Burton Bridge Porter

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

The liquor store had a couple of skids of this stuff so I thought I would try it. It's porter black (the porter equivalent of lager gold I guess) with little head. The aroma is all roasted malt and plums. The flavour is the same, but the finish is bitter. Typical of the English!

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

500ml bottle
4.5% ABV
Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada)
December 16, 2008
The beer poured a dark brown/black with a thick light brown head that lasted. The aroma was roasted malt, licorice, and chocolate tones. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied, slightly creamy, and mildly carbonated. The flavour was roasted malt, sour apples, and some anise.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

New arrival at the LCBO, and does not look like a standard-staying product. Nice old-school hand-made looking label. Pours a deep brown-caramel-red colour with a great big tanned head. This one has great retention and leaves great chunky lace all around. Bottled conditioned, so has a cloudiness to it. MacIntosh apple scent with some hop and slight roasted malt. The mouthfeel is quite thin and watery. Makes this a very easy drinking and refreshing porter. The taste is pretty interesting. Not too strong, but with a nice start of grain malt, the apples are somewhere in there too, then goes into a hoppy finish that has mild bitterness. A beautiful light coffee taste appears in the aftertaste. A well-brewed mild porter.

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

Lots of frothy tan head on this one, it pours a good looking ruby-chestnut body. Nice lacing, thickly lining the glass. Aroma suggests burnt nuts, malts and chocolate. Smooth light body and satisfyingly creamy. Taste presents itself as heavily roasted malts, finishing with suggestions of chocolate and a satisfying bitter bite.

I've generally found porters to be the lesser cousin of a good stout. This one doesn't break that barrier, but there certainly isn't anything wrong with it. I liken it to a thinner, weak-coffee flavoured stout. I enojoyed it without being overjoyed, and on that note I just may have it again.

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

This is the second porter I have tried. Nothing special. Expected more flavour. This beer was brewed December 2006. The colour is a black almost tan with a white head. The head isn't very thick and doesn't last very long. Faint smell of raisin. Slightly bitter taste that has a hint of coffee and caramel. Tastes almost flat. Not bad, but nothing special either.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

500ml bottle Poured a murky dark brown ...not much chance to see "ruby highlights" in this mucky looking brew. 2 finger rocky tan cap goes to a surface lace. Aromas of over-ripe fruit, some mustiness some medicinal tones...smells like cheap pipe tobacco. Thin body, weak malting, soapy mouth feel, astringent fruity character. Starts with a mouth full of hops like chewing raw pine needles, then a blast of green apple skin hits the palate...midway there are some interesting flavors that develop like strong espresso, tobacco, burnt grain husks ( but in a bad way..all too sharp and acidic)....then these all coalesce in the bitter finish to produce an unpleasant styptic astringency . Not my kind of porter...I think I’ve bought my last one.

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

Bottle: Poured a dark, but not completely black as expected, colored beer with a nice huge head with good retention. Aroma is mix of sweetness resembling port and some alcohol. Carbonation is good and body is quite thin with what I usually expect from a porter. Taste is light roastiness and coffee and more malts then expected. Overall, this is a very unusual porter but a very enjoyable beer.

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

Bottle.Murky reddish dark brown, it was never interested in forming a head. Aroma is fruity and sour, almost vinegary. Taste is slightly roasted, dark fruitish with an unpleasant mouthfeel. Don’t like it. Re-rate, 14.01.06 Cask at the Swan in the Rushes, Lougborough. Clear dark brown with ruby hues. Some dark fruit in the aroma, quite sweet with a hint of coffee. Flavours are similiar with a nice bitter finish. A smooth medium bodied and very drinkable porter.

Aroma: 0 | Appearance: 0 | Mouthfeel: 0 | Flavor: 0 | Overall: 0