 Brigadier (877), Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA
Aug 11, 2008 Great Taste of the Midwest 2008
To wind the event down I began to seek out some of the lighter and palateable beers on my list. Since I was in the vicinity of the Central Waters tent thanks to a 4:45 special tapping I started with this. Having missed it last year I wanted to give it a try. Mild ales are a style that I would love to get a handle on; sadly very few of them are easily available if you don’t happen to be in the right place at the right time.
Aroma / Appearance - The semitransparent body was a combination of bronze and copper. Fluid and light it smelled of sun tea with a handful of lemon slices. Simple, clean and refreshing it was the perfect choice.
Flavor / Palate - Reminding me of chilled iced tea with a slice of lemon this flows smoothly through the mouth. Some sort of noble hop sits on the throat for a second before a bitter but easy going finish. The wet finish renews a worn out palate almost instantly.
phishpond417 (1360), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Jun 11, 2008 Pours a deep copper colour with a medium sized white head. Floral aromas as well as caramel apples. Im starting to be able to recognized fuggles, and this one was a beer i tasted it in right away. generously hopped with a very smooth bitter finish.
JohnnyOS (610), Golden, Wisconsin, USA
Jan 20, 2008 Pours amber brown with light head. Light malt aroma with some grain and hops. Flavor follows aroma, but more dry.
OSLO (606), Minnesota, USA
Oct 31, 2007 [Growler courtesy of Skyview] Pours amber-brown with a light cream head. Very faint sweet malt in the aroma, but barely anything. Bad. Ditto for the taste as it is like, as Guerde said, drinking mineral water with a little grain. This was really quite bad.
The_Enemy (383), Chicago, USA
Oct 26, 2007 On tap.
Pours a dark copper, almost chestnut color with slight off-white head that settles down to a ring around the rim that leaves bits of lace here and there. Aroma shows a slight sour-grain with some dry-grain and modest hops. Flavor pretty much follows suit with a little more emphasis on the dry-grain part. It’s as if this beer doesn’t know whether to be a standard English pale or a brown ale so it decides to split the difference. Finishes with a medium-thick palate, certainly thicker than I’ve come to expect from English-style pub ales. Not my favorite but I’d probably order another if I saw it on tap again.
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