We're open for weekend brunch And late-nite poutine every night @ 11:00

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We’re open for
weekend brunch

And late-nite poutine
every night @ 11:00*

* Poutine starts at 10:00pm on
Sundays, you lucky people.
Kitchen open until one hour before closing.

Monday to Wednesday: 11:30 am - 1:00 am
Thursday and Friday: 11:30 am - 2:00 am
Saturday: 11:00 am - 2:00 am
Sunday: 11:00 am - 12:00 am

There’s a private dining room in the back for
your special functions. We’d be happy to
show it to you, as long as no one’s having a
party in there at the time.

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The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) tests or commissions to test all
beer sold in Ontario for alcohol content (ABV), among other properties.
Depending on seemingly arbitrary factors, alcohol content in beer may be
determined using Segmented Continuous Flow Analysis, Near Infrared
Spectroscopy, Gas Chromatography-Flame Ionization, and/or Distillation and
Electronic Densimetry. These techniques all have different thresholds of
accuracy and no single method is the international standard for alcohol
testing. When the LCBO test differs from the label provided by the brewery or
importer, we are required to pay them to re-label each bottle by hand and are
also required to list their tested alcohol content on our menu. What this means
is that you may have heard online about a beer with a certain alcohol content
and yet discover at our restaurant that its ABV is not what every other alcohol
purveyor on the planet says it is. You may even see one of our bottles with
two different alcohol contents at once: one professionally labelled, and one on
a little white sticker anywhere other than covering the original ABV. That’s
because the LCBO actually doesn’t give one moist potato over the
effectiveness of their rules, but rather takes an unhealthy delight in making
every single provider within their provincial monopoly jump through hoops like
a beagle at Westminster Abbey. All alcohol contents are “LCBO accurate” as
of the date of this menu printing, but may change without notice.

18 King Street East, Toronto
416.861.9872
Beer index

(Your favourite of all indexes)

in the bottle or can (con’t) page

Erdinger Weissbier Alkoholfrei...........................................35
Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel.................................................16
Evil Twin Citra Sunshine Slacker........................................22
Evil Twin Ryan and the Beaster Bunny...............................29

Framboise Boon 2012........................................................36

Früli Strawberry...................................................................33
Fuller’s Vintage Ale.............................................................38
Goose Island Goose IPA....................................................22
Goose Island Pepe Nero 2013...........................................37
Gouden Carolus Cuvée Van de Keizer Blauw 2014...........37

Guinness............................................................................18

Hacker-Pschorr Hefe Weisse.............................................11
Hobgoblin...........................................................................16
We like beer
Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer.............................................16

Köstritzer Schwarzbier........................................................16
(and cider)
Kwak...................................................................................24
Try these favourites brought to you by
Lakefront New Grist............................................................34
beerbistro’s kitchen and floor staff. Les Trois Mousquetaires Gose...........................................14
Le Trou du Diable L’Impératrice Special Edition.................40
Le Trou du Diable l’Ours.....................................................15
Liefmans Goudenband.......................................................15
Maudite...............................................................................25
Achel 8 Bruin.................................................................Jon S
Nickel Brook Headstock IPA...............................................22
Anchor Steam Beer.................................................Nathan C
Nickel Brook Naughty Neighbour.......................................22
Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose............................Keely Orval...................................................................................30
Bacchus Vlaams Oud Bruin..............................Isaiah & Lesli Panil Barriquée 2007..........................................................38
Pêche Mel Scaldis..............................................................33
Bockor Cuvée des Jacobins Rouge...........................Jennifer
Renaissance Tribute Barley Wine 2012.............................36
BrewDog Punk IPA...................................................Suzanne
Rochefort 8........................................................................25
Bockor Cuvée des Jacobins Rouge...........................Jennifer
Rochefort 10.......................................................................32
Brooklyn Monster Ale....................................................Alisha Rodenbach Vintage 2012...................................................39
Collective Arts Saint of Circumstance..............................Joel Samichlaus 2014................................................................39
Samuel Adams Boston Lager.............................................17
Collective Arts Stranger than Fiction...................Beth & Jess
Schneider Weisse...............................................................11
Czechvar.......................................................................Grace
Side Launch Dark Lager.....................................................17
Evil Twin Citra Sunshine Slacker.....................................Ray
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale......................................................23
Hacker-Pschorr Edelhell.............................................Gabriel Sinha Stout.........................................................................25
High Road “The Bronan”...................................David & Holly Singha Lager......................................................................12
Spirit Tree Draught Cider....................................................35
La Fin du Monde..........................................................Natalie
Stiegl Pils............................................................................12
Liefmans Goudenband..................................................Sarah
Stiegl Radler Grapefruit......................................................34
Nickel Brook Naughty Neighbour...................................Sean
Stillwater Stateside Saison.................................................30
Orval..............................................................................Jeff B Stone Smoked Porter.........................................................27
Paulaner Salvator...........................................................Greg Struise Pannepot Grand Reserva 2005..............................39
St. Bernardus Abt 12..........................................................33
Pêche mel Scaldis..........................................................Leah
St. Louis Gueuze Fond Tradition........................................15
Pilsner Urquell......................................................Jonathan B
St. Paul Double...................................................................25
Publican House Square Nail Pale Ale.............Charles & Matt
St. Peter’s English Ale........................................................17
Rochefort 6......................................................................Kirill Sweetgrass Golden Ale......................................................12
Rochefort 10....................................................................Josh Traquair House Ale.............................................................25
Timmermans Framboise.....................................................34
Rodenbach Grand Cru.................................................Alyssa
Timmermans Kriek..............................................................34
Shillow Beer Co. Bitter Waitress...............................Amanda
Tree Captivator Doppelbock...............................................26
Shillow Beer Co. Sass on the Side...........................Vanessa
Tree Cutthroat West Coast Ale...........................................23
Side Launch Wheat..........................................................Erik Tree Old School Stout........................................................18
Tripel Karmeliet................................................Emily & Jeff M Tripel Karmeliet..................................................................30
Trois Pistoles......................................................................26

