Burton Bridge Burton Porter

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

Århus2008. 50 cL bottle. Pours hazy and dark brown with a lacing white head. Mild roasted and mild fruity aroma. Flavour is mild roasted followed by a nice citrusy fruity note. Mix of acidic roasted malt and citrusy fruity notes before and into the finish. Light acidity joining in into the finish.

Pours dark brown with a cream-colored head that has moderate retention. Aroma is very sweet with notes of plum, caramelized apple and black currant. No roastiness at all! Flavor is slightly sweet with a noticeable presence of bittering hops and an odd tendency toward being a Flemish red without being too direct about it. Weird. Body could go a little easier on the carbonation in the bottle. Overall rather strange, not much like a porter but not unpleasant. Eminently drinkable and surprising.

Pours black with a nice head & some lacing. Weird aroma - sour cherry, black currant, plum, sort of soapy/shampoo. Wow... not at all what I was expecting in terms of taste. Reminds me of a flemish sour ale more than a porter; acidic, slightly roasted, bitter and medicinal. Ok body and good carb, but I really can’t wrap my tastebuds around this one. Thanks to Robinvboyer for such an unexpectedly odd beer!

Cask at the Bridge, Burton. Black with a cream head; but a brilliant raspberry red when held to the light; aroma of espresso coffee; thin when first sipped, with some red fruit, but developing a rich dry chocolate finish with a long lasting bitterness. Excellent.

Cockney Pub, Aarhus, DK, 260408 Bottle-conditioned Rather low bitterness and a blanced sweetness. Carbonation nicely low

Bottle, bought @ The Cockney, Aarhus.
Pours deep black with no head - just some bubbles along the rim of my glass. Aroma is mild, lightly sweet roasted, some weak coffee. Medium to low carbonation - a bit thin still. Super-dry flavour, good coffee, some cocoa. A bit unbalanced, but an okay beer.

Bottle from Nelson Wines, shared with tashi. Oh dear, what a let down. Smells like an off cask beer, only slightly redeemed by a bramble and apple note. Looks ok, nice and dark, but the tan head rapidly fades. Palate is slightly fizzy as well. In one word, avoid.

Cask at the Devonshire Arms, Burton upon Trent. This porter isn’t as striking as Burton Bridge’s Damson Porter. Like their Bridge Bitter, it has no real surprises; however, it’s not as strong a beer as that one, either. It’s a bit thin without a particularly strong flavour. It’s just tasty enough not to find too much fault with it, but it could be better.