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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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

500mL bottle, pours a cloudy peachy orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out lovely fresh pithy raspberries upfront, followed by light, subdued saison yeast. Flavour is more saison-like, with the dry saison yeast shining upfront, with subdued but very present fresh raspberries. Dry, lightly tart finish. Simple, but brilliantly brewed. Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2016 at 21:36


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle - Light grains and esters. Clear gold with a decent white head. Light bitterness and grains with a touch of spice.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2016 at 16:09


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle - Lime and some lemony soft funk. Cloudy gold with a small white head. Soft lime and a salty finish. OK but nothing special.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2016 at 14:27


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

(tap) cloudy yellow colour with a small white head; aroma of sourness, lilies, fleeting hint of mango; clean, lightly sour flavour with a short, light sour finish

Tried from Draft on 27 Jul 2016 at 11:28


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

(tap) cloudy yellow colour with a small white head; aroma of apples; balanced flavour with a long, light bitter finish

Tried from Draft on 27 Jul 2016 at 11:24


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Brown bottle, 500 ml, via Billy Hamilton - CANBIF 2016 (thank you!), savoured on July 25 2016; eye: liquorice, good beige head that turns into a ring, no lacing; nose: chocolate, coffee, malt; mouth: chocolate, light coffee, malt, finale in chocolate with light presence of coffee, medium body, average carbonation, slightly sweet, lightly oily texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, via Billy Hamilton - CANBIF 2016 (thank you!), savourée le 25 juillet 2016; œil : réglisse, bonne mousse beige qui se transforme en un anneau, pas de dentelle; nez : chocolat, café, malt; bouche : chocolat, léger café, malt, finale en chocolat avec légère présence de café, corps léger, carbonatation moyenne, très légèrement sucrée, texture très légèrement huileuse; en résumé : bien

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2016 at 16:47


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Olive bottle, 750 ml, trade with Philippe Boutin (merci!), savoured on June 30 2016 eye: golden with a greenish hue, hazy, slight effervescence, ring of white-grey head, no lacing; nose: Brettanomyces yeast, lime, white wine; mouth: Brettanomyces yeast, lime, champagne, slight floral hops, light acidity, semi-dry finale in champagne with light presence of wild yeasts, medium body, good carbonation, slightly bitter, slightly sweet, fizzy texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille olive, 750 ml, 6,5 %, échange avec Philippe Boutin (merci!), savourée le 30 juin 2016; œil : dorée avec une teinte verdâtre, trouble, très légère effervescence, anneau de mousse blanc-gris, pas de dentelle; nez : levure Brettanomyces, lime, vin blanc; bouche : levure Brettanomyces, lime, champagne, très léger houblon floral, légère acidité, finale semi-sèche en champagne avec légère présence de levures sauvages, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, très légèrement amère, très légère sucrée, texture pétillante; en résumé : bien

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jun 2016 at 17:48


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle - Sweet and funky notes. Cloudy gold with a decent white head. Sweet and fruity with light hay. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2016 at 21:35


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tasting at Matt’s
Hazy blond color. Nice aroma, funky, fresh. Good body strength, smooth, highly carbonated; moderate residual sweetness, it has a lovely funky flavor combined with citrus zest and a good level of bitterness.
Excellent.

Tried on 21 Jun 2016 at 21:34


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

500mL bottle, sent from wilco (thanks a lot, Mike), pours a cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out light funk, leather, and tart citrus. Flavour is nicely funky, with barnyard funk upfront, a little leather and a dry woody finish. Moderately complex, dry, clean and well-balanced. Really nice.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2016 at 21:32