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Best breweries in Kingston, Ontario

Within 16 miles of Kingston we track 8 breweries. 1 rates Exceptional. Fine Balance Brewing in Kingston leads the list at 4.54 (Exceptional).

The scale

  • Exceptional

    A short list of extraordinary breweries worth planning a trip around.

  • Great

    Consistently produce world-class beer.

  • Fine

    Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.

  • Poor

    Not bad beer so much as unremarkable beer.

  • Limited

    Most craft beer drinkers pass these by.

Ranked breweries

  1. 1

    Fine Balance Brewing

    Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Fine Balance Brewing is small craft brewery in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. We make approachable, flavour-forward beers β€” from hazy IPAs and crisp pilsners to rich pastry stouts and fruited sours. Follow us for updates on new releases, collabs, and taproom happenings.

    Rating
    4.54Exceptional
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  2. 2

    Daft Brewing

    Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    In 2018 our team of fools took over an abandoned, decrepit old car garage in an up and coming area, and turned it into the ultimate tap room for anyone who loves beer and socializing. A non-pretentious spot for craft beer drinkers of all levels. Whether you're a novice hoping to try your first sip of craft beer or a seasoned veteran who's sampled every beer across the province, the wide range of ever-changing-crazy-juice spewing from our taps will excite anyone interested in discovering beers true potential. Adam, Shan, Mario, and Greg continue to pour their blood sweat and tears into this West-coast style tap room. A taproom designed for people to chill, participate in events, put away their phones, grab a beer and start talking. Our fantastic brewer, Addie, brews with a style that is even more daft than us. From Grisettes to Sours to one of his many genre defying concoctions, there's no doubt that her style is ahead of the game - with a flair for the unique and an in-depth knowledge of the industry, Daft Brewing is helping to bring Kingston the beer it deserves. It is our mission to create an ever-changing array of beer that will entice anyone interested in dialling their tastebuds up to 11.

    Rating
    3.86Fine
    Popularity
    Lightly rated
  3. 3

    Riverhead Brewing Company

    Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Our craft is about the journey, not the destination. Whether you're hanging out with friends after a day on the water or just camping in your favourite spot, bring us with you and share in the adventure. ​ We brew and can all of our beers here on site. We are a licensed Tied House which means we can serve full glasses of our brew as well as sell it out of our front beer store.

    Rating
    3.73Fine
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  4. 4

    MacKinnon Brothers Brewing Co.

    Bath, Ontario, Canada

    Our ancestors settled this land in 1784 and through the generations built a thriving farm. We are the eighth generation farming and we're continuing the family tradition with a farm-based brewery. We select ingredients from our farm for each style of our beer we brew, striving to create unique recipes that are emboldened with the taste of rural Canada.

    Rating
    3.71Fine
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  5. 5

    Skeleton Park Brewery

    Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Skeleton Park Brewery produce's unproven beer and has a limited variety of different ones to choose from. They are most well known for "Amber 6.6", which is an American Red Ale and "Best Bitter", which is an English Bitter. Their primary focus is brewing Amber Ales and IPAs.

    Rating
    3.68Fine
    Popularity
    Lightly rated
  6. 6

    Kingston Brewing Company

    Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Kingston Brewing Company produce's unproven beer and are regularly brewing different ones. They are most well known for "Double Dry-Hopped IPA", which is an American IPA and "Dragoon's Breath Pale Ale", which is an American Pale Ale. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Ales and IPAs.

    Rating
    3.67Fine
    Popularity
    Lightly rated
  7. 7

    Harrowsmith Brewing

    Harrowsmith, Ontario, Canada

    Rating
    3.38Poor
    Popularity
    Barely rated
  8. 8

    Spearhead Brewing Company

    Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Spearhead Brewing Co was founded in 2011 as a contract brewery dedicated to the centuries-old tradition of brewing quality craft beer. Our commitment to quality and tradition led the way to our successful flagship brew, Hawaiian Style Pale Ale. Since opening our doors in Kingston, Ontario, our drive to release delicious, unique brews that embody the mantra β€œBeer Without Boundaries” is stronger than ever. We use unusual ingredients and brewing methods to make all-natural craft beer in small batches that challenges the imagination - both yours and ours. Each release is carefully thought out by the team, using time-honoured traditional methods with a series of non-traditional ingredients, resulting in our signature Spearhead style.

    Rating
    3.04Limited
    Popularity
    Modestly rated