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Burton Bridge California Dreamin

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Formerly brewed at Burton Bridge
Style: Bitter
Burton-on-Trent, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 4   MEAN: 2.53/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.59   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 135   ABV: 4.5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Special (Gold Medal Ale series) - June 2006.

In 1577, Francis Drake in Golden Hind, with four other ships, set out from Plymouth to sail around the world. By June 1579 Drake’s ship was the only one remaining and it was anchored in a bay just north of San Francisco, further north than any other Europeans had been. This was where California was claimed for England and named Nova Albion. On his return to England in 1580, Drake, as the first Captain to circumnavigate the world, was knighted and his discovery of Nova Albion led directly to our colonisation of America.

Colour: Pale
Nose: Aromatic & hoppy
Taste: Well bittered
Hops: English Pilgrim & American Columbus


2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
kook (2033) - Perth, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA - JUL 27, 2006
Cask @ Chelmsford BF06: A bit thin and flat. Copper colour. Fruity, mild citric hops. A bit boring really. Certainly lacks californian hop flavours.

2.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
duff (5483) - St, Margarets, Greater London, ENGLAND - JUL 19, 2006
Cask@Chelmsford Beer Festival. Very thin and boring, with a sticky sweet, dull malt character. Toffee and green apple. watery. Pretty bad unfortunately.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Joeh (2036) - Buckinghamshire, ENGLAND - JUL 15, 2006
Cask conditioned Chelmsford beer festival, 2006. Orange coloured bitter. Sweet, peppery and a touch of algae. Uninteresting.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
maeib (6632) - Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, ENGLAND - JUN 29, 2006
Cask conditoned - handpump - Brunswick Derby. A golden coloured beer with some hop in the otherwise thin and dull aroma. The taste is predominantly bitter but there’s that trademark BB fudgy sweetness. Really dull.


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