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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8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Canned Jan 18, 2024, drunk 10/25/24. Light haziness. Raspberry-cranberry. Medium-sized, Violet tinged head steadily to cover. Dry hops add a lovely touch and the fruit is authentic and attenuated. Nutty wheat, mild lactic character. Beautiful dry hopping and expressive fruits. Dry, yet still reasonably malty. Not too sweet and thick like the UA sours. About as classy as it gets for NA.
Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2024 at 22:13

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
16oz (thx, Chris S. for forwarding the box with added content) @ 🏡 shared with Andriy and Mykola. Appearance: dark brown with a beige head. Aroma: sweet, nice vanilla, quite bold, roasted malt and chocolate. Taste: along the same lines, vanilla, fruity, smooth. Overall: good one.
Tried on 25 Oct 2024 at 07:30

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Draft at Snallygaster 2024. Poured a black color, dark cola. Brown head. Aroma was big oaky, vanilla, chocolate, cacao. Huge dark chocolate, taste like a dark chocolate candy bar, such a good beer.
Tried from Draft on 20 Oct 2024 at 06:26

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
500ml (thx, Chris S. for forwarding the Bellwoods box!) @ Alex's garage during a movie night. Appearance: dark brown with some beige head. Aroma: a lot of American oak, dark fruits, some molasses, moderately sweet. Some berries' tartness. Taste: along the same lines. Overall: good one.
Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2024 at 03:55

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle 500ml @ yngwie. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, allspice, alcohol, oak and spices. Taste is heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, chocolate, oak, spiced and roasted finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2024 at 23:39

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle, 50cl. A black one, with a small tan head. The aroma has lots of spices, nutmeg, allspice, ginger and cardamom, too much I think, with dark chocolate, coffee, toffee and some dark dried fruit. It's full-bodied and warming, nicely carbonated, with a good dash of sweetness. Spiced flavor with dark chocolate, coffee, booze, oak and some sweetness. Brown sugar, toffee. Cardamom, cloves, allspice, ginger. Lasting finish. Too spiced this one, else really nice. 241019
Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2024 at 23:34

7/10
Tack Alex H.
Tried on 14 Oct 2024 at 14:59

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Opaque, medium head. Oaty, creamy malt base, with light tartness, some stone fruit.
Tried on 05 Oct 2024 at 06:08

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Opaque, orangey colour, just a thin head. Yeah I mean orange, grapefruit, hitting that five alive thing they want to hit. Tart, bright hops and lots of citrus. Not going to say complex but I like it, plays well with the hops.
Tried on 03 Oct 2024 at 03:44

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Dark red, some haze. Thin head. This has a touch of butyric to go with some sweet pie cherry sort of notes. I’m not sold that the base here works with this fruit. This is one of my least favourite jelly kings.
Tried on 03 Oct 2024 at 03:40