Unibroue 17 Grande Réserve 2014....................................40

Viven Porter........................................................................27
Westmalle Dubbel...............................................................26

Westmalle Tripel.................................................................31
Wild Beer Ninkasi...............................................................31
X.O. Beer............................................................................33
Young’s Double Chocolate Stout........................................19
Zundert Trappist Ale...........................................................31

Zywiec.................................................................................12

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Table of Contents:

On Draught pg

Beer index
Quenching:
Lighter-bodied wheat beers
(Your favourite of all indexes) Blanche de Chambly....................................................5
Samuel Adams Summer Ale........................................5
on tap page Side Launch Wheat......................................................5
Crisp:
Pilsners and other light blonde lagers & ales

Blanche de Chambly............................................................5
Hacker-Pschorr Edelhell..............................................5
BrewDog Elvis Juice...............................................................7
Pilsner Urquell..............................................................6
Collective Arts Ransack the Universe....................................8
Granite Brewery Best Bitter....................................................6 Appetizing:
Ales ranging from sweet-tart to sour
Hacker-Pschorr Edelhell.......................................................5
High Roah Brewing “The Bronan” Vermont-Style IPA............8 Rodenbach Grand Cru.................................................6
La Fin du Monde.....................................................................9
Sociable:
Light to medium-bodied lagers and ales
Maredsous Brune.................................................................10
Paulaner Salvator.................................................................10 Granite Brewery Best Bitter.........................................6
Pilsner Urquell......................................................................6 Saint Andre Vienna Lager............................................7
Publican House Square Nail Pale Ale..................................8
Shillow Beer Co. Sass on the Side..............................7
Rodenbach Grand Cru.........................................................6
Saint Andre Vienna Lager......................................................7 Bold: Hoppy beers with mild to bracing bitterness
Samuel Adams Summer Ale...................................................5
BrewDog Elvis Juice....................................................7
Shillow Beer Co. Bitter Waitress Black IPA...........................9
Collective Arts Ransack the Universe..........................8
Shillow Beer Co. Sass on the Side.......................................7
Side Launch Wheat................................................................5 High Road “The Bronan” Vermont-Style IPA...............8
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout...................................................9 Publican House Square Nail Pale Ale..........................8
Shillow Bitter Waitress Black IPA.................................9
in the bottle or can page
Satisfying:
Porters and stouts

St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout........................................9
3 Fonteinen Zwet.be.............................................................13
Achel 8 Blond.......................................................................27 Spicy:
Ales with spices or lively spicy character
Achel 8 Bruin........................................................................23
Achel Extra Bruin..................................................................31 La Fin du Monde..........................................................9

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier...............................................26
Robust:
Big-bodied, sometimes assertive ales
Alvinne Phi............................................................................13
Anchor Steam Beer...........................................................15 Maredsous Brune.......................................................10
Anderson Valley Highway 128 Blood Orange Gose.............13 Paulaner Salvator......................................................10
Aventinus.............................................................................24
Cider:
Ayinger Celebrator................................................................24 Not beer, but still nice
Bacchus Vlaams Oud Bruin..................................................14
Ontario Cider Rotational Tap.....................................10
Baladin Xyauyù, Copper Label 2007..................................40
Black Oak 10 Bitter Years....................................................19
Black Oak Nut Brown Ale..................................................16 Bottles or Cans
Bockor Cuvée des Jacobins Rouge...................................14
Looking for a specific beer? Check out the index at the
Brasserie des Rocs La Montagnarde.................................37
BrewDog Punk IPA...............................................................19 back of this menu
Brooklyn Monster Ale.........................................................36
Brooklyn Sorachi Ace..........................................................28 Quenching:
Lighter-bodied wheat beers
Bush Ambreé........................................................................32
Cheval Blanc, Hacker-Pschorr Hefe Weisse,
Cameron’s Rye Pale Ale......................................................19
Central City Red Racer India Style Red Ale.........................20 Schneider Weisse......................................................11
Central City Red Racer IPA.................................................20
Crisp:
Cheval Blanc........................................................................11 Pilsners and other blonde lagers
Chimay Blue........................................................................32 Czechvar....................................................................11
Chimay Grand Réserve 2012.............................................40 Collective Arts Saint of Circumstance, Singha Lager,
Chimay Première..................................................................24
Stiegl Pils, Sweetgrass Golden Ale, Zywiec..............12
Chimay White.....................................................................28
Collective Arts Rhyme & Reason.........................................20 Appetizing:
Ales ranging from sweet-tart to sour
Collective Arts Saint of Circumstance................................12
3 Fonteinen Zwet.be, Alvinne Phi,
Collective Arts State of Mind................................................20
Collective Arts Stranger than Fiction....................................17 Anderson Valley Highway 128 Blood Orange Gose..13
Cuvée de Ranke 2014.........................................................39 Bacchus Vlaams Oud Bruin,
Czechvar..............................................................................11 Bockor Cuvée des Jacobins Rouge,
Delirium Tremens.................................................................28
Les Trois Mousquetaires Gose..................................14
De Molen Heen & Weer........................................................28
Le Trou du Diable L’Ours, Liefmans Goudenband,
De Molen Mooi & Meedogenloos.........................................32
De Ranke Hop Harvest 2014................................................37 St. Louis Gueuze Fond Tradition...............................15
De Ranke XX Bitter..............................................................21
Sociable:
Light to medium-bodied lagers and ales
Dieu du Ciel! Aphrodite........................................................18
Dieu du Ciel! Dernier Volonté Avec des Brettanomyces......29 Anchor Steam Beer....................................................15
Dieu du Ciel! Disco Soliel.....................................................21 Black Oak Nut Brown Ale,
Dieu du Ciel! Moralité...........................................................21
Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel, Hobgoblin,
Dieu du Ciel! Solstice d’Hiver 2015......................................36
Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer, Köstritzer...................16
Dragon Stout........................................................................24
Driftwood Fat Tug IPA..........................................................21 Samuel Adam’s Boston Lager,
Duvel....................................................................................29 Side Launch Dark Lager, St. Peter’s English Ale.......17
Edge Brewing Padrino Porter...............................................18

