Grand River Mill Race Mild

Bottle thanks to Matt7215. Pours a deep thin brown with medium off-white head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, and some dried dark fruits. Flavor matches with the addition of a bit of sweetness. It also has that Grand River character that seems to be in all of their brews. Not sure if it is their water, yeast, or what, but they all have this certain metallic character to it. Not a bad character, but something I could definitely distinguish any of their brews with.

500ml bottle BO 2/11/09 from Harry!!! Nose of toffee, caramel, and some dried prune hints. Clear dark rusty brown with a very tiny head leaving a small ring of bubbles around the glass. Flavor is lightly buttery nuts and some caramel.

On tap at Bar Volo. Dark mahogany colour, slight head with good lacing. Sweet malty aroma. Nice malty - slightly sweet flavour, with lingering balanced aftertaste.

Bottle from matt7215..thanks so much. Pours a nice dark brown with a very small tan head. Aroma is very mild(haha)...I get some sweet malt, fruit, roasted malt amd not much else. Flavor is smooth a bit sweet and very, well mild...malty, lightly sweet, and to be honest its pretty good.

500 ml, bottled 12/1/08. Clear garnet brown with a smooth beige head. Nose is nougat and sour raisin; earthy and grassy. Subtle yet delightful. Crisp, medium light with tight, sudsy crab. Taste is lemon and lime pith with hints of honey and dried apricots. Finishes clean, dry and nutty. A refreshing change of pace.

500 ml bottle direct from brewery. Pours black with thin tan coloured head. Carbanation if fine to flat. Amoma and flavour of roasted malt, a little sweet. Great flavour for a 3.5% ale! Very drinkable!

In short: A ton of fresh dark fruits flavours with a good fresh tobacco-like finish. This is an impressively full and intense 3.5% mild.
How: Bottle 500ml, purchased directly at the brewery and consumed fresh less than two weeks later.
The look: Clear very dark ruby body topped by a short-lived beige head
In long: Nose is slightly roasted with dark fruits and hints of black liquorice. Taste is more of the same except with the dark fruits more upfront. I’ve had many 6% beers with a thinner more watery body than this beer, never would I have guessed I was drinking a 3.5% beer. The beer actually feels sweet but not sugary/residual sweetness, I had the impression that a lot of fresh fruits were crammed in that bottle and I was getting natural fruit sweetness. The body was so damn full that I was getting sticky black liquorice and even a little tar sensation. Interesting and totally appropriate hopping with a tobacco-like signature provide an almost perfect balance. I’ve pub-crawled London England searching for a Mild Ale like this one without success. Wow! If this is their Mild, you can probably eat their Strong Ale with a fork.

On tap at Volo in Toronto. Malty, chocolate and caramel flavor. Sweet, with a bit of dark fruit and port. Nice, malty mild. Well done.