Bellwoods Brewery is a brewery in Ossington, Toronto.
Bellwoods Brewery on Ossington has run the city's reference craft brewery since 2012, hazy IPAs and wild ales with a brewpub and bottle shop.
Must order: A Jelly King dry-hopped sour on the patio.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Hawthorne taproom at 21 Hafis Road is the production brewery; Ossington is the brewpub and bottle shop.
Address: 124 Ossington Avenue, Toronto, ON M6J 2Z5
Blood Brothers on Geary Avenue is brothers Brayden and Dustin Jones's brewery since 2014, the Geary strip's reference taproom for sour ales and German lagers.
Order: A Shumei IPA in the taproom plus the seasonal sour.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. Geary Avenue runs four taprooms in walking distance; pair with Burdock and Halo for a crawl.
Steam Whistle in the 1929 John Street Roundhouse heritage building south of CN Tower has brewed a single Czech-style pilsner since 2000, the city's reference.
Order: A pint of the pilsner on the Roundhouse patio facing CN Tower.
Tip: Tours run hourly. The Roundhouse Park location runs concerts and food trucks in summer.
Henderson on Sterling Road in the Junction Triangle has run a craft brewery in the Drake Commissary since 2016, with a rotating monthly Ides series.
Order: A Best Bitter pint plus whatever monthly Ides release is on tap.
Tip: Patio in summer faces the Sterling Road art-deco facade. Tours and bottling experiences book online.
Burdock Brewery on Bloor at Dufferin is owner Matt Park's brewery, music hall and bottle shop since 2015, with a 100-seat back room for live shows.
Order: A glass of the wild-ale program on the patio.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. The back music hall books on Eventbrite. Bottle shop separate till.
Left Field on Wagstaff Drive south of Greenwood is brothers Mandie and Mark Murphy's baseball-themed brewery since 2013, the Eephus 12oz brown ale plus hoppy.
Order: An Eephus 12oz brown ale at the bar.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. Walking distance from Greenwood subway. Bottle shop runs separately.
Mill Street Brewery in the Distillery District has brewed organic lagers and the Cobblestone Stout since 2002 in a heritage building taproom.
Order: A pint of Cobblestone Stout with the brewer's burger.
Tip: The Distillery patio packs in summer. Brewery tours run weekends.
