Burton Bridge Willow Worker

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Formerly brewed at Burton Bridge
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Burton-on-Trent, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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RATINGS: 3 MEAN: 2.83/5.0 WEIGHTED AVG: 2.8 SEASONAL: Special EST. CALORIES: 135 ABV: 4.5%

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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask; Special (Gold Medal Ale series) - March 2008.

Gold Medal Ales are produced monthly in recognition of some of the ’greats’ of history. This month’s story:-
Hippocrates recommended chewing willow bark to relieve pain and much later a French chemist produced the essential pain killing compound from the bark but then lost interest. Thirty years later Felix Hoffman a German chemist, looking for a cure to ease his father’s rheumatism produced a purer compound that the Bayer Co. trade marked as Aspirin on March 6th 1899. It was an immediate success and Felix eased the pain of many whilst sensibly avoiding some of life’s headaches by being a confirmed bachelor.

Colour: Golden
Nose: Delicate hoppiness
Taste: Refreshingly bitter
Hops: Northern Brewer & Brewers Gold Hops Northern Brewer & Brewers Gold

2.5

AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20

Rune (4924) - Tromsø, - APR 9, 2008

Half pint hand pulled at Turf Tavern in Oxford. March 08 Gold Medal Ales from the brewery. Golden body with a white lacing patch on the surface. Light floral smell followed by a smooth and dry hoppy taste added a touch of honey. Short bitter end (17.03.2008).

3.1

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

reakt (946) - Greater London, ENGLAND - APR 29, 2008

Cask @ The Wenlock.
Golden with a thin white film of head. Slightly floral, grassy hop nose with some underlying malts. Taste is much the same, simple but quite well balanced and pleasant. I really liked it.

2.9

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20

hughie (3992) - Bedford, Bedfordshire, ENGLAND - APR 6, 2008

Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Dark gold. Citric hop aroma. Taste is grassy and citric with a little bitterness and some metallic notes. Quite sharp late bitterness. Is this the first beer to be aspirin-themed? Are Burton Bridge producing too many of these once-off monthly specials?

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