Damson Porter
Burton Bridge Brewery in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.27
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Fruity beer with a distinctive bitter-sweet after palate.
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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
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Bank, Stourbridge. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is dark fruits. Taste has dark fruits to start. Touch of sourness. Roast on the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jul 2017
at 06:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are caramel, nuts, chocolate and hops. A little watery, but has a decent bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 05:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Clear dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and roasted malt. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 280717
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2017
at 05:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Leeds Beer Festival 2017. Very dark with the damson very light. It’s all slightly bland, but still palatable.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2017
at 10:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
I’ve had this multiple times before, kind of surprised that I haven’t rated it. Handpull cask at the Queen Edith, Cambridge. Dark brown with a hint of magenta. Tightish tan-grey head on top which quickly dissipates. Lots of lacing. Liquorice and raisin are inter fused with sharp plum in the aroma. Bittersweet, juicy taste, dominated by the damson but that’s no bad things. Bittering hops sit stubbornly on the tongue in the long finish. More liquorice and some charcoal in the aftertaste. Pretty good and it grows on me over the course of the pint which is always a good sign.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2016
at 13:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On cask at the Armoury in Shrewsbury. Appearance - opaque black with a lovely fawn head. Nose - plum jam and toffee. Taste - more of the same. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - interesting ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Mar 2016
at 01:07
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Gravity cask at the Birmingham CAMRA Beer Festival 2015. Poured a clear dark reddish brown with thin broken white head. The aroma is light smoky malt. The flavour is smoky malt liqourice bitter with a light medicinal yeast, dry earthy palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2015
at 03:35
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at the Water Witch, Lancaster. Pours clear dark copper with a thin beige head. Aromas of light toffee. Taste is light fruit. Not really getting damsons though, some chocolate notes. Sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Mar 2015
at 02:34
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at The Wellington; dark brown pour with bubbly tan head, fruity aroma, taste has dark fruits some tart sourness, ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jan 2014
at 07:04