Altbier
Burdock - Kensington Market
- From:
- Burdock - Kensington Market
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Altbier
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.96 | pDev: 3.28%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 20, 2026
- Added:
- Jan 16, 2026
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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A smooth copper ale brewed in the traditional Altbier style with premium German malts.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
4.1/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can: Poured a light brown color ale with a medium size foamy head with OK retention and light lacing. Aroma of caramelized malt notes with soft biscuit malt notes. Taste is also a mix of caramelized malt notes with soft biscuit malt notes and a semi-dry finish. The body is about average with good carbonation. Well brewed altbier with good drinkability.
Mar 20, 2026
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.83/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
355 mL can served slightly chilled; dated Nov 21 2024. Day 15 of the 2025 Toronto Brewing advent calendar.
Pours a clear reddish copper-amber colour, producing just over an inch of bubbly, foamy, buff-coloured head that drops off over the next several minutes. A thin collar and an islet of creamy suds are the only survivors, save for some spotty lace deposition - looks fine so far. Mildly malt-forward aromas of bready, biscuity malts, caramel and baked apples, with hints of toasted grains, nuts and spicy, herbal hops.
It's a solid stab at an alt. I'm getting malty flavours of toasted bread, grains and digestive biscuits, as well as a little bit of caramelized sweetness; hints of baked apples and plums are also discernible. Bittersweet on the back end, with spicy, herbal hops asserting themselves late in the sip; finishes with hints of toasted nuts, herbal, earthy hops and biscuits. Light-medium in body, with low carbonation and a smooth mouthfeel that makes for a very crushable brown ale.
Final Grade: 3.83, a B+. Burdock's Altbier isn't a perfect rendition of this uncommon German style, but it's a respectable effort that I'd encourage other BAs to seek out and try for themselves. I appreciated its rich malt profile, as well as the fact that it's countered by a firm dose of spicy noble hop character. A fine choice on a frigid, snowy January evening - I'd buy it again.
Jan 16, 2026Pours a clear reddish copper-amber colour, producing just over an inch of bubbly, foamy, buff-coloured head that drops off over the next several minutes. A thin collar and an islet of creamy suds are the only survivors, save for some spotty lace deposition - looks fine so far. Mildly malt-forward aromas of bready, biscuity malts, caramel and baked apples, with hints of toasted grains, nuts and spicy, herbal hops.
It's a solid stab at an alt. I'm getting malty flavours of toasted bread, grains and digestive biscuits, as well as a little bit of caramelized sweetness; hints of baked apples and plums are also discernible. Bittersweet on the back end, with spicy, herbal hops asserting themselves late in the sip; finishes with hints of toasted nuts, herbal, earthy hops and biscuits. Light-medium in body, with low carbonation and a smooth mouthfeel that makes for a very crushable brown ale.
Final Grade: 3.83, a B+. Burdock's Altbier isn't a perfect rendition of this uncommon German style, but it's a respectable effort that I'd encourage other BAs to seek out and try for themselves. I appreciated its rich malt profile, as well as the fact that it's countered by a firm dose of spicy noble hop character. A fine choice on a frigid, snowy January evening - I'd buy it again.
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