Burton Bridge Tickle Brain Ale

500 ml bottle, bought in Scarborough. Bottle conditioned. ABV is 8.0%. Copper coloured beer, large off-white head. Lovely aroma, vinous and fruity, also oaky and spicy notes. The flavour is VERY oaky and spicy, fairly sweet, with a fruity finish. Salty and bitter aftertaste. Powerful stuff!

Bottled sample via gregclow. Amber in colour with medium carbonation. Aromas of caramel and bright berry friut. Some caramel malt in the mouth, along with moderate dried fruit and some woody bitterness. Some drying (vaguely chalky) flavors on the finish. Quite dry for a dubbel, and a bit on the thin side, but the dryness makes it all the more drinkable.

Bouteille 500ml, courtoisie de HogtownHarry. De couleur brune rouge et voilée. Nez de levures fruitées (prunes, notes de raisins vineux et d’agrumes), malté de caramel toffee sucré et légèrement rôti, léger de sucre brun avec des notes de sucre bonbon, légèrement épicé (coriandre) avec des notes boisées, de pain, d’alcool très doux ainsi que de houblon herbeux et terreux. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture crémeuse. Goût de levures fruitées (prunes, léger de raisins et d’agrumes, traces de pommes) avec un léger goût épicé (coriandre) et des notes boisées lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel toffee sucré et moyennement rôti, léger de sucre brun et de pain avec des notes de sucre bonbon, parallèlement à un léger goût d’alcool doux aux notes réchauffantes ainsi qu’un goût moyennement amer de houblon herbeux et légèrement terreux et ce jusqu’en finale où l’on retrouve également de petites notes de levures épicées (poivre) asséchantes. Post-goût long et aux notes sèches, moyennement amer de houblon herbeux et terreux, de rôti, léger d’alcool et de levures ainsi que des notes fruitées (zest d’agrumes, pelures de prunes et moût de raisins).

Pours brown with a tanish head. Aroma of roasted malt and candied fruit. Flavors of brown sugar, very silky. Nice.

500 ml bottle thanks to blankboy. Brown pour with decent head. Classic dubbel aromas. Brown sugar. Some dried fruit. More of the same on the flavor. Alcohol well hidden. Pretty good.

This beer floods out of the bottle and the foam keeps coming and coming for a long while. It’s dark brown wit a huge head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt and plum. The flavour has light sweetness and notes of caramel, plum, citrus, fruit and the bitterness in the finish is citrussy. As it’s a dubbel I would have liked more body, but it’s still a nice beer.

Bottle courtesy of Hogtownharry: Poured a medium reddish color ale with a big foamy head with great retention and excellent lacing. Aroma of malt with a hint of sweetness is weaker then expected but still enjoyable. Taste is comprised of medium caramel malt with some weak candi sugar and an interesting yeasty finish. Body is probably thinner then it should be with some great carbonation. I always thought that Burton beers had something Belgian about them so it is great to have the opportunity to drink this beer but it still seems something is missing for it to be a great dubel.

lotsa head lotsa yeasty citrusy, almost berry flavour, alcohol not well hidden on this one, but a good english try on a belgian style