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Bottles or Cans (Con’t)
Looking for a specific beer? Check out the index at the

back of this menu

Satisfying: specialty coffees & teas
Porters and stouts
Collective Arts Stranger than Fiction.............................17
All our specialty coffees come with freshly whipped cream.
Dieu du Ciel! Aphrodite, Edge Brewing Padrino Porter,
$7.99/1.5 oz. liquor
Guinness, Tree Old School Stout..................................18
Blueberry Tea: Amaretto & Grand Marnier
Young’s Double Chocolate Stout...................................19
Bailey’s Coffee: Baileys Irish Cream
Bold:
Hoppy beers with mild to bracing bitterness B52 Coffee: Baileys, Kahlua & Grand Marnier
Black Oak 10 Bitter Years, BrewDog Punk IPA, Irish Coffee: Irish Whiskey
Cameron’s Rye Pale Ale...............................................19 Monte Cristo Coffee: Kahlua & Grand Marnier
Central City Red Racer India Style Red Ale, Spanish Coffee: Brandy & Kahlua
Central City Red Racer IPA,
Collective Arts Rhyme & Reason,
Tea
Collective Arts State of Mind.........................................20
De Ranke XX Bitter, Dieu du Ciel! Disco Soliel,
We carry Mighty Leaf artisinal whole leaf tea pouches:
Dieu du Ciel! Moralité, Driftwood Fat Tug IPA...............21
signature blends wrapped in hand-stitched bags. $3.75
Evil Twin Citra Sunshine Slacker,

Goose Island Goose IPA,
Bombay Chai
Nickel Brook Headstock IPA,
Chamomile Citrus*
Nickel Brook Naughty Neighbour..................................22
Green Tea Tropical
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale,
Hojicha Green Tea
Tree Cutthroat West Coast Ale......................................23
Mountain Spring Jasmine
Robust: Organic African Nectar*
Big-bodied, sometimes assertive ales
Organic Breakfast
Achel 8 Bruin.................................................................23
Organic Earl Grey
Aventinus, Ayinger Celebrator, Chimay Première,
Organic Mint Melange*
Dragon Stout, Kwak.......................................................24
Maudite, Rochefort 8, Sinha Stout, St. Paul Double, * = Caffeine-Free
Traquair House Ale........................................................25
Tree Brewing Captivator Doppelbock, Trois Pistoles,
Coffee
Westmalle Dubbel.........................................................26

Smoky:
Like the name says Our beans are roasted at Ontario’s own Balzac’s Roasters.
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier........................................26 We don’t offer decaf espresso drinks.
Stone Smoked Porter, Viven Porter..............................27

Coffee (decaf available)...............................................$3.25
Spicy:
Ales with spices or lively spicy character
Espresso......................................................................$3.75
Achel 8 Blond................................................................27
Double espresso..........................................................$4.50

Brooklyn Sorachi Ace, Chimay White,
Cappuccino..................................................................$4.50
De Molen Heen & Weer, Delirium Tremens..................28
Americano....................................................................$3.75
Dieu du Ciel! Dernier Volonté Brett Ed., Duvel,
Latte.............................................................................$4.50
Evil Twin Ryan and the Beaster Bunny.........................29
Café au lait (decaf available)........................................$4.50
Orval , Stillwater Stateside Saison, Tripel Karmeliet.....30

