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.
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours dark with thick head that leaves minor lacing. Smells of oak berries, bourbon and molasses. Tastes of toasty malts, oak, the bourbon steps in, booze and a little wine. Medium-high carbonation. A good beer. I think Nicklebrook did a better job with this type of beer with their Kentucky Bastard.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2014
at 16:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
For the cask version enjoyed at the Indie. Not much in the way of head. Looks red-brown, slightly cloudy. Tastes of soft malts, mild bitterness. Low carbonation, thanks to being a cask ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Feb 2014
at 16:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Thin head with some minor lacing. Slightly cloudy blonde. Smells of malt, slight berry. Taste very malty, hay, grass.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2014
at 18:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at the Indie. Nice dark opaque colour as a stout should be. Thinner tan head than I expected. Nose of bourbon, oak and malt. Taste, big taste of coffee, bourbon definitely there, oak and malts. Good beer, a little heavy one the coffee for my tastes, but good.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Feb 2014
at 18:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(On tap at Barhop, Feb 13 2014) Pours a hazy dark orange-yellow with a small white frothy cap, some lace left behind. Aroma is floral, a bit spicy/herbal, some wheat, and fruity (light bubblegum and citrus). Flavour has this interesting fruity/floral/herbal character, lightly spicy, must be the sea-buckthorn berries because I’m not really familiar with it. There’s a little clean sweetness, some grainy character and a bit of a powdery yeast finish to it all, pretty dry and lightly bitter as it lingers on the tongue. Body is light to moderate and carb effervescent, very much on-style. One of the more interesting takes on the wit that I’ve had, the sea-buckthorn seems to bring a unique character but not one that’s completely in opposition to the traditional character of the beer. Very drinkable and refreshing.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2014
at 13:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
650mL bottle, sent from ratyger (thanks a lot, Sam), pours jet black with a medium brown head. Aroma brings out roasted malts, chalk, espresso, and charcoal. Flavour is robust, with loads of roasted malt, espresso, chalk, and some cocoa. Very robust and somewhat sludgy, with a roasty, espressoy finish. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Feb 2014
at 22:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Draught at Bar Hop, Nov 1 2013) Pours black with a large dark brown head. Smells like a chocolate and dried fruit heavy RIS; roast, malt sweetness, bittersweet chocolate, booze. Flavour follows the nose; chocolate, dried fig, black dark roast coffee. Flavour is rich in chocolate malt, slight fruit, roast bitterness, bit of hops. Very rich and full mouthfeel, almost feels like nitro, creamy and dense with a very soft carb and no detectable alcohol. Delicious. Very much to style but a lovely take on a traditional RIS.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2013
at 20:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Draught at Bar Hop, Nov 1 2013) Pours a hazy medium orange, no head at all. Aroma sour, slightly vinegar-ish, squash, faint spices, not very strong. Flavour of vinegar sourness, lemon, light pumpkin, a little bit of nutmeg/clove/cinnamon. Slight sour/bitter flavour with some grain lingers in the finish. Light watery mouthfeel, no carb. This gave me the impression of Rye So Sour with a little pumpkin. Didn’t quite do it for me.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2013
at 20:17
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Kind of like a wine pour without head or lacing. Has some bubblegum, hay and a little bretta. Finishes sour and a little bitter. Nice mix, nice balance. Very interesting - good collab brew. Tap at volos.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Oct 2013
at 10:48
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A reddish copper ale with a thin big bubbled off white head. In aroma, light caramel malt with light grassy hops, OK. In mouth, a smooth biscuit malt with grassy British hops, OK. Cask at Beau’s Oktoberfest 2013.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Oct 2013
at 17:20