Burton Bridge Tickle Brain Ale

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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UPDATED: DEC 12, 2005 Bottle (500ml). At Smokeless Joe, shared with blankboy and tupalev. Poured murky orange-amber brown with a decent diminishing tan head. Tons of rich creamy malt in the aroma, woody, candyish. Taste follows nose but a surprising surfeit of hops and alcohol bitterness, finishes remarkably bitter, but there’s an apple character that emerges with warming. Mouthfeel very thick and creamy for this style, good complexity. Overall very nice, would like to cellar half a dozen bottles and see how it ages - I was a bit sorry the promise of malt in the aroma was buried by the attack of hops and alcohol, but overall an excellent offering.

Yeast, mashed fruit and spice. Dark cloudy brown with a large head the compresses down fairly fast. Sweet aroma of pairs, apples, hay, grass and some mild vegetal flavors.

(Bottle 50 cl) Hazy, dark orangey golden with a fine, small, creamy, beige coloured head. Aroma of yeast and alcohol. Sweetish flavours of caramel and overripe plums. Distinct, warming alcohol and a slightly sour edge in the finish. Interesting brew. 040805

this one went everywhere. i sat there looking at it geysering out for a sec before motelpogo pointed out a handily placed empty glass to catch it in. aroma was a bit odd - fruity/estery, but with a funny celery/acetaldehyde smell. taste is full bodied, round and plummy, with some deep earthy hops in finish - it wasn’t as bretty/sour as i was expecting, more like a standard english strong with some extra stonefruit.thanks duff!

From A Bottle.Hazy brown in colour with a small head,aroma is of apples and grass, taste is of citric fruits,some hops and heavy alcohol.More of an itch than a tickle.

Well, I let it settle for about a week; still came out a cloudy amber colour with a slim off-white head. Sour aroma. Sour, malty, woody and fruity flavour. I’m not sure I’ve had a representative sample, but I didn’t like this.

Bottle. Cloudy brown colour. Large, long lasting beige head. Sweet, toffee, dough, vanilla, orange, grapefruit-bitter finish. Medium-high carbonation - let it settle!

Bottle. Dark amber with big off whiter head. Sour aroma. Big full body with sour aftertaste. Quite unusual and not what I was expecting. Pretty good but I did not like the aftertaste.

Amber coloured body with a thin off-white head. Aroma of caramel and malt. Medium to Heavy-bodied; Super strong malt flavour with caramel showing through. Aftertaste contains a very strong finish that lasts long in the palate. I sampled this beer from Jeremy at Smokeless Joe’s after our May RB Party on 15-May-2004 in Toronto, Ontario.

Big head upon pouring with a very lively body.The alcohol comes accross very clearly.Quite complex and certainly different for a British produced ale.