2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Gravity cask @ Reading Beer Festival 2006. Very minimal aroma. SLight vanilla. Not much happening.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (gravity dispense), Reading Beer Festival, April 2006. Deep reddish brown colour - not the darkest mild I’ve seen. A quite light bodied mild, with modest toasty malt and a nutty undertone. Decent but nothing out of the ordinary.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Reading BF. A very dark brown coloured mild with a thin indistinguished aroma. The taste is a little eggy with a tiny amount of smokiness, but otherwise disappointingly dull.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask Conditioned at Reading BF 2006. Softly flavoured, thin malt and some chocolate. A boring example of the style.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Reading 06: Choc malt dominats the nose, along with some roast. Dark brown in colour. Simple but really tasty.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask gravity at Reading BF 06. Choc/coffee on aroma. Very dark typical mild with some toffee too. Inoffensive
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gravity at Reading beer festival 2006. Brown. A bit weak and watery, but a generally sound, light, biscuity/choc base.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: OCT 4, 2006 Cask Handpump at the Prince Of Wales, Foxfield 29/10/2005.
Dark mild with some sweetness and a caramel malt finish which lasts. The pumpclip displayed 3.7% ABV
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned & on Handpump at the Derby CAMRA winter beer festival on 10/02/05.
Merky dark brown colour.
Smokey, fresh, very full flavoured for a 3.5% Mild.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask (handpulled) at Derby Winter Beer Festival 2005. Fairly thin, a little gingery, gentle sweetness, average mild.
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