Burton Bridge Old Expensive Ale

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a very tight and very huge head that leaves nice, tight lacing. Nice carbonation. Aroma is of sweet malts, some alcohol and Juicy Fruit chewing gum. Taste is equal to the aroma with a nice balance and ripe fruitiness with the malts and ever-so-slight hops.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

This English Strong ale pours a deep orange gold color from a 500ml bottle. Large sized white foamy head, that only dissipates very slowly. Aroma is funky, fruity, tart, malty, caramel and sweet. A medium bodied English Strong Ale. Malts are caramel and sweet. Hops are earthy and floral. There is some tartness and funk going on here, interesting. There is also strong bready and cookie malts going on as well. An English beer with some balls or should I saw bollocks. Big bold malts and vinous flavors, interesting combination. Lively carbonation. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter and a touch barnyard.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

Sampled from bottle. Pours cloudy copper-amber with a thick, frothy, light-tan head and lacing. The head's so thick it'd piss some beer drinkers off if they got this pour at a bar. Aroma is malty and spicy with some strong esters. The flavor reminds me of a bad homebrew - something fermented at about 85 degrees so that the esters just loose control. Medium-full body and well-carbonated. This is a drain pour. I'd be embarrassed if I brewed and served this.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 3

Pours murky copper with a tall, dimply head. Surprisingly, wheat dominates the sourish aroma with some lemony-citrus topnotes. I hated the flavor which boasted wheat, sour, unripened fruit. and metal. Basically the flavor couldn't be worse to me. Medium-bodied and undercarbonated. Will never drink again.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

This was an odd duck or snowman or whatever. Anyway a murky orange appearance with a very sour and funky aroma. The flavor is also sour and funky with some dust and barnyard. Some yams, honey, and hay? Overall this was odd and not that great. I hope it wasnt too expensive.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Bottle that appears to have been on a return trip to the States. Cloudy orange with virtually no head. Barnyardy aroma, with spices and malts. Taste has toffee, honey and fruit, malt, sweet up front and a light bitter finish. Low carbonation, oily mouthfeel. Not too impressed, but this bottle might be a little too well travelled.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Very large, light tan head. A dark brown body with lots of carbonation. The aroma is cheap wine and vinegar. To steal from bleen, it also has cheesy notes. The taste is grass and dirt. Has a very bitter finish. Interesting anyway...

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

I have to say I am very impressed with this stuff. GIGANTIC head. Nice hoppy floral nose for an English Strong Ale. Earthy malty flavors with mild bitter hop finish.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

This brew pours with an orange-amber body topped by a thick off-white head with a good amount of lacing. The aroma is, uh, I don’t know. This is pretty bad, it smell’s like a horse barn with a slight maltiness in the background. The flavor is f’ing wierd, too. It’s slightly sweet, with that horse barn character, yet there’s a slight bit of caramel. Medium to full bodied and slightly tingly.