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.
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
One of the best Ive had from brewery. Pours orange with great lacing. The latter seems to be the brewery’s trademark. Smells like tangerine. Tastes has heavy bitterness. Medium carbonation. On tap at brewpub.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2013
at 16:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Super interesting for a porter. Pours cloudy brown with great initial head and lacing. Smells of malt and hops. The oats really bring a cereal taste into this. Medium palate with a medium bitter finish. On tap at brewpub.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2013
at 15:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Very strong aroma of wine from the barrels. It pretty much dominates the beer. Some hops and booze in aroma, but they tend to come out later on in the palate, which has medium complexity. This beer doesnt taste like the percentage it hypes - hides booze well. Pours black with good lacing as most from brewer. On tap at alehouse.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2013
at 15:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours black with good lacing and head. Lots of gingerbread here. Cinnaon and ginger. A spicy porter that strays significantly from the party line. Dark malt comes out subtly after a few sips. Leave has very light sourness and sweetness. Tap at brewpub.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jan 2013
at 15:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Not quite sure how to place this one.kind of a floral bitter beer. Not sure if it quite jumps the shark, if its witchshark we are referring to. Pours very dark with wonderful carpet lacing and creamy head. Smells boozy and floral. Tase is bitter, bordering on astringency without being unpleasant. Adds a grapefruit peel note. Medium to low carbonation. On tap at brewpub.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2013
at 15:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Balanced, well-done dubbel. Smells of bread yeast and some dark fruit - raspberries. Pours dark brown with lasting creamy head and medium lacing. Taste has perfumed bitterness and some booze. On tap at brewpub.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2013
at 15:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
I quite like this one for the originality. Definitly smells of coconut, with a less prominent aroma of raspberry. A light malt flavour as well. Pours blond with good lacing, some head. On tap at brewpub.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2013
at 15:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Smells yeasty. Pours dark red with good lacing, some head - not wxaxtly usual colour for style but the bartender said that was the spices they added. Taste has light sourness. A little nutmeg in the aroma. Tap at brewpub.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2013
at 15:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours dark copper with creamy head, lots of carpet lacing. Smells a little hoppy with some malt. Taste is light sour with light bitterness. Pretty high carbonation. Pretty decent for style. On tap at brewpub.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jan 2013
at 14:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A hazed brown ale with a thin mocha head. In aroma, pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, cinnamon, with dark fruits, sweet molasses, nice. in mouth, a rather dark fruit malt with wooden notes, light nuttyness, burned side, OK. Cask at Cask Days 2012, as Double Barrel Pumpkin Ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jan 2013
at 17:59