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Burton Bridge Empire Ale 3.51 299

Burton Bridge Empire Ale

Percentile
88
overall
Brewed by Burton Bridge
Style: English Strong Ale

Burton-on-Trent, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2993.53/5.03.51/5.07.5%91.8English pint, Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Bottle Conditioned. Has appeared in cask as a special.
Light in color, strong and heavily hopped.
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 SpringsLicker (2043), Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Jul 12, 2004  
Thanks to Shag for bringing this to the Georgia 14% gathering! Hazy pour of yellow-orange beer with an average sized white head. Bubblegum and honey in the aroma. Sweet malty flavor is sorely needing a dose of hops to bring it back into balance. There is some bitterness, but not to the degree expected of an IPA Typical of many British IPA’s produced today I’m afraid.


 Suttree (2734), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 12, 2004  
Cloudy orange, big white head. Piney, clove aroma. Some hints of banana, and cinnamon before hops take over. Very peppery hop finish. Cool label, too.


 CaptainCougar (5517), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Jul 11, 2004  
Pours a clouded copper golden with a thin white head. Aroma is lightly sour and English hoppy. Body starts somewhat sour with an earthy hoppy bitterness and some candy-like malt flavors. Finishes dry and muddy with some lingering bitterness. Perhaps this beer would be better fresh out of a cask. Thanks to Shag for bringing this to the Georgia 14% gathering!


 duff (5475), Surrey, Greater London, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/512/20
Jun 28, 2004  
Bottle. pours like a cask ale or a pure lambic, absolutely no carbonation, looks like dirty water. This was probably like IPA’s used to be, very hoppy salty, bitter, yeasty and acidic, wierd country smell, smelly socks, orange rind, resin, floral hops. I really can’t remember having any beer like this, and definitely like no other IPA i’ve had before. Old, mouldy, blue cheese flavours, no mouthfeel, except for slight acidity and bitterness. Pretty wierd, not sure if i like it.


 walleye (879), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jun 24, 2004  
poured a cloudy brown orangish color with a big loight tan head. aroma sweet, floral, hops, citrusand malts . flavor malty, hints of orange and alcohol with a slight sour finish . not to bad


 erway (1002), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/512/20
Jun 12, 2004  
Pours a deep unfiltered amber with a huge rocky head with good lacing. Aromas of EKG and a lot of em. Some alcohol burn and a fair amount of bitterness offset by the diacetyl which is in fairly high levels. Way too much carbonation to. Not bad but not great either.


 FezMonkey (268), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
May 24, 2004  
Warm cloudly amber color with a large head. It milder IPA with a bitter aftertaste. Over all its a nice IPA


 axilla (962), New Providence, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
May 11, 2004  
Sweet hop aroma accompanied by some fruity malts. Cloudy orange/brown body with a tan head. Alcohol slightly present in the taste. Also some good flowery hop flavor and a familiar english yeast aftertaste. not bad.



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