Indie Alehouse Brewing Co.
Brewpub
in Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Indie Ale House
- Out of business
Established in 2012
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.
solidfunk (21802) reviewed Wit'ner Toque from Indie Alehouse Brewing Co. 12 years ago
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.
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.
Lubiere (24390) reviewed Pumpkin Abbey from Indie Alehouse Brewing Co. 12 years ago
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.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
(draught at the brewpub, 12-20-12) Pours a reddish orange with a foamy white head that left lace. Aroma has zesty citrus hops, lightly coniferous vegetal notes, caramel malts and some grain. Flavour is hop-forward, grapefruit zest, a little pit fruit and pine matched by a fairly hefty malt backbone of caramel and cereals with a little bit of spice. Any sweetness is mostly drowned out by fairly strong hop bitterness. Finishes quite bitter but not very astringent. Mouthfeel is moderately full and creamy. A very nicely put-together new world IPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
(on draught at the brewpub, 12-20-12) Poured clear amber with a small, bubbly white head. Aroma of bready malts, rye I suppose, with some spicy yeast and a bit of citrus and leafy hops. Flavour mostly yeasty spice, grainy malts, some citrusy fruit and moderately high bitterness on the finish. Mouthfeel is moderately full and oily with light carbonation and no hint of booze. Not as much yeasty fruit on the palate as I’d like from a Belgian IPA, which can work well with the hops in my opinion. Still well-made, good balance, nothing really out of place.
solidfunk (21802) reviewed Barnyard IPA from Indie Alehouse Brewing Co. 13 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Smells a little citrsy. Hops have a decent amount of fruit in them. Pours. Cloduy amber. Tons of lacing. Palate isn’t super complex, just a little bitterness and hop aftertaste. Pretty good for a regular IPA Though, above average complexity. On tap at volos.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
A deep dark porter with a thin brown head. In aroma, a smooth chocolate with light rum notes, not bad. In mouth, a nice chocolate malt with light vanilla, coffee, toffee, nice. Cask at Beau’s Oktoberfest Sept 29 2012.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
(Draught at Bryden’s, Toronto, Sept 22 2012 as Indie Alehouse Pumpkin Abbey, ABV listed as 9% on menu) Pours a very dark slightly reddish brown with a thin, white fading head that left no lace. Aroma of pumpkin pie filling with relatively light spicing from cinnamon, clove and nutmeg, dark sweet fruity malts and a bit of yeastiness. Flavour follows the nose, with a moderately sweet but not cloying character and some drying from the spice and alcohol on the finish. Somewhat light body for a big Belgian, fairly soft carbonation, doesn’t quite hide its ABV when warm. The beer’s fruitiness doesn’t let the spices completely overwhelm it, and the dark Belgian style is a good pairing. A bit more body and flavor concentration would kick it up that last notch.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
A hazed dark copper DIPA with a thick lacing mocha head, In mouth, a superb pungent floral piney hops, light catnip, excellent and herbaceous. In mouth, a grassy smooth malt with biscuit notes, floral hops, oily mouthfeel, pungent and beautiful. On tap at Sessions, June 2012.
Lubiere (24390) reviewed Instigator IPA from Indie Alehouse Brewing Co. 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
A hazed golden pale ale with a thin big bubbled off white head. In aroma, a sweet solventy caramel malt with light floral hops. In mouth, a grassy biscuit with floral hops, clovers, a bit of rye, OK. Cask at Ontario Cask IPA Challenge, April 21, 2012.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.80 |
| Beers | 214 |
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