The Project Brewery Victorian Old Burton

Tasting Summary

These comments are the opinion of the individual reviewer and represent what they thought of the beer on a particular day in a particular pub. If a review is less favourable, it may be because the beer suffered somewhere in the supply chain between them and the brewery.

Tonbridge Juddians Rugby Club, Tonbridge, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling		07 Feb 2026	1st beer of the visit: The Project Brewery which produced this Victorian Old Burton ale* is located in Caerphilly, South Wales. Little head and lacing presented and not lasting on this ruby/brown-coloured old ale recreated and likely to be achieved from the use of chocolate malt or amber malt. A sweet, caramelised first hit. A malty biscuity bitterness rising from its Maris Otter pale malt. A hedgerow-fruitiness emerging with hints of red berries. A sweet bitterness lingering emanating from such hops as Goldings and Fuggles and mixed with blackstrap molasses which is the concentrated, nutrient-rich by-product of the final stage of sugar cane refining to increase its gravity and aid toffee-like sweetness. One half certainly sufficed as too sweet and strong but it soon ran out on this festival's second day, the festival having only opened for the evening on the day before. Certainly not badly priced at £2.50 a half, and the maximum that could be got in one go of this potent ale, and reflecting the price for all the other ales as well at much lower and normal gravities. *Burton-on-Trent was the premier brewing centre of the Victorian age, known for dark, sweet and fruity ales that were typically aged or "cellared" for months.