Burton Bridge Old Expensive

Brewed by Burton Bridge
Style: English Strong Ale
Burton-on-Trent, England

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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Beer is a deep brassy amber, with a huge thick rocky head that sticks to the glass in clumps as you drink. There's a heavy estery pineapple-like smell in the aroma. So far this is looking good. Initial sip is lightly malty, with a huge amount of esters, mostly in the way of pineapple, and a touch of floral lilac or something. I don't really know my plants. Mouthfeel is excellent, with small light carbonation and medium body. The beer is lighter than I expected. Malts are light, with a good hoppiness towards the end. The beer finishes very fruity, with a bit of alcohol presence and mild hops. The hops seem to compliment the carbonation very well. Awesome.

500ml bottle from knightly spirits. FL VC #10. huge exploding off white head over a clear amber body. huge bret bomb nose. lovely flowery, bretty funky. the flavour is lightly fruity, with complex malt and an insanely dry finish. ORVAL CLONE. fuckin perfect!!!!

UPDATED: MAY 8, 2012 (Bottled) Other high scores for this have mentioned this being Orval resembling , it is for shit; flowery , with a citric nose , herbs , rotting cheese , ..dank basement in funky perfume kinda Orval thang going on
deep orange with a light white head. on the palate ; its got a beautifully dry quality , bitter , aromatic flowers ,acidic fruit, funky textures, mildly sweet tones show up too, Out of control stuff in reality ... ..

Cask (CWAF2012)
Yummy resiny hop aroma. Yellow grapefruit. Surprisingly light in the palate, was expecting something heavy. Rich and full, yes, smooth even, but not heavy. It’s the hops that crispen it up - it’s actually quite drying. Covers 6.5% well. Good one, would happily revisit this.

Aroma is strongly fruity, similar to a big ESB. The flavor is also fruity with an underlying note of raisins/grapes. A touch of alcohol in the finish is slightly off as English Ales, even Strong Ales, typically aren’t strong enough to notice the alcohol, other than that this was very good.

Big head, muddy brown. Aromas of sourdough bread. Dry; reminds a bit or Petrus winter. Not great.

On tap at The Wellington in Birmingham, pours dark amber / orangey brown. Aroma is light - of toffee and toasted malt. Flavour is more full and complex, featuring toffee, brown sugar, spices (nutmeg, cinnamon) and toasted malt.

Bottle, shared with the neighbours. Medium amber, hazy, bubbly head. Aroma of treacle, apple skins and faint plastic. Caramel flavour with tart lime and apple accents. Finish is short and tart. Nothing special really.

3rd February 2011
Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Clear amber beer, residual white head. Light dry palate. Nice dried fruits. Trace of dust. On okay malt base. Semi dry finish. Was hoping for more from this - a bit meh!

Cask. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel as well as lighter notes of alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and honey, leading to a dry and bitter finish.

bottle with some guy in armor on the front -- hope it’s the same beer. aroma is bright tart and slight funk backed by biscuity malt, also a lot of unripe green apple. pours orange-copper with huge fine white foamy head that doesn’t go away. flavor is weak and a bit sulfury. texture is, for lack of a better word, crunchy -- extremely dry, slightly astringent, but not bad. i don’t know what this is, but it’s interesting.