Burton Bridge Tickle Brain Ale

Brewed by Burton Bridge
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Burton-on-Trent, England

Serve in Trappist glass

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Bottled. The aroma has fruitiness, some malts. Hazy, brown coloured beer with a slight off-white head. The taste is slightly sourish, quite fruity, bit caramel malty, yeasty. Not my thing.

0.5l bottle courtesy of StoreMy shared with ClubGonzo and InBreak. A massive massive gusher. I got the honor of opening it and it ended up all over the table, the floor and me. It’s a really hazy red-brown body with a lasting lacing off-white head. Aroma thick of blue cheese. Dust and sour white vine flavors. Clearly clearly infected. Flavors are totally off. Nuff said I suppose? 12.02.2012

Bottle, courtesy of StoreMy (guest star of the evening), shared with Bergen Beer Geek Tasting Crew. :-) Massive gusher! Only lightning reflexes from Palme prevented a total hose-down of my living room... What’s left in our glasses look like murky brown beer with a huge off-white head. Aroma is sour, fermented tones with hints of brett - the kind of tone which is NOT supposed to be in a beer like this... Taste follows: astringent, bitter/sour tones with some dark fruits in between. Clearly infected. Will re-rate if the opportunity arises.

Not too ipressive for it’s style. I liked the apple, caramel malt, hop and bread aroma. A mild chocolate note. It was ok.

Bottle@Home. Acidity, fruits and some dust in the aroma. Hazy, dark amber, beige head, fair lace. Oxidized, bitter, sweet, old dusty cellar. Light sticky, nasty bitter finish. Yuck! Another disaster by Burton Bridge. How can it be the score so high and I bought a box full of rubbish beers?

bb2012 bottle pours a slightly murky coppery brown decent head that dissipates quickly to a thin layer . Aroma is fruit cake with detactable alcohol .Carbonation is moderate . interesting flavours - quite full in alcohol , herbal notes burnt sugar with a drier more bitter finish creating lots of salivation . Not bad but I’d buy a good belgian dubbel in preference

500ml bottle. Pours a clear, dark brown with a medium nitro-style head. Aroma is rasin and burnt caramel. Some yeasty banana underneath. Taste is burnt raisin to start. Alcohol and burnt caramel finish. Some banana on the finish.

A murky pour that when held to a light source reveals cherry-red highlights. There’s not much in the way of head and no lacing after the initial fizzle has faded. A spicy, almost floral, aroma rises up from the yeast and combines with the candied malts to make a familiar Belgian nose, albeit with an ESB twist. In the mouth the yeast dominates and creates a tart, fruity character with notes of clove and rosemary. The hops are dried and traditional - yet the malts seem slightly more bitter than suits the style. The mouth feel is medium with a low carbonation; the alcohol becomes evident at warmer temperatures. And this lasts into the finish, which is full of yeast, spices and tartness. All in all, I like it, though it does beg the question: why not just get a Belgian Dubbel or Quad?

17th February 2008
Odd beer! Low carbonation, almost flat. Sour brown ale with a dry finish. Odd tones of brandy and a sour very dry finish. Did I say odd?

07.06.2008, 0,5l Bottle. Brown colour with white head. Nice malty aroma with rich body. Nice strong flavours. Really nice.