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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7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
355mL can, pours a cloudy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out rustic funky notes, tart plum, and a bit of grape skins. Flavour reveals a very nice combination of plum and grapes, with the tart plum starting off, and the mouthfeel finishing vinous, dry and tannic, with plenty of rustic, wild notes. Dry, vinous, and plum-y finish. Really nicely done.
Tried from Can on 24 Sep 2022 at 04:10

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
375mL bottle, pours a clear vibrant golden bronze with a tiny white head. Aroma is wonderfully fragrant, with lots of gently tart cherries, red wine must, and oak. Flavour is wonderfully integrated, with lots of funk, vinous notes, oak, and gentle tart cherries. That funk and vinous character is wonderfully placed to complement the cherries. Excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2022 at 04:33

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Poured from 375mL bottle (bottled 12/2018, listed 7.4% abv). Hazy orange with small white head. Mild berry (nothing specific), cherry, touch of brett, slightly vinous, not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2022 at 05:35

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sample at CRAFT Beer Market Toronto.
Tried on 20 Aug 2022 at 18:22

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Poured from 750mL bottle. Purple red with minimal white head. Really nice vinous, tannic, great stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2022 at 02:42

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Poured from 250mL can. Hazy blonde with very quickly dissipating white head. Mild brett and lime, light white wine vinous notes. Not a ton of body, a little light. Okay.
Tried from Can on 30 Jul 2022 at 23:53

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Re-rate: Poured from 375mL bottle (pkg April 2021). Ruby red. Gentle raspberry and tannic vinous quality. Very nice blend. July 30, 2022 @ Sardines, Quebec City (8/3/8/3/16=3.8): Poured from 375mL bottle (pkg 20/07/2022). Ruby red with extremely quick dissipating pink head. Lots of raspberry, underlying vinous character rounds everything out, gentle carbonation, very good, but flavours don’t fill out quite as much, the dissipation occurs relatively quickly.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jul 2022 at 23:19

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours gold. Grain, lemon, lightly herbal, little hedgerow. Medium body. Solid.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jul 2022 at 23:56

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at the brewery. Pours opaque yellow. Minerally, mango, lemon, cracker, tart. Medium body. Solid.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jul 2022 at 22:24

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours gold. Minerally, grain, lemon, grapefruit, saline, tart. Medium body. Good.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jul 2022 at 22:17