Burton Bridge Tickle Brain Ale

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

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

Hazy dark red-brown. Lasting off-white head. Spicy malt aroma with some yeast. Some sweetness in the taste, but the bitterness in the finish seems all-pervasive. Good try, but it’s a bit one dimensional.

bottle, thanks duff. reddish colour with a lingering head. not much sign of alcohol, tasted of strawberry jam and butter on toast

Bottle. Hazy amber color with a off white head. Sweet malty aroma with notes of caramel and fruit. Malty flavor with spices and some fruity sweetness.

Bottle sent from Canada. Clear ruby-brown body under a creamy tan head. Plum, strawberry seed, peanut, and lightly toasty dark caramel malt - an estery yeast wraps things up. Dry woody flavor - plum, dry caramel, pine resin and english hops with an orange flesh and green apple yeast at the end. Full mouthfeel. A Belgian-styled English brewer making a Belgian - neat!

500ml Bottle picked up at the Grog shop, Jericho, Oxford 29-07-06. This poured a wonderful red, almost looked like a deep rich claret, no head to speak of. Fruity and almost rum like aroma, tasted fruity and malty but I found the alcohol to be a little harsh. Whilst I am impressed with the effort and imagination that has gone into this I’m not sure that it is a particularly good example of its type. I struggled with it a bit.

500ml bottle from <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/ontario/ target=blank>Smokeless Joe in Toronto. Reddish-brown in colour, long lasting beige coloured head, lots of lacing. The aroma was of candied fruits, brown sugar, bananas, spices, raisins, bready malts. The flavour was of raisins, pears, bananas, caramel/toffee, plums, some chocolate, some spice. Full creamy mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes lingering, alcohol warmth, fruity sweetness. Much better then the description from the bartender as "a cross between a blonde and an amber."