Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Overly large off white head on a murky amber coloured body.
Malt, biscuit & floral aroma.
Medium bodied, foamy & clean.
Berries, floral, yeast, caramel & spiced tastes with a bitter finish.
Not very appealing to look at but tastes ok.
gave a cheers!
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at The Green Goddess, Blackheath Royal Standard.
Piney citrusy nose, touch of gooseberry jam. Taste is very similar. Piney bitter aftertaste.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Dark Shield from Burton Bridge Brewery 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5
3rd December 2025
Cask at Pigs Ear. Near opaque dark brown beer, small and fairly short lived tan head. Smooth palate, fairly flat. Mellow dark malts, a touch of chocolate. Fairly tasty plummy darkish fruits. Light smooth finish. Fine.
lad_newton (4207) reviewed Bridge Bitter from Burton Bridge Brewery 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 10th December 2025. Copper with shallow off-white foam and full lacing. Nutty malt aroma. Malty in-mouth with citrus peel and a finish reflective of both. Zingy mouthfeel and a light to medium body.
gave a cheers!
Leighton (34941) reviewed Mumford Mild from Burton Bridge Brewery 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Pigs Ear 2025. Gravity. Nice toasted brown bread, little chocolate, soft earthy hop. Decent balance. Easygoing. Fine.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Dark Shield from Burton Bridge Brewery 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Gravity Cask at day 2 of the 41st Pigs Ear Beer Festival, 03/12/2025.
CDA #1000 on a rating site, although there'll be some in the backlog and likely lost a few in moving over from RB to BV, shame it was a crap one!
Light black with a thin tan head that escapes to the edge.
Nose is dark malts, modest roast, cocoa powder.
Taste comprises cocoa powder, brown sugar dusting, mellow roast, dried fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close with a light dusty hop presence.
Low end CDA.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Dark Shield from Burton Bridge Brewery 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pigs Ear 2025. Gravity. Nice to see an old dog piling new tricks. Good roast, cocoa, burnt pine, eart, orange rind, ash. Toothy but balanced. Solid.
Reubs (35480) reviewed Dark Shield from Burton Bridge Brewery 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Cask@Dark Beer Fest 2025, The Hope, Carshalton (27/11/2025) - new English brewery ✅ roasted malty with notes of cocoa, dark caramel, brown sugar, hoppy backing, soft cask mouthfeel, malty leaning BIPA. Decent.
Olut (21769) reviewed Bridge Bitter from Burton Bridge Brewery 3 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
This is one of those beers that you're convinced you've had when encountered, but surprised to find you've never rated. Happened to me here. A good-looking chewy caramels bitter, with these lingering in its aftertaste, it has plenty of body.
gave a cheers!
As it says on the label "A Fine Fruit Stout". Bought from stall at Stockport Market, drank at home.