Hydes Owd Oak

Brewed by Hydes
Style: Mild Ale
Manchester, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask @ JDW Inverness 250312
Dark ruby...chestnut brown..thin rich off white head..little lacing
Aroma - hint of dark fruits...nothing else
Taste - light dark malts..bit of dark fruits...tiny dab of Vimto...slightly spicy..bit of weak black tea.. very subdued...bit boring
Palate - soft carb...very watery body. Finish as main flavour...soft dark fruit malt..clears quickly from palate.
Overall - A thirst quencher...but very little going on here

Cask. The Postern Gate (JDW), York. Medium tan head. Clear mahogany body. Green apple (oxidised), mild malt, English oak, malty, Bass ale. Bittersweet. Dry finish. Watery palate.

Cask, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Oadby. Dark brown with a thin head. Aromas are earthy molasses with chocolate, berries and hints of soy. Some meaty smokiness with raisins. Flavours are sweet raisins with weetabix and some chocolate. Short on the finish. A decent mild.

[Cask at the Monks Retreat (JDW), Reading] Brown with a thick off-white head. There’s a hint of choclate, a little woodiness and some faint roast malts, but it’s predominantly thin, watery and tatseless. One can imagine that this is the sort of mild that became famous as the post-work restorative that miners used to fill up on - you could drink many pints of this very fast without it touching the sides!

Cask at Penderel’s Oak, JDW, London. Pours clear brown with a creamy, light tan head. Nut much in the way of aroma, perhaps some faint fruit and nuts. Faintly sweet flavor, some semi-dark fruits, light rubber. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Mild sweet finish, faint fruits. Very bland. Not impressed; this is pretty weak.

Cask at the Prince Arthur (JDW), Fleet. Deep ruby with a ring of cream head; musty aroma with some purple fruit; soft and watery in the mouth with some sweet fruit turning slightly sour; and a dry cardboard finish. Looked good, but it went downhill from there.

Cask, The Francis Newton, Sheffield. Brown with a tan head. Mild aroma, some caramel. Mild flavour, nice for the strength.

That Spoons near the Skydome, Coventry, 16/03/12. Burgundy with a fine nicotine cap. Washy, barely distinguishable black cherry aroma; some sap. Weak red fruits taste; a little grassy hop, second hand digestives. Mild beyond blandness.

Cask. Frothy white fair mostly deminishing head. Dark red amber colour. Light malty and hopy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Almost no caramel. Slightly dry. Short light bitter finish. Watery palate. A bit thin.

Cask @ The Tyburn, Edgware road. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, caramel, nuts and hops. Oily but a little thin bodied.