Beartown Black Bear

Brewed by Beartown
Style: Mild Ale
Congleton, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

Cask, Ship and Mitre, Liverpool. Deep dark brown colour with a small tan head. The nose had notes of roasted malt and dark chocolate. Flavour had more roasted character with notes of oatmeal, dark fruits and bready malts. Dried out towards the finish. Maybe a little thin, but drinkable.

Cask. Deep brown color with minimal head. The nose is of roasted malts, chocolate, cherries and aniseed. The taste is mellow and sweet. The body’s medium and a bit oily, the finish long and somewhat savory. A nice comforting mild ale.

Cask@GBBF2011. Black colour, small beige head. Aroma is fruits, roasted malts, some liquorice and mild toasted and syrupy notes. Flavour is quite much the same with also some ashes and mild riped fruity notes.

Cask at GBBF 2011, Wednesday. Black - brown head. Roasted, high malty, light burned, licorice, chocolate, ryebread, light coffee, light sweetness.

Cask at GBBF, 2011. Dark brown pour with a beige head. Toffee, caramel and a little vanilla aroma. Vanilla and caramel flavour with a heavy malt presence. Quite dry. Nice.

From cask. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted and dark malty and slight breadish. Bitter, dark malty and roasted flavoured. Mild fruity, bitter and dry hoppy. Ends bitter and dry.

Cask at GBBF 2011. Clear red brown coloured with a small off-white head. Fruity aroma of caramel, berries and grass. Fruity flavour of vatamel, hops and grass with notes of dark chocolate. Hoppy finish.

Cask at the Victoria Station JDW. Chestnut with a compact beige head; rich and malty aroma; sweet earthy malt flavour with a touch of licorice and coffee; dry tingly finish with an underlying and lasting bitterness. More a Porter than a Mild in my opinion.