Burton Bridge Burton Porter

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

Bottle. Very dark brown with almost no head. Good chocolate caramel nose. Good chocolate flavours, light roast appears towards the finish. A bit watery. Body and appearance can be improved, but it tastes good.

Half pint on cask. Ink dark. Low head. Lack of aroma. Dark coffee and hop flavoured water. Very diluted and rather tasteless. Disappointing for a porter. We left some of it for the drain (Served far too chilled at Trafford Arms in Norwich 24.09.2006).

Roasted malt and some strong coffee. Hazy, orange/red, medium toffee head, fair lace. Bitter chocolate, pontefrat cakes flavour, smokey, a touch of brazil nuts at the finish. Very good bitterness, and aftertaste too. Interesting mouthfeel, it seems to get drier the more You drink? Distinctive!

Bouteille de 500 ml achetée à la LCBO (Toronto, ONT). Arôme: Odeur de chocolat et de caramel. Apparence: La couleur est brune foncé presque opaque avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un moyen col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de café et de chocolat. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture minérale. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de café en arrière goût. (Rating #780)

Bottled. Pitch pour with a film of tan suds. Needs to be poured from a great height. Pungent sniffs of red apple. Flavour is plenty more of the same- roasted malt, red apple and earth. Some hop fustiness and biscuity malt after the swallow, but it’s mostly sour apple. Unporterish but quite tasty once you get used to it. Badly needs to turn up the roast and tone down the apple. CASK UPDATE. The Baron, Hinckley. Deep ruby under thick beige. Hideous spoiling stale woodsy cardboard followed by charred nuts, dab of sour, roast and lingering creamy cashew and cocoa. It really is like eating charred cardboard and molten plastic. Never tasted anything like it. Poisonous drainpour. 33356.

Thin consistency apparent visually, watery, shimmering in the glass. No head to speak of. Dark, rich red, but not so dark as to be opaque. Musty, slightly smokey aroma. Rich flavors--plum, sweetness like port, vinous. Yet, easy drinking, low on carbonation, and a titch of bitterness in the finish. (on tap, Market Porter pub, Southbank, London)

(Cask at Ship & Mitre, Liverpool, 24 July) Colour is very dark brown (not really black, but almost) with ruby notes, thick lasting beige head. Beautiful! Nose is roasted with chocolate, dark fruit and distinct notes of earthy/dusty hops. Taste is roasted and malty with tobacco, chocolate pudding, perfectly balanced sweetness and a nice hoppy finish. This beer can be a bit uneven, but this one was in almost perfect condition. Very nice!

Cask conditioned at the Star, Bath 11/5/07. Dark brown with a slight beige head. Aroma contained hints of red fruit. Flavour was a bit subdued with some more fruit. Finish was of pronounced dryness. Ok.