Elmtree Nightlight Mild

Brewed by Elmtree
Style: Mild Ale
Norwich, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask/GD at the 14th Egham Beer Festival at the EUSC, 28/03/13. Mid black with a good sized tan head that retains well. Nose is dark malt, light roast, dark fruit, caramel. Taste comprises dark malt, brown sugar, dark toffee, light chocolate, burnt notes. Medium bodied with soft carbonation, dry finish with light burnt tones. A decent enough strong mild.

Cask gravity at 4th Chappel Winter Beer Festival. Dark ruby brown, quite high in carbonattion for a cask mild, mild caramel chocolate aroma. Enjoyable.

Cask at Great British Beer Festival 2012, Olympia, London. A dark brown coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Aroma of malt and chocolate. Tastes malty, roasty, dark fruit, chocolate.

Bottle from ’Good Taste Food and Drink’, Crystal Palace. Dark brown pour with a beige head. Coffee and chocolate aroma. Caramel, coffee and dark chocolate flavour. Quite dry. Dry finish. Not bad.

Bottle from beersofeurope.co.uk. Bottle conditioned. Pours black, decent head for a bottled beer. Aroma is delicious: malt, Marmite, peanut butter, slightly smoked. Tastes mildly bitter, malt, coffee, woody but the overwhelming aftertaste is smokey but in an unpleasant way - like an old snooker hall - which spoilt it for me.

Soapy fruity blackberry aroma which initially leads to a very smoky woody taste. This settles down midway to a fine dry fruitiness with good strong roast notes. The alcohol becomes quite noticeable late on with plenty of warmth in the finish. Good strong mild.

Bottle 500ml. @ chriso [ oh6gdx birthday bash tasting ].

Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, leather, dark fruit. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, acidic black berry (sortbær). Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111203]

Bottled@my birthdaybash@Chriso. Very deep amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is mild roasted malts, some ashes, toast and mild raisiny and toffeeish notes. Flavour is roasted malts along with some slight nutty and ashy notes. Pleasant balance.

Bottled at oh6gdx’s birthday bash at chriso’s. Very dark brown, small head. chocolaty nose. Mid sweet with medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Chocolate and bread. Low bitterness. Deep and pleasant.

Bottle at Pat’s birthday chriso tasting, London. Pours dark brown with a small, off-white foam head. Dirt and light aroma, some modest roast. Dark malts, slightly tangy, some burnt sugar. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Dark malt finish, faintly tangy roast. OK. Some brownie notes.