4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
this is a great mild beer with its gentle over tones of fruit and its rich dark colour its a great drink.
Drank this as a cask conditioned beer @ THE KINGS HEAD HOTEL RAVENSTONEDALE CUMBRIA UK must be one of the better milds i have drank in a long time
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.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
[Cask conditioned] A rather full bodied and tasty mild ale. It's quite complex with some very nice smoked notes.
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.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask, ’The Joy of Six’ Merchantfest ’08, Rugby. Again, was given this blind and declared it a stout between 4-5% ABV. Striking pitch/tan looks, with lace. Pungent bonfire snout. Charcoal smokiness, coffee granules, roast and chocolate nudging towards stout all the way, but light and sessionable. Really tasty, BOTFSF.....
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Aroma is a bit minimal, however nicely balanced roasted chocolate malt is key. Taste is similarly roasted malt with chocolate having a good amount of say towards the end and a good full mouthfeel in a lightly sweet finish.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A Mes rate:
Gravicask up the Junction. Smoke, tobacco and some unbrewed malt in the aroma. Black colour just as I like it. Lovely smoked malt in the mouth with a nice liquorice and rubber character. Great palate for a mild (sod it, I’m upping it to a 4). A lovely mild with plenty of chracter.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, GBBF 06. Dark ruby, small bubbly white head. Burnt malts. Slightly sour malt taste, coffee. Talcum powder. Dry.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpump) at GBBF, August 2006. Although this is probably Bazens’ best known beer, it had somehow passed me by until now. Nearly black, but probably more like a very dark red on close inspection. Appealing aroma of burnt malt with touches of roasted coffee beans. More roast malt in the flavour. Fairly dry and a little more bitter than the norm for a mild. Plenty of flavour and character. A very good mild.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Half pint gravity fed at the Battersea Beer Festival, dark with ruby tints and a bubbly tan head. A touch of smokiness to a light aroma. Smokey bacon flavour on a light and smooth palate - maybe a touch watery, but still excellent.
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