Burton Bridge Empire Ale

Brewed by Burton Bridge
Style: English Strong Ale
Burton-on-Trent, England

09/04 0.5 l bottle courtesy of ogivlado, thanks for sharing! It poured murky amber body with medium sized head that lived for quite long time. Cascade citrus hops in aroma, with just a bit of honey and vanilla malt beside it. Herbal and citrus hops still dominates the flavor, but just slightly sweet malts are rounding it very well. A bit thin bodied. Alcohol is very well hidden, not felt even at the finish, which is medium long and bittersweet. Nothing too special and a bit thin, but generally nice and definitely a pleasant beer.

Bottled(500ml). -Orange coloured, small to medium white head, agrumy hoppy nose. Sweet malty, very fruity and pleasant strong cascade hops taste. Alcohol is subdued. Touch of spices in the finish. Very good Burton Bridge.

Bottle. Yellow and bursting with fruitiness. Complex and slightly bitter with a full body that makes you respect it.Dangerously lovely.

0.5l bottle that ogivlado brought from Wien and shared with heavy and me (thanks!). Poured a lovely murky orange body with a thick chalky white head that took its time to go away. Lovely aromatic hop nose, fruity, agrumey, some honey too. Taste.... fruity herbal-piney hopiness, lovely. Sweet maltiness, light and in the background. Not too bitter, subtle. I didn’t expect much after that Porter they make, but this is definitely a tasty beer.

Bottle from West Lakeview, Chicago. Hazy orange with medium, white creamy head. Sour, infected, wow, that is one of the most infected beers (besides a few homebrewed batches :] ) that I have ever smelled. A sort of brett based infection with other bugs, a little sourness, dirty, lemon, slight hops, and caramel in the finish, wow... just wow. Medium to thin, with fizzy carbonation. I guarentee that this was not intended and it’s way infected, but I’m not wheter to rate this beer on how I like it despite the infection or the intention of the brewer because the infection isn’t completely off-putting. This is one of those times where I wish I could say I’ve had the beer with the option not to rate it.

Thanks to HogTownHarry for this. I also have a feeling there’s potentially 4 years ageing on this! Appearance: Very nice looking beer indeed - nice highly carbonated golden orange body with a very large and frothy white head. Aroma: Vanilla, lactose, malt, nice hop notes too, slightly fruity too. Flavour: Wow, quite a butterscotch/toffee flavour with bitterness, hops, banana, yeast and alcohol, nice carbonation bite with a malty finish. Very enjoyable. Thanks Harry!

amber, cloudy, frothy, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, medium sourness, medium body, creamy, average carbonation,

Hazy orange, off white head. Aroma of marmalade and toffee. This follows through on the palate, with a good assertive bitterness. Too much carbonation, but a seriously tasty beer.