Wild Beer Ninkasi, Westmalle Tripel, Zundert Trappist.31
Soft drinks
Soothing:
Deeply potent, malty dark ales
Achel Extra Bruin...........................................................31 Coke, Diet Coke, Ginger ale, Sprite,
Bush Ambreé, Chimay Blue, Soda, Tonic, Root beer, Iced Tea................................$2.75
De Molen Mooi & Meedogenloos, Pellegrino, Sm..............................................................$4.95
Rochefort 10..................................................................32 Pellegrino, Lg...............................................................$6.95
St. Bernardus Abt 12, X.O. Beer...................................33 Organge Juice, Cranberry, Grapefruit,

Fruity: Pineapple, Tomato, Clamato........................................$3.50
Ales fermented or finished with fruit or juice

Früli Strawberry, Pêche Mel Scaldis.............................33

Stiegl Radler Grapefruit, Timmermans Kriek,

Timmermans Framboise................................................34

Gluten-free: Pretend that you can drink beer
Lakefront New Grist......................................................34

Cider:
Not beer, but still nice

Spirit Tree Draught Cider...............................................35
Alcohol-Free:
What.

Erdinger Weissbier Alkoholfrei......................................35

The Beer Cellar
............................................36 - 40
Everything Else
...............................Look in the tunk

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Vodka

On Draught
1.5 oz.
Stolichnaya..................................................................$5.97

Grey Goose..................................................................$7.52 Quenching

Dillon’s Method 95.......................................................$7.52
Softly spicy and fruity German- and
Stolichnaya Elit............................................................$9.42
Belgian-style wheat beers
Gin

Blanche de Chambly
$7.52/half-litre
1.5 oz.
Québec, 5% alc./vol. $5.75/375 ml
Beefeater.....................................................................$5.97
Style: Belgian White
Hendrick’s....................................................................$7.52
Tanqueray 10...............................................................$7.52 Québec’s Unibroue produces what is commonly
Dillon’s Unfiltered Gin 22..............................................$7.52 considered the finest Belgian-style wheat beer brewed in
Canada. Making use of a centuries-old tradition of
spicing ales with gruit: a melange of flavourings that
Rum
predate the use of hops; Belgian whites always have
coriander seed and orange peel in the recipe. In this
1.5 oz.
beer, you’ll find both in the refreshing aroma and citrusy
Appleton White.............................................................$5.97
palate.
Gosling’s Dark..............................................................$5.76

The Kraken Black Spiced Rum....................................$7.52
Samuel Adams Summer Ale
$7.96/half-litre
Rye Massachusetts, 5.3% alc./vol. $4.65/300 ml
Style: American wheat
1.5 oz.
Brewed with lemon zest and grains of paradise (an
Wiser’s.........................................................................$5.97
African spice related to cardamom), this clean-tasting
Crown Royal.................................................................$7.52
wheat beer is a great choice to beat the heat.
Forty Creek Double Barrel Reserve...........................$13.00
Remarkably citrusy, also present are light cereal notes

and an understated pepperiness in the background.

Scotch
Side Launch Wheat
$7.08/half-litre
1.5 oz. Ontario, 5.3% alc./vol. $4.65/300 ml
Famous Grouse...........................................................$5.97 Style: Hefeweizen
Chivas..........................................................................$7.30 Torontonians are pretty familiar with Denison’s

The Glenlivet 12 Year..................................................$7.99 Weissbier, which not that long ago was brewed in the

Glenfiddich 12 Year.....................................................$7.99 forever cursed brewpub right around the corner.
Johnny Walker Red......................................................$7.99 Recently, brewmaster Michael Hancock pulled up stakes,
Johnny Walker Black....................................................$8.49 formed a new partnership in Collingwood and relaunched
Talisker 10 Year........................................................$12.69 as Side Launch, using the same hefeweizen recipe that

Oban 14 Year.............................................................$14.98 got him the worldwide respect he deserves. It’s a proud
moment for us to be able to pour an old friend with a new
face: the German wheat beer that under the Denison’s
Whiskey & Bourbon
name became a benchmark for the style. Expect lively
1.5 oz. aromas and flavours of banana, citrus and fresh grain in
Maker’s Mark Bourbon.................................................$7.30 this glass of gold.
Elijah Craig 12 Year Bourbon.......................................$7.30
Woodford Reserve Distiller’s Select Bourbon............$10.69
Crisp

Rogue Oregon Single Malt Whiskey..............................7.30
Bushmills Irish Whiskey.............................................. $7.30 Dry, refreshing lagers ranging from

Jameson Irish Whiskey................................................$7.30 moderately bitter to appetizingly hoppy

Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey..............................$7.30

Hacker-Pschorr Edelhell
$6.86/400 ml
Tequila Germany, 5.5% alc./vol.
Style: Helles
1.5 oz. This beer is only one of two that has constantly been on
Jose Cuervo Gold........................................................$7.30 our menu from the very first day we opened. For those

Tromba Blanco...........................................................$10.75 dedicated to more mainstream tastes, this blonde lager is
Tromba Reposado (9 month).....................................$13.00 the finest interpretation of what is the most popular family
Tromba Añejo (18 month)..........................................$19.75 of beers in the world, and is dry, not too bitter, and driven

by malt.

