Burdock

Brewpub in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2015

Contact
1184 Bloor St W, Toronto, M6H 1N2, Canada
Description
Burdock brewery set up shop in what used to be an old Portuguese chicken restaurant, and they transformed the space into an artist-driven bar/restaurant/music hall/microbrewery run by a group of musicians and music lovers. They offer a rotating list of clean pale ales, complex saisons, crisp pilsners, zippy sours, and beer-wine hybrids that are all brewed in house.

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7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Newer 473ml tall can of this one (I might still have an older 355ml can with old design). Lightly hazy (getting nicely hazy at last pour), light golden-yellow colour with a small white cap, fizzing away quickly and minimal lace. Fresh lime zest, juice creating some good natural sourness with a tad saltiness. The salty touch comes out a little more in the taste, blending with the lime-sourness. A nice, fresh lime Gose with just a tad more salt than your average beer of this style. And I like it!

Tried from Can on 28 Aug 2024 at 05:37


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Third of a pint alongside two other Canadian beers in the Boot on Sunday 25th August 2024. Light haze in the pale golden body, weak white wisp on top. Semi-sour grapefruit flavours dominated the taste, it didn't suit my palate at all, aroma was also sour citrussy in nature.

Tried from Can on 26 Aug 2024 at 06:26


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Third of a pint alongside two other Canadian beers in the Boot on Sunday 25th August 2024. Best of the three for me. Hint of a haze in the golden pour, white head. Grassy, almost floral aroma and taste, nice easy going Helles.

Tried from Can on 26 Aug 2024 at 06:26


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Keg @ The Boot, Wellington after a ride up the Wrekin with TMBB. Misty blonde, white head. Tasting a bit old and dusty unfortunately. Shame. Otherwise bears a clean, light body with a light blonde character. Rated kindly.

Tried on 24 Aug 2024 at 18:35


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Hazy/cloudy yellow gold with a bubbly white head and citrus and tropical fruits on the nose. Sharpish citrus bite up front, with tropical fruit and hop bitterness following through

Tried on 16 Aug 2024 at 09:27


7

Tasty. Not really sweet. Decent lkme, calm malt with that savoriness of salt in the finish. Could crush this. Can lcbo

Tried from Can on 13 Aug 2024 at 01:45


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

375ml (thx, Renny!) @ Sales Force. Appearance: hazy blonde with a white head. Aroma: woody, rustic notes, a bit dusty, weird tannic fruitiness, peppery. Taste: along the same lines, quite dry. Overall: lacks balance and sophistication, unfortunately.

Tried on 25 Jul 2024 at 02:20


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pale body with some haze and a medium head. Yeasty aroma, with light brett notes. Sweet, with a touch of brett, a little stone fruit. Finish shows some creamy malt - this will likely be eaten by the brett but it's also good now. Good balance, nice fruitiness.

Tried on 25 Jul 2024 at 02:19


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

375mL bottle. Pours cloudy pale yellow with white head. Aroma has some saison yeast, coriander, banana, pale malts. Flavour has grainy malts, some esters, dry wood, thin citrus peel. Nice, dry saison.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2024 at 02:18


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

375mL bottle, pours a cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma has a very nice funky character, light oak, some rustic notes, and toasted grains. Flavour is dry and buggy, with plenty of barnyard funk, rustic saison yeast, and toasted grains. Buggy, rustic and dry finish. Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2024 at 02:15