Bellwoods Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2012
Contact
Description
Bellwoods Brewery began as a small brewpub in the west end of Toronto in 2012, and underwent a couple modest growth spurts over the years to encompass two retail shops (selling fresh cans and bottles), and a production brewery in North York (mostly to house The Foeder Pyramid). These days, we produce about 18,000hL a year, which is a mere blip in the grand scheme of Ontario beer, but keeps us pretty busy. The styles we’re interested in brewing range greatly, and we always remain open to new ways of making beer. For the most part, our current efforts are devoted to aromatic hoppy stuff, crisp lagers, barrel aged wild blends, fruit-forward zingers, and the occasional barrel aged stout. There’s always a new, creative project waiting in the wings. We’re still a relatively small, collaborative team, forever dedicated to the pursuit of perfect beer–thanks so much for partaking in the fruits of our labour.
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from the brewery. Cloudy orange pour, with a medium off white head. Funky, woody, earthy. Wet hay, candied citrus peel, vanilla oak. Soft mouthfeel, soft carb. Low bitterness, tart, and lots of funk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at the brew house. Hazy yellow pour, big white head. Sublime Aroma of stone fruit, subtle herbs, grapefruit and citrus oils. Perfect mouth feel and carb. Super hoppy finish, lighter than expected bitterness. Juicy, refreshing hops, and loads of rope stone fruit and citrus. Excellent ipa.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from the brewery. Opaque Oranhe pour, with a medium, creamy white head. Aroma is tart, and lactic with some citrus zest and stone fruit. Mouth feel is soft and creamy, carb is soft. Finish has a ramped up stone fruit flavour some a soft lactic tartness. Refreshing, and satisfying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the brewpub. Hazy yellow pour, with a big white, frothy head. Aroma is very tart, lots of sour yellow plum, peaches, apricots, and grest funky barnyard, wet hay. Lively mouth feel and carb. Low bitterness, strong, lingering sourness with more tart fruit, really nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:22
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
500ml bottle from the brewery. Hazy yellow pour, medium white head. Aroma is funky, tart with some great barnyard aromas. Lemon rind, and citrus oil, stale wheat, musty hay, bright apricot, and some solid vinous notes with the acidity of a pungent white wine with some earthy, woody barrel notes. Wow! Mouth feel is quite nice with a medium carb. The finish is very funky, with light bitterness and a high funky/tartness. Amazing that Canadian breweries are making gems like this. No need to go looking for super expensive Belgian lambics when we have access to stuff like this. Incredible!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:22
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Tap at the brewpub. Hazy orange pour, with a medium white head. Right off the bat you get hit with some i toxicating orange zest funkinesss. Some great peach, and nectarine come thriugh after accompanied by some soft white wine grapes, the sourness is subtle, and soft, and alloys the fruit aromas and flavours to come to the forefront, and linger on your palate. The peach takes over at the end with a solid acidity your expect from a very dry, bright, fresh, reisling. A complex and beautiful beer. Another world class effort from arguably Canada’s best brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:21
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Can from the brewery. Cloudy, murky, opaque orange pour, with a large white head. A massive blast of peach and mango to begin. As the aroma develops there is some mint, and Basil, with copious amounts of freshly zested orange rind. Mouth feel is perfect, carb is the same. Low bitterness, alcohol is nowhere to be found. Dangerously easy drinking for a dipa. Huge dose of citrus in the end, light pithiness, and I find some nice mint carries all the hops and fruit to the finish line. High end stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask days 2015.
Red pour, cloudy, with a small pinkish head. Aroma is all sour cherries with a nice slightly sweet fruity overtone. Finish is quite tart, full of tart fruit, sour cherry, and some nice earthy, grassy, woodiness.
Red pour, cloudy, with a small pinkish head. Aroma is all sour cherries with a nice slightly sweet fruity overtone. Finish is quite tart, full of tart fruit, sour cherry, and some nice earthy, grassy, woodiness.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:18
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Ripe cantaloupe, freshly squeezed grape juice, nectarine, peach, and apricot. Freshly zested lemon, and orange oil. Quite the incredible Aroma. Body and mouth feel are good, carb is solid. Finish is light to medium bitter with some slight citrus pith. Incredibly drinkable, outstanding beer.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:18
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Tap at the brewpub. Truly a light porter. Reminded me of an oatmeal brown ale. I can see how if was put in the porter category though cause it was quite a bit roastier than a brown ale would be. The oatmeal added a great full bodiedness to the motuhfeel, and the roast was solid and satusfying throughout. There is a pronounced nuttiness that balanced well with the slight, and i mean slight pine resin hopiness i found near the end. A superb drinking full bodied dark,mdelicious ale. Kinda a mild, porter brown hybrid. Bellwoods hits another homerun.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:18