Cotleigh Nutcracker

Brewed by Cotleigh
Style: Mild Ale
Wiveliscombe, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask - The Glass House (JDW), Norwich. Small, mostly lasting off-white hea; deep chestnut brown body. Malty sweet aroma but otherwise a predominant yeasty, earthy character running throughout with a muted roastiness towards the back end. The roast & yeast combo lend a dryness to the palate with an muted but OK length malt bitter finish. Light to medium body, soft carbonation - a bit empty in the mouth really.

First tried this at the Paisley Beer Festival in May 1995. Cask, gravity dispense. Dull mahogany in colour with a thin buff head. Slight roast malt in the short aroma. Thin oily mouthfeel and good lacing. Dark malts give a roasted nutty flavour which fades to give a sweet chocolate and caramel taste. Sharp prickle of dry dusty hops present in the short aftertaste. Smooth nuttela texture in the wood smoke finish. A decent session mild.

On draught. Black/very dark brown with a smooth head. Very nice chocolate roast, a good mild. Leaves a strong dry taste in the mouth however. Pleasant roasty aroma, but takes a good sniff to detect it. A good beer.

Cask Handpump at the Friar Penketh JDW, Warrington 21/05/2011 Fruit and some roast aroma. Small white head. Mid brown coloured and smooth on the palate with a little sour fruity apple flavour. A hint of dryness in a nutty and bitter roast malt finish.

Cask at the Claude du Vall (JDW), Camberley. An attractive reddish tawny colour with a dense tan head; aroma of mollasses and nutty roasted malts; rather thin in the mouth, with some weak red fruit, and a dry smoky, woody, body; leading to some coffee grounds and a dry tingly bitter finish. Unusual and surprisingly good.

Cask at The Shakespears Head, London. Amber beer with a creamy beige head. Malty, fruity aroma. Roasted malty flavor, some chocolate, some hops.

Cask conditioned at Banbury Beer Fest ’11. Chestnut with cream head. Rich, fruity and nutty mild, darkly roasted chocolate malts with a a roasted hazelnut background flavour and a sweet grape note in the foreground. Lasting and quite tasty.

Cask conditioned handpump Cordwainer Northampton. A hazy nut brown coloured beer with a whitish head and lacing. Good chocolate malt notes in the aroma with some nuts. Similar in the mouth where the nuttiness is particularly good. Has a longer finish than you’d expect from a 3.4% mild. Tasty.

Cask in the market porter. Alround rating: Nutty brown ale malts, on the sweet side, small amoutn of grassy hop. thin and a bit boring.

Cask-conditioned at the Bag ONails, Bristol 22/04/09. Reddish-amber with a slight, off-white head. Light aroma of red fruit with a touch of caramel. Flavour had some sweetness, before a touch of cherry and a slight bitter finish. An ok mild.