Block Three Brewery

Located in the hamlet of St Jacob’s, just a couple miles north of the famous St. Jacob’s Market. It is squirrelled away in a spanish adobe bungalow behind DH Food & Lodging. There were just 3 beers on tap when I went: the King St Saison, Sugar Bush Brown Ale, and Frankenstout. I tasted all three, and had glasses of the saison and brown ale. Loved them.
The saison is just what you expect from a fine, fresh saison. Clean, crisp, fruity. The aroma of summer. Easy to drink.
The Sugar Bush Brown was complex and deep with liquorice and coffee aromas. I wondered how it would taste as a nitro, with a creamier mouth feel.
It’s exciting to see microbreweries and craft brewhouses take root in the KW region. Block 3 Brewery is a welcome addition to the area’s craft beer scene.
Growlers, bottles, and memorabilia are also available.

My visit to Block Three Brewery is definitely the highlight for my little day trip to the area.
Though it is a small start up brewery with limited production, but I really enjoyed the 3 beer samples I tried.
King Street Saison — their flagship: Belgian Style Ale, a little sour but quite refreshing
Sugar Bush Brown — Brown with a touch of Maple Syrup, a sweet after taste
Mildest Winter Yet — Love the name!
One of the owners, Derek was nice enough to show us around.
The tasting area is spacious and have a few communal tables. If you want more than just a sample of what available on taps, you can always order a glass for $ 5.
You won’t find Block Three in your nearby LCBO but a lot of the local area restaurants and pubs does have it on bottle or on taps.
And for me, of course I ended up getting some to go… The smallest format is 500 ml for $ 4 and of course, you can pick up a growler too!
I will be back again and hopefully try out other one off or session beers and maybe one day I would find them in one of the gastropubs in Toronto!

When Block Three opened last year I was one of their first customers, in fact my wife and I tried to get in the doors before they were even officially open due to a rumour that there was a brewery opening in St. Jacobs. The first two brews they produced were very nice additions to the craft beer market in Ontario. Skillfully done and fairly broad in their appeal. But recently I stopped in and picked up their new «Chocolate Stout» and no hyperbole here… it was one of the best fucking beers I have ever drank, hands down. Don’t miss out on this limited run. Block Three should produce this beer forever, and I’ll put a liver on ice for when I’m finally in need of a transplant. Thanks Block Three.
Craft Brewers are the future of beer in Canada, and in Ontario specifically they need every bit of promotion they can get as their sales and promotion are throttled by the the foreign multinationals /​government owned monopoly «Beer Stores» and the LCBO. Head out to a brewer today and find a new favourite beer. When your mind has been blown head over to Unilocal next and leave a review and help others find out what’s hot. Life’s too short to drink bad beer.

Small brewery. Currently they can’t make beer fast enough. Available Friday. Sold out by Monday.
Friendly and knowledgable.