Grand River Mill Race Mild

Brewed by Grand River Brewing
Style: Mild Ale
Cambridge, Canada

Serve in English pint

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Poured out of a 64 oz growler jug, the beer resembles a cola with its almost black colour and light tan head. The head retains well wih some lacing but does not have the best texture or flavour to it. The aroma is not strong but is pleasant with nutty and chocolatey tones to it. Flavour and drinkability are this mild’s real strong point and why I enjoy it so much. It resembles almost a guiness in its delightful abundance of flavours that are present enough to make every sip enjoyable and yet light enough that you could almost wash the whole pint down in one shot if you wanted to. I would call it dangerously drinkable and tasty, but at 3.5 ABV you can actually enjoy a lot of these without regreting it too much.

Tap - Beer Bistro; Copper Brown body with a slight head, hmmm, fairly malt-toffee aroma; similar taste although with slightly plum finish, nothing special although in saying that, kudos for an Ontario brewer

Sampled fresh from a growler purchased at the Brewery on 15/01/08. Deep mahogany body sits under a billowing froth of beige foam. Excellent head retention and minute lacing throughout the drinking experience. The aroma is initially roasted barley and burnt malts. It is also quite toasty and nutty. Just a touch of vanilla extract and mineral. The flavour profile is surprisingly well rounded and full, but that just goes to show you that full flavoured beers don’t have to be high in alcohol. This beer is quite full of sweet burnt malts, toasty barley, quite nutty, with a just enough of a hop presence to create a perfect balance. The finish is dry and lingering. Well done Grand River Brewing!

Draught. Copper dark mahogany body with a medium off-white creamy head. Aroma is pretty solid - nutty creamy almond, some lingering toast and caramel...maybe vanilla too? Flavour holds its own. Quite nice for 3.5% - nice malts, caramel, toast grain, and nuts. I’ve enjoyed this numerous times!

Shared growler from brewery, served cold in a Stella chalice. NOV17/07.

App.: Cola brown, rocky light tan head, clear. Aroma: Green vegetal herbs, background of dark malts, milk chocolate and nuts, some light coffee. Palate: Medium body, medium-full carbonation, slightly effervescent. Flav.: Malts come on first, earthy, herbal hops, sorta vinous, a touch nutty and a hint of cherries; off-dry with just a touch of bitterness and a little light coffee to finish.

Brilliant.

Sampled at cask days at Volo café.

Cola brown with a bit of red thrown in for good measure, it sported a nice frothy ring.
Roasted, caramel sweetness intertwined to give it an aroma similar to hoisin sauce. It absolutely floored me.
Light as a feather, totally dangerous to drink, the flavors are concentrated in the finish where a mild sweetness, similar to maple sap caress your taste buds and only the faintest kiss of hops pulls it all together.

This is a good a reason to advocate for milds on cask as I have ever seen.

On tap at the Victory Cafe - came a clear dark chestnut shade with a small off-white head. Very nice aroma of dark fruits and surprisingly a good amount of hops as well. Flavour is a beautiful bouquet of currants, raisins, date, plum, fig and a nice good hop punch as well. To get all this aroma and flavour into a beer this light is a masterful example of the brewing craft, and something rarely seen in these parts. Bravo. Grand River is a true gem of the Ontario craft scene.

Brown in colour, small bubbly beige coloured head, no lacing. The aroma is quite toasty, a surprising amount of malt, light toffee sweetness, some light chocolate. The flavour is again quite toasty, mildly sweet, some fruit and light chocolate. Very mild mouthfeel, light body, light carbonation. Finishes quite mild, lightly sweet, lingering. An excellent session ale for sure, this packs more flavour then some of the "big" beers out there.

Cask at <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp? target=blank>Volo in Toronto, Ontario on October 20, 2007.

Cask days 2007. Rich brown. Nose is rich malt, slight chocolate, slight burnt sugar, dark fruits. Flavor is burnt sugar, cocoa, hits of fruit.

Some pleasant malty aroma. Dark with a soapy mocha head, as expected in a cask. Easy drinking mild bitterness. OK, but nothing outstanding.