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.
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500mL bottle, sent from wilco (thanks a lot, Mike), pours an opaque dark mahogany with a medium beige head. Aroma brings ou toasted nuts, dried fruits, and Belgian yeast. Flavour brings out tart dark fruits, Belgian yeast, and toasted nuts. Really well-balanced, with a lightly tart, spicy finish. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2014
at 20:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle bought from the brewery. Pours a light orange-amber with a finger of off-white foamy head with lacing. Big nose of pine and citrus hops. Taste of hops up front leaning toward the citrus first, some vanilla flavours, soft bready malts, an overall creaminess, with a piney finishing. A creamy mouth-feel. A little lingering bitterness in the aftertaste, not lovely, but a price worth paying for the rest of it. "I think it’s a little funny that the "witch" part of the Witchshark is wearing a very hipster sweater. Quite the witch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2014
at 16:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 10
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Ah the session beer. -Shall we drink? ~Sure! -Lots? ~Yep! -Light beer it is. ~You mean session ale. Pour a lighter yellow in colour with a thin, but fluffy white head. Beautiful nose hoppy pine and peaches. Doesn’t translate as well into the taste. You get the some of that same hop and fruit, as well as hay malt but the taste is a little thin. Clean finish. Overall not bad.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2014
at 14:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500mL bottle, sent from wilco (thanks a lot, Mike), pours a hazy copper orange with a small beige head. Nose of crisp biscuity cracker malt, bready notes, and slight grassy hops. Flavour brings out wonderful notes of melon, piney hops and tangerine, backed by some crisp dry biscuity malt. Loads of depth in the hop profile, with a very dry palate, just how I like them. Highly drinkable and thirst-quenching. Excellent IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2014
at 20:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at Bruce’s tasting lab, from an IP trade with a Canadian fella on BA, 08/04/14. Pitch black with a good sized dirty tan head that thins to a covering and edgework. Nose is dark roast, restrained alcohol, cognac evident, bitter orange, hoppy wafts, bitter chocolate. Taste comprises dark chocolate, spice, roast malt, well tuned cognac BA in force, bitter orange peel, hoppy waistcoat. Full bodied, fine carbonaton, lightly warming booze at the close. Solid BA impy - lovely stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2014
at 13:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(On tap at the brewpub, April 6 2014) Pours black with a thin, medium brown head. Aroma of lots of sweet dark and chocolate malts, moderate roast, vanilla been, fairly restrained coconut, some herbal hops, slight alcohol note. On the palate, starts with sweet chocolate malts, slight bitter roast but low for the body of the beer, and vanilla bean, fairly restrained grassy hops. Coconut isn’t really noticeable til it builds towards the finish, where relatively light roast means it isn’t overpowered. Some alcohol heat on the finish but quite smooth and creamy overall due to coconut. Body medium but oily with low carb. I was expecting even more coconut but thought the amount was right in the end. To be fair, I really like both coconut and vanilla. Strong imperial porter body but without the huge roast of a stout was a good fit for the additions. Would sip again.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Apr 2014
at 12:53
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A little footy/yeasty, has a nice thick head though. Sweet, a bit fruity but with sticky pale malts. Maybe a touch of spice. The brett does not seem to have kicked in yet.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2014
at 19:06
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cloudy pale, very bright, pineapple, mango, tangerine, just a stack of dry hop beauty. The body is predictably very light, with soft pale malts. The hops are less assertive than on the nose but still have a modest bitterness and the hops are halfway weedy and not as abundantly floral. Really nice clean pale ale. You Americans who think 5% is a "Session IPA"...this is the proper benchmark for the style.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2014
at 19:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A deep dark porter with a thin brown head. In aroma, sweet chocolate malt with light coconut, grassy hops, faint vanilla and herbaceous notes. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity chocolate malt with light coconut, coffee, vanilla, alcohol warmth, very nice. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Apr 2014
at 16:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A hazed copper amber ale with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, sweet fruity candy malt with banana, coriander, curacao, classic. In mouth, a nice crisp fruity malt with light banana, coriander and curacao, light alcohol warmth, alcohol warmth, very nice. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Apr 2014
at 16:19