3.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Black. Evident and delicious aroma of madeira. Short, roasty, chocolatey flavour. Dry with empty finish, but what an aroma!
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Fizzy headed dark beer with a strongly smoked aroma and a toffee/dry flavour. Overall a good toffee flavoured beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. Dark brown with a soft light-brown head. Rich dark chocolate malt aroma, with blood plums and prunes. Deep, rich and dense flavour. A very generous mild that punches well above it’s wait.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500 ml bottle (4.1% ABV) courtesy of geth_in_beer. Dark brown beer with a thick light brown head. Sweet chocolatey aroma, caramel, toast, and a lightly rummy note throughout. Flavour is quite nice... thin bodies but with good malt development. Bittersweet dark chocolate and a light roasty astringency which helps bulk up the body a bit. Lightly rummy/raisiny sweet malts over the toasty chocolatey character. Earthy hop finish and good bitterness.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Malty and a little thin.Pleasant roasted flavour makes for a distinctive and reaonable mild.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, SH Jones, Bicester 04-11-06. Pours almost black with the tiniest of small beige heads. Aroma of roasted malts and some woodiness, taste was also roasted, litle bit of sourness, but pleasant even woody again with lingering bitterness, but a very nice and good example of a what a Mild should be like.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From bottle. I was struck by a hint of sherry at first but then settled to a fruity, sweet syrup aroma but overall a very pleasant experience. The beer looks sinister with its very black calm appearance. For a dark not as strong tasting as expected but hit by fruit and chocolate always a good combination and smooth to go with it. Overall a very good beer, a bit of a surprise beer. Pretty good.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. 4.1%. Very dark with a small beige head. Aromas are earthy sweet malts with a roast character. Also has winter fruit and yeast. Flavours are Sweet malts followed by dark chocolate bitterness and sourness. Some berries, also. Finishes with roast malts. Has a long bitter aftertaste. Decent for a pasteurised beer.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: DEC 14, 2005 Bottle.Very dark in colour,no head.Bournville,toblerone,roasted malt,nice body,an ok session.
3.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 9/20
Excellent dark color, rich appearance, and wonderful, wonderful aroma of fruit and chocolate. I had this with pork & leek sausages, making for a very Welsh experience! Unfortunately, this beer failed me in the flavor. Too little sweetness to balance a strong finish of bitter chocolate. Definitely needs a sweet note to counterpoint the ugly bitterness. (bottle)
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