Keltek 4K Mild

Brewed by Keltek
Style: Mild Ale
Redruth, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Hand pulled at the Wellington, Birmingham. Bad aroma of sugar and plastic. A very pleasant hop fruit washes form the start to finish, across an unassuming plain background, which only hints at roast cardboard. Unusual for a Mild, but the loose hopped, milk fruit (which is perhaps orange) is pleasing.

Cask-conditioned at the Cornish Beeriodical, Seven Stars, Bristol7/02/2011. Dark brown with a frothy, off-white head. Sweet, milk chocolate and caramel aroma with some grassy hop. Flavour was also sweet, with some earthy malts and a strange, slightly floral kick in the finish. Unusual, although I am not sure whether this was positive.

Cask at the Battersea Beer Festival, 12th Feb 2010. Very dark chestnut. Rather musty aroma. Quite watery with a malty taste. A solid but rather dull mild.

[Gravity cask at Chippenham beerfest] Brown sauce, autumn fruits, a hint of smoke, earthy and a dry finish. The brown sauce is a little odd, but it grew on me. OK.

Cask conditioned handpump Coach & Horses Wellingborough A black beer with an off-white head and lace. The aroma is smoky with licorice and a little fruit. The taste is roasty with licorice and berries. Quite smooth palate with big flavours although after a while you get the impression of too much going on and it becomes a touch tiresome.