Burton Bridge Burton Porter

Brewed by Burton Bridge
Style: Porter
Burton-on-Trent, England

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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0.5 l bottle (as Festive Christmas Porter) at Old Brick’s Inn, Jyväskylä. Hazy dark brown color. Dry vinous, acidic, woody and stale taste. There is woody spicy notes like ginger and clove, but it hard to say if these come from actual spices. A bit thin and fairly woody palate with low carbonation. Stale aged taste is not negative but feels a bit one sided and unbalanced. Perhaps there is too much woodiness for a low gravity beer.

UPDATED: DEC 25, 2011 Cask @ Wetherspoon. Black with no head. Aroma of roasted malt. Thin, watery, bitter roasted malt, bit of coffee. Unpleasant, very dry finish. A poor example of the style. 2.2
Re-rate from bottle as Festive Christmas Porter 25/12/11
Aroma - Earthy hops, roasted malt, minerals, some yeast
Taste - Burnt toast, bitter very earthy hops, mineraly, some yeast, stale - not good.
Palate - Moderate carb, thin body, bit oily texture. Finish - dry, burnt, bitter, earthy, rust, minerals.
Overall - Nope - not for me. Every aspect of this beer is below par. A really awful porter. Nothing festive about this beer. Drain pour.

Cask @ Sir John Moore, JDW. Dark brown colour, creamy off-white head. Nose of slight roasted malts, bit of coffee. Flavour is roasted malts, light coffee, some fruits. Very light porter. Fairly bitter finish.

April 2009
Clear brown beer. Bloody dry palate! I don’t want every drop of saliva sucked out of my mouth! Why do brewers think this is a good thing? The only other time this happens is at the dentist when youare getting a filling and the nurse is there with that mouth hoover! I don’t want to pay to repeat that experience in a beer - so stop making them so bloody dry dammit! Some dust. Rich malt and not much else in this bloody overdry beer!

[500ml bottle, The Bottle, York] [Sampled as Burton Festive Porter] Yeasty, bready aromas from the bottle conditioning, with a rather odd stewed apple nose. Dark brown-coloured ale with a very thin head. Taste is very subtle, some malt and more of that appley fruit. Really strange – not festive, not a porter, and not nice [22122008]

Gravity cask at the Bree Louise. Pours a clearish brown with no head. Weak aroma of dark malts, mild cocoa. Faint sugars in flavor, faint roast, hints of earthy bitters. Light bodied with doft carbonation. Boring finish, mild toast, hints of plastic and grass. Poor condition.

Bottle: sour, milky, dark chocolate, fruity. Flavor: sweet Thin watery mouth feeling. Short finish.

500ml bottle from LCBO. Pours a ruby tinged brown with a very thick brown head. Very cloudy and opaque. Aroma is quite strange; heavy on grassy and earthy tones with what seems like hints of tobacco and fruit. Flavour is oddly a burst of apple followed by bitter roasted coffee and making way to a tremendous nutty aftertaste. Surprisingly easy to drink despite thin body. Enjoyable.

Cask, The Queen’s Head, Chelmsford Nice hoppy aroma; grains, smoke and leather. Aooerance is ruby at the base but dark and opaque through the body,, taste is roasted malts, chocolate, liquorish, leather, wood, blackberries, oak and cream. Nice stuff.

(bottle conditioned) Wacky shit . Has that strange essence ive found in most Burton Bridge beers where you don’t know if its infected or meant to be like this but retains good quality.
nose is brett and acidic fruit . ....flavas are tart/sour fruit , roastiness -chewey dark malt ,lightly rich -with chalkiness ...all with an eccentric feeling.