Burton Bridge XL Mild

Brewed by Burton Bridge
Style: Mild Ale
Burton-on-Trent, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Hand pulled at the Gateway, Leicester. Slightly hoppy Mild. A little bit of nettley sourness. Smooth, fairly engaging. Thinnish int’ mouth. Ruby black.

Cask in wallsall with kermis Good off white head. Clear ruby pour. Nice enough mild.

Cask. Clear red brown with creamy tan head. Light aroma of sweet mats and fruit. Caramel, fruit and malt in flavor with a light bitterness

Cask (handpump) @ Market Porter, 9 Stoney Street, Southwark, London, Greater London, England SE1 9AA.

Clear dark red brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, chocolate, light roasted and caramel malt. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, chocolate, dusty dark malt, burnt caramel, earthy notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110617]

[Cask at the Three Guineas, Reading] Ruby-brown, large beige head & a slight fizz. Sour, woody aroma. Earthy taste with hints of smoke, coffee and blackberry. Very bitter for the style, which rather ruins the underlying flavours.

Cask, King’s Head, Carlisle. A fine dark mild. Deep ruby black appearance, with an off-yellow head, which foamed nicely and remained throughout the pint(s). I found this really balanced - enough sweetness and juicy fruit flavours as you’d expect/hope for in a beer of this style, with hints of chocoalte aswell, but offset with just enough bitterness, bringing out dryness in the finish. The unmistakeable Burton taste comes through very well. The only downside was it being a little low in aroma.

Cask @ 3 Judges. Mahoney - brown colour, dense tan head. Aroma of toasted malts, fruits. Flavour is toasted malts, fruits and glue, hint of oats. Slightly oily texture.

(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 27 Nov 2009) Dark brown colour, almost black, with brief beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of dark bread, raisins and prunes. Malty, roasted taste with raisins, prunes, coffee, wort and a dry finish with fairly low bitterness. Rather thin body but fairly tasty. Decent mild.

On tap, not much head, very dark in colour. Slight but obvious roasted taste, not terrible but not a good mild.

cask in the market porter. Alround rating: Roasty and slightly sulphury, caramel, grassy. Poor mild.

Veyr nice, dark with a red linea at the head. Bubbly in the head and not tiring. had it at GBBF 2008.