2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ GBBF 2007, London. Medium to dark amber brown color with a small, fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, light smoke. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and moderateto heavy bitter (smoke / burnt peat bitter) with a long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at GBBF 2006, CBoB entry cask. A dark brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet roasted with light notes of soy sauce and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with light roasted notes on a good chocolaty back ground, but also with light notes of raisins. But the body is thin. A good mild.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask@GBBF2007. Dark amber colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is strong roasted chocolate and berryish hops. Flavour is roasted malts, some leather and much wood. Refreshing and pleasant.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Volunteer Arms, GBBF 2007. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Sweet roasted malty and grainy aroma. Sweet roasted malty and grainy chocolate flavor. Sweet roasted malty finish with some hints of chocolate in the aftertaste.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
dark brown colour, smokey malt nose with a very smokey sweet and fruity flavour .
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask gravity at Red Lion, Snargate. Ruby colour with thin beige head. Brambly blackberry with lots of smoky dark malts. Really quite intense for a dark mild. Lots of chewy coal dust.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark brown with a small white head. Complex aroma with leather, toffee, roast malt and a hint of smoke. Dry malty flavour with some smokey notes.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
1. Cask Stillage at the Memorial Hall, Northwich 20/09/2003
Dark coloured mild that’s velvety smooth on the palate. Pleasant roast malt finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Marble Arch Inn, Manchester 09/04/2004
Black smooth and slightly fruity. Some dryness in a slightly bitter lasting roast finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Dark brown color. Somewhat toasty caramel aroma. Medium bodied, but a bit watery texture. Careamel and glue, some licorice. OK, but nothing more.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at Merton Summer Beer Festival 06. Dark brow with light head. I found quite a smokey, ashy note to this accomplished, low ABV mild, quite smooth with a chocolate dry malt and a touch of fruit. Also hints of tea and bark, but always back to the smoke.
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