3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Light malts are evident in both flavour and aroma. This mild has a dry finish but quite a one-dimensional character. Good in a sense because it is so drinkable. I prefer my milds to have more chocolate and coffee flavours.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask/gravity at Battersea BF. Black-red with no head and not much condition, nose has some coffee and a little port, body is dry, roasty, a dried fruitcake tang, some hops, dry bitter finish. Quite quaffable.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Battersea Beer Festival, 12th Feb 2010. Slightly reddish dark brown with little head. Very soft palate. Light yet velvety. Sweet. Caramel & burnt sugar nose. Dry and roasty in the mouth. Not cloying or sticky. Falls between two stools a bit: Not full-on dry, but too bitter a finish for the sweet-toothed.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, Leicester Fest ’08 (Thurs afternoon session). Rubyish with tan lid. Biscuit, body, chocolate and vanilla, with almost citrussy hop reinforcement. Slick, sturdy mild.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: DEC 22, 2009 Cask (gravity dispense) at Battersea Beer Festival 2006 as Belvoir Mild Ale. A reddish coloured mild with a rather ashy, toasty malt aroma. Fairly dry with chalky, powdery mouthfeel. Hints of licorice and a slightly sour edge on the finish. A drinkable mild, if a touch more bitter than I’d expect.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
a sim rate: (on tap at Battersea Beer Festival) Glorious red/black color, but no head whatsoever. Flat, but with distinct slightly sour flavour of off milk. Smells exactly like blue cheese.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Half pint gravity fed at the Battersea Beer Fest, colour a deep ruby/brown and a slight chocolate malty aroma. Very smooth and easy to drink - an enjoyable malty taste.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask gravity at Battersea Beer Festival 2006. Very deep ruby colour with bubbly beige head. Quite a hoppy/herby nose, not what you’d expect from a mild at all. Some mild flavt malt in mouth, then more herb and some powdery charcoal. Fairly low on flavour and a drying finish. Its a mild and it does exactly what it says on the tin.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask Handpump at the Ship & Mitre, Liverpool 14/05/2003
Dark red mild which poured lively. Hoppy with a little bitterness in a lasting roast malt finish.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
[Cask at GBBF 2004] A red-brown beer with no head. The aroma is sweet with notes of caramel and licorice. The flavor contains hints of roasted malt and licorice on a sour background - the sourness stems from the lack of residual suger. The end is quite bitter.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Leicester Beer Festival. Plain looking mild with a light coffee aroma and a very dry and bitter flavour. Overall a good complex tasting mild.
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