Millys Tavern Burton Ale

growler-pours a rich tan head that laces and hazy amber color. Aroma is sweet medium malt, berries. Taste is medium malt-caramel, nutty, roasty, equal metallic/bitter/English hops-also some north west hops comes through. Doesn’t quite balance initially. About ½ way through the first one, became a nicer/better balanced EPA with some bitter/citrus hops. The finish is long with metallic English hops and dry. Occasional. OK carbonation.

[tap @ the brewpub] Nice crisp hop aroma-- wow, it’s great to finally smell a beer in Milly’s.. Cloudy amber/copper color, with some nice lacing. Toasted malt flavors with some nice bitterness, a blend of citrus and earthy hops. Malt character is very distinct. Mildly sweet finish, with some nice finishing hops.

growler from the brewery. Amber/Copper in color with a medium white head. Aroma is floral hops and caramel/malts. Taste is floral hops, caramel and malty, light to moderately bitter, you can definitely taste the hardness of the water. Finishes lightly malty and moderately bitter. Haven’t had many burton ales but enjoyed this one.

Tap at brewpub. Almost clear copper body with a small white head. The brewer cheated a bit on this one. There’s some british ESB in there but with an American IPA edge. And that to me is cheating for the best (I don’t care much for british hops). Slightly roasted crunchy malts provides a solid base for the citrusy americano-british hops. Carbonation is again very active, maybe a bit too much, seems to be a trademark of their draught beers. Bitterness intensity is medium and the finish is rather long. Excellent session beer. The type of beer made for people for people like me, a glouglouBurpon Ale.

Hand-delivered growler from dirtymike: Pours a clear light copper with a white head, subtle bready aroma with some light fruits and flowers, mellow carbonation, medium bodied, smooth ending with the hard water shining through, starts and ends barely bitter with a bready aftertaste. Not my kind of beer, but an excellent example of the style.

Cold in growler from DirtyMike: Pours a clear copper color with some off white bubbles around the edges and a spot in the middle. Rich malts and floral hops with bread and fruit notes. Light to medium bodied and smooth with light carbonation. Ending is floral and malty.