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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.
8/10
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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
6.5/10
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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
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Burdock, pours black with a medium tan head. Nose brings out soft dry roasted, earthiness, and crusty bread. Flavour is dry and light on the palate, yet there's a nice earthy dry roast that permeates. Thin on the palate but packs enough of a punch to be worth it. Good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Nov 2022
at 03:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Burdock, pours a cloudy blonde with a medium white head. Aroma is quite chalky, with earthy hops, muddled chalkiness and little notice of the Chardonnay. Flavour is a little better, with muddled earthy hops, subdued Chardonnay, and chalk. Too chalky for me, but the subtle wine element does help it for me. Do that on a west coast and I'll be happier. As is, this is alright.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Nov 2022
at 03:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Burdock, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out grassy herbal notes, biscuity malt and straw. Flavour is crisp, with biscuity malt, gentle herbaceousness, and straw. Clean and bright, but could use more crispness. Pleasant.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Nov 2022
at 03:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Burdock, pours a clear blonde with a medium white head. Aroma brings out fresh straw and biscuity malt — yeah, that's clean. Flavour is very clean and crisp, with straw, biscuity malt, and a touch of bitter grass. Fresh and nicely biting. Very good lager.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Nov 2022
at 03:42
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
This stout poured a deep black colour with a very creamy tan head. Beautiful lacing. Scents include smoke and cold cuts. And cold cuts being wieners. First swig was a little thin with flavours of smoke, hops, and a little wiener. Finish is more bitter than expected but very drinkable.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2022
at 21:50
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(375ml bottle from the brewery) Pours lightly hazy pale yellow with a decent white head. Aroma is bright tart white grape with some pear, lychee, soft stone fruit, peppery florals, fresh grass, some wood, smooth leathery brett with wet hay, a little spicebox, good expression of Gewürz as you would expect from the 49% and Viognier is softer. Flavour is fairly dry and very wine-forward (it is half wine...), nice fruity and slightly spicy qualities of pear, lychee, soft peach, peppery florals, soft spicebox, wet hay and leather, light lactic and acetic acid for brightness, soft woody drydown, finish is peppery, phenolic, fairly dry and lightly tart, some wood, alcohol not totally masked. Light to medium bodied, oily, active carbonation. Nice white wine-dominated wild ale, as you'd expect it feels like a short-contact orange wine with a heavier funk component.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2022
at 16:09
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Somewhere Inn at the farm. Hazy translucent straw yellow / light white wine pour. Minimal head. Aroma is sharp white wine with saison funk and some stone fruit. Taste is similar. Very sharp and bitter. Lemon. Grass. Farm. Funk. Metal. Quite sour. Palate is nice with soft carbonation. Not my favorite.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2022
at 00:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
375mL bottle, pours a cloudy, murky golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is full of tart, juicy plums, with a touch of white wine must, and light bugs. Flavour is full of tart, juicy plums upfront, balanced by some murky white wine grape must, and some earthiness. The juicy plum character is very nice, but the whole thing seems a bit more muddled than I want.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2022
at 03:26