Burton Bridge Damson Porter

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

[Cask at Charlies Bar, Copenhagen] A hazy deep red beer with a bubbly brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of cowberries, combined with hints of toffee. The flavor is sweet with a strong berry note combined with some fruit notes and light hop notes, leading to a slightly bitter and dry end with a touch of wood. Very light for a Porter - I can’t find the roasted malt.

Cask. Weak fruity aroma. Black colour with a red hue. Frothy light brown head. Green apple flavour, a bit sour. This is a mild ale, not a porter.

Cask. Deep rubyish amber colour, not much head. Aroma is wood, some roasted malts and quite fruity and nectary notes. Flavour is wooden, fruity, grassy and some caramel.

Cask Handpump at the Cheshire Ring, Hyde 11/02/2006 Mid brown red coloured with a medium white head. Some fruit flavour. Dry and bitter on the palate with a lasting malt finish.

Gravity cask Maidstone BF. Very dark ruby. Tan bubbly head, not overly fruity nose bit tarry, but ok in mouth. Nice understated fruit with drying finish. Some coffee, damsons kick in later on. Touch of vanilla not overly sweet

Cask (gravity)@HBF 2008
Dark ruby color, no head. Earthy, dark fruity nose, some woody hops. Sticky bitterish and sweetish flavor. Long dry, bitterish aftertaste then some caramel. Where is the porter? Or is this old time English 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.

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.