Cognac

Try a flight of 3 draught
1.5 oz.
Rémy Martin V.S.O.P.................................................$13.99 Samples for $6
Hennessy V.S.O.P.....................................................$13.99

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On Draught
Red wine
————— Single Serving or Bottle —————
Crisp

Humberto Canale
$6.21 / 5 oz.
Dry, refreshing lagers ranging from
Black River Malbec 2015
$10.50 / 8 oz.
moderately bitter to appetizingly hoppy
Patagonia, Argentina $31 / bottle

Bouquet of cassis, raspberries and prunes combined with
Pilsner Urquell
$7.30/half-litre hints of mint, followed by a well balanced taste, with sweet
Czech Republic, 4.4% alc./vol. $5.09/300 ml tannins, velvety structure and a fruity young taste.
Style: Czech pilsner
It took over one and a half centuries to get draught Five Vineyards by Mission Hill $9.15 / 5 oz.
Pilsner Urquell pouring in Canada, but we’re proud to Pinot Noir 2014 $15.50 / 8 oz.
have been the bar that served it first. The world’s most Okanagan Valley, BC $44 / bottle
popular style of beer was born with this brand, origin- Medium-bodied. Aromas of wild strawberries and black tea.
ating from the Czech town for which the style is named: Earthy tones, plums and toasted almonds on the palate.
Plzeň. Local Bohemian Saaz hops add not only a floral Soft tannins.
note, but a delicate bitterness that is kept in perfect
Tall Poppy Hillside
balance by the presence of sweet, bready malt. $8.28 / 5 oz.
Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
$14 / 8 oz.
Langhonre Creek, South Australia $41 / bottle
Appetizing
Easy drinking wine with generous fruit character of
blackcurrant and berries. Well-balanced with soft tannins.
Ales with a varying balance between tart and sweet, with

fruitiness and mouth-wateringly dry malt —————————— Bottle ——————————

Paula Malbec 2015
Rodenbach Grand Cru $7.96/330 ml $46
Mendoza, Argentina
Belgium, 6% alc./vol.
Lovely dark fruit, bramble spice and cigar box aromas: a
Style: Flemish sour ale
serious, concentrated wine with a ripe tannic structure.
“You love it or you hate it” is the advertising slogan for
Rodenbach’s prized sour ale. And true to those words,
The Velvet Devil Merlot 2014
$50
the extraordinarily tart and sweetly refreshing flavour of
Columbia Valley, Washington State
this beer can surprise even that guy over there with the
'beeriodic table of elements' t-shirt. Matured for up to two Smooth with classic Merlot aromas of dark cherries, cedar
and pipe tobacco. Hints of anise, stone and cherry
years in the same uncoated oak vats the brewery has
blossoms.
used for over a century and a half, this is an assertive,

wine-like and satisfying ale that stretches the boundaries
Echeverria Gran Reserva
$55
of what a beer can be.
Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Curicó Valley, Chile
Sociable Intense aromas of strawberries, blackberries and cherries
blended with coffee and tobacco. Round and silky on the
Ales and lagers with moderate strength, palate with a lingering finish.
medium body and near-perfect balance
Whispering Tree Syrah 2013
$64
Granite Brewery Best Bitter Columbia Valley, Washington State
$7.08/half-litre
Ontario, 4.5% alc./vol. $4.65/300 ml Smooth yet robust. Complex notes of white pepper, clove,
Style: Best bitter and smoky bacon fat that linger on a long, lengthy finish.
Back when we opened our doors in late 2003, the term
“Toronto craft beer” would be met with either stifled sobs
Fortified Wine
or directions to The Granite Brewpub. We were lucky
enough to be The Granite’s first ever draught account
with their classically-styled UK bitter, and are in love with Taylor Fladgate Late Bottled Port 2011
idea of now bringing it back. Not just because we’re
Duoro Valley, Portugal $7 / 2 oz.
feeling nostalgic, but simply because no one in Ontario
Spicy with plums and dried fruit, elegant and dry.
has been able to craft a bitter that comes even close to

this one. So to all you new brewers on the block, raise a
Campbells Rutherglen Muscat NV
pint to the family business that paved the way for local
beer. Fresh and leafy with the earthy aromas of UK Rutherglen, Australia $50 / 12.7 oz. bottle
hops; after you have one glass, you’ll be fixing for $22.50 / 5 oz. glass
another. Luscious and mouthfilling, raisined fruits combine with the
oak flavours to produce a wine of great length.

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On Draught
White wine

————— Single Serving or Bottle —————
Sociable

Vineland Estates
$7.69 / 5 oz.
Ales and lagers with moderate strength,
Pinot Blanc 2014
$13 / 8 oz.
medium body and near-perfect balance
Niagara Escarpment, Ontario $38 / bottle

Light and cheerful with intriguing aromas & tastes of lemon,
Saint Andre Vienna Lager
grapefruit and beeswax. $7.08/half-litre
Ontario, 4.6% alc./vol. $4.65/300 ml
Echeverria Reserva
$6.21 / 5 oz. Style: Vienna lager
Sauvignon Blanc 2015
$10.50 / 8 oz. If you don’t look back every once in a while, you’ll never
Curicó Valley, Chile $31 / bottle know how far you’ve come. Here’s another beer that was
Fresh, crisp and balanced. Fresh herbs, green peppers and on our very first draught list in 2003, bringing a total to
tomato leaves with notes of grapefruit and lime.
three long lost lines that are back for another go. There’s
been a huge expansion in the local brewing scene over
Tin Roof
$8.28 / 5 oz. the past 13 years, and without these daredevils
Chardonnay 2013
$14 / 8 oz.
establishing a market in the shadow of the
Sacramento Delta, California $41 / bottle
megabreweries, none of it could have happened. Saint
Bold, smooth and complex. Stainless steel fermentation
Andre Vienna lager represents one of those first steps
provides a floral nose and mouth-filling palate of Fuji apple
with its approachable drinkability and balance. A dead-on
and crème brûlée.
impression of the amber Bohemian style that now finds

massive popularity in Mexico, it has the bright aroma of a
—————————— Bottle ——————————
pilsner and a lightly sweet, bready smoothness in the

