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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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
A hazed blonde ipa with a thin white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with grassy floral hops, light mint, nice and smooth. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with grassy floral hops, faint mint notes, light treacle, pleasant. On tap at Lupulus.
Tried from Draft on 20 Mar 2019 at 21:23

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Glass, 4-ounce, draught, drunk at Lupulus, savoured on April 20 2018; eye: straw with a milky hue, hazy, no effervescence, average lacing; nose: citrus fruits, fusel, pineapple; mouth: citrus fruits, slight fusel, pineapple, slight astringency, light alcohol, metallic, bittering hops, finale in fusel with light presence of alcohol, medium body, average carbonation, mildly bitter, slightly sweet, lightly fleshy texture and lightly alcoholic texture; overall: correct

FRANÇAIS
Verre, 4 onces, en fût, bue chez Lupulus, savourée le 20 avril 2018; œil : paille avec une teinte laiteuse, trouble, pas d’effervescence, anneau de mousse blanc cassé, dentelle moyenne; nez : agrumes, très léger fusel, ananas; bouche : agrumes, très léger fusel, ananas, très légère astringence, léger alcool, métallique, houblon amérisant, finale en fusel avec légère présence d’alcool, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement charnue et légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : correct
Tried on 09 Mar 2019 at 18:08

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
A hazed blonde wit with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet banana esters curacao, coriander, light perfumy notes, nice and smooth. In mouth, a nice sweet banana malt with cloves and curacao, nice and smooth. Can from brewery.
Tried from Can on 26 Jan 2019 at 23:13

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a clear light yellow color ale with a large foamy head with OK retention and some lacing. Aroma of tart notes with some nice vinous notes is quite refreshing. Taste is also a nice mix of refreshing tart notes, nice vinous notes with some oak and Brett notes also apparent. Body is about average with good carbonation. Nice refreshing beer with good level of complexity.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2019 at 21:08

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Burdock Bumo IV (by Burdock):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5

19/I/19 - 37.5cl bottle @ Nieuwjaarsreceptie Gentse Biervereniging, BB: n/a - (2019-111) Thanks to everyone for the huge bottle share!
Slightly cloudy deep red to pinkish purple beer, small aery irregular head, unstable, dissipates quickly. Aroma: infected, funky, a bit floral, fruity touch, bit woody. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: soft acidity, bit soapy bitterness, floral notes, red berries, some tannins. Aftertaste: pretty dry, acidic, berries, more tannins.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2019 at 21:08

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
(Draught at Beer Temple, Amsterdam, 22 Aug 2018) Dark brown colour with brief, beige head. Fruity, malty nose with notes of caramel, dark cherries, oak wood, red wine, blackberries and black-currant. Malty, fruity, slightly tart taste with sour cherries, blackberries, black-currant, oak wood, wine and a tart and dry finish. Almost full body, dry, with low bitterness. Fresh, tasty and interesting, with a generous acidity. Very nice.
Tried on 11 Jan 2019 at 23:18

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
A lightly hazed blonde ale with a thin white head. In aroma,, sweet fruity malt with light grassy resinous hops, light mineral notes, light rye, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with light fruity esters, light rye, very nice and smooth. On tap at Lupulus.
Tried from Draft on 07 Jan 2019 at 22:59

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
(Bottle sample @ Witchstock 2018, Toronto, Sept 29/18) Pours nearly clear bright pale red with a small head. Notes of soft tart cherry, red grapes, mixed berries, wine, some flowers, moderate oak, light earthy funk, softly sweet, light tartness, but dry on the whole and especially into the finish with some fruit skin and barrel tannin. Medium body and fairly soft carbonation. A more layered but perhaps slightly more unfocused beer-wine hybrid, but yet again excellent from Burdock.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2018 at 17:17

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
(2018 bottle sample @ Witchstock 2018, Toronto, Sept 29/18) Pours hazy pale pink-peach with a white head. Notes of mixed red berries, dried flowers, lots of rose wine vibes, perhaps strawberry is more prominent, lightly peppery from either yeast or skins, a bit of a cereal saison malt, feel, oak, lightly sweet and moderately tart, funk in the back end too. Medium bodied, soft effervescent carbonation. Another lovely wine-beer hybrid from Burdock, beautiful balance again.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2018 at 16:50

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
(Bottle sample @ Witchstock 2018, Toronto, Sep 29/18) Pours lightly hazed pale straw gold with a white head. Notes of floral tropical fruit (lychee/passionfruit axis), orange peels, lime, melon, crisp white wine, wet wood, musty cellar, lightly sweet honey, dry and crisp with a little orange wine tannin and zesty acidity. Light to medium bodied with sparkling wine effervescence. This is totally beautiful stuff, a superb melding of Riesling and beer - what a hybrid should be. Wish I could have got a bottle.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2018 at 16:41