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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7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from the tap. Cloudy yellow with small white head. Juicy orange citrus, feint ginger, some nice dry hoping. Nice cohesion.

Tried from Draft on 12 Nov 2022 at 03:45


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 750mL bottle. Hazed bright pinkish red with small white head. Lots of cherry, feint subtle oak, nice complexity. Good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2022 at 02:57


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750mL bottle, pours a deep dark purpleish mahogany with a medium pink head. Aroma is complex as hell, with lots of musty red grape skins, lots of bugs, oak, and red wine barrels. Flavour is very dry and buggy, with intense red wine barrels, red wine grape skins, and bugs. Bone dry, with tons of brett, musty dry grape skins, and oak. Complex, vinous and dry. Wonderful. Another beer showing why Burdock are the masters of wine beers.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2022 at 03:13


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

Poured from 750mL bottle. Hazed red with small white head. Really nice vinous grape skin notes, oak. Nice balance, dry-ish. Good stuff!

Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2022 at 02:39


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from the tap. Fairly hazy pink-ish orange with small white head. Mild cherry, underlying saison yeast, very nicely balanced.

Tried from Draft on 11 Nov 2022 at 02:24


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from the tap. Hazed gold with small white head. Clean crisp biscuit malt, great balance, very enjoyable for this style.

Tried from Draft on 11 Nov 2022 at 02:13


7

A lightly hazed blonde saison with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light Brett, light lactic notes, light ground cherry, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with light Brett, light lactic notes, light fruity esters, very nice and smooth. On tap at Lupulus.

Tried from Draft on 08 Nov 2022 at 22:34


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at Burdock, pours a muddled dark red with no head. Nose is wonderfully buggy, with lots of wild yeast, ros� wine notes, and mostly fermented out berries that are well-situated. Flavour is complex, with lots of red wine grape must, ros� wine, fermented out red berries, and some wild yeast. Complex, with a lovely wine character. Really nicely done.

Tried from Draft on 05 Nov 2022 at 03:46


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

On tap at Burdock, pours a cloudy vibrant pinkish amber with a small white head. Aroma brings out rich montmorency cherries, floral dry hops, and some rustic saison yeast further back. Flavour is harmonious, with vibrant cherries, rustic saison yeast, and just enough low-level floral dry-hopping to accentuate the other elements. With all those elements, it still managed to be integrated. Excellent.

Tried from Draft on 05 Nov 2022 at 03:46


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at Burdock, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma brings out subtle coffee notes, a bit of dark fruits, and light roast. Flavour is fruity, with dark dried fruits, earthy coffee, and plenty of vanilla extract. I'm not totally sold on the vanilla incorporation here, as it comes across a bit jagged. It's pleasant but not their best work.

Tried from Draft on 05 Nov 2022 at 03:44