Cest What M.B.A. (Mild Brown Ale)

Underneath the nitrogen ’blanket’ there is a fantastic mild just waiting to break out. You get hints of wonderfully complex malt, chocolate, toast, and a dash of hop in the finish. Considering that this is made at Durham, the cask ale specialists, I can see no logical reason why they wouldn’t serve this on hand-pump. If they did, my ratings would undoubtedly jump.

Big round butterscotch and caramel aroma with plenty of chocolate apparent also. Opaque brown body is topped by a decent sized nitro tan head that lasts throughout and coats the glass. Mildly fruity flavour has some butterscotch and caramel along with bitter sweet chocolate, roast and a light saltiness in the aftertaste. Medium body is quite slick with soft, bland, nitro carbonation. Sampled on tap at the brewpub.

Roasty, a mild version of the coffee porter. One of my mates politely didn’t like these color beers, but other found it was an easy drink. Nice foam on mid brown

I like this beer , it was creamy with strong notes of toffe .

Draught. At C’est What, shared with blankboy. Lord this is dark - looks a lot like their Chocolate Ale, deep clear almost opaque brown with a decent creamy tan head. Aroma of smoke, bacon, chocolate and bitter hops - taste is quite bitter, dark chocolate and bitter hops, starts somewhat sweet and lightly roasty, finishes quite bitter. This has a creamy nitro mouthfeel, astringent, flat and thick. Pretty nice, unexpectedly dark and roasty.

August 2000 - brown ale, Very roasty, almost a coffee (?) like quality to it. Not something I would order on a regular basis.

(Draught) Pint at the bar. Pours a very lightly carbonated, deep brown body with little head. Nose of roasted malt and mild jerky. The flavour is nutty and very malted with a hint of hops in the finish. Tastes more of a Nut Brown Ale than a Mild; but hey...

Draught at C’est What, shared with HogTownHarry. Pours a clear, very dark, ruby-brown with a creamy light-brown head. Aroma of chocolate, bacon bits and some mild hops. Yes, bacon bits. In a good way. Flavour of chocolate, some nuts, malt and a hoppy aftertaste. Pretty good for a Mild Ale but overall it’s just O.K.