Chalk Hill Flintknappers Strong Mild

Brewed by Chalk Hill
Style: Mild Ale
Norwich, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask, The Salmon, Leicester. Very dark brown with a cream thin foam. Aromas are weetabix and chocolate with lactose and nutty notes. Soft roast coffee with pear and yeast. Flavours are sweet chocolate and raisins with roast coffee and spices. Herbal liquorice with earthy, smoky notes and prickly lemon. Dry and peppery on the finish. Quite oily on the palate. Very decent.

Cask at GBBF 2011. Dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of dark fruits, brown sugar and licorice. Dry and roasted flavour with fruity and caramel notes

Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 2. Pours ruby-brown with a tight, foam head. Dark fruits and subtle dark malts in the aroma. Medium sweet flavor, some doughy malts and toast, dark fruits, hints of brown sugar. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Sweet, dark sugar finish, with restrained dark fruits, light roast and cocoa. Great stuff. Really right on target.

Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours black with no head. Bread, roast, caramel and ashes. Medium and smooth body. Dry end.

Cask at GBBF 2010. A red brown beer with no head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt as well as a light note of sulphur. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and chocolate sauce, as well as a lighter note of sulphur, leading to a dry finish.

Cask at Coach and Horses, Norwich. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a small beige head on top. Roasty, malty aroma. Tastes roasty, malty, dark fruit.

Cask @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.

Clear dark brown color with a small to small average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, dark malt, sour malt, smoke - chimney notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100804]

Cask (GBBF2010)
7 Gentle coffee-ish aroma.
4 Deep brown, tiny head
6 Rich roast, but heading towards dryer ashy tastes
3 Full roastiness, but very dry and nutty.
11 Not what I needed at the time. Can imagine liking this more in other contexts.

Cask@GBBF2010. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, toffee, fruits, wood and some mild brown sugary notes. Flavour is quite much the same along with some wood, liquorice and mild burnt sugary notes.

cask at GBBF 2010 ... Earls count... London ... southeast england ... united Kingdom ... Europe ... World ... dark brown ... soft chocolate malt nose ... light bitter chocolate ... roast malt linger ... light blackcurrant fruit ...

Thanks to who ever added "Tastes Totally poopy" to my note book, but your wrighring want enough of a scrawl to fool me.