Indie Alehouse Brewing Co.
Brewpub
in
Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Indie Ale House
- Out of business
Established in 2012
Contact
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Description
Since opening our doors in October 2012, we have been working to bring new and exciting flavourful beers to our community. We like to experiment, be adventurous, and break old traditional brewing rules. As a result, we have made it our mission create a diverse product roster that includes deliciously easy drinking beers that everyone can appreciate as well as hard-to-find ales that leave a lasting impression. We’ve spent years developing a variety of audacious brews that are hoppier, fruitier, aged longer (and in weirder barrels), etc. Let’s put it this way, if we can go overboard on some element of beermaking, we generally will.
We take our passion beyond beer as well in a quest to ‘Live Indie’. From a spectacular and carefully curated house-made menu to lively events, we’ve turned our creative and individualistic brewing methods into a lifestyle that reflects our mantra of fun-loving independence.
We started off as a small, yet foolhardy bunch in a quaint and – we’ll admit – elementary brewpub located in Toronto’s West End. After several years of refining processes and working with a wonderfully dedicated team of beer lovers, we have been fortunate enough to grow our Junction-located brewpub and bottle shop into a bustling (albeit ambient and welcoming) space. We’ve also opened up a second brewing space, tasting room and bottle shop in partnership with Eataly at the heart of downtown Toronto. We’re grateful for how far we’ve come and we have no other goals but to keep on making bold beer and continue to serve excellence.
The bottom line is - we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to taste, enjoy, and have the choice of better food and better beer. It’s who we are. It’s why we’re here.
We take our passion beyond beer as well in a quest to ‘Live Indie’. From a spectacular and carefully curated house-made menu to lively events, we’ve turned our creative and individualistic brewing methods into a lifestyle that reflects our mantra of fun-loving independence.
We started off as a small, yet foolhardy bunch in a quaint and – we’ll admit – elementary brewpub located in Toronto’s West End. After several years of refining processes and working with a wonderfully dedicated team of beer lovers, we have been fortunate enough to grow our Junction-located brewpub and bottle shop into a bustling (albeit ambient and welcoming) space. We’ve also opened up a second brewing space, tasting room and bottle shop in partnership with Eataly at the heart of downtown Toronto. We’re grateful for how far we’ve come and we have no other goals but to keep on making bold beer and continue to serve excellence.
The bottom line is - we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to taste, enjoy, and have the choice of better food and better beer. It’s who we are. It’s why we’re here.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
This English Ale poured a clear, deep orange colour with a creamy, off white coloured head. Nice lacing. Scents include cream, a little must, tea and malt. First swig was delicious, but lightly thin. Flavours of malt, tea, toffee, light hops and a little earth. Finish is mildly hoppy with those tea flavours lingering.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2022
at 23:11
7/10
On tap at Bryden's. Cheery golden pink with pink tinged head. Nice moderate sour, of vinger and green apples, the tart raspberry overshadows the cherry, but shines nicely. Really kind of an excellent framboise, well worth the try.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2022
at 01:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On draught at CRAFT Beer Market Toronto.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2022
at 18:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at CRAFT Beer Market Toronto.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2022
at 18:33
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
473ml can. Pours a slightly hazy gold-orange with a medium, foamy, long lasting, off-white head that leaves soapy curtains of lace. Sweet fruity aroma of bready wheat malt, caramel, grapefruit, lemon peel, peach, floral and piney hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready wheat malt, caramel, grapefruit, orange peel, peach, floral and pine resin in a dry, bitter finish. Medium body with a watery to oily texture and soft carbonation. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2022
at 05:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
473ml can. Pours a clear gold with a large, frothy, long lasting, white head that leaves thick patches of lace. Aroma of pale malt, floral, grass and light hay. Sweet flavour of bready pale malt, lemon zest, herbal, grass and spicy hops in a crisp, dry, bitter finish. Light body with a watery to oily texture and average carbonation. Refreshing and easy to put back.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jul 2022
at 05:36
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
473ml can. Smooth, sweetish and caramely malty with some grassy hops, pine, citrus and hints of grapefruit. Decent, quite generic.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Apr 2022
at 07:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml brown bottle from the LCBO that pours a very slight hazed, darker copper colour with amber highlights. The frothy head is beige, stays a little and some watery foam lacing runs down the glass. Fruity nose with apples, dark fruits notes over the roasted malts and hints of warming alcohol. The taste shows a balance of dark fruits with the hops that cut the sweetness. The oats are very light in here, was expecting more lactose breakfasty. A good stronger porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2022
at 00:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can during operation clear the stash (09/02/2022) - hazed murked up yellow with a white head. medium sweet fruity and malty with some papaya and orange, grapefruit, medium sweet malts, medium body, solid hoppy finish. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Feb 2022
at 16:52
7/10
Slightly cloudy blond sheet of blonde head that sheets. Doughy sweet hay malt nose with mild peach notes. Taste bright hay malts, mild stone fruit, fairly dry. Decent fresh tasting beer.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2022
at 23:46