Burton Bridge Porter

The Burton on Trent region of England is famous for its Indian Pale Ales (IPA) due to to the hardness of the water in the region. The town is steeped in brewing heritage and plays host to major breweries such as Worthington, Bass and Marston with the Burton Bridge Brewery being the only remaining independent. After reading the pathetic book 'Pilgrim on the piss' by Neil Robinson I believed that beer from the Bridge Brewery was far superior to any other beer on the planet and was suprised to see several of there beers in the lineup at the Ealing Beer Festival.
Burton Bridge Porter (4.5% abv) is a really dark brown porter with not a real lot going for it. It lacks the robustness of a good porter such as Fullers London Porter and tastes under-prepared with a yeasty fruitiness and unbalanced bitter aftertaste. Overall I was more than slightly disapointed with the beer and was suitable put off other beers from the brewery. The brewers down at the Bridge brewery really need to pull there finger out and deliver a beer that actually conforms to style. If they had used a little more dark malt and gone for a roast flavour rather than just a dark colour they would have a beer that is more well balanced. For a beer style that is so easy to get right, I just don't understand beers like this one. You can find out more at the breweries website.