Craftsman Mild

Brewed by Craftsman Brewing Co.
Style: Mild Ale
Pasadena, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

On cask at the PP Real Ale fest. It pours bright orange with a white head. The aroma is lemons and oranges. The flavor is the same with some wheat and grains in the finish along with a citrusy bitterness.

On cask as 4-Cylinder Mild. Pours with a murky golden body and a lasting white head. Aroma is quite hoppy for a mild. Spicy, herbal, bready. Light esters and a faint hint of diacetyl. Flavors are of light diacetyl, fruit esters, bready, cracker, toasty and slight herbal hops. Medium to high bubbles for a cask beer. Tasty mild!

Cask @ Real Ale Fest San Diego

The beer pulls from the cask a beclouded dark amber color, the head moderate in size, frothy in texture and a light tan in color, lace adequate to cover the glass. Nose is sweet malt, fresh and clean, nice malt presence, sweet and a fair to middling top. Finish is benign in its acidity, the hops mild and pleasing to the palate, dry aftertaste, a drinkable beer.

firm, tightly woven head of yellow tinted cream hue..strange solventy bitter orange aroma..easy drinking, thirst quenching, and slightly cake-ish...with delicate sweet noes..clean and sessiony. superbly done.

Tasted at the Pizza Port Real Ale Fest 2004.Orange gold color. Medium soft foamy head. Aroma is fruity and sweet. A medium bodied mild ale. Malts are fruity and sweet. Hops are mild, slightly bitter. Hints or orange and citrus. Soft carbonation and perhaps a touch watery, but that maybe just more of the style. Smooth taste. Mouthfeel is thin. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

This mild pours with a slightly cloudy amber body topped by a medium thick head with a good amount of lacing. The aroma is sweet and malty with brown sugar notes and a touch of wood. The flavor is sweet and malty with slight woody notes and a touch of sugar. Light bodied, smooth and a touch dry.