with a quick foamy white head. More cucumbers in the flavour. Medium body. All cucumber, all night. (5/2/5/3/11) 2.6 (@ C'est What Best Of TBW Festival, Toronto, ON) [11462B-20190623] Can. Refreshing cucumber plastic aroma. Clear, yellow body with a quick foamy white head. Light cucumber flavour. Light-medium body. Easy to drink. (6/3/6/3/12) 3.0 (c/o mds, w/ him, jercraigs) [11625B-20190805] Tap. Cucumber vegetable greens aroma. Clear, pale yellow orange body with no lasting head. Cucumber green leaves flavour has a hot mint quality in the finish. Medium body. Not a fan. (6/2/3/2/10) 2.3 (@ Radical Road Brewery, Toronto, ON) Saturday, May 30, 2020
HogTownHarry	3.3 Radical Road Salvation May 19, 2018 - with harrisoni at Radical Road, on draught. Pink amber-gold, minimal head. Aroma is seedy raspberry with not much sourness, some alcohol (6+). Taste is simple and quite pleasant - raspberry and lemon - sour with some alcohol, quite refreshing. Acidic, light, decently carbonated mouthfeel, tingly quick finish - nice palate reset. Tuesday, May 5, 2020
HogTownHarry	3.7 Radical Road X Shacklands Parallel Universe (Red Wine) May 19, 2018 - with harrisoni at Radical Road, on draught. Cool - we get to try the bourbon and the red wine versions side-by-side - and looks like we were the only ones to do so. Hazy gold, white head. Dusty/floral aroma, some oak, lots of red wine - dig it. Taste is a collision between a standard yeasty/spicy Belgian golden ale and plenty of off-dry light resin red wine, some oak - in fair balance (7+). Average body, slick, airy, hint of oak astringency, finishes quick and simple - I liked it a lot more than the bourbon one (surprise). Tuesday, May 5, 2020
HogTownHarry	3.1 Radical Road Hi-Fi May 19, 2018 - with harrisoni at Radical Road, on draught. Oh good - lactose. Hazy pale gold (greenish tinge?) small off-white head. Very mild aroma - vague citrus and alcohol? Floral? Taste is also quite restrained - citrus and floral bitterness - ehh. Dry, light mouthfeel, okay carbonation, fairly quick dry grassy light grapefruit finish. Lactose? Really? Tuesday, May 5, 2020
HogTownHarry	3.4 Radical Road Analog May 19, 2018 - with harrisoni at Radical Road, on draught. Slightly pale gold, clear, small white head. Pleasant aroma - green slightly pungent hop bitterness, catty with some lemon (7+). Taste is very nice - lemon/cheerio kettle sour backbone, grassy/pungent bitterness, light alcohol, everything is restrained - a touch of sweetness but not too much. Light and airy mouthfeel, mildly acidic, finishes dry and tingly - lemongrass/catty pungency in the linger. Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Spab	3.2 Radical Road 8-Track 473 ml can from the LCBO. Pours a clearish deep golden colour with good-sized white head. Aroma is caramel malt with some mellow citrus and pine. Flavour has sweetish caramel malt with muted grapefruit, pine and earthiness. Medium bodied. Solid. Sunday, January 12, 2020