Indie Alehouse Brewing Co.

Brewpub in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Indie Ale House - Out of business

Established in 2012

Contact
2876 Dundas St West, Toronto, M6P 1Y8, Canada
Subsidiaries
Indie Alehouse Brewing Co. owns 1 brewery/brand:
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.

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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
--Sample, thanks fonefan! -- Black, small head. Generous chocolate aroma. Mid sweet with medium to full body and rounded mouthfeel. Chocolatey with notes of caramel and licorice. Mid bitter finish.
Tried on 02 Dec 2022 at 19:42

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Poured from the tap. Very dark brown with minimal beige head. Lots of raisin and dried fruits, hint of leather, mild vinous notes. Quite sweet, more of a sipper (4 oz pour is enough for me). Enjoyable. I imagine this may age decently in a bottle.
Tried from Draft on 10 Nov 2022 at 22:19

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Poured from the tap. Clear-ish gold with small white head. Very floral, feint hint of lemon citrus, mild farmhouse yeast. The floral quality verges on perfumey potpurri, not quite there, but could use some subtlety to improve things.
Tried from Draft on 10 Nov 2022 at 22:15

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Poured from the tap. Slightly hazed gold with small white head. Chewy malt, pine and mild citrus hops. Very similar to regular instigator, but doesn't have as good of a balance and has an almost muted dullness overall. Still nice, but I would choose regular Instigator over this.
Tried from Draft on 10 Nov 2022 at 22:11

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Poured from the tap. Hazy gold with small white head. Pine and citrus hops, balanced chewy malt backing. All around very good and balanced.
Tried from Draft on 10 Nov 2022 at 22:08

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Poured from the tap. Clear gold with small white head. Clean crisp corn malt with light bitter finish. Not all that interesting, but fine.
Tried from Draft on 10 Nov 2022 at 22:02

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Poured from the tap. Medium brown with small off white head. Very mild pumpkin spices, mild brown ale with hint of spices. not a standout.
Tried from Draft on 10 Nov 2022 at 00:38

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

Bottle 500ml. @ home. 🏡🇩🇰 💻👀

[ As Indie Alehouse Zombie Apocalypse - 2020 ].
ABV: 10.0%. ✅ Clear dark black colour with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, wood, dark malt, light coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, licorice, mint, chocolate, dark malt, sweet malt, wood, roasted, coffee, rich. Body is medium to medium full, texture is oily and smooth, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming. [20221027]
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Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2022 at 20:38

7/10
Tried on 27 Oct 2022 at 19:03

7.4/10 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