Gran Bino
Burdock in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
6.75
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Welcome to flavour country. Chocolate-cherry flavour country, that is. Aged one year in freshly emptied wine barrels then finished with Montmorency Sour Cherries, Gran Bino is our ideal version of an imperial fruited stout for 3 reasons:
#1) It was aged in wine barrels (Cab Franc)
#2) It’s relatively dry aka not cloyingly sweet.
#3) It has great fruit vs. chocolate balance
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BeerPlace (10899) reviewed Gran Bino from Burdock 11 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
375ml @ Ryan's (thx for the beer!) shared with Alex.
Loads of cherries with oak and roasted malt notes. Taste is along the same lines. Pretty nice integration of the flavours. Good one.
pictoman (9684) reviewed Gran Bino from Burdock 11 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Re-rate - Mar 06, 2025: Poured from 375mL bottle. Very dark brown with small light beige head. Dominant sour cherry underlay with a feint vinous note, mild roast in the background. Again, not a big fruited stout fan, but this is okay. Lowering rating to: 8/4/7/4/16=3.9 rb scale
[notes finally entered Jan 15, 2025 - 8/4/8/4/16=4.0] Poured from bottle @ FHF 2023 (Aug 12, 2023). Medium dark brown with small beige head. Mild chocolate with lots of montmorency cherry profile. Usually not a fruited stout fan, but this is very nice.
Gerbeer (8214) reviewed Gran Bino from Burdock 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
375 ml bottle. Pours a very dark brown with short fizzy head that settles quickly. Aromas of dark sour cherries, sharp vinous wood, chocolate and roasted malts. Flavors follow same. The sour cherry and vinous wood are not complementary IMHO. Finishes like sour wine.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Gran Bino from Burdock 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Dark brown. Butter? Ew. Tart, but there's not much you can do when the diacetyl comes in.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Gran Bino from Burdock 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle pour at Farmhouse Fest 2023, pours a deep dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma brings out English bready malt, light cocoa and soil. Flavour is tart and buggy, with light cocoa, tart cherries, and earthy soil-like notes. Cocoa, tart cherries on the finish, with a flat, chunky palate. It's okay.
Boutip (9769) reviewed Gran Bino from Burdock 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a large dark brown foamy head with good retention and light lacing. Aroma of chocolate notes with some strong cherry notes and light vinous notes are also perceptible. Taste is a mix of chocolate and cherry with some vinous notes with some oak presence also detectable. Body is average with good carbonation. Interesting mix of cherry and chocolate but not sure it is something I would have on a regular basis.