Burton Bridge Burton Porter

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

On tap at Firkin Fest. Mild, thin bodied. Somewhat flat and sour. Decent amount of lacing. Honestly, this was probably the biggest disappointment at the fest. It just didn’t stand up to all the others.

500mL bottle purchased from LCBO in Toronto. Best before date of January 08 (though consumed a couple of months earlier), which seems early for a bottle conditioned beer. It pours fizzy and dark like a root beer, but with a stronger head. Little aroma to speak of. First taste is rather thin, along with some carbonation. Further tastes are thin and tinny (although this came from a bottle). Quite disappointing. I would really like to speak to the LCBO worker who decides what beers to bring in for their special seasonal releases - just to try to understand what their point is behind this one.

500mL bottle. Poured hazy, medium reddish-orange with a creamy cap of beige head. The aroma was soft and dusty with well-roasted chocolates, faint fruity sourness, and a bit of herbal/grainy appeal.. really nothing going on for me to enjoy.. not offensive, though. The flavor found more lactose sourness that masked some of the dry chocolatey goodness.. enjoyed the dry-roasted chocolate finish, which picked up some toasty grains.. sourness washes over the palate again after the finish. Medium-bodied, perhaps a tad less.. well-carbonated.. the sourness gets in the way a bit. Overall, meh.

Courtesy TheCheeseMan. Pours a dark brown color with a thin off-white head. Light grain and roast on the nose, an interesting milk chocolatey aroma. Lightly carbonated, thin bodied. Very light roastiness on the taste, not much on the finish besides a hint of dryness. A decent, mild porter.

500 ml bottle courtesy jerc, best before Jan 08. Dark cloudy amber brown colour with a fully lasting thick, creamy beige head. Chocolate, light coffee, and toffee aroma with licorice and root beer notes. Flavour is a letdown - tastes like a mix of 5% rootbeer and 90% soda water with some yeastiness, a bit of licorice, then finishing with a rooty and medicinal bitterness. Light bodied, fizzy and dry mouthfeel. Really not very good, perhaps just getting too close to the best before date. Given it has yet to reach that date though, age should be no excuse.

Pours a clouded but brightly glowing violet and crimson, like the sexiest bloodspill. A light beige head with graying qualities laces lightly and is silky and lasting. The aroma is of roasted grains, with soft pitted fruit notes, as well as lesser tropical fruit skin notes and a touch of Madiera wine and pan-scorched sugars. A traditional nose, one that’s mild and accomodating, though not necessarily exciting. Lactose is boisterous but tolerable. Acetyldehyde seems to be at a peak in its unwanted development. Chocolate and prune notes that were mild at cooler temperatures are pretty prominent as the liquid nears room temperature, a more balanced and requisite serving zone for this well-executed traditional recipe. The flavor is bland and disappointing. Mild chocolate and bitterness are very slight, yet remain the most formidable elments of the flavor. The finish is muted and very lightly sweet, eventually fading to a very stale dryness. The mouthfeel is lightly carbonated but the character stance is flat. Anti-progression, boredom.

Pours a beautiful ruby brown color. Aroma is slightly roasted, with some hints of dark fruits coming through. Flavor is roasted with only the slightest bit of bitterness.

bottle via mr.manning via hogtownharry. purple brown with a foamy off white head. nose is doughy & dusty with a little peppery fig. thin mouthfeel with a light fruity flavor. dry bitterness. some light chocolate is hidden under some peppery floral notes. with a copper flavor. a bit of thin brown sugar & cinnamon. 2 5 4 2 7