Cave Spring body.
$48
Riesling Estate 2013

Shillow Beer Co. Sass on the Side
Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
Off-dry with good acidity. Intense grapefruit and slate; long, Ontario, 5.6% alc./vol. $7.52/half-litre
clean and refreshing finish. Style: American brown ale $5.31/300 ml
Too bad we sold that trumpet, because this beer
Girasole Vineyards $55 deserves some fanfare. Exclusive to beerbistro is this
Chardonnay 2014
offering from Ontario’s newest craft brewery, helmed by
Mendocino, California our very own Jamie Shillow and her husband Ben. Sass
Organic. Medium bodied and well balanced. Lush fruit on the Side is their first of what we think will be many
complimented by a touch of spicy French oak. excellent, regularly produced beers. This American brown
ale has layers of flavour from start to finish. Smooth
Featherstone Estate
$60 chocolate and delicately roasted malts are at the forefront
Canadian Oak Chardonnay 2014
of a beer that gently converts to an earthen and lightly
Niagara Peninsula, Ontario astringent hoppy bitterness, and then to a quenching off-
Fermented by wild, local yeast. Rich and buttery, with dry finish. Pairing with a wide variety of dishes, it’s
poached pear, vanilla wood spices and brioche notes. exactly what a beer cuisine restaurant could ask for.

Astrolabe Sauvignon Blanc 2014
$60
Bold
Marlborough, New Zealand
Medium-bodied wine with gooseberry and currant flavours,
Hoppy ales with a moderate to full bitterness
a hint of herbs and a smooth and long finish.
and a naturally fruity character

BrewDog Elvis Juice
Sparkling wines $7.96/400 ml
Scotland, 6.5% alc./vol.
Style: India pale ale
Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial NV S o you want to get your grapefruit on but think that
France $120 radlers are pretty much alcopop abominations. You aren’t
alone. Scotland’s BrewDog thought this too, and also
Predominantly pinot characteristics, very ample on the
thought about how lots of IPAs have a grapefruit note
palate, with lime blossom and a discreet finish.
simply from the use of American hops. The solution it

Giró Ribot “Ab Origine” seems would be obvious to most at this point, but of
$59
Cava Brut Reserva course it would take one of Europe’s most inventive

Catalunya, Spain modern brewers to execute the idea properly: adding
grapefruit peel to a good, hoppy India pale ale. While
Rich and balanced. Full, flavourful, fresh, with a touch of
sweeter than your average IPA, it’s way more complex,
red fruits and yeasts.
way less sugary, and way more refreshing than that stuff

in the yellow can.

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Icewine

Bold Inniskillin Vidal Icewine
$18.50/3 oz glass
Niagara Peninsula, Ontario $74/12.7 oz bottle
Hoppy ales with a moderate to full bitterness
Tropical aromas and flavors of mango and lychee.
and a naturally fruity character

Cave Springs Riesling Icewine 2003
Collective Arts Ransack the Universe

Ontario, 6.8% alc./vol. $7.08/half-litre Niagara Peninsula, Ontario $24.50/3 oz glass
Style: India pale ale $4.65/300 ml $98/12.7 oz bottle
Dried apricot and grilled pineapple fruit with nuances of
Collective Arts calls this their “Hemisphere IPA”, because
crème brûlée.
they sourced hops from opposite sides of the planet. In

this beer, you get the juicy collision of Australian Galaxy
hops and Mosaic hops from Yakima, Washington. Both Ice Cider
of these hops are just flavour monsters, characterized by
Jolly-Rancher-levels of tropical fruitiness. The beer is
Spirit Tree Ice Cider
named after a vintage oddities store in The Junction, and $16.04/3 oz glass
at 85 IBUs, it has layers of taste as eclectic as the Caledon, Ontario, 12.5% alc. $68/12.7 oz bottle
selection you’ll find over there. Bold baked apple taste with hints of caramel.

High Road Brewing “The Bronan”

