Bewdley William Mucklows Dark Mild

Brewed by Bewdley
Style: Mild Ale
Bewdley, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Hand pulled at the Court House, Dudley. Warm, choclitty flavour. Copper colour. Sweet, light, nice. Nice Mild.

This beer is named after the late Mr W Mucklow, the last brewer in Bewdley (1912) before the new brewery opened a few years ago. The brown 500ml bottled conditioned beer was poured slowly into an Abbot Ale glass tankard (Aug 2011) some four months before it’s best before date. William Mucklow brewed a sweet dark Mild in his day, the recipe now also gone, this brew is trying to replicate that long forgotten formula. Very dark brown in colour, the thin tanned head soon left the scene and nothinmg sat on top of the moody looking brew. Just a hint of a necklace around the liquids edges. Sweet molasses and roasted/toasted malts hit the nose, chocolate esters coming through as the beer began to warm in the glass (this beer should not be refrigerated anyway). The taste/flavours were almost identical to the smells, with the chocolate becoming stronger as my taste buds became used to the intermix of flavours. Some suggestion of plums and mixed dried fruits (like in a rich cake) also appeared in the aftertaste. Good depth of body, the alcohol content sitting well within the brew and complimenting the flavours nicely. A lot better than the first beer I reviewed from this brewery (thank goodness).

Cask, Leicester Beer Fest 12. Brown with a beige foam. Aromas are weetabix and chocolate with raisins and herbal notes. Lactose with nutty notes and rye and smoky notes. Flavours are sweet chocolate and raisins with woody notes. Some chocolate milkshake character. Good.

500ml bottle. Pours a dark ruby brown with a medium head. Aroma is sweet raisin, toffee and sour woody notes. Taste has raisin at the front and a sour raisin and woody finish. Thin for the strength.

Cask Stillage at Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke on Trent 22/10/2010 Fruity aroma. Mid brown coloured a little rich on the palate and strong in alcohol. A hint of sweetness in a slightly dry full malt finish.

Bottle from The Hop Pocket, Bishops Frome, Herefordshire 28.11.10 Pours conker brown maybe a little lighter with a light beige head, excellent clarity, good looking beer. Big on chocolate straight away with a fizzing bitterness, soft in the mouth, tangy, fruity with the chocolate (quite bitter cocoa) really showing, there is some sweetened liqourice also present. Very nice beer. A7 A5 T7 P4 Ov14 3.7

Bottle. Dark almost black and poured completely lifeless. Unusual herby like flavour with some floral tones. Much more personality than most milds. Interesting and worth searching out.