Damson Porter
Burton Bridge Brewery in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.25
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Fruity beer with a distinctive bitter-sweet after palate.
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6/10
Röstine, kohvine, linnaseline, nats hapukas. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2025
at 13:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 7
(Cask at Craft Beer Co Covent Garden, London, 31 May 2025) Dark brown colour with hints of ruby. Frothy, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of plums, chocolate and dark fruit. Malty, roasty, fruity taste with plums, prunes, dark fruit, chocolate, bread and a mild roasty bitterness. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Smooth and tasty, with a fresh fruit character. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
at
Craft Beer Co - Covent Garden
on 11 Jul 2025
at 21:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at CBC, Covent Garden on 1st June 2025 on a session with Svesse. Rated as a novelty ale.Dark brown with dullish white foam and full lacing. Fruity plum aroma. Rich sweet, and just pre-ripe, fresh damson plums in-mouth, before an intense damson finish. Crisp mouthfeel and a medium body. Quite unexpectedly enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
at
Craft Beer Co - Covent Garden
on 31 May 2025
at 23:38
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the joiners arms Lincoln. Deep amber colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste are sweet fruity plum. And malty bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Dec 2023
at 15:00
16/02/2007. BELL INN, 18 Angel Row, NOTTINGHAM, Nottinghamshire, England
Tried
on 15 Nov 2022
at 11:43
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
16/6/2022. Cask at the 30th East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds. Pours clear dark ruby brown with minimal head. Aroma is damson, plummy, earthy, malt, light roasting. Moderate sweetness, quite heavy bitterness, touch of sour. Moderate body, oily and watery, soft to flat carbonation. Okay but lacked some body and life.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jul 2022
at 17:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask thanks to Grumbo: Poured a deep brown with reddish edges, head is khaki. Aroma is molasses, rich roasted malts, earthy. Taste is nutty, roasted malt, earthy, light bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jun 2022
at 11:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
half pint on cask at Hallcross Medium creamy beige head, Clear amber pour, Light damson aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hallcross
on 05 Dec 2021
at 22:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Bird in Hand, Stafford (not listed in RateBeer) Pours a dark ruby brown with minimal head. A vaguely plumy nose turns to a sweet blend of dark fruits in the mouth, cherries, raisins and “dandelion & burdock”. The finish ? Well on the tongue it’s cherries, on the roof of the mouth it’s roasted malts. Who to believe ? Very drinkable, but not very memorable.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Sep 2019
at 22:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
A really nice porter. Quite bitter up front, a dry fruity hit up front which then sweetens a bit as you go on. Not special but very nice.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2018
at 17:23