Grainstore Rutland Panther

Brewed by Grainstore (Davises Brewing Co)
Style: Mild Ale
Oakham, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask - Planet Thanet Beer Festival ’09. Dark brown with reddy hues and a tan coloured head. Sweet aromas with a smokey quality and burnt roasted malts. Flavours of BBQ smokiness/spiciness and more roasted malts. Pleasing, creamy light dry bitterness. Smooth and filling mouthfeel; a real winner of a mild.

[500ml bottle from Wyevale Garden Centre, Twyford] Admittedly bought this to complete my English counties, but was well worth buying anyway! Poured black with a moderate cream head. Slight fizz. Coffee on the nose, but oddly in the initial taste fruit dominates - blackcurrant with maybe some liquorice. There’s chocolatey hints, before a good deep roasty, almost ashy finish. Really good flavours, although maybe a little thin in the mouth. An excellent mild that I would love to try on cask.

Hazy dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, chocolate and a hint of butter. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 010512

Bottle, 3.4%. Dark brown with medium tan head. Aroma is light roasted malts, chocolate, coffee and a little caramel. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, little coffee, little bitter, medium sweet, caramel with notes of butter.

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are malt, caramel, chocolate, notes of butter and hops.

Courtesy of HenrikSoegaard
Dark brown color, almost black; small head. The aroma is very breadish, some cardboard, some nice chocolate, mild roasted malt. The body is thin, but the mouthfeel has some softness; very good dark chocolate and roasted malt flavor, with correct bitterness. Dry finish.
Very good; I can imagine how it can be from a fresh cask.

Brown 500ml bottle obtained in a mixed pack from the brewery, original review lost on BA site. Wasn’t overly impressed with this beer from start to finish; a great pity because I love the set-up and brewery tap they have. I visit the brewery annually (if possible), so I’ll try and pick up another bottle or two of this and re-review next year.

Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. DArk red-amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter nice chocolate flavor. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate. Ok Mild.

Bottle from Wyevale garden centre, Bicester. Pours a dark chestnut / rich ruby red with a sustained tight creamy tan head. Aroma is faint chocolate maltiness with a light nutty edge. Silky and a touch drying as it oozes over the tongue, a rich roasty chocolate bitterness is quite enveloping which is astonishing considering that this beer is only 3.4%. The aftertaste has a creamy toasty malty nuttiness which is really delightful. All the flavours present aren’t what you might call big flavours, which is to be expected in a beer of this strength, but this is a very accomplished piece of brewing indeed.

Dark brown color with great head. nice aroma. flavor is bitter roated malt and a hint of chocolade. Could use some sweetness.

Dark brown coloured and clear. Has an off-white head, mostly lasting. Aroma is roasted, malty, faint burnt and some sharp mint. Flavor is light sweet, finish moderate bitter. Watery texture and lively carbonation.