Robinson Brewery

Colin @ Canada · Post by **Colin @ Canada** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 5:27 pm

Does anyone have any input on their beers or do they produce anything worth talking about?
Haven't heard much talk about these guys.
Colin

Blankboy · Post by **Blankboy** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:37 pm

Stay far, far away from the Robinson's Black Cherry Ale. The most foul beer I've ever put in my mouth. EVER. Imagine cherry cough syrup that's gone horribly bad.

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 12:35 am

Gotta agree with Blankboy on the Black Cherry. It's some nasty-ass stuff.

The only other Robinson beer I've tried is St. George, which is a surprisingly decent Pale Ale.

JWalter · Post by **JWalter** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 7:55 am

The Robinson's Red is pretty good too, don't think of it as a Ricard's clone, it's much more flavorful.

The St. George (a.k.a the Dragon Slayer) was intended to be the new Dragon's Breath Pale Ale after the Guinness Co. forced Hart to stop producing it a few years ago. - Robinson's & Hart had a sort of partnership going, they'd share booths at Beer Festivals & stuff like that... Anyhow, I didn't find the St. George to be anywhere near as good as Dragon's Breath... I rarely purchase any Robinson's products anymore, despite that I live in Mississauga, and it being the only half-decent craft brewer in Mississauga. I prefer Black Oak & Trafalgar's products from Oakville...

j@beaus · Post by **j@beaus** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:15 am

I'm not sure if it's been posted here yet but Robinson's has been bought and the new owners seem to be putting in a solid effort.

Josh Oakes · Post by **Josh Oakes** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:16 am

Then they'll want to make sure that some of us get a chance to try their stuff out. It's not exactly widely available. From the old era, a well-kept St. George was good but nothing else from them impressed me much.

burgermeister · Post by **burgermeister** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 10:22 am

On 2004-03-01 09:15, AuburnAle wrote:
I'm not sure if it's been posted here yet but Robinson's has been bought and the new owners seem to be putting in a solid effort.

Anyone know who the new owners are and if they are going to continue brewing in the same place? Was it purchased by someone actually interested in brewing or by another brewery interested in eliminating yet another small guy - similar to Amerdam buying and closing the Peterborough KLB brewery?

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 1:11 pm

I believe i heard rumblings about the new owner taking some brewing courses so it sounds like they are serious about running the place.

j@beaus · Post by **j@beaus** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 6:20 pm

I have met a couple of the guys and they're pretty eager to get things going and growing.

http://www.robinsonrealbeer.com

TerryW · Post by **TerryW** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:09 pm

I've stopped there a couple of times and picked up some of their beers – about a half dozen different types.

I found them, in general, tasty enough. Nothing that was unpalatable and couple of them quite interesting. Quite tasty hops in some of them. And all of them enjoying the virtue of being deliciously fresh.

Worth a try if nothing else. Support your local brewer and all that. I'd serve these to guests before the run of the mill macro stuff.

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 12:17 am

I was introduced to a Robinson's rep at Ciro's tonight. Friendly chap named Dennis (I think... I'm lousy with names!).

Bar Towel was mentioned, and Dennis said something to the effect that he'd heard Robinson's had become the latest "victim" on the forum here. We had a bit of a laugh about that, and he said that he'll probably be coming by for the pub night on the 18th.

He also mentioned that they're in the middle of making a ginger beer for C'est What. Hopefully, it'll be a better experiment than the Black Cherry...