Vermont-style IPA
$5.75/300 ml
Specialty cocktails and martinis
Ontario, 7.1% alc./vol.
$8.55
Style: India pale ale
The beer family tree just keeps getting bushier with Maple Walnut Manhattan: Crown Royal, sweet
Vermont IPAs suddenly claiming their own branch.
vermouth, maple syrup and toasted walnut bitters
Beginning with The Alchemist’s Heady Topper and Holy
Cow, their massive popularity led to seemingly the entire Not Sangria: Red wine, Weissbier, Rodenbach
state trying to mimic these hazy, aroma-forward IPAs. Grand Cru, lemon juice and raspberry syrup
Soon, breweries like Hill Farmstead and Lawson’s Finest
West Coast Negroni: Gin, Campari, sweet
Liquids were gaining worldwide respect for their mastery
vermouth and a splash of Stone Delicious IPA
of what some were calling a new style. Now we have
Ontario’s High Road Brewing with a wallop of an effort, Scurvy no More: Tromba tequila, Ribena, lime juice
further cementing the international definition of the and ginger ale
Vermont IPA: golden and turbid, fruity and aromatic,
Honeydew: Melon liqueur, Vodka, splash of grapefruit
finishing with a good dose of ‘thank God someone’s
and lemon juice
finally dialing back the bitterness’.
Asphalt Jungle Bird: Gin, Campari, splash of
Publican House Square Nail Pale Ale
pineapple and lime juice
Ontario, 5.9% alc./vol. $5.75/half-litre
Style: American pale ale $4.20/300 ml Godfather II: Scotch whiskey, Amaretto,
lemon juice, grenadine
Peterborough’s The Publican House Brewery opened its
doors to thirsty locals in late 2008, and they did us a
great favour back in 2010 by personally driving some of
their kegs over to us in Toronto. Now it's back, and we
Standard mixed drinks
think they even hired a delivery guy. Dominated by
Cascade hops, the aromas are the classic one-two
1.5 oz.
punch of grapefruit and pine, but the taste is restrained,
With Rail Booze.....………………….................………..$7.30
with toasted malt, nuts and fruit backed by moderate
or The Good Stuff............................……................…..$8.25
bitterness.

Standard martinis

2 oz.
House pours................................................................ $8.55
Premium pours.......................................................... $11.98

Caesars and Marys

1.5 oz.
Our Caesars are made with Worcestershire and Tobasco
sauce, freshly-grated horseradish and a celery salt rim

Vodka or Gin.......…………..............................………..$7.30
Virgin...............................................……................…..$4.95

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Beer cellar
Rare, unusual, and carefully aged beers
Bold

Le Trou du Diable L’Impératrice Spec.Ed.
Hoppy ales with a moderate to full bitterness
Québec, 10% alc./vol. $37.83/750 ml and a naturally fruity character
Style: Imperial stout
“The Empress” is an Imperial stout aged for three to six Shillow Bitter Waitress Black IPA

months in American Bourbon casks, and it’s one of the
Ontario, 6.5% alc./vol. $7.52/half-litre
boozier tasting bottles we’ve got, not that that’s a bad thing.
Style: Black India pale ale $5.53/300 ml
The coffee, chocolate and fig notes that form the strong
What began as 5 gallons of award-winning homebrew by
stout base of this beer are transformed into something
one of beerbistro’s very own servers is now a provincially
otherworldly with conditioning. Vanilla, caramel, toasted
-available offering from partners in life and crime, Jamie
wood and hot alcohol heat are very much at home here in
and Ben Shillow. With beerbistro for the past year
this aggressively foamy beer, and while it’s big enough to
hosting their exclusive and sublime offering, Sass on the
share, we’ll understand if you want to keep it to yourself.
Side, on our taps as their brewery was getting off the

ground, now we all get to reap the benefits from that
Unibroue 17 Grande Réserve 2014
investment. Bitter Waitress is the courageous flagship
Québec, 10% alc./vol. $28.32/750 ml brew of Shillow Beer Co., and a standout amongst safer
Style: Belgian strong ale first-offerings from the other new breweries on the block.
In 2007, Unibroue produced the final of their numbered It’s a Trojan horse of a beer, sheathed in impossibly
anniversary beers with #17, which was promptly named black roasted malt. But within lays the surprise. 86
“the world’s best dark ale” at the UK World Brewing whopping IBUs of fresh, earthy hops makes this
Awards. So why’d they pull a Michael Jordan and retire unmistakably the IPA you’re looking for, bringing forth a
when they were on top? We don’t know. But the good news cacophony of flavours, from coniferous sap to the
is that they’ve now pulled a Michael Jordan and decided to blossoms of citrus, all wrapped in a cloak of crushingly
flog this recipe until the end of time. Presenting Unibroue savory stout.
17 Grande Réserve: aged on French oak and bottle-
conditioned, this beer is an intense malt experience with
Satisfying
highlights of mocha and cocoa and a distinct woody finish.

Ales, porters and stouts with gentle bitterness and
Chimay Grand Réserve Magnum 2012
chocolaty or roasty character
Belgium, 9% alc./vol. $60/1.5 L

Style: Belgian Strong Ale (Trappist) St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout
This is the strongest and maltiest ale from the Trappist
Québec, 5% alc./vol. $7.30/half-litre
monastery brewery, Abbaye de Notre-Dame de
Style: Stout $5.09/300 ml
Scourmont. Known as Chimay Blue when served in less
Richer than your typical dry Irish stout, St. Ambroise’s
comically large bottles, it’s roundly spicy and winy in
Oatmeal stout is perhaps the finest example of the style.
character and only getting smoother with age.
Oats lend a silken texture to this beer that drinks with

