Burton Bridge Damson Porter

Brewed by Burton Bridge
Style: Porter
Burton-on-Trent, England

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4     Light Brown(1)->Pitch Black(5) : 4     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 3   Off-White(1)->Dark Brown(5) : 2   Lasting: 2   Lacing : 3   Nitro : XX
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : 2   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Ink : XX   Tar : XX   Olives : XX   DMS : XX
Malt : 4   Biscuity : XX   Burnt Toast : 4   Caramel : XX   Nuts : XX   Pumpernickel : 2   Cereals : 3   Coffee : 3   Dark Chocolate : 3   Vanilla : XX   Grapes : XX   Blackberries : XX   Cherries : XX
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : 2   Floral : 2   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes :   Earth : 2   Wood : 1   Mint : XX   Smoke : 2   Soy : XX   Bourbon : XX   Anise : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Sourness : XX   Lactic : XX   Bitterness : 2   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : 1   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 2   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Fun, dark, roasty ale with well-extracted malts. Another very good dark one from Burton Bridge.

[Cask at Hereford festival 2006] Almost a stout, dry, quite bitter; fruit is just perceptible... interesting, but for me overall not entirely convincing

[Cask from Wetherspoons] Deep brown with a moderate head. Butter caramel notes, some chocolate, esters, can really taste the damsons. Sweet and plummy, leading to a dry finish.

Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Dark brown. Fruity aroma. Pleasing taste of malt, dark fruit and liquorice. Quite hoppy. Immensely drinkable, fresh tasting porter.

A Sim rate (Cask at Planet Thanet): Obvious plum and red wine aroma with nothing porter about it. Would be nice if it was a bit stonger smelling. Very very slight coffee flavour, but mostly tastes more like an amber. Strong plum in the flavour with a gorgeous sweet finish. Colour is a glorious red and black.

Coffee, roasted. Roasted hints of grassy hops, im serching for fruit i really am but cant find it until the finish which is very very subtle.

Cask (gravity dispense) at London Drinker Beer Festival, March 2006. A dark reddish brown beer. No head. Quite dry and distinctly sharp. Fairly light mouthfeel. Subtle chocolate notes and hints of liquorice, but not much roast malt. Not much damson in evidence either. More like berry fruit really. There’s a sort of bitter, tannic feel that I guess might come from the damsons but I couldn’t be sure.

Fruity and roasty in the nose and in the mouth. Went down a treat. Really tasty porter.