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Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore

By Rebecca Fleming
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Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

Name: Batch Gastrobrewery Neighbourhood: Downtown Core Contact: 75 Victoria St., 416-238-1484, batchtoronto.com
Previously: The Beer Academy Owner: Creemore Springs
Chefs: Consulting chef Ben Heaton (The Grove, Citta) and chef de cuisine Tim Tutton (The Beverley Hotel) Brewmaster: Andrew Bartle (Northwinds Brewhouse)

The food

Lunch, dinner and brunch menus featuring classic beer snacks (soft pretzels, fried pickles, chicken wings, pickled eggs) and heartier plates (smoked brisket, eggplant parm, rye gnocchi). Much of what’s available is made on site, including the bread, the house-ground sausages and all of the fresh-baked pies. As at any good bar, there’s wing night (Monday) and a roast dinner (Saturday and Sunday).

Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

Malpeque oysters from P.E.I with a dill-pickle mignonette. $19 for six.

Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

Devilled-and-smoked eggs with crispy chicken skin. $8.

Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

Tomato salad with cucumber, olives, feta and basil in an oregano vinaigrette. $12.

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Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

The Ontario charcuterie board comes with a selection of cured meats (Pingue prosciutto, capicola and lonza on this platter), house pickles, a pickled egg and grilled sourdough. $17.

Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

Pulled brisket flatbread topped with smokey onion relish and crispy shallots. $12.

Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

Pork bratwurst on a house-baked buttermilk bun, with sauerkraut and caraway sour cream. Served with thrice-fried chips or a salad. $15.

Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

The lamb burger comes topped with feta, charred red onion and red-chili mayo on a house-baked buttermilk bun. Also served with fries or a salad. $16.

Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

Sweet potato pie with a bottom layer of dark chocolate ganache and a toasted marshmallow topping. $8 a slice.

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Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

Lemon meringue pie with rhubarb and lemon curd. $8 a slice.

Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

Apple-and-cheddar pie made with Granny Smith apples and an Ontario cheddar crust. $8 a slice.

Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

Coconut-pineapple cream pie made with pineapple jam, whipped cream and toasted coconut. $8 a slice.

The drinks

Beer, of course, and a lot of it is made on premise. There are six house-brewed beers (pale ale, cream ale, wit, IPA, Irish red, porter), as well as a few other offerings from Creemore Springs and a list of bottles from other Ontario brewers, including Leslieville’s Left Field and Niagara-based Smithworks. There are cocktails, too, some of which include beer-based syrups.

Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

Flights come in fours. This one includes (from left to right): the witbier, the IPA, the Irish red ale and the porter. $14.94.

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Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

The Hopfashioned: Bulleit bourbon, Batch IPA and simple syrup. $12.

Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

The Dublin Wit: Ginger Batch wit syrup, Jameson, lemon and egg white. $11.

The space

Two heritage buildings house four different seating areas: a main bar; the tank-adjacent café, which also has a coffee counter and a drop-down projection screen for big games; a back dining room with a stage for live performances; and a private room on the lower level that has its own bar. Also downstairs: more beer tanks, a Ping-Pong table and, soon, arcade and board games.

Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)

The main bar area.

Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Kayla Rocca)
Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Images: Kayla Rocca)

Can’t stay for a pint? Grab beer to go.

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Introducing: Batch, a new restaurant and brewery from Creemore
(Image: Rebecca Fleming)

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