3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@GBBF2009 (as Dark Mild). Very dark brownish amber colour, close to black. Not much head. Aroma is dark chocolate, dark fruits along with some notes of leather. Flavour is quite much the same along with some rather meaty notes as well.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask@GBBF 2009 as "Dark Mild".
Almost opaque black color, not much head. Very light caramel, cough syrup aroma. Same with flavor. Very watery, weak palate.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
<i>Cask Conditioned at Wenlock Arms, London</i>
Black color. Too light aroma. Some caramel and chocolate flavor; I’m not a lover of Milds, but at least this one has a light cheesy touch that I appreciate.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
[Gravity cask at Milton Keynes beerfest] Black with a thin brown head. Rather bitter roast malt, vaguely chewy and dry - not many other flavours than the roast. Bit of a struggle to drink it to be quite honest.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask, Far From The Madding Crowd, Oxford. Dark brown, smallish light tan head. Warm candy/caramel aroma, full of fresh malty goodness with a little chocolate edge. Fresh sweet caramel malt flavor, a nice apple edge. Mineral chocolate finish. A very happy mild, brimming with flavor and life.
3.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Handpulled cask at The Speaker, Westminster. Almost black with a healthy off white head. Bitter chocalate with a sweet malty base. My drinking roadshow exhausted the entire cask in barely over an hour. Very quaffable indeed.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned @ Nags Head, Reading. Light bodied
with some reasonable malt flavours and some tangy fruit. I felt the
flavours were slightly muddy as it was near the end of the barrel but
other people were enjoying it in the pub, it seemed to be the fastest
selling and more than one person went back for another.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Half pint on gravity. Black body with ruby highlights. Thin, beige head. Some laceworks. It offers notes of malt in aroma and a taste of roasted malts with a touch of liquorice. Light bitter ending. Watered mouthfeel (afternoon session at London Drinker BF, 12.03.2008).
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at GBBF 2007. A dark brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of roasted malt and chocolate. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and roasted malt as well as light notes of chocolate.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body: Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3 Light Brown(1)->Pitch Black(5) : 3 Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head: None(1)->Large(5) : 2 Off-White(1)->Dark Brown(5) : 2 Lasting: 3 Lacing : 2 Nitro : XX
Aroma:
Intensity : 3
Yeast : 3 Bread : 3 Apple : XX Tropical Fruits : XX Ink : XX Tar : XX Olives : XX DMS : XX
Malt : 3 Biscuity : 2 Burnt Toast : 3 Caramel : 2 Nuts : XX Pumpernickel : XX Cereals : 3 Coffee : 1 Dark Chocolate : 1 Vanilla : XX Grapes : 2 Blackberries : 3 Cherries : XX
Hops : 2 Noble(1)->American(5) : 1 Leafy : 3 Floral : 2 Lemon/Lime : XX Grapefruit : XX Orange : XX Herbal : XX Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes : Earth : 2 Wood : 3 Mint : XX Smoke : 1 Soy : XX Bourbon : XX Anise : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3 Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3 Sourness : XX Lactic : XX Bitterness : 2 Complex : XX Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 3 Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2 Clean : XX Sharp : XX Watery : 2 Oily : XX Chalk : XX Astringent : XX Alcohol : XX Mineral : 2 Oxidation : XX Metallic : XX
Comments: Yeasty, malty, dark coloured mild that shows more fruitiness than most.
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