notes of mocha, fruit, and a bitterness that’s perfectly

balanced between roast and hop.
Beer by the shot

Rich, rare and potent beers meant to be Spicy
consumed like a fine spirit.
Malty, well-rounded ales with a natural spiciness either
from fermentation, a spice addition, or both
Baladin Xyauyù, Copper Label 2007
Italy, 14.5% alc./vol. $20/1.5 oz La Fin du Monde $5.75/375 ml
Xyauyù (which as far as we can tell is pronounced Québec, 9% alc./vol.
X-shi-eye-you) has been produced as an homage to Style: Tripel
purposefully oxidized wines like Madiera. It takes about two So it turns out that the world didn't end in 2012 like the
entire years to get from boil to bottle, resulting in a still, Mayans said, which only means you've bought yourself
slick and vinous sip, drinking with the body of an icewine. more time to drink this prize winning pepper-and-citrusy
Prepare yourself for a concentrated blast of raisin, apricot, kick to the head. Québec's Unibroue has long produced
port and a little bit of smoke. So rich and rare, we only sell many staff favorites over here, and La Fin du Monde has
it by the shot. got to be near the top of the list for catching up after
work.

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Rare, unusual, and carefully aged beers
Robust

Struise Pannepot Grand Reserva 2005
Rich and warming ales with a full maltiness and
impressive complexity Belgium, 10% alc./vol. $18.76/330 ml
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Maredsous Brune This small family company recently sprouted from nowhere
$6.64/330 ml
Belgium, 8% alc./vol. to become one of the most highly sought-after brewers in
Style: Dubbel the international craft market, and their Pannepot Grand
Reserva is a perfect example as to why. Dark, spicy and
From the makers of Duvel comes this Abbey ale that
complex, this beer drinks somewhere between a strong
replicates the smooth brown ales perfected by the
Trappist ale and a steak dinner. Brewed with spices, aged
Trappist monks of northern Belgium. Plummy and
for 14 months in French oak and then a further 8 months in
accented by a raisiny edge, this dubbel deftly tightropes
reclaimed Calvados casks; the combination of all these
across the border between a full-bodied ale and a lively
courageous techniques has produced an outstanding piece
refresher.
of brewing.

Paulaner Salvator
$7.52/400 ml
Samichlaus 2014
$12.83/330 ml
Germany, 7.9% alc./vol.
Style: Doppelbock Austria, 14% alc./vol.
If you ever stumble across a beer with a name ending in Style: Doppelbock
When the original Swiss brewer of Samichlaus stopped
“-ator”, you should know it’s descended from Paulaner
producing this winter seasonal in 1997, it was thought that
Salvator. The naming convention began with this, the
the world’s strongest lager would sadly become the stuff of
world’s first doppelbock (strong, dark German lager), and
distant memories and increasingly dwindling cellar
most every other “-ator” beer is based on the same
supplies. But the spirit of Christmas was resurrected in
brewing methods. Salvator (“Saviour”) is remarkably food
2000 by the Castle Eggenberg Brewery in Austria, and it is
friendly, boasting malty tones of caramel and currant.
a miracle to behold. Brewed on only a single day of the

year and aged for ten months prior to bottling, this beer is a
Cider hearth for the heart, with strong alcohol warmth floating
atop a body of cherry brandy, apricots and raisins.
Not beer, but still nice

Rodenbach Vintage 2012
Ontario Cider Rotational Tap
Market Price
Belgium, 7% alc./vol. $25.00/750 ml
Hard to believe that as recently as 2008, Ontario had only
Style: Flemish sour ale
one craft cidery. Now there’s over 20. The popularity of
Travelling this deep into the menu can yield huge rewards.
apple cider has exploded in recent years, and it’s not all
So don’t tell anyone else, but here’s a hidden gem.
just because of the gluten-free movement. In Ontario, it’s
Rodenbach Grand Cru (currently pouring from our
because we make a damn fine apple, thanks to our
taps....holy hell) is a blend of two versions of the same
amazing soil and miserable winters. It’s estimated that by
beer: A young, sweet version, and a 2 year-old oak-aged
2018, 10% of all the apples grown in the province with
version that’s been allowed to sour. This bottle is just the
find their destiny in a cider. Come enjoy this burgeoning
old stuff, from what the master brewers have judged to be
industry with our curated selection of Ontario’s best.
the best barrel of the year. 2012 was a good year. Ripe

with balsamic vinegar notes, a good balancing sweetness
And... and hints of trail mix.

Cuvée de Ranke 2014
$35.62/750 ml
The Beer of the Moment
Market Price Belgium, 7% alc./vol.
Ask your server or check out the chalkboards to see Style: Flemish sour and Lambic blend
what’s pouring. Tell your friends about this beer at your own risk—there are
only so many bottles to go around. The sours of Belgium
are produced differently based on region, and it took a
truce between two competing styles to create this
masterpiece of a beer. From West Flanders we have the
red-brown style, which is soured in old oak vats containing
a vast microbiome creating its characteristic fruity acidity.
Further East we have lambic, a beer containing aged hops
T his book is written by David Bronfman, who has a degree and fermented in exposed containers by the natural
in molecular biology but refuses to use it properly. It also airborne flora native to the Zenne valley, finishing dry and
contains some entries written by internationally musty. Cuvée de Ranke is a careful blend of the two, using
renowned beer authority Stephen Beaumont, from like 10 lambic from Brewery Girardin. It is a clever mix of sour
years ago when he used to have this job and which David lemon and oak, surprisingly easy to drink, and certainly a
is too lazy to replace. bucket-list beer for you folks keeping score out there.

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