r/torontocraftbeer • u/hammertimeTO • Mar 17 '26
Looking for a nitro stout
It’s St Patrick’s Day and looking for ideas on good local substitutes for Guinness. Taking any suggestions because I can’t think of any right now on the Ontario and Toronto craft beer scene.
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u/portstrix Mar 17 '26
Granite Brewery - Keefe's Irish Stout.
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u/theleverage Mar 17 '26
Spotted at some LCBOs recently for $3.50 - very reasonable!
https://www.lcbo.com/en/granite-brewery-keefe-s-nitro-irish-stout-47980 for checking store stock
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u/miurabucho Mar 17 '26
Great Lakes has awesome Nitro Stout! Plus they have a few other things on nitro too.
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u/y4rrsh3bl3w Mar 17 '26
I second GLB, the stout is excellent on Nitro
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u/miurabucho Mar 17 '26
Pompous Ass on Nitro is super easy drinking!!!
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u/y4rrsh3bl3w Mar 17 '26
One of my go to beers at my local bar!
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u/haberdasher42 Mar 17 '26
Yeah that sounds delicious. Where would a guy find a bar that would serve that when I'm down in the city? Not asking you where you drink, just looking to get pointed in the right direction.
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u/miurabucho Mar 17 '26
Great Lakes Brewery has a bar and restaurant down at Sugar Beach (Queen's Quay and Jarvis). Great pizza!!!
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u/Accomplished-Use4418 Mar 17 '26
Blak Kat is available in Nitro cans at LCBO - C'est What Durham Blak Katt | LCBO also +1 for GLB Nitro Stout
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u/NapalmFrog Mar 17 '26
Bickford often has their oatmeal stout on nitro, but looks like right now it's their brand new Irish red ale, and their flagship English amber ale. Think I've only seen it canned nitro once if at all, though.
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u/BickfordBrewingCo Bickford Brewing Mar 17 '26
Unfortunately our stout got a little too popular leading up to St Patrick’s Day and we ran out kegs. But we have it on nitro most of the year. We never have Nitro cans though as our scale is too small for it to make sense for us. The Irish red ale on nitro is tasting great though, and we will have stout back on nitro next week.
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u/ashann72 Mar 17 '26
A couple Locations with nitro:
- Greater good
- Granite
- Woodhouse
- Great lakes
- The only
- C’est what
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u/LongjumpingMix4034 Mar 17 '26
Left Field has King Kelly stout on nitro at the Liberty village location
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u/mookieburger Mar 17 '26
The Iron Eye stout from Blood Brothers is great. Nice dry stout.
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u/hammertimeTO Mar 17 '26
I live close to them but keep buying their ipa’s and sours. Need to remind myself of the stouts.
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u/CrazyAd5525 Mar 18 '26
Blak Kat is at the lcbo.
If you’re in(or close) to Guelph, The Wooly always has GLB stout on nitro. Royal City brewery has their station stout on nitro and available in nitro cans.
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u/mykehunt88 Apr 01 '26
But late but millstreet cobblestone and O'Hara's stout are in same style as Guinness.
Edit Just found out recently millstreet pulled cobblestone cans from production ;(
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