Bellwoods Brewery

Microbrewery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2012

Contact
20 Hafis Road, Toronto, M6M 2V6, Canada
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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.

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7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Awesome beer. All kinds of aroma going on here. Some haylike hops with citrus and some a little on the funky side that adds a wicked swing on the palate. Pours pale cloudy copper. Some booze as well. Pours with good initial head and lacing. Tap at brewpub.
Tried from Draft on 07 Mar 2013 at 15:32

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Has some horsey aroma with some fairness. Pours copper with foamy head and lacing. Average carbonation. Taste finishes light with a pretty light palate. Not my favorite pale ale by Bellwoods. Tap at brewpub.
Tried from Draft on 07 Mar 2013 at 15:25

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
(650mL bottle from brewery, bottled Feb 4 2013 and consumed 20 days later) Pours a hazy orange with a bubbly, fluffy white head and loads of lace. Smells strongly of both hops and yeast. Citrus, catty, tropical fruit, bready yeast, spices. Flavour follows on, fresh tropical fruit, citrus, some sweet lighter malts, Belgian yeast, slight spice. Fades into medium hop bitterness, bit astringent with a fruity core lingering, slight booze when warm. Mouthfeel medium-full, oily, moderate effervescent carb. The hops and yeast characters really well balanced and complementary with strong fruitiness, more "Belgian" than most Belgian IPAs. Very good stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2013 at 19:53

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
(650mL bomber from the brewery, bottled Feb 12 2013, consumed 11 days later) Poured a slightly hazy light yellow gold with a huge persistent head of white foam, no lace. Aroma dank, grassy, citrus and tropical fruit, great hoppy nose. Flavour hop-forward as well, tropical fruit, grassy, juicy citrus over very light crackery malt, almost no sweetness. Fades into a dry, moderately bitter grapefruit pith finish from the hops. Body is fairly light, carb was soft after that massive head, very dry overall. Hop-forward and quenching with little malt character, I think this is exactly what an APA should be. Needs more summer weather!
Tried from Bottle on 24 Feb 2013 at 11:22

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a huge dark brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma consists of dry roasted malt with loads of black chocolate notes with medium bitterness. Taste is a good balance mix between some black chocolate notes with medium bitterness and some dry roasted malt with light lingering sweet notes and light coffee notes. Body is quite full with nice creamy touch and good carbonation with no apparent alcohol. Well brewed without necessarily standing out from the pack.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2013 at 13:08

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Medium brown color. Peppery, cherries, estery, mandarin oranges and a bit of sponge cake in the nose. Slightly tart, earthy character with a fair amount of hoppiness. Very well balanced, Slight to moderately bitterness with cherries and wood character. Great depth, great balance. Fantastic.
Tried on 15 Feb 2013 at 07:43

7.5/10
Hop juice, mangoes, pine, brown sugar, herb-like flavor. Good but lacks a little something.
Tried on 07 Feb 2013 at 12:26

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
A deep dark stout with a thick dark mocha head. In aroma, a bitter chocolate with iodine, molasses, ashes and loads of alcohol. In mouth, a smooth bitter chocolate coffee, iodine, licorice notes, intense and warming. Tasted at GRMs tasting.
Tried on 24 Jan 2013 at 18:48

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. Nose or orange, lemon, chocolate, crap. Thin-looking brownish-red. Flavor is milky, funky, with caramel, chocolate, lactic but with low sourness, just a light lemony tang. Refreshing and strange. The dark malt and sour combo make a weird but interesting marriage.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2013 at 01:06

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Dark brown color, dark cherries, raspberries with the smell of wood after rain. The body is very light with lemon, wood, caramel malt, light and refreshing. Totally different than any other beer I’ve tried. Very enjoyable. Mildly tart with lingering woody finish. Unique and interesting. Great.
Tried on 13 Jan 2013 at 03:28