Cheshire Valley English Mild

Cheshire Valley Brewing Company
Brewed at Black Oak Brewing
Style: Mild Ale
Etobicoke, Canada

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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[bottle at BJCP exam, Ottawa, May 2012] Complex, toasty aroma with roasted hazelnuts, a little bread crust, almonds, and a healthy dose of red currants. Clear, dark brown under a wispy white top with large bubbles. Rich flavour of dark malt toasti- and nuttiness along with plenty of roasted barley vanilla and bitter chocolate. Faint fruit in the flavour compared to the aroma. Medium body, moderate carbonation, nutty chocolate finish.

On cask at the Wooly. Pours deep deep brown, very little head. Huge sweet malt aroma and taste. So much flavour at 3.7%! Will order anytime it’s available!!

Cask - Volo Cask Days 2010, Day 2 (session 4a). 18 IBUs. Clear chestnut with a large-ish frothy off-white head. Slight sweet roasty aroma, nutshell, roast mild coffee bean and just a whisper of dry grassiness. Taste follows, but is just too watery - in body too, mild carbonation, quick-finishing .... certainly easy to drink, but a mild can be quite a bit beefier with the malt than this (think pretty much any of the House Ales milds).

on tap at gambrinus. pours brown with a tan head. cocoa and roast malt nose. moderatly complex flavour but its put together very well and brewed perfectly for the style. amazing beer to session.

Pour dark brown beige head. Aroma chocolate, coffee, mild grain, caramel, nuttiness. Taste cereal grain, toasty, coffee, chocolate, nutty. MF creamy medium body great coating feel. Overall great flavorful beer and a outstanding session brew terrific offering.

On tap, I really liked this one, mild ales are quite interesting. It had a nice aroma of a chocolaty and dark roasty malts. The flavour was like a light flavoured porter. it had the same kind of flavour you would expect from a porter. Appearance is very dark and what you mind find from a average porter. Overall I would recommend a taste of this one.

Deep brown pour with a tight tan head. The aroma has a lot of toasty malt with a bit of soft black licorice on the back of the palate. Light palate with a faint kiss of roast. Light earty hoppiness but the beer is pretty damn authentic. Sessionable and quite flavourful.

On at at Gambrinus Cafe and Bistro- Deep mahogany with a creamy off white cap. Nose of cola, earthy malts, some caramel, roast. Malty sweet, nutty, with good citric metallic bitterness to balance. A bit thin on the finish, light medium body, but otherwise a solid session ale that I have been returning to on a regular basis.

Good toffee malts and maybe a hint of smoke? Light tingly noble hops, fresh aroma, lightly sweet, great light feel. Enjoyed and could session.

Sessionable and flavourful enough to keep one entertained, but while malty levels were satisfactory for this type of brew, I thought the ’iron’ was a bit over the top. I prefer beer without such a strong mineral overtone. Good brew, but could have been better for my liking.