Fine beer in an amiable tasting room
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Chloe
Server // Teacher 👩🏫 // Leisure (the band!) 😎
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Nicky
Server // Rock Climbing 🧗♀️ // Caman Islands 🌅
Fine beer in an amiable tasting room
Spark Beer opened in 2020 with a goal to produce and serve the best hoppy, sour and Belgian influenced beers possible. Owners Andrea and John have lived in and around Chinatown for over 20 years and, after seeing the ‘for rent’ sign at 702 Somerset Street West, knew they found the home of Spark Beer.
We brew beer using modern techniques, but with some classic Belgian flair. The majority of our sour beers are aged for over four months. Our oak barrel and foeder releases are also aged from four to eighteen months. We release beers when they’re ready and not a day sooner.
We use as many local ingredients as possible and are working to increase that amount each time we brew. Currently, we work with Mississippi Mills Malting for the majority of our malts. We also source some of the best Cascade and Centennial hops from Houblons Pontiac to produce a few of our favourite beers.
Obviously, our staff is the most important part of Spark Beer and we have assembled a crew of beer pros and cool cats:
Owner // Delivery Driver 🚘 // Henry (the dog!) 🐕
Owner // Drummer 🥁 // Sparks (the band!) ✨
Head Brewer // Expert Napper 😴 // Hockey 🏒
Manager & Events // Biking 🚴🏻 // Ori (the cat!) 🐈
Pizza // Punk Rock 🪨 // Rudie (the dog!) 🦮
Server // Mixed Media Artist 🎨 // Plantin' trees! 🌲
Server // Teacher 👩🏫 // Leisure (the band!) 😎
Server // Rock Climbing 🧗♀️ // Caman Islands 🌅
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Server // Outdoors 🌳 // Hittin' the hills! ⛷️
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Server // Social Work ⛑️ // Tillie! 🦮
Berliner Weisse-style sour wheat ale. Notes of lemon and biscuit with a slight, earthy funk from mixed fermentation. Aged in stainless steel for one month. Named after one of Ottawa’s best people who helped us immensely throughout the last year. Thanks, Ian!
3.9% ABV
400ml Draft
Also available in 500ml bottles
Session stout fermented with Norwegian Årset Kviek yeast. Roasty with notes of coffee and caramel. Conditioned and poured on nitrogen.
4.3% ABV
400ml Draft
Our cross between West Coast and East Coast IPAs. A darker, more bitter version of a North East IPA, but with the same soft mouthfeel. Dark orange in colour with a citrus and melon aroma.
7.0% ABV
400ml Draft
A hazy, hoppy American style Pale Ale featuring Mosaic, Amarillo and Cashmere hops. A beer that balances a floral and citrus hoppiness with a distinctive malt backbone.
5.0% ABV
500ml Draft
500ml bottles coming soon!
A classic old world saison. Pilsner and wheat malts make for a golden coloured, highly drinkable Belgian saison. Black pepper, banana and bubble gum dominate, but a slight herbal, fruity hop note from the Styrian Golding hops comes through on the finish.
7.0% ABV
Berliner Weisse-style sour wheat ale. Notes of lemon and biscuit with a slight, earthy funk from mixed fermentation. Aged in stainless steel for one month. Named after one of Ottawa’s best people who helped us immensely throughout the last year. Thanks, Ian!
3.9% ABV
400ml Draft
Also available in 500ml bottles.
Session stout fermented with Norwegian Årset Kviek yeast. Roasty with notes of coffee and caramel. Conditioned and poured on nitrogen.
4.3% ABV
400ml Draft ☕
Our cross between West Coast and East Coast IPAs. A darker, more bitter version of a North East IPA, but with the same soft mouthfeel. Dark orange in colour with a citrus and melon aroma.
7.0% ABV
400ml Draft