Burton Porter
Burton Bridge Brewery in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.10
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Originally brewed as 'something different' for a small beer festival. At the time porter was rarely found in the Midlands, but soon became a firm favourite for those that fancy drinking something a little out of the ordinary. Hops used are Target and Challenger.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Dark brown pour with no head. Licorice, some chocolate and cinammon aromas. Flavours of caramel, some bitterness, chocolate malts, raisins. Very flat. I found this started off dull and lifeless but soon grew on me. ’Tis a slow grower.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2010
at 13:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Deep reddish brown colour with mediumsized foamy beige head. Some lace. Aroma is burnt malts, chocolate, coffee, some slight fruity notes as well. Flavour is roasted malts, some plum, liquorice, chocolate and mld coffeeish and toffeeish notes. Very pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2009
at 02:54
3.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Bottled(500ml). -I was very happy when I’ve found this porter. I opened it and try with Marko...few seconds of silence and then... WTF is this??? Total lack of everything here...in my English porter from Jackson’s 500 Great Beer Guide...This can’t be true. Dark brown coloured, medium to big beige head, light roasty nose. Light roasted malt, some caramel, extremely watery and nothing else. Maybe something weak similar to kelp. Once again- huge disappointment.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2009
at 06:27
3.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottle courtesy of and shared with ogivlado who found it in Wien (thanks!) Bottle conditioned, eh? Humm. Poured an extremely dark brown body with a fine off white head that went away slowly. Nice. Proceeded to smell it expecting at least some solid roasty maltiness and got... nothing. What little there is and that I might’ve imagined (that’s how light it was) is some dark malt. And then I tried it and tried it again and was baffled. The bottle looks nice, the beer looks nice. It’s bottle conditioned. How the hell did they manage to make it taste this.. weak and plain. Light caramel, very light milk, dry, slightly bitter. Extremely light roast. Wow what a failure. I can imagine that we just ran into a bad bottle but for over four euros a bottle, I doubt we’ll be having it again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2009
at 11:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Brown bottle, 500 ml, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on January 14 2009; eye: mahogany, clear, no effervescence, voluminous beige head that turns into a sheet, good lacing; nose: hops, fruity, yeast; mouth: hops, roasted malt, fruity, tiny layer of caramel, coffee, finale is a bit dry in roasted malt with a good presence of hops and a bit of fruitiness, slightly harsh texture, light astringency, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, medium body, average carbonation, lightly sour; overall: good FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 14 janvier 2009; œil : acajou, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse beige abondante qui tombe et se transforme en une couverture, bonne dentelle; nez : houblon, fruitée, levure; bouche : houblon, malt rôti, fruitée, p’tit filet de caramel, café, finale un peu sèche en malt rôti avec une bonne présence de houblon et une p’tite présence fruitée, texture légèrement rugueuse, légère astringence, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement aigre; en résumé : bonne
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2009
at 15:39
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle, Barleycorns, Nantwich. Bit disappointed by this. Very dark brown colour, large dissipating tan head. Looked the part. Not much happened in the nose, some vague roasted malt. Body was thin. Muted roasted malt and coffee in the flavour. Ho hum.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2008
at 11:58
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at ÅBF08. Weak roasted aroma. Cloudy very dark brown colour. Roasted flavour, a little grainy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2008
at 14:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Appearance: Dark, dark brown. Bit of thick head. Not longlasting. Aroma: Fruit. Burnt. Wood. Malt. Taste: Malty, bitter. Fruit. Burnt. Bitter aftertaste. Info: 500ml bottle, 19/9-2006, 95/500
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2008
at 09:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Århus2008. 50 cL bottle. Pours hazy and dark brown with a lacing white head. Mild roasted and mild fruity aroma. Flavour is mild roasted followed by a nice citrusy fruity note. Mix of acidic roasted malt and citrusy fruity notes before and into the finish. Light acidity joining in into the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2008
at 03:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at the Bridge, Burton. Black with a cream head; but a brilliant raspberry red when held to the light; aroma of espresso coffee; thin when first sipped, with some red fruit, but developing a rich dry chocolate finish with a long lasting bitterness. Excellent.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Apr 2008
at 16:40