4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at the King Charles I, Kings Cross, London on 2nd July 2009. Virtually black with a lasting cream-coloured head. Looks beautiful in the glass. Coffee and roast barley notes strongly pleasant in both nose and main body taste, leading to a long finish on a pleasant mouthfeel. The ale was in excellent condition at this pub.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A Mes rate. Gravicask at London Drinker.
Black brown colour with a thin beige film. Slight funk in the aroma with a pleasing hint of pig farm. Really good coffee notes offset by a faint sourness. Young and fresh in the mouth, effortlessly drinkable and with a dry finish with a touch of sourness. Really well made and just what a mild should be. In fact it’s the best mild I’ve had in a while.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Quite farmyardy muddy nose with a hint of horse manure. Darkest ruby brown. Nutty slightly bitter woody roast notes. Very well balanced good beer. BBF 2010
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
[Cask at Milton Keynes Beer Festival 2011] Dark brown, loose beige head. Deep, dry roast & smoke with lots of hop presence - pine flavour particularly prominent. Almost more like a very weak black IPA than a mild. Wonder if they’ve changed the recipe, as it seems different to other people’s ratings here?
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle at cropredy 2011 day 3 ... dark brown ... massive foam tan head ... soft woody toffee malt nose ... uge fizzz ... foams in mouth ... soft toffee chocolate malts ... soft easy ... light sweet chocolate... ice easy and tasty
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask Handpump at the Southampton Arms, Kentish Town 01/08/2010
Roast aroma. Dark coloured smooth on the palate and a little fruity with a hint of bitterness in a dry burnt roast finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at William IV. Dark brown colour with small beige head. Aroma is classic mild, dark fruit, roasty. Taste is fruity, plum, bit of creaminess, slightly nutty.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Battersea Beer Festival, 10th Feb 2010. Near black with a bubbly tan head. Good chocolate and coffee flavour. Smoky too. Good stuff.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From cask at Old Fountain. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Roasted, fruity and light chocolate aroma. Mild acidic note. Quite hardroasted malt flavoured. Light bitterness. Roasted lingerin malt flavoured finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask handpump at GBBF, Trade Day 03-08-10 Pours dark, dark brown, good clarity and an off-white head. There is a nice sweet shop nuttiness to this, its like those large boiled sweet peanuts that have bits of peanut in them. Soft caramel and nuts are the theme with this very likeable mild. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4
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