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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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cloudy and very pale. Thin head. The aroma has some farmy elements. On the palate, a bit yeasty, with light brett notes, and a mellow fruitiness that lends nuance to the beer. A pleasing, easy-drinking wild peach ale.
Tried on 06 Apr 2017 at 23:38

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
375ml bottle at Matt’s. Brewed in October 2015. Pours a dark brown with a brown head. Aroma is very fruity with some roasted malt, barrel and grapes notes. Taste is the same. Quite good.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2017 at 23:36

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
750 ml. Pours a hazy yellow with moderate head. Aromas of powdery yeast, citrus, cilantro and wheat. Flavors follow same. Clean and crisp.
Tried on 06 Apr 2017 at 23:35

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
375mL bottle, gushes upon opening, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is quite woody, with cognac barrels, and light earthy yeast. Flavour is odd, with black forest cake, dark cherries, light coffee and rustic farmhouse yeast. Carbonation is intense, though it is fitting for what it is. Hard to imagine this is exactly what they envisioned here, but it ends up working out.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2017 at 23:29

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Dark brown. Thin head. The aroma is fruity, definitely with cherry, barrel, nice cognac notes. Has a light body, fizzy. The dark fruit character takes on a woody, vinous character, touch of acidity. Unusual beer, the mix of cherry and cognac is nice, but the malts are a bit lighter than they need to be - some nice date-like sugars would really pull this across the palate.
Tried on 06 Apr 2017 at 23:28

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle - Wet grass and some herbal notes. Clearish pale yellow. Touch of lemon and some hay with a light pepper notes.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2017 at 23:21

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
750ml bottle at Matt’s. Bottled on 2016-11-30. Pours a hazy blonde with a weak white head. Aroma is very funky with herbal notes. Same taste. Meh.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2017 at 23:18

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
750mL bottle, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out rustic saison yeast and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is earthy and rather dirty on the yeast character, with a dry biscuity malt base. Pretty subdued, though it's quite yeasty and dirty. Decent, but unimpressive.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2017 at 23:17

5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Touch of haze, quite pale. On the nose, it’s not clean. Smells like feet (pedio), along with some pepper. It’s a touch sweet up front with a nice pale malt sweetness, with a touch of dry herbaceous character in the finish. Pepper throughout. Not that great, really, as the yeast character is a bit of a miss.
Tried on 06 Apr 2017 at 23:16

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bouteille 375ml, gracieuseté de msjpearson, Thanks Mike! Lent gusher. Couleur noire opaque, mousse moka aérée laissant une belle dentelle. Arôme de cognac, pointe de café, alcool. Goût d’alcool, malt torréfié, acidité moyenne-faible, boisé, fruité, âcre. Carbonatation​ très élevée, corps moyen. Infectée?
Tried on 04 Apr 2017 at 18:00