Burton Bridge Burton Porter

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

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Bottle courtesy of and shared with ogivlado who found it in Wien (thanks!)
Bottle conditioned, eh? Humm. Poured an extremely dark brown body with a fine off white head that went away slowly. Nice. Proceeded to smell it expecting at least some solid roasty maltiness and got... nothing. What little there is and that I might’ve imagined (that’s how light it was) is some dark malt. And then I tried it and tried it again and was baffled. The bottle looks nice, the beer looks nice. It’s bottle conditioned. How the hell did they manage to make it taste this.. weak and plain. Light caramel, very light milk, dry, slightly bitter. Extremely light roast. Wow what a failure. I can imagine that we just ran into a bad bottle but for over four euros a bottle, I doubt we’ll be having it again.

Wet herbs and rotten wood smell even old-dead barnyard or very old attic. Wee header and brown cloudy colour. Light sweet at first and hits you then with a heavy bitterness. Full body, light fizzy with a long astringent finish, slight sticky texture. Constantly asks for another sip - to recommend!

Bottle, LCBO. Appearance: Deep brown with a small/medioum pancake colourd head. Aroma: Like an old persons house, some definite hops though and malt. Also a mild sourness. Flavour: Dusty, mild, some leather and port, slight peatness, with a long malty finish.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on January 14 2009; eye: mahogany, clear, no effervescence, voluminous beige head that turns into a sheet, good lacing; nose: hops, fruity, yeast; mouth: hops, roasted malt, fruity, tiny layer of caramel, coffee, finale is a bit dry in roasted malt with a good presence of hops and a bit of fruitiness, slightly harsh texture, light astringency, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, medium body, average carbonation, lightly sour; overall: good FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 14 janvier 2009; œil : acajou, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse beige abondante qui tombe et se transforme en une couverture, bonne dentelle; nez : houblon, fruitée, levure; bouche : houblon, malt rôti, fruitée, p’tit filet de caramel, café, finale un peu sèche en malt rôti avec une bonne présence de houblon et une p’tite présence fruitée, texture légèrement rugueuse, légère astringence, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement aigre; en résumé : bonne

500 ml bottle from LCBO. Pours dark brown/black with hint of red. One inch of head, beige in colour, remains for decent amount of time. Small to fine carbonation, a little sour taste. Aroma of roasted malt, faint hint of chocolate.

500ml bottle
4.5% ABV
I tried this beer on December 16, 2008 after purchasing from one of my local LCBO outlets. The beer poured a dark brown/black with a thick light brown head that lasted. The aroma was roasted malt, licorice, and chocolate tones. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied, slightly creamy, and mildly carbonated. The flavour was roasted malt, sour apples, and some anise.

500ml bottle from the lcbo. Poured dark amber with a quickly dissapearing head. Not many stong aromas. Decent flavors but a little bit thin for a porter. I expected better.

Bouteille de 500ml, acheté au LCBO de Rideau et King Edward, le 29 novembre 2008. Brune foncée, petit collet qui disparait vite. Arome d,orga malté torrifier et un peu sûrette. Goût très peu malté dans tout les senses, c,est pas mal sûrette et loin d,être savouveur. Vraiment raté au boute!

Bottle served cellar temp. Pours dark amber brown with a large, lasting head. Yeasty aroma with some nuttiness and a distant bit of grape. I taste a whole lot of sourness in the initial hit of flavour with some grape and then water in the finish. There is not a lot of "porter" in this, to be honest. The sourness is not unpleasant, more like a very plain sour ale.

Bottle, Barleycorns, Nantwich. Bit disappointed by this. Very dark brown colour, large dissipating tan head. Looked the part. Not much happened in the nose, some vague roasted malt. Body was thin. Muted roasted malt and coffee in the flavour